IOMICA Forum

The only reason that class rule allows prebending of mast is that the design is very poor. And if we didn't allow it the boat shoul sail very bad i upper A vind register. If you think this is no problem, then you forget how we handle new sailors in IOM class. Who is telling them to prebend? Where on...

It took years before I understood how you have to prebend the A rig mast to to prevent the jib boom lift in the gusts of uncontrolled luff as a result and whit entangled lift as result. How can we defend that booms is forbidden to be pre-bended when the mast may bend as much as you want? Is it reaso...