John's reference is in ERS
F.1.4 Rigging
Any equipment attached at one or both ends to spares, sails or other rigging and capable of working in tension only.
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- 02 Feb 2009, 05:34
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: Reversed kicking strap
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11461
- 26 Jan 2009, 04:52
- Forum: General IOM
- Topic: Coming of age
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13317
- 25 Jan 2009, 00:24
- Forum: General IOM
- Topic: Coming of age
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13317
- 22 Jan 2009, 05:20
- Forum: General IOM
- Topic: Coming of age
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13317
There must be an exact date when the class became recognized. We should all try to have a regatta the same day to celebrate and then we can maybe brag that we had more IOMs on the water all over the world than maybe has ever happened for any other class. We could all send our results in and then may...
- 09 Jan 2009, 20:40
- Forum: Events and Event Management
- Topic: Mid Event Measurement Checks
- Replies: 23
- Views: 19938
A good conversation. I wasn't looking for their to be a definitive answer, just some idea about how seriously to take any infractions. I would guess that weight changing or substituting some piece of the rigging are likely the most common things you would find if the initial event measurement alread...
- 08 Jan 2009, 03:09
- Forum: Events and Event Management
- Topic: Mid Event Measurement Checks
- Replies: 23
- Views: 19938
Mid Event Measurement Checks
So in the SI document(s) the organizers reserve the right to spot check boats throughout an event. What I can't find anywhere is a guideline for what is done when something comes up out of range. It is kind of indicated in RRS that the finding goes to a jury to determine the penalty and that has to ...
- 25 Oct 2008, 03:59
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: Upper and lower points
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9821
- 16 Oct 2008, 20:57
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: 60mm
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9019
- 11 Oct 2008, 02:10
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: Voltage indicator / battery indicator legal?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35038
- 10 Oct 2008, 19:32
- Forum: General IOM
- Topic: Rudders
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11645
I know that by specs they should be fine. One boat here has one in it for the rudder and it sometimes acts like it doesn't have enough oomph to make the boat tack. I can't think of one good reason why but that is how it acts. I have used the digital aileron, in wing servos for the rudder and not had...
- 10 Oct 2008, 01:14
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: Voltage indicator / battery indicator legal?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35038
In that I assemble all of my battery packs myself, then if I wide in a voltage indicator as part of my construction of the pack then it is OK. Given that connectors (no further definition is given) are legal then a connector that incorporates a voltage indicator therefore is legal if it is a part of...
- 07 Oct 2008, 08:00
- Forum: General IOM
- Topic: Servo Voltage
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10440
- 04 Oct 2008, 18:54
- Forum: General IOM
- Topic: Rudders
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11645
Either of John's choices are just fine. And Bruce's advice is spot on. With analog servos you can see that they don't always (seldom) return to zero so you get into having to do a little bit of trimming sometimes from tack to tack. The digital ones are generally much more powerful (not that big of a...
- 04 Oct 2008, 18:47
- Forum: General IOM
- Topic: IOM Plans
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9094
Maybe try something like this
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/products/f ... nloads.htm
Google dxf viewer free and there are other choices as well. Not sure if they let you print or not.
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/products/f ... nloads.htm
Google dxf viewer free and there are other choices as well. Not sure if they let you print or not.
- 03 Oct 2008, 07:04
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: Voltage indicator / battery indicator legal?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35038
I'm with you Bruce in that they simply help manage the basic operation of the boat, do nothing to enhance performance and could help reduce those rescue runs. If you follow the instructions for the RMG version, and use it with an RMG winch, then the volt meter is not attached to the receiver circuit...
- 02 Oct 2008, 18:46
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: Voltage indicator / battery indicator legal?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35038
This issues around battery condition/voltage indicators is a good example of "where do you draw the line?". The rules actually already, specifically, say: C5.3 (c) Except for control unit positioning and radio link information, no radio transmissions from the boat shall be made. So, are visual indic...
- 02 Oct 2008, 00:30
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: Voltage indicator / battery indicator legal?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35038
In my years of dealing with rules to govern car racing, we also had that rider on the rules that said if it wasn't authorized you couldn't do it. When you declare that you must then be careful that you aren't setting up to have a hundred page rule book wherein you mention every little thing that is ...
- 01 Oct 2008, 23:11
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: Voltage indicator / battery indicator legal?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35038
- 01 Oct 2008, 02:43
- Forum: General IOM
- Topic: Water Free Measurement
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6127
However, a couple of us have developed a process to float the boat in the bath tub with a "special" ballast to determine where the boat floats and then a jig to set the boat up in that you can use to set the keel fin and ballast to the correct depth and angle. If you dig out an old, couple of issues...
- 30 Sep 2008, 20:39
- Forum: General IOM
- Topic: Water Free Measurement
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6127
- 28 Sep 2008, 05:16
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: More than one receiver
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12008
Hi Andy, I will admit I was just pushing it a bit about the transmitter. But. . . if we are talking about radio controlled sailing, and we are, then there is a definite implication that we are allowing some form of communication between some kind of Tx in the skipper's hands and some kind of receive...
- 27 Sep 2008, 22:05
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: More than one receiver
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12008
"Another class" says: 13. RADIO EQUIPMENT 13.1 No more than two servos are allowed; one shall be for sail control, the other for rudder control. 13.2 The method of fixing radio equipment, servos, receiver and batteries, to the hull, and or deck, are left to the skipper’s discretion. 13.3 The numbe...
- 27 Sep 2008, 21:58
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: More than one receiver
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12008
What happens if you say nothing about receivers at all. In order to have radio controlled sailing you need some method of transmitting control command to the boat and some method of receiving that control command and making it tell the servos what to do. If you stop at defining that there can only b...
- 27 Sep 2008, 04:21
- Forum: General IOM
- Topic: Mast sources
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4187
- 25 Sep 2008, 21:09
- Forum: General IOM
- Topic: New Member
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7554
Don's observation is one I also had when I first started in the class but learned to work around, as he has as well. Then you find out that you need to dig through the ERS to find out why some of those things need to be where they are supposed to be. There is effectively a maximum mast length, altho...
- 25 Jul 2008, 02:34
- Forum: Events and Event Management
- Topic: 2009 Canadian National Championship Regatta
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3417
- 24 Jul 2008, 07:30
- Forum: Events and Event Management
- Topic: 2009 Canadian National Championship Regatta
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3417
2009 Canadian National Championship Regatta
Details will come later but we wanted to get the date in front of everyone as soon as possible so that travel plans can be made well in advance. The 2009 edition of the Canadian Nationals will return to the West Coast and back to the fabulous Saltspring Island Sailing Club location in Ganges Harbour...
- 02 Jul 2008, 06:01
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: Hull Numbering
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13556
- 30 Jun 2008, 18:41
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: Hull Numbering
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13556
- 14 Jun 2008, 19:14
- Forum: Class Rules
- Topic: Hull Numbering
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13556
I received an answer that indicates that you could satisfy both sections with a number just on the hull but that it takes more than just a sticky backed number. Considering the cost of simply writing it on the inside with a Sharpie I think the advice is to put the nice sticker on the outside and wri...