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Hello Nigel, which material have you used to get this result ?

Sorry I have not read that forum for 2 weeks, and I was 3 pages behind ! ;) Thanks Lester and Robert for giving life to this forum ! I have now read it all, and if I am not wrong, we all agree on one point : - Not plain structures shouldn't be allowed. So this is already in rules. So no change neede...

Hi,

Usual way is to sheet in with stick towards you.
On some radio it's the only position where trim is efficient, so could be useful as well.

But there is no "rule" on this

Hi Harry In your message you raise all what you consider as positive points of SHRS, but you don't discuss negative points raised in previous discussion. I will try to balance your message by answering. Hi, With great interest I have read this thread concerning SHRS. The objections towards SHRS surp...

Bruce and "Betty", I am sure you had fun here... You should have joined live streaming + rankings online after each race, etc... on event website. Event website address was on this forum for a while. If you prefer to be sarcastic after the best event we had regarding spreading of informations and vi...

Final list of competitors !

http://www.iomwc2017.vrc-pierrelatte.com/competiteurs/

It seems I have missed a few posts here...

Bruce, in case you need something you have my email.

Another point, all informations on FB were on IOMICA website shortly before or after.

Sorry if I misunderstood, but your title can be confusing. I will try to answer. Dave, current preferred source for aluminium masts in IOMS is absolutely not a single source. Even if PG modelisme masts are recommended for current benchmark IOM, there are other suppliers, such as sailsetc for example...

Hello David, Achille, You are right, it's now possible to find carbon tubes at a lower (or similar) price than the alloy ones which are used by majority of IOMs today. But you compare the best alloys with poor quality carbon tubes. Just have a look at Sails etc website on this page http://www.sailse...

Hi Neil, As explained by Gordon, places are awarded by country, not by continent, and at IOMICA we had the choice of taking directly a 15th french competitor (who leaves 3 hours driving from Vitoria) or inviting a guest from a country without NCA to promote IOM there. We have chosen that latter, con...

Hi Olivier, I am against the motion because it is unnecessary. We should only modify rules where there is a compelling reason. The existing rules provide adequate description. Modifying them only further complicates the rules and ties the hands of future regatta organizers. John I miss your argumen...

I am quite surprised by what I read : John - You are against our proposal because you want to propose a system with just observers at a world championship, and DNE if there is a formal protest ! What a breakthrough ! Do you really believe it will help to get good racing ? All this to save 1 umpire/j...

Thanks for stats.

So you can see that Graham Bantock has improved of 13 places.

Another one improved 10 places.


Nothing else to add.

The fact is , that from top 10 skippers all of them except Walsh and Matic just one race, sailed in A fleet. Now, imagine that was GOLDEN fleet in SHRS sistem. Just take a look on points difference. So, results from Thursday-Saturday ( 11 races , 2 discards) 1.GBR 42 - 37 points 2.CRO 35 - 39 3.FRA...

Hi Zvonko, You are right, it's not the place to discuss improvements of HMS. For the rest : 1/ In your proposal, you are right, all the races are important. As seeding races are. In fact half the championship is just seeding races. In my opinion it's not interesting racing as racing with competitors...

At a 5 or 6 day event I would be in favour of 3 seeding races. With no promotion there would be no hold ups for protests. Gordon Seeding races are not interesting as you don't race with competitors of similar level. (Same opinion on simple heat racing system proposed) I am in favour of HMS with 6 p...

Hi Bruce, Maybe a misunderstanding here, but in RRS as they are, "as a result retiring" can't be a decision of the competitor, for example because he is too far behind. It should be because of a failure, or because of assistance received. If your boat is still able to race you HAVE to continue. So t...

Welcome back Neil ! Still sailing Mallard ? Thanks for your concerns. It seems that you could read and understand our CCR, happy of that. Next time you will tell me who is hidden in these funny descriptions. I could catch a few, some have sent requests for guest place, some haven't, and I don't know...

Description of new control area has been added on Championship website http://www.iomec2014italy.com/sailing-instruction.html Previously planned area was not available anymore due to a VERY late decision of the host city. Congratulations to organisers for finding an alternative suitable place in suc...

Definitive allocation of places is now published on event website !

http://www.iomec2014italy.com/home.html

Each NCA can now send their entries before June 27th limit !

French IOM championship will take place from May 29th to June 1st on the beautiful lake of "La Ganguise". 5 places on first stage are opened to foreign competitors, selected according time of entry. Entries for foreign competitors will have to be made ONLY online starting March 17th, 4pm CET at www....

For now, not an official answer/interpretation from IRSA, but personal opinion from an International Judge, who was member of the Jury at 1 Metre Europeans 2010, 1 Metre Worlds 2011, Marblehead Worlds 2012. "A boat that becomes entangled is disabled as she is unable to continue in the heat. Rule E6....

It's not an official interpretation. A case book for radiosailing will be available soon.

Hiljoball wrote:Hi Olivier,

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

Thanks

John

Hi John,

I am not supposed to publish emails on a forum.

Hi John, it is not MY definition of disabled, it was confirmed by IRSA racing comitee. You cannot decide to retire, it has to be the result of the incident. Change in SI is just applying previous rule. Nothing really new, and clearly more fair than losing a championship because being entangled twice...

In last revision of appendix E, a ROW boat can only get redress if he is disabled and then retire, because the damage due to entanglement prevents him to continue the race. It's not possible to get redress if the competitor DECIDES to retire. So in fact you NEVER gets redress, because with IOMs, inc...

For your information PROVISIONAL (As only 1 non european country, AUS, has requested a place) allocation of places

Notice of Race for 2014 IOM Championship (Campione del Garda Italy) is available on championship website http://www.iomec2014italy.com/home.html If they want to send a competitor Non-European NCAs should ask for a place before March 27th according to Class Championship Rules 8.2 . Request should be ...

Hi Soren.

Why 3 spots with current rules as no DEN was in Croatia ?