IOMICA Forum

Hi David,

[quote]Now you make some statements from the last world IOM championships that truly in a great english statement obviously indicate you “do not have clueâ€

Roy, However, you don't seem to appreciate the hard work and effort it took to bring stability back to our class As I’ve said, I don’t see stability, I see unresolved issues. As to hard work, please explain to me how anyone on the Exec has worked harder than me over the last two years. Andy, you...

RoyL wrote:[...]I simply want to say thank you to Greg for all that he has done.

And yet this isn’t what you’ve done Roy. You’ve embarked on a personal attack of the most deplorable nature. Appalling behaviour.

World Council Preparations for the AGM continue, as yet there have been no submissions for resolutions and the list of Exec nominations remains incomplete. Measurement [None] Technical [None] Events Standard Sailing Instructions for the World Championships have been finalized and forwarded to YCPR....

Greetings IOM Owners, The eagle eyed among you will have noticed that the AGM page on the IOMICA website has been updated with a few nominations for the positions of Executive Officers. Among them is my candidature for the position of Chairman. You can read more about my decision to run and the reas...

Hi Olivier, Appendix E of the RRS has what you’re looking for I think. [...]A single-digit number shall be prefixed with a ‘0’. There shall be space in front of a sail number for the prefix ‘1’, which may be required by the race committee where there is a conflict between sail numbers. Whe...

From the Spektrum website [http://www.spektrumrc.com/Products/Defa ... ID=SPM2710]

The AR7000 Dual Receiver

Comprised of a compact main receiver that is linked to an even smaller satellite receiver by a 6â€

Hi Henry Spektrum DX6 & 7 use two receivers so how do they fit with class rules permitting only one? Excellent question! You’re quite right of course, D.2.4(a)(1) specifies one receiver. To the letter of the rule neither is class legal. There may be an argument for proposing a class rule change to...

Exec Update June 2007 World Council All the annual reports are in except one. A campaign of chasing will begin shortly! The AGM this year will be held at the World Championships in Marseille, the 18th or 19th has been suggested but is subject to confirmation. Assuming the above, timescales are as f...

Hi John,

The quick answers are:

Are there any limits on the placement of a mast strut?

No

Can it be higher than the lower limit mark?

Yes

I imagine if was thought unnecessary to set a CR limit on the grounds that there’s a practical limit.

Just my personal opinion of course.

Cheers

Exec Update May 2007 World Council I’m still missing 2 annual reports. Reminders to the offending parties will go out soon. At the moment it is likely that the IOMICA AGM will be held at the World Championships this year, assuming sufficient turn out of World Council members. It’s worth a gentl...

I’ve posted a quick write up of my weekend at the GBR National at Castle Semple for those that might be interested: http://www.stevenson-central.com/wordpress/?p=33 I’ve also posted my photos from the event: http://www.stevenson-central.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=IOM_Nationals07 Wh...

Hi Rob

[…]steer me in the right direction in regards to accomodation at the Worlds 2007

YCPR have some info:

http://www.ycpr.net/datas/docs/11666038 ... ackage.pdf

Cheers

Hello Lester

IOMICA HMS 2007 eh...

Not so much. More of an MYA HMS 2007 modified by IOMICA / YCPR for the worlds. It’s available from the YCPR website:
http://www.ycpr.net/datas/docs/11757176 ... iomica.pdf

Cheers

Exec Update April 2007 World Council I’m still missing 3 annual reports. Come on chaps, you know who you are! The new versions of the Class Rules, Boat Measurement form and Rig Measurement Form are available for download from the IOMICA website; this is a change from previously as they had been h...

Hi John, I’ve had the kicking strap conversation before, within the World Council, so have looked at this fairly closely. The Class Rules define a kicking strap CR F.6.2(2) and two kicking strap fittings, one on the mast CR F.3.3(4), one on the mainsail boom CR F.4.3(3). The fittings are defined a...

Hi John, Does the class have a process that the class secretary or technical committe can make an interim ruling to cover us and provide guidance. Yes, the Exec can instigate an emergency rule change, with immediate effect, that will require ratification at the next AGM. I believe this is what happe...

The new certificate has been sent to World Council representatives this morning.

Cheers

Hi Roy,

The new measurement forms are available from the website. The 2007 certificate is just waiting for approval from the Exec before being published; hopefully this will happen in the next day or so.

Cheers

Now that the documents are available publicly it’s worth taking a few moments to summarize the decisions from RSD. They have seen fit not to pass Resolution 2.6 concerning sail attachments on the grounds that a double luff effect could be had from a mainsail attachment under the proposed rule chan...

It’s difficult to separate my opinion as an Executive Officer from my opinion as an Owner. But in either case I don’t think this is such a good idea. As a serving member of the Exec I didn’t volunteer to get perks, my reward is knowing that I’ve contributed, maybe even made a difference and ...

Exec Update March 2007 World Council The IOMICA annual report is underway, I can’t complete it until all the NCA annual reports are in and I’m still three missing, I’m sure those three know who they are, but reminders will go out again shortly. RSD ratification of the class rule changes has b...

The sailmaker is building the IOM sails to a set size.

Well, I’m not sure this is true. The sail dimensions are tightly regulated sure, but they’re not “one designâ€

Hi John What is wrong with having a sailmaker be a measurer and provide a measurement certificate with the sails? Essentially that’s the goal of IHC, rather than you having to visit a measurer to get your sails signed, they arrive with signatures in place. When I buy a set of sails from a sailmake...

Other owners: why not post here with the specific additional amount of money that you would happily pay for your next IOM No.1 suit (jib plus main), on top of the normal cost, for it to be already signed as measured and legal? I'll start: £5. Good idea! I’ll concur with a £5 premium for self ce...

Hi Lester, I was initially quite encouraged by the idea of self certification for sail manufacturers, but am rapidly coming to the conclusion that it’s unlikely to work for Radio Sailing. I think it’s a function of scale; sail makers seem unwilling to go to the effort and expense of producing pa...

Exec Update February 2007 World Council The successful application of NED for NCA status brings the World Council membership to 21, an application from MLT is hopefully imminent. The Exec has officially announced the return of ESP to the World Council. RSD has responded to the request for ratificat...

The Exec would like to formally confirm that the NCA for ESP has been reinstated to the World Council following a satisfactory outcome of the issues that instigated removal under Constitution 16.3.1.

Hi Jeolla, I think that’s an interesting question. F.3.3(b)(5) defines a pair of spreaders as an optional mast fitting. F.3.1 deals with materials for the mast, but specifies materials for the spar only. Other references to materials in the Class Rules are: D.2.1 Hull Materials D.2.3 Hull Fittings...

(a) A mast stub arrangement is permitted and, if used, shall be taken to be part of the mast. Indeed, and as such I imagine it must comply with the material restrictions for a mast. However I can find no similar statement for a backstay crane, so I assume when fitted to a mast it’s still just a b...