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Chairman: Greg Willis (AUS) VC Technical: Nigel Winkley (GER) VC Infocomms: Anders Wallin (FIN) VC Measurement: Roy Thompson (ESP) Treasurer: Rob O'Brien (AUS) The immediate problem for the Exec, as I see it, that with Rob's resignation, the Exec is constitutionally inquorate. My understanding is t...

Bruce Andersen wrote:I'll volunteer for the VC Events position if you think I could be of help.

Hi Bruce

I reckon you'd be more than "of help" (smile). I'm happy to help out on the Events Sub-Committee if that would suit you.

Barry Chisam wrote:Wow Wish I had a workshop like Lester

I wish I had boat-building skills like Barry! Y'all know his ISIS is a world-beater, and I'm certain he has much the better end of the deal (smile)!

Well I put my thinest, finest tooth blade on my table saw and tried cutting 1/8 strips. The thickness was consistant, but there were a few blade marks ,not perfect but usable. The waste is another matter, about 50%. I will go pick a band saw. Hi Rob I have a small table saw, and a small band saw (p...

ralph kelley wrote:One must remember that the HMS system is designed to form a classification system

Hi Ralph

As far as I understand it, the RSD (and MYA) HMS system wasn't actually explicitly designed to do this, though many think it was.

Hi Graham
Your idea is interesting, others have had a sliding attachment on the boom. Illustrated on this page:

http://www.onemetre.net/Download/Sheeting/Sheeting.htm

An important topic for discussion is the number of boats to promote in a heat racing system. Currently we have 4, and several comments from the Mooloolaba Worlds and the 2005 Euros suggest this number is way too small. The USA Nats used 6. Some specific feedback from that experience would be very he...

The Using of Lead will be forbidden for Toys, sports and leisure articles. Hi Eric I don't read that Directive in the same way. As far as I can see, it covers electrical and electronic equipment. I don't think our toy boats are "electrical and electronic equipment". I believe the Directive covers o...

Is "waterplane" the section through waterline Hi Charles Yes, the way I read it. By "section" I assume you mean "slice" or plane. Is "underwater profile" restricted to that (wet) portion of the hull beneath water when at rest in calm Yes, the way I read it. Is the "underwater profile" any particula...

the proposed rule makes them illegal post change? Hi David I think we must trust the sanity of our rule-makers, and imagine existing designs would be grandfathered. But I think the real issue is, what about future builds of an existing design? We saw that Brad was very unhappy about a proposal to b...

Hi Charles Working with your idea for a moment, something like "the swivel attachment point to the hull shall be above the sheer at the lateral station where such attachment is made", it may be worth noting that a number of designs would fall foul of such a rule. In these designs, the swivel attachm...

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Please explain how this hasn't been settled, from an interpretation point of view, by 2003-IOM-1 (and 2004-IOM-2, item 3) Hi Charles Delighted to see you've done your homework! (Soapbox mode: I'm usually disappointed by owners who have voiciferous opinions which remain blissfully uninformed by past...

I'm starting to worry Hi Roy You and me both (smile)... But I also believe that a technical committee shouldn't (as Jan suggested below) twist and bend language ... Maybe because I have some idea of what Jan thinks, but I'm pretty sure he isn't suggesting language gets twisted and bent. Very far fr...

Fact is most innovations are not explicity covered in the rules as written. Hi Roy Of course. By being innovative and new, an idea may or may not be covered in the existing rules, pretty much by definition. That's one of the problems with rules -- they can't cover the unanticipated. we have to deci...

I think this issue should not be decided by the technical committee "interpreting" the rules, but by the class members. I think it is important to understand what an interpretation is. To quote ISAF Regulations: “an interpretation shall only clarify an existing class rule and shall not change the...

the rules are closed ... we can handle a lot of issues without requesting interpretations, just point out where in the rules it is permitted. In this case nowhere Hi Ole Peder We might have had this conversation before, if so, please forgive me repeating myself. There is a fundamental, logical, pro...

no amount of certificate waving will prevent me having to fix the "problem" before I can compete? Hi Andy Indeed. If the manufacturer is actually representing the hull as class legal, then a buyer should be able to be confident that it is. My feeling is that this isn’t the case Er, where does you...

DT wrote:As i see it the key word is Hull

Hi David

I think you have hit the nail squarely on the head.

If you’re sailing a boat that’s been measured & registered then you're ok, aren’t you? If only! Measurers are human as well. An otherwise perfectly valid measurement certificate is no guarantee that your boat is in fact class legal. isn’t the onus on the skipper to buy something appropriate...

Three areas for debate, perhaps. One is whether, and how, this arrangement might work. Two is, regardless of any performance or other implications, *is* it legal? Three, and regardless of whether it is currently permitted or not, *should* it be legal? We can (and will!) enjoy ourselves figuring out ...

I should think that producers and designers should check their "inventions" leagality before putting them to use..... Is this a new "texalium" problem araising? Hi Kure As a result of the "Texalium problem", IOMICA has official advice on the class rules and new ideas. If you are a commercial suppli...

I guess owners of these boats will claim that the headsail boom swivel is located close to the bottom of the boat and therefore stays on the centerplane even though the jib boom is free to move laterally. Hi Anders Great photo, thanks! Yup, I'd guess that it meets the "approximately attached to cen...

I didn't realise till I did the A class and IOM worlds this year just how popular the Futaba 3VC is Hi Rob In the UK, Ken Binks is the leading supplier to the trophy hunters. Like you, he has built an enviable reputation for straight dealing, standing by his products, and quick, helpful after-sales...

I rarely adjust it once I have found a happy medium setting Hi Peter Maybe you aren't sailing the IOM designs I am, or maybe my skill level is really as bad as I think it is (smile), but I *definitely* have to adjust rake if I am to get anything like an acceptable touch of weather helm all the way ...

The way I set up my boat is with a series of holes (usually 5) about 3-4mm apart Hi Steve Playing with a little math, it seems that we shorten the jibstay by around 5.7 or 5.8 mm for every degree of rake of the mast if we use a bowsie on the stay. If we are not shortening the stay but are instead h...

The IOM championships are events for *individuals*, and absolutely not for teams or countries. In participating, no one is "representing their country", competitors are representing only themselves Of course, it was every skipper for themselves. Still, [...] I was representing my country Hi Becsta ...

Sorry, but this made me wonder...if "we" (I) race as an individual, why putting some "countries" code on the sail then? Laurent, I guess you have already seen my attempt at a reply to this question in the "How to get recognized as an IOM fleet?" thread in the "Class Associations and Class Managemen...

Hi Becsta Glad you enjoyed the event -- a first time at the Worlds should always be exciting! Just one point that I'd like to explore... The _major_ attraction to the Worlds for me was not the opportunity to compete against skippers from around the world, but the extremely rare opportunity to repres...

Hi Charles You've given us a lot to think about. Most of your comments deal with the class rules in general, and with making changes to them. This probably isn't the right thread to discuss this, since Greg wanted "solutions to the current problem" rather than "discussion of how to fix the rules", b...