IOMICA Forum

Why not simply carve on from the sole of a flip-flop and glue it on to the bow with some contact cement? Quick, easy, cheap.

Ralph

I like the work that has gone into this proposal. A very good effort. Some comments follow. 1. General. - The concept does not check for the minimum draft. This is fine with me – I see no reason for the minimum draft limit anyway. (Let’s simplify the rules where practical.) - It might be a good ...

In an earlier post, I underatand Lester indicated that it was common to consider the word "ply" to mean from the same lot/bolt/roll of material. My dictionary calls the term "ply" to mean "a single thickness, fold or layer". And the ERS supports this with a similar "ply" defination with "a sheet of ...

Alan: Perhaps you are correct. Of the craft I have seen, none exceed the 60 mm value and some are quite shy of this hull depth, but I suspect that you have more knowledge of this than I (since you are in a hot bed of hull design and developement). Back when we had to record this data on the initial ...

Anders: I don't see the problem others apparently see. Take my suggestion below and have it applicable at a selected date, say 1/1/2006. Have all current IOM owners measure their boats/keels to see if the keels are longer than the new 360 mm value, and if so, have them get them certified by their me...

If we ever do a spec update, we should consider changing one of our rules. Sei up the rules so that the keel/ballast does not extend beyond 360 mm below the bottom of the hull. This plus the 60 mm hull max equals teh 420 mm max right now. With a slightly shallower hull, the overall depth might be 5 ...

We have a fellow who has built a few kites (in glass) and they go very well. One fellow sold his TS2 and is keeping his kite.

I did not check with the other browsers to see if there was a difference, but I am now using the using the Moxilla Firefoc browser almost exclusively and your left edge material is a bit dark to see easily. Changing the text to a lighter color would be useful.

I have never had any problems with metal spars or rigging. I run my RX antenna just under the foredeck and never had any problems

I don't recall the specific source, but I inquired of this some time ago and the response was that the battery was completly sealed and could be immersed. Personally, I would mount them a bit higher than the bildge so as to keep them from getting immersed. But as I see it, the only reason to use the...

Why not simply have one of the "emergency" IOM rule changes that grandfather existing sails? Seems to be a simple way to address the problem. And there need not be any time limit either. For those in the higher levels, they will be using new sails/new numbers in a short time anyway and for those who...

Lester: Regarding the potential for controlling batteries and their location in the boat, do you really want to go the the way it appears you would support? Do you really think it is the overall interest of our hobby that we will, at least at major events, need to establish a battery policeman or so...

Rob, here is what I have observed. 1. All the leading boats have lowered cockpits (i.e., TS2), or the mixed deck design in which the area around the mast and vang is lowered while the rest of the deck is at sheer level (i.e, Italko). I have not seen any sheer level deck boats w/o the lowered mast/va...

The simple solution to all this potential hassle is to simply state that only one sail control servo is allowed and delete all the rest about sheeting. Clearly this was the intent of the class rule developers when the class was started. The recent conversion to a format for our Rules that matches al...

Lester makes a good point that we do not want to go overboard on any simplification of our Rules. But the converse is also true. But in this subject thread, we have to note that the text of C.7.7(a) uses the permissive word "may". So this Rule section allows, but does not require, a specific sheetin...

Arvin: I am not the proper person to give you definative answers on your questions. I have no responsibility or authority in this area. But is a boat is brought to me for measurement, and it has only one sail servo, I expect this boat would be legal. It it had two servos, one for the basic control a...

Let's not make our Rules any more complicated. The single servo interpetation seems quite adequate.

It seems to me that it would be better yet if the number system used either one, two or three digits. I think the artificial use of a zero in front of an otherwise single digit sail number has proven to be confusing. But clearly Ian is correct in that three digits would be better than two as the cla...

I do not see any problem with such an arrangement. As you recognise, just about every boat has some degree of differential sheeting. The geometry of the jib movement is based on the location of the jib pivit fitting and the sheet attachment fitting (which I will call jib-sheet length -- JSL) and the...

Now this is far more interesting than some of the no-brainer things the class gets into. I would think that the ruling could be that for the outside skin only, this would be acceptable, but as an inner laminate, unacceptable. On the outer laminate, the aluminized film is akin to a coating of paint o...

Of course you can use it, and if you come up with a better wording, send it along.

Ralph

We in Dallas have been using SIs with wording like this in all of our IOM regattas for the past several years. I have heard no complaints. But it is important, as Steve indicates, that the RD take a firm hand, right at the start to control the situation. 10. All racing rules regarding Sportsmanship ...

Well, 210, minus the 130 you say you can save with a battery change an a slighly smaller rudder servo, another 30 grams, leaves you with just 50 gram over weight. This does not seem to warrent getting another hull to me, at my financial involvement in the hobby. The distribution of weight is probabl...

I thought that this would be an alternative to weighing all the craft before the event and (apparently) being concerned that somebody was cheating and sailing a light boat after formal event measurement. Adopting this approach could speed up the Event measurement process since this task would not ha...

Ropy: I think we agree on that batteries are part of the RC system and are not considered "ballast". I stand corrected in that E requires any batteries can only be replaced with similar items, in close proximityto any prior location. Your reference to E.4.7.b is correct. The verification of this ite...

This is developing into an interesting discussion. Let me add some fuel to this discussion. I think the position taken by Roy in an earlier posting makes a lot of sense. We should only put into our Rules, or our individual interpretation to the Rules, things that are can be inspected and verified. A...

I would think the key questions would be: (1) can the keel be installed and removed (A-yes, since the adhesive/sealant is not permanently bonding the keek to the hull) (2) is the keel weight still within the limits (A - yes, no change in the bare keel weight) (3) is the total boat weight at the mini...

Lester: Reference your comment on alloys for masts. As you may remember a couple years ago, I was strongly in favor of eliminating the alloy specifications for both the masts and booms during the time that the current 2002 IOM Rules were being drafted. I was unable to sway the Rule developers toward...

I'll address point 2 on inspection and verification - any rule element must result in a craft that is inspectable in a non-destructive manner using normal tools that a measurer could be expected to have available. Inspection could occur at any time, including during a regatta. - a possible variation...

I find that running a regatta using the HMS system is quite easy with it’s 4 up, 4 down approach until (1) there are protests that must be resolved and (2) there are a number of “textâ€