Thames Sailing Club
The Rater Association
The Rater Association
Thames Sailing Club is the home of the Rater Association.
Thames A Raters are a unique and exciting class of 3-handed dinghy desiged specifically to perform at maximum speed in a river environment.
The class offers an unusual combination of traditional classic craftsmanship blended with cutting edge technology, ensuring a highly competitive and evolving racing culture, and a full racing programme.
The class spans at least a century; the oldest currently active boat was built in 1902, and the newest was built in 2001 Hull materials range from lovingly restored wood, to fibreglass and even carbon fibre, and the rigs, which are an astronomical 44 feet high and would not look out of place on a 30 foot keelboat, are competitively maintained from carbon or alloy.
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