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by Hiljoball
25 Aug 2014, 05:42
Forum: General IOM
Topic: Sheeting angle
Replies: 1
Views: 7426
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Re: Sheeting angle

Hi Colin, as no one else has replied on this, I'll have a go. I think you are referring to a 'sheeting post'. On a big boat sailing close hauled, the main sheet controls the twist in the main and the traveller is used to control the angle of attack - the sheeting angle. As the traveller is let out t...
by Hiljoball
12 Aug 2014, 18:18
Forum: General IOM
Topic: RMG winch set up with Spektrum DX6i
Replies: 6
Views: 13354
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Re: RMG winch set up with Spektrum DX6i

Hi Dave, Rob Guyatt discusses this at length on the RMG web site https://www.rmgsailwinch.com.au/rmg/pages/SmartWinch-%26-2.4GHz-Radios.html So the answer will vary based on the model of RMG that you have. One issue with the older winches and Spektrum is that you had to pull the power/signal lead fr...
by Hiljoball
06 Aug 2014, 18:41
Forum: General IOM
Topic: IRSD
Replies: 8
Views: 15844
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Re: IRSD

The three resignation letters are now published on the IRSA web site. http://www.radiosailing.org/main/news.htm http://www.radiosailing.org/document-files/news/2014/2014-08-05%20Resignation%20letters.pdf http://www.radiosailing.org/document-files/news/2014/RG%20Resignation%205%20May%202014%20-%20New...
by Hiljoball
19 Jul 2014, 01:11
Forum: General IOM
Topic: IOM set up with DX7s
Replies: 2
Views: 7605
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Re: IOM set up with DX7s

Hi Adam, I don't have the Spektrum, so I cannot give specific instructions. D/R and EXPO are covered on page 17 of the manual. It should not be hard to do. Go into the programming and scroll through the functions until you get to D/R and then select CH1 (for your rudder). With the D/R switch up - se...
by Hiljoball
19 Jun 2014, 19:17
Forum: General IOM
Topic: Drum winch at lowish price
Replies: 22
Views: 32498
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Re: Drum winch at lowish price

This was not the answer to your question, but the HS815 arm winch works great in an IOM. Similar price to the 785, and faster than the RMG. Add a block to the end of the arm and you can double the sheet travel.

Try search using words like modify servo continuous rotation

John
by Hiljoball
19 Jun 2014, 18:54
Forum: General IOM
Topic: Drum winch at lowish price
Replies: 22
Views: 32498
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Re: Drum winch at lowish price

Additional thought. If you go with the HS785, I suggest mount it on a mounting board, then mount the board in the boat. That way, if you later get an RMG, you can mount the RMG on a board and fit that into the same mount.

John
by Hiljoball
19 Jun 2014, 17:42
Forum: General IOM
Topic: Drum winch at lowish price
Replies: 22
Views: 32498
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Re: Drum winch at lowish price

I used an HS785 on my first IOM and it worked ok. Yes, it is slow, so you have to be smooth and anticipate trimming as you round a mark, for example. It is very reliable. Main issues with the slow speed is that you cannot 'snap' gybe and sometimes you can be 'chasing' the trim, moving in and out, tr...
by Hiljoball
21 May 2014, 02:44
Forum: General IOM
Topic: How to register a boat?
Replies: 2
Views: 13948
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Re: How to register a boat?

As you are in England, you should go to the MYA web site.

They have a forum where you can post the question again.

http://www.mya-uk-forum.org.uk/phpBB3/index.php

Or contact John Taylor the IOM class secretary for help.

John
by Hiljoball
27 Apr 2014, 16:35
Forum: Class Associations and Class Management
Topic: IRSA elections, CEEFIE newsletter #7, Voting & Transparency
Replies: 4
Views: 11789
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Re: IRSA elections, CEEFIE newsletter #7, Voting & Transpare

Sorry Lester, but I stand by my comments. The current format of the board includes a regional officer for each continental zone. The changes you propose are not yet made. To implement them requires the support and/or voting of the (new) board members. It requires preparation of changes to the consti...
by Hiljoball
27 Apr 2014, 00:03
Forum: Class Associations and Class Management
Topic: IRSA elections, CEEFIE newsletter #7, Voting & Transparency
Replies: 4
Views: 11789
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Re: IRSA elections, CEEFIE newsletter #7, Voting & Transpare

I am appalled that CEEFIE in its desire to propose an officer for every position would be so disingenuous as to propose someone from Europe to be the Regional Officer representative for the AMERICAS. This is an insult to all the sailors of the Americas. I urge Patrice to correct this situation by wi...
by Hiljoball
08 Mar 2014, 17:21
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: ISAF Case Book 2013 - 2016 is now available
Replies: 2
Views: 8269
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Re: ISAF Case Book 2013 - 2016 is now available

There are three new cases in the Supplement that are interesting and very applicable to RC sailing. and are worth reading in full. John CASE 123 Rule 10, On Opposite Tacks Rule 14, Avoiding Contact When it would be clear to a competent, but not necessarily expert, sailor at the helm of a starboard-t...
by Hiljoball
08 Mar 2014, 17:14
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: ISAF Case Book 2013 - 2016 is now available
Replies: 2
Views: 8269
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Re: ISAF Case Book 2013 - 2016 is now available

There is a new supplement to the ISAF Case Book with some additional cases.

http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/ ... 130%5D.pdf

John
by Hiljoball
05 Mar 2014, 23:45
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
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Re: Redress...

From the previous discussions and the provided judge’s opinion, this is my summary of where we are. Appendix E.6.6.f says that to gain redress you must be disabled and retire. But Case 44 and the judge’s opinion say that if you retire, you affect your finish position by your own action and thereby l...
by Hiljoball
02 Mar 2014, 04:14
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
Canada

Re: Redress...

