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Class Racing

The Royal Akarana Yacht Club is home to many small boat classes,

These classes race regulary in club racing, both Winter and Summer and also other special regatta's throughout the year, such as National Championships, Auckland Championships and Trophy Races

 

ONE-DESIGN

Platu 25

The Platu 25 is a Bruce Farr International design.

RAYC introduced a fleet of them into NZ in September 2008 and they have since become NZ's most sought after one design fleet. With a light weight hull and overpowered rig they are very fast in light airs and a handful of fun when it gets windy! They race most Tuesdays during the summer and can be chartered for our racing or your own event

 

Flying Fifteen

The Flying Fifteen is a high-performance planing dinghy which is now the most popular one design keel-boat class in the world. It is capable of some 14 knots on a reach without the problems arising from capsize or trapeze and is easily transportable and stored. It is arguably the safest, most exciting small yacht available. Mixed crews are common.

 

Elliott 5.9

The Elliott 5.9 is a Greg Elliott designed centreboard yacht, best described as a cross between a sport boat, a  day sailor and an adult racing dinghy, the Elliott 5.9 suits individual or syndicate ownership and is the perfect way to achieve low cost fleet racing with  your mates.

 

OTHER CLASSES

Farr 727

The Farr 727 is a 7.27 metre Bruce Farr design and is a mightly little yacht that has played a crucial part in the success of New Zealand Yacht Racing.

Formula 18

Also know as the F18, the club is home to both Nacra and Hobie Tiger catamaran's

M-Class

This classic dinghy affectionaly known as 'the Emmy' stands alone as the last of the big, unballasted centreboard dinghies racing on the Waitemata Harbour (or in the rest of New Zealand for that matter).  Its survival appears to have been a subtle and finely tuned mixture of good design, tradition, comradeship and plain honest fun, coupled with the gradual introduction of modern ideas without ever sacrificing its 'essential character'