IOMICA Forum

I just finished watching the closing ceremonies and it was really nice to get to see that part of the event as well. Congratulations to the winners but mostly congratulations to everyone who had a part in making it happen. A lot of work in a fairly short time and what appears to me to be a great eve...

I guess I'll speak in defence of the video feed. I think too many have some very high expectations of the Internet and its services. It gets better all the time but it is very much not seamless. So, particularly when a bunch of us sit on the video as much as possible, capacity gets pushed and someti...

As the owner of a brand new (but 4 year old) multi-colored jib sail I am happy to hang them on the wall and leave that behind with something along the lines of Barry's (what a good name) suggestion. Technical rules that require interpretation are generally not very good ones. Technical rules should ...

Perhaps then the word "ply" is the wrong word. In the context of sail material I would say that ply either denotes the number of layers of material or the thickness of the material or maybe both. But it is some form of numeric reference and not a visual reference. As the rules state that they must b...

Well, I would have to say that the rule is pretty clear and doesn't need any interpretation and that Lester's "argument" is completely unfounded. I kind of felt that way when I got the "ply" story a few years ago but was too new to feel completely confident that I had read it right. If the wording s...

Thanks Val. When I first started in this class I thought it would be a great idea to have my jib be 2 colors. Maybe that would help my old eyes pick my boat out of the crowd at that distant mark we sometimes have. So when I was ordering a new #3 suit I specified a blue-white-blue configuration. Then...

Quite frankly I would like to see colored sails allowed, although I'm pretty sure that, except for a very abstract interpretation I once received, I don't believe there is anything that really keeps you from having colored sails. I expect to be called up for saying that. However, I also believe that...

Although it appears that the Secretary position won’t be contested during the upcoming elections, I thought I should post a little something to let you know who I am and a bit of history. I am a Canadian, coming from a fairly non-sailing part of the country in Alberta. I am married and have 3 kids...

Alphonso, This is not a smart mouthed answer, I had to go look it up. For Velcro, Wikipedia says: Velcro is a brand name of fabric hook-and-loop fasteners.[1] It consists of two layers: a "hook" side, which is a piece of fabric covered with tiny hooks, and a "loop" side, which is covered with even s...

Let's put the damn fingers in our pockets and get back on topic and get it done. It appears that the first 2 proposals either didn't pass properly or need some more detailed definition before they could be implemented. Let's table them or at least withdraw our request for approval. The other 3 are p...

OK. No more corrections please.

It could be stated more plainly but I'm back to the .3 mm piece now.

I don't have too much more to add but everyone should re-read the rule and don't stop at the end of the line where it says the spar variance is .3 mm. The very next line says that if the spar is aluminum then the tolerance it .1 mm. Not +/- .1 mm either. The difference between max and min regardless...

Down a lot of bunny trails here. Now, without going back to vote for the new wording, the new mast diameter is actually going to be 9.6 mm not the 10 we voted for (or against). We have absolute measurements for most of the boat but at some point in the past it seems to have been decided that a mast ...

Marko, Well done. And then tell that idiot who is protesting you to read RRS E4.5 and get the heck out of your way so you can finish your rig change and get sailing. That rule clearly says you can change any of the things we are talking about at anytime; before a heat, during a heat, after a heat, y...

Robert,

For those of us that are newer, finding these historical documents, which look to still be in force, is a terrific discovery. It helps define intention much better.

I might still dispute that Velcro consitutes "fixed" but it is pretty clear that between events relocation is allowed.

RRS 2009-2012, Appendix E 4.5 Launching and Relaunching, c) While ashore and within a launching area, boats may be adjusted, drained of water or repaired; have their sails changed or reefed; have entangled objects removed; or have radio equipment repaired or changed. Without typing the whole thing o...

Roy, I am pretty much on board with you as far as wondering how you can certify an IOM without know how it floats, how long it is and whether it is the correct weight while doing all of that. I am also of the mind that the currently defined process does not require that to happen. While it may be a ...

Locally our measurer does provide the service of having a tank available so that when you take your boat away from being measured to qualify for a certificate you also can be fairly confident that your boat floats legally and is the correct length. He also has his scales available to check your weig...

What the changes are that require a re-measurement is a whole other discussion. In the purest sense, the hull of the boat does not even need to be finished to get through measurement. Again, to the letter of the form itself, the boat is not really "measured" more like it is observed. There is no pla...

Most everyone must have heard the story (or in most cases, lived it) where a youngster wants to do something that their parents don't want them to do because "everyone else is doing it". The answer I got was something on the order of "if everyone else was running off the edge of a cliff would you wa...

Roy,

I'm with you.

I would say the rules are very clear. You can never change the position of the batteries during an entire event. I guess technically once the boat is built you can't ever change the position but that will be hard to govern as the battery position is not a part of what is checked and documented durin...

We just had a little exchange in email concerning whether we needed to add some clarification to the SI for our National CR to make sure we had this covered. While trying to answer I decided to re-read the rules. C.5.3 say they have to be carried in the same place. Not similar, not almost, not about...

I'm pretty much on Dick's side on this. If you take the view that a "race" (comprised of more than one "heat") must be complete before a boat can have its batteries changed then that has to apply to all the boats in that "race". So, in effect, all of the boats are still racing the entire race until ...

Any chance of just dealing with the topic???

By and large the rules we have are OK with some continual massaging to make them perhaps a bit clearer when something is discovered. I find it hard to understand how it can be alright to ignore a performance related piece of the boat (battens) because it is fine just the way we are working now (no d...

All the things that you used to be able to make from nothing can now be made from anything.

The class rules say you have to have them but don't specify what they can be made of. So, if you apply previous discussions of mast fitting construction then we have a required item that must be made from nothing. The ERS says (if I read it right): H.6 Checking Materials Unless specifically prescrib...

I'm kind of good with the idea of pre-arranging something more in connection with the 25th anniversary. Anniversaries are likely more in keeping for these boats than brirthdays. But, as it is always good to have some excuse, we will have a 21st birthday sailing around here for our favorite boats and...

I kind of liked the idea of the rest of us sailing while the Worlds starts up. We have booked a site for June 21 and will have that no matter what but would be glad to have another on some common date. I would also volunteer to gather results, entry lists or whatever is appropriate to document who s...