Hi Bruce, I don't think your suggestion resolves the problem. The main issue lies in E.6.6.f which says that being disabled, you have to retire to get redress. (Not how disabled is described) I have seen some correspondence that indicates that an ISAF Case Book Case #44 applies. If that case is used...
by Hiljoball
01 Mar 2014, 22:03
Forum: General IOM
Topic: IOM suppliers
Replies: 1
Views: 7746
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Re: IOM suppliers

by Hiljoball
28 Feb 2014, 21:55
Forum: General IOM
Topic: Widget Receiver
Replies: 2
Views: 7271
Canada

Re: Widget Receiver

Changing the Rx should not have any effect on the RMG and its settings. Changing Transmitter may have an effect, if you have used the Tx programming to set limits (this is not recommended in the manual and so should not be an issue to the RMG) . Also applying servo reverse to the Tx for that channel...
by Hiljoball
27 Feb 2014, 20:03
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
Canada

Re: Redress...

Hi again Barry,

You are highlighting a problem with the interpretations currently available. This is something I am trying to get reviewed at present (as a request from CAN NCM).

John
by Hiljoball
27 Feb 2014, 17:54
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
Canada

Re: Redress...

Hi Barry,

I would suggest 'No'.

To get redress Appendix E6.6.f says you must be disabled and retire. And the definition of disabled says 'unable to race'. So being damaged, but able to continue sailing slower, falls short of the definition and the rule requirements.

John/
by Hiljoball
26 Feb 2014, 20:05
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
Canada

Re: Redress...

I agree with you Roy. I sent in a document to the IRSA Racing Rules committee a few weeks ago that included this item for inclusion in the considerations for the next iteration of Appendix E. I was ok with the Disabled piece, as that seems to infer that one needs to retire/disabled in order to be el...
by Hiljoball
25 Feb 2014, 23:17
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
Canada

Re: Redress...

Hi Olivier,

What is the use of a 'secret' interpretation?

Please send me a copy of the email. You have my email.

Thanks

John
by Hiljoball
25 Feb 2014, 22:28
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
Canada

Re: Redress...

Hi Olivier,

What have the IRSA published about disabled? Where do I find a copy.

Thanks

John
by Hiljoball
25 Feb 2014, 17:23
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
Canada

Re: Redress...

Hi Olivier, Great to have you join the discussion. I disagree with your view and it comes down to use of English. The definition of Disabled says essentially, unable to race. So to me, entangled is a subset of Disabled. While you are entangled, you are unable to race, and so fit the definition. So i...
by Hiljoball
20 Feb 2014, 01:53
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
Canada

Re: Redress...

Hi Ted, What I am suggesting is that at a point in time, when you are 'entangled'. you are effectively 'disabled' per the definition. You cannot predict the future,, so you cannot assume that you will become free as any point in the future - so it is probably in your interest to claim disabled and r...
by Hiljoball
20 Feb 2014, 00:18
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
Canada

Re: Redress...

Hi Roy, I don't agree with that approach. The problem at the Worlds happened because they added 'entangled' as grounds for redress. I think the current rule is ok if you look at it this way. You are ROW and a Keep Clear boat fouls you and hooks up with your rigging. At that point, you can call Prote...
by Hiljoball
19 Feb 2014, 20:55
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
Canada

Re: Redress...

To provide a contrast to the above scenario, here is what happened at the 2013 Words in Israel in Race 11 , A fleet. The leading boat rounded the last mark (a gate) to port and shortly thereafter, tacked on to stbd and then collided and became entangled with a following boat. This allowed the second...
by Hiljoball
19 Feb 2014, 18:36
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: Redress...
Replies: 44
Views: 49882
Canada

Re: Redress...

Hi Roy, I was there and saw the aftermath of the incident. As I understand it, three boats all on stbd, and overlapped, became entangled on the start line and drifted back, locked together until they drifted to the shore, where someone untangled them. One boat had a damaged rudder, one boat was unda...
by Hiljoball
01 Feb 2014, 22:58
Forum: Class Rules
Topic: Interpretation of IOM CR - wind indicators & telltales
Replies: 11
Views: 20155
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Re: Interpretation of IOM CR - wind indicators & telltales

There may be a simpler way to look at these questions and that is to focus on the word 'optional'. While we think of optional as the presence or absence of . . .it could also relate to the location being optional - ie anywhere. So for Q1, anywhere on the mast or masthead fitting or standing rigging....
by Hiljoball
23 Nov 2013, 01:15
Forum: Marketplace
Topic: Wanted Triple Crown or Similar
Replies: 7
Views: 12006
Canada

Re: Wanted Triple Crown or Similar

Hi Colin, Welcome tot he forum and to the IOM class. You don't say were you plan to sail, or your experience as a builder. Do you want to build from scratch, buy a hull and deck to finish, or buy a used boat. If you want to build from scratch, there are a number of free plans available on the Intern...
by Hiljoball
16 Apr 2013, 16:24
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: ISAF Case Book 2013 - 2016 is now available
Replies: 2
Views: 8269
Canada

ISAF Case Book 2013 - 2016 is now available

For all you rules junkies, the ISAF 2013-2016 Case Book is now available and can be downloaded from

http://www.sailing.org/documents/casean ... e-book.php

John
by Hiljoball
31 Mar 2013, 17:17
Forum: Events and Event Management
Topic: New Zealand annual IOM Class Championship
Replies: 0
Views: 7650
Canada

New Zealand annual IOM Class Championship

Here is a link to the regatta, standings and photos, now under way.

http://radioyachtingnz.wordpress.com/

John