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Join IRSA – IOM ICA Subcommittee has issued Interpretation 2011-IOM-1 on IOM Class Rules regarding rudders construction asked by Graham Bantock, commercial builder .

For info: New asking for interpretation is posted on IOM ICA website.

For info: New asking for interpretation is posted on IOM ICA website.

For info: Asking for interpretation is posted on IOM ICA website.

Interpretation has been issued by join ISAF RSD - IOM ICA Subcommitte. See link on IOM ICA website front page.

The VC Technical has received a formal Request for Interpretation from GBR NCA (MYA) on the question of hull construction: a) Wooden construction combined with glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) and b) The construction of the GRP itself. The document can be downloaded from the section “Current req...

Roy Posted answer is IOM ICA TSC official view and I believe that formal interpretation is not necessary. Take a look on Technical Subcommittee page http://www.iomclass.org/administration/technical/ for more info. IOM is still RSD class and formal class rule interpretation must be made by RSD-IOM IC...

James,

IOM CR F.5.3 is explicit in allowing both length AND tension adjustments. Choke ring or similar method of adjusting tension is perfectly fine and doesn’t preclude you from having turnbuckles at deck level as an independent means of adjusting LENGTH as well.

Hi Roy 1) Updates Updates have been announced on the front page of the IOM ICA website as it is usual on other websites. Many of us goes first to the IOM ICA website from page and entering the Forum through link on that page.... Anyhow, in the future news on the website regarding the technical issue...

Hi James Your question regarding the IOM Class Rules may affect some other boats in your NCA and worldwide. Please let me know if you ask the same question your NCA Technical person/team? If not, I strongly recommend to do so. IOMICA encourages an NCA/NCS officer to request an official interpretatio...

Interesting question. Just to know that I am aware of it and I will discuss it in IOM ICA TSC.

Regards

Ken As far as I know, the Class Championship Regulations were composed by the originators of the class along with the Constitution and Regulations and thus were "in place" when we came into being. Occasional amendments to them have been voted upon by the membership. Again, to my knowledge, Appendix...

Robert: No "Roy vs. Lester" issues going on here. Read you own posts. You have stated that you believe discussions (such as judges at major r/c races) "may be closed". You have virtually demanded that you be told "problems" that NCAs may have with immediate ISAF affiliation. You have lectured us fo...

Robert: Best I can tell, Lester Gilbert's post is simply his opinion of what ISAF will or will not require for an IOMICA sanctioned world championship based on his personal interpretation of what he thinks are the relevant ISAF rules. Unless Lester is now authorized to speak on behalf of ISAF, his ...

Just a simple minded overview of the current situation/debate. IOMICA presses ahead with joining ISAF in the current timeframe and is subsequently unable negotiate concessions in respect to costs and officials. As a result NCAs in some countries respond that they no longer consider the cost / benef...

What have we learned? If the IOM became an ISAF class, ISAF would not be forcing the IOM class to have International Juries. It is up to the class. Accepting that an International Jury is a 'good thing', it turns out it needs only to have three (3) IJs, or even just two (2) in an, erm, emergency......

But in the last couple of years I have become less sure. Quite clearly one size doesnt fit all when you compare model sailing with the full sized thing and ISAF needs to recognise that to be the case before we commit our future to them. In the particular instance of Juries, we should at least have ...

As a general matter, I think we need to try to obtain from ISAF some relief on registration fees for home built boats and judges and juries at major radio sailing events, clarification on how our rules and regulations will be interpreted and administered by ISAF and a method whereby national r/c au...

Please be informed that members of 2009 - 2011 IOM ICA Technical Sub-Committee are: Brad Gibson and Marko Majic. Our main goal is to serve the IOM community having in mind the best interest of the IOM class. Both Brad and Marko are very well known in radio sailing community and I am proud to have th...

CRO 82 is Pikanto.

I have just been informed by Peter Gilkes that the closing ceremony will be video streamed as well even it was not originally planned.

I am excited to see my CRO friends on podium !!

Thanks to Peter Gilkes and his team for all effort on organizing such a great Championship!

Gee, and I thought I was the lawyer here...seems to me that you are ducking a simple question. Let me try it again-- if elected to the IOM Executive Committee, would you ask, vote for, welcome or support the appointment of Lester Gilbert to the IOM Class Technical Sub-Committee? It is a question th...

Great, Robert. In the same spirit as your post, may I pose a simple and straightforward question to you--should you be elected to the VC Technical position will you ask Lester Gilbert to serve on the IOMICA Technical Committee? Roy, I have asked simple straight forward questions which I think are i...

Roy,

Thanks for useful, meaningful and authoritative answers on simple and important questions that I have made. No further questions.

I will appreciate answers from IOM ICA Exec on following questions having in mind recent ISAF letter dealing with IOM class rules: 1) What is the status of the ISAF document related to the rejected proposals? Sometimes ago, we have been informed by IOM ICA VC Technical that we don't need some techni...

Barry

Next line with max 0.1 is dealing with difference between largest and smaller value of WALL THICKNESS. This is not MAST DIAMETER. The max. value of 0.1 has nothing to do with mast diameter.

Regards

Antonio Please carefully read my post. 10.6 is minimum mast diameter. There is no tolerance on the minumum value. Difference between min and max diameter may be 0.3 mm. You are not allowed to have 10.6 - 0.3 = 10.3 mm because absoulte min. is 10.6mm. You are allowed to have diameter of 10.9 mm somew...

Val Part of the Class rule F.3.4 starting with "Spar between..." and ending with "any wall thickness...." is in fact technical specification for mast producer. In order to prevent tapered masts and to have low cost production, difference between largest and smaller diameter has been introduced as 0....

Sorry, correct link is http://www.iomclass.org/tech/IOMICA_Com ... 003_cr.pdf
(without dot at the end)

Barry

Please take a look on: http://www.iomclass.org/tech/IOMICA_Com ... 003_cr.pdf.
(Item 1.4)

I like your last statement.