Designed by Phil Morrison and Derek Clark the Rebel is built and refined by our Hartley Boats race team in Derby (UK). It is a high performance two person light weigh skiff originally conceived as a boat for the Olympics. With a hull weight of just 40kg and hull length of 4.5m this beautiful skiff is ideally suited to challenge experienced lightweight crews. The narrow 1.4m beam skips nimbly over the water with minimal effort while the crew extend their weight well out on the twin trapeze wires off the wide racks that extend the beam to 2.9m. With a combined sail area of 46.7m2, this skiff can really move!
Features and specification
Twin trapeze lightweight skiff for exceptionally high performance
Fully battened square top mainsail
Self-tacking set from the bow forward of the chute
Mainsail and jib give a powerful 18.2m2 u-wind performance
Stunning off-wind speed, thanks to the extra large bow sprit and generous kite
Slender, easily driven low volume hull form
Uncluttered cunningham and gnav controls led out to racks from the mast foot
Neat mainsheet and gnav arrangement for clear tacking and gybing manoeuvres
Hull length 4.5m
Hull width 1.4m
Overall beam including racks 2.9m
Bare hull weight 40kg all up sailing weight 89kg
Sail area: main 12.5m2 - jib 5.7m2 - gennaker 28.5m2
Glass/epoxy/ foam carbon reinforced foils from CNC moulds
The integral non-slip finished deck
Machine weaved lightweight non-slip tramps
Dyneema control lines throughout
Carbon: twin spreader mast, boom and bowsprit
Individual kick bar positioning to suit crew
Glass/epoxy/ foam hull, carbon reinforced in high load areas
Removable racks for ease of transport and storage