Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

The Ruffian is a 23-foot cruiser/racer. It was designed in Northern Ireland in the 1970s with sailing in the Irish Sea in mind. The first Ruffians were built by Weatherly Yachts. The production subsequently moved to Dublin and from there to Cork in the Irish Republic. There are fleets of Ruffians in Northern Ireland, Dublin and Hong Kong. There are other small groups of Ruffians scattered around the globe.

The Ruffians of Hong Kong are an active and friendly class with a full racing programme. They have races nearly every weekend during the racing season (from early September to the end of May). The Ruffians also participate in various friendly races during the summer months including the RHKYC Friday evening Sunset Series. Ruffians are also an ideal day boat for cruising, or even overnight sailing in Hong Kong waters.

Since 2009 the Ruffian Class has undergone a significant resurgence, with between 10-14 boats now regularly participating in class racing events. Most Ruffian races are held in the harbour, however, the Rogue Series sees the Ruffians leave harbour waters for passage races to Port Shelter in Sai Kung, to the waters of the Eastern Approaches including Shek O rock and circumnavigating Hong Kong Island as part of the annual Around the Island Race. The Ruffians are the only class in the RHKYC to regularly hold such a series of races.

In the mid-90s there were a series of Ruffian Interport races held in Hong Kong and Dublin. In 2009 this initiative was reignited with a challenge in Hong Kong where the native Team won the title. In October 2023, we welcomed 20 Ruffian sailors from Dublin for 3 fantastic days of sail racing and revelry. The next Interport will be held in Dublin in 2026, and we welcome your participation.

The social side of sailing is not neglected by the Ruffians, with after sail get-togethers on the verandah, dinners, sailing visits to seafood restaurants such as Po Toi O, an end-of-season prize giving, and various other parties at key points in the calendar.

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Chairman	Vivian Cheung
Vice-Chairman	Gabriel Leung
Class Secretary	Justin Yeung
Treasurer	Kat Chan
Membership Secretary	Ronald Chan
Social Secretary	Johanna Fung
Scrutineer	Scott Surek
Development Secretary	King Sze Yip

If you are interested in learning more about the Ruffian Class, please contact us any time at ruffians541@gmail.com

All notices of race are in PDF format and it can be retrieved and printed for use. The PDF file required Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded for free from ADOBE.

Standard Sailing Instructions
Appendix J - Ruffian(issued on 20 August 2024)

Autumn Series revised on 14 April 2025
Chairman Series revised on 14 April 2025
Frostbite Series revised on 14 April 2025
Rogue Series revised on 27 Nov 2024
Rogue 2 SIs
Rogue 3 SIs
Rogue 5 SIs
Rogue 5 - online declaration form
Spring Series revised on 14 April 2025
Class Championships revised on 19 March 2025
Class Championships Race 1 SIs
Class Championships Race 1 - online declaration form
Team Racing
Team Racing SIs
Rogue Chairman
Rogue Chairman SIs
Uncle Li's Trophy - coming soon

Ruffian Interport - 14 to 16 March 2015
Notice of Race
Sailing Instructions

BOAT	SAIL #	OWNER
BRIGAND	70	Vivian Cheung
BANDOLERO	207	Adrian Pang
DIABLO	208	Michael Sze
PICARO	237	Olaf Torne
SCHANNULEKE	250	Larry MacAdam
HELIOS	501	Anthony Tong
LARRIKIN	502	Vincent Ling
RASCAL	503	James Walker
HOMBRE	506	K C Tam
VICTORY 9	515	Kot Wan Kit
BUSTER	517	William Mairs / Jim Ryan
SKELLUM	527	Kathleen Chan
MISS PIGGY	530	Peter Leung
SCALLYWAG	1059	Scott Surek

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