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LiPo's by MaxAmps in boat & transmitter

the same excess weight that may glide you through tacks will also slow your acceleration and mobility. Most IOM's are wearing 10s of grams of corrector weights in the bilge - to be 100 gms overweight is quite a bit. You may not be able to notice a performance degrade, but it's there.

might look into dual rods (push-pull) if you're worried about a single push rod bending too much

It might be interesting to bring the dry measurement system to the WC's and dual measure all the boats - of course the dry measurement system would have no bearing on the boats' legality, but it would allow for a direct comparison of the two methods over a wide range of hull forms.

Hi Robert Declaring financial ties is always good - keeps everything above board. Being part of a committee making decisions that may affect the finances and/or business plans of a company you depend upon for part of your livelihood is never good - raises doubts about the decision process. In a prof...

Robert I noticed that you sat on the joint committee on this technical interpretation. Inasmuch as you are commercially associated (as a boat builder) with GB (who originated the request), don't you think it's a conflict of interest to be part of the process? I recall this issue arose during the las...

Hi Dave Lasers work great and are perfectly sized to fit under the Christmas tree - print out this post and leave it somewhere for your spouse/kids/Santa to see. Suggest that they get one that shoots both a horizontal and vertical line at the same time. Auto-leveling is a nice bonus feature. You can...

the last application we (the last EXEC) had came from Malta, just prior to the last WC's

If you can borrow a laser level (the kind that project a perfectly straight red line onto the walls & ceiling) your alignment task will be made considerably easier.

The process of applying for IOMICA membership is spelled out in our governing documents (check the HOMEPAGE for them) It does not happen overnight - when Malta joined a few years back, the process took several months at least. There is no need for secrecy in the application process and I am disappoi...

I see no compelling reason that IOMICA should not contribute financially to its own World Championship irrespective of whether or not the organizers are being paid for their services. With the high cost of putting together these affairs, one way of decreasing the cost and risk is to include IOMICA a...

Why can't "we" allow the organizers to make profit? Certainly they are doing a service that benefits the class and the competitors. Hoteliers and food service folks are making profit. The panel of judges are being paid, transported, housed, and fed. Small wonder that IOMICA cannot get the organizers...

as one of the authors of the complicated motions, I should comment: The "big" motions (one owner = one vote, eliminate the "electoral college" style of vote counting, and eliminating 2 classes of voting owners) certainly suffered by attempting to be too encyclopedic and specific. One option is to si...

If you are racing, initial cost is not the only consideration: Is an inexpensive servo worth the hassle of traveling to a regatta then not sailing due to servo failure? Is an arm winch setup worth the hassle of traveling to a regatta then not sailing due to the arm getting tangled up or the servo bu...

Having tried and failed to get final budget numbers from FRA and BAR during my tenure as VCE, I think this is a brilliant idea! Refund all or part of the IOMICA fee if the proper "after action" reports (including the final budget and expense accounts) are filed in a timely manner. Might actually work!

Barry - let me be the first to apologize to you personally. As the Secretary of the organization you report the actions of the entire EXEC and you feel the that complaints concerning those actions are directed at you. Let me assure you that they are not. While I feel that the EXEC has generally fail...

Then why not let the general membership know about it far enough in advance of the AGM to go through the process of getting a nomination? At this point, the election is a bit of a sham - a one candidate race that was formally announced late enough so as to prevent any other candidates from running. ...

It does seem a bit odd - not a word in over 12 months about whether the Chairman would actually stand for re-election (as promised last year), then this ballot announcement that he is running un-opposed. Of course he is running un-opposed - there was never public notification requesting nominations ...

Never took you for a philatelist!

I wonder if this request shouldn't be sent from IOMICA to RSD rather than from an individual owner straight to ISAF? Organizational schemata only work when used properly.

The interpretation of the GRP only rule has been pretty strict. Texalium was banned because it's not (just) fiberglass despite strong support to the contrary. That probably sets a precedent to continue to ban anything other than good old fashion fiberglass for hull construction, despite the eloquenc...

Sorry for hijacking the thread by going far afield of the original request for interpretation. MYA is trying to clarify whether a number of hull construction variations using different iterations of pigmented and unpigmented coatings over GRP and/or GRP-wood sandwich construction could be interprete...

I think that removing material references that cannot be tested by a measurer from the initial meaurement process and having the owner testify to the fact that the hull/keel/rig materials are in compliance is a good one. It focuses measurement/certification on parameters that can actually be measure...

If we had a date set for the AGM an NCA could put forth a proposal for voting reform or whatever they choose. Once there is a definite ballot issue, opinions start being expressed.

I realize that, and also realize that it's a bad way to run a big organization. That's why I'm trying so hard to change it! Not getting a bit of support from the present EXEC makes me think the present EXEC feels the old way is better. It appease as though you have blamed me (via Andy's EXEC, of whi...

For me, the date is less important than the regularity and predictability of a standard date for the meeting. In the past, the meetings have been posted at various times of the year, which required each NCA to do their internal polling and voting in response to the whims of the EXEC. Suggesting a un...

2 months since the last query - any news on the date?

thanks Soren - it makes sense that way - reading the rule as written, didn't even get the inference that a rule about corrector weights actually was included to prevent internal mast stiffening devices! the question of what is allowed for jib counterweights still exists however since we specified wh...

I've been trying to understand CR C.7.3 which states "Weights of any material may be positioned in and/or on a mast spar below the lower point. Weights of density greater than 8.000 kg/m3 may be positioned in and/or on a mast spar above the lower point." The way I read this, anything can be used for...

Any decisions on setting up a regular date for the AGM? It would be nice to be able to plan for it.