Boats
The Waimakariri River is suitable for all types of sailing dinghy. The classes currently sailed at the Club are:
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Single hander, 11 ft / 3.3 metre scow.
Phoenix
Two person, 14 ft / 4.2 metre, single tr**eze dinghy.
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Single hander, 11 ft / 3.3 metre dinghy.
Finn
Single hander, 14 ft / 4.2 metre, olympic style dinghy.
Laser
Olympic Single hander, 14ft / 4.2 metre, Fibreglass, easy to rig and maintain.
Europe
Single hander, 11ft / 3.3 metre dinghy.
470
Two person, 15.5 ft /4.7 metre, single tr**eze,olympic style dinghy.
Sunburst
Two person, 11 ft / 3.3 metre dinghy.
Starling
Intermediate / senior, single hander,10 ft / 3 metre dinghy.
P Class
Junior single handed, 7 ft / 2.1 metre dinghy.
Optimist
Junior single handed, 8 ft / 2.4 metre dinghy.
Piccolo
Learn to Sail plastic, 10 ft / 3 metre dinghy.
The Piccolo has a small Optimist sized rig or Starling sized rig. Suitable for bigger children and adults.