IOMICA Forum

Entry list for this event at http://www.rcyachts.net/2007/iomlist.htm

The event will be held as part of the Australian Radio Yachting Association's National Championship regatta which will be held in Brisbane, Queensland. Late entries are still open.

Regards


Ken

AUS 360 was a Murray IOM, designers Murray Bros, a 1997 design. A quick look through the register does not come up with any others of this design. The boat was sailed at the Gold Coast RYC (Qld) and an enquiry to that club may bear fruit.


Regards


Ken
AUS950

Quoting Andy What Ken actually said was: Ken wrote: IOMICA is for IOM's, it is not the role of the ICA (or NCA's) to promote/discuss other classes I want to reinforce that my posting on the Phigit thread was, as stated, my own opinion and not that of the NCA I represent. I still hold the view that t...

My personal opinion but one that I am certain my members would support.

IOMICA is for IOM's, it is not the role of the ICA (or NCA's) to promote/discuss other classes. This thread should be discontinued.

regards

Ken

1st Dave Potter
2nd ?? (Croatia)
3rd Graham Bantock

Hi Roy

The wording in the AUS proposal would permit both if this is what the majority want.

Regards


Ken

I have seen some boats with both the elastic attached to the topping lift and a topping lift restraint line around the jib, an overkill which would seem to be illegal under Ander's motion. The class rule was written at a time when the latter was generally the sole method of preventing the topping li...

The purpose of this proposal is to permit added rig weights to be placed above the lower point and this would have the reverse effect to that described by Bruce. I suspect that this is happening at present in some cases with #2 and #3 rigs on boats with deck stepped masts and it is very difficult fo...

Me thinks the cost of this proposal including hull mods (chain plate eye bolts and reinforcing) would far outweigh the cost of good tube.

My personal opinion mirrors Roy's

I approached this from another tack:-

RENUMBER
F4(b) (3) Counterweight and attachment to F4(b) (4)

ADD
F4(b) (3) Headsail boom topping lift restraint elastic fittings or opening

ADD
F6.2(b) (9) Headsail Boom topping lift restraint elastic

The August issue of Australian Sailing (Australia's premier yachting magazine) has a three page story on radio sailing, organised by Brad Gibson, including mention of the IOM Worlds and all photos feature IOM's. Well done Brad

Ken Dobbie

Hi Lester The World Council is being asked to ratify this "emergency" change. [7] If this emergency rule change is not ratified, then the dispensation is automatically withdrawn. If dispensation is withdrawn, all boats with coated glass become illegal as of May 2003. [8] You describe the very compli...

Because resolution 2.1 is already formally on the agenda for the World Council meeting, and because I believe most NCAs have organised their Owner ballot with the three resolutions already listed on their ballot papers, I would not propose a "withdrawal" of the resolution from Owner ballot. I don't...

Lester said:I'd like to take your comments seriously. Could you specifically identify (list) the rule changes, either proposed or agreed, which have not been previously discussed? I think this issue has got a bit bigger than when I made my original comments. The rule changes I had in mind were thos...

Those not noted as already agreed. All others should have been treated separately.

Ken Dobbie

I think we are letting Texalium cloud the issue. What is more serious is that rule changes which have not been previously discussed have been lumped into the one package.


Ken Dobbie

What hasn't been said is that there were a number of boats built prior to May 2003 when Texalium was legal but weren't measured until after that date. These boats built to the rule of the time are no longer eligible for International competition from next year, all because of a decorative deck. I ha...

It is now too late to change the agenda in respect of the rule change items as polling is underway.

I appreciate that items already considered by WC should be packaged together, but to include items where WC had not previously been consulted does not make sense.

Ken Dobbie

Not all items in Part A were voted on by WC

Ken Dobbie

I think Brad's post has highlighted the problem of a perceived lack of transparency caused, it seems, by the TC not directly replying to members' concerns.

Ken Dobbie

The NCA for AUS asked this question in the following email forwarded to the VC Technical on Friday 29 July but so far no reply. The TC is very silent on the matter. "Dear Charles A member has asked how the proposed changes to Class Rules D2 and G3 and 4 were developed. Were these as a result of your...

I am not a Naviga fan, but Naviga is a "World Organisation for Modelshipbuilding and Modelshipsport" with more tham 30 member countries, including USA,GBR, AUS, ITA, GER, etc. To correct the possible impression given by the above that Naviga has any authority in respect of radio sailing in the abov...

Rob Guyatt has addressed the compatability problems, see
http://www.users.bigpond.com/rmgsw/Upgrade0405.htm

Regards

Ken

Hi Arvin

If your group contacts me directly I will be pleased to assist with this.

Regards


Ken Dobbie
Regional Officer Oceania
Radio Sailing Division

kendobbie@netspace.net.au

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