IOMICA Forum

Hi Zvonko
Good to hear from you.

I don’t think that’s factually correct. The potter one was legal initially. I actually still have one here.

I think you can go around in circles with the history of it but I struggle to see the fundamental difference - they’re both gooseneck / kickers that appear ...

If you take a step back from all of this and reflect. I’m struggling to see the logic of bending over backwards to make the Viss type legal while the potter type one was forced to be modified.
Seems inconsistent.
Jeff IRL 3/43

Hi Rob
Hope you stick with the winch making ! I've currently got 6 RMG winches of various ages (New up to 10 years old) and have never had any problems whatsoever.
In Euro terms the prices have increased but that has been due to the AUD/Euro fx rate which is beyond your control.
My boats over the ...

Hi Brian
We sail out of Howth on weekends from October to May. We used to race exclusively on Sunday mornings but are now being more flexible with an aim to rebuild the fleet numbers.

I'm guessing you're on Strangfrod Lough ? Do you have many boats sailing ?
Our class website is www.iomireland.org ...

Hi Brian
Welcome to the IOM. There isn't a huge difference in tuning between the different designs so probably best to see what the others are doing in your club.

If you've got Stealth specific questions, you're probably best advised to ask Trev Bamforth who designed it.

http://stealthsails.webs ...

Are there any other bidders ? It might be good to go back to the Southern Hemisphere again or indeed South or North America ??

The other thing to consider is that each country has its own forum - the Italian and French ones in particular are very active, with lots of good information.
Jeff

Well done Marko. Am guessing there'll be a price increase !

Looks fine from here, follow the justin.tv link from the website.
Jeff

Hi Peter
Thanks for the great video coverage of the event.
Jeff

Hi Anders
You should have received an email from me with the Irish votes.
Best regards
Jeff

Some interesting pics of a GB Pikanto.

http://www.onemetre.net/OtherTopics/Pikanto/Pikanto.htm

I wonder if Southampton Uni lends it out to sailors to race !

Hi
Can anyone provide the date/venues for this year's UK IOM Ranking events please?
The dates are no longer accessable to non Mya members on the UK site.
Thanks
Jeff

Hi Davor

I've finally got a new pc so am back online, so apologies for the delay getting back to you.

Thanks to you and all your team for organising a great event; it was clear that a huge amount of work was put into it.

Jeff

Hi Anders

You can practise your Spanish and Croatian languages....

http://www.velarc.es/bitacora/?p=68#more-68

http://hjsru.c-a.hr/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=134&PN=2

I see that you're not coming to the Euros ?

Jeff

Hi Steve
I think it was just posted as we got a draft email version earlier in the week. I see that you aren't coming this time?
Jeff

Olivier

Am guessing that you are right. I would suspect that all of the guest places were not used.

Jeff

Hi Anders

Ireland have entered two boats.

Jeff

Full results:

http://www.scor.hr/druge%20regate/IOMPH2006.pdf

Jeff

I see Brad Gibson has his new UK based website up and running. His address is:

http://freespace.virgin.net/bgrc.yachting/

I won't pretend not to be biased, as I have two of his Disco design.

Anyone who has seen his work can't fail to be impressed by its quality.

Jeff

I understand that 2nd was Zvonko from Croatia.

There are photos but no results on the UK site.

Jeff

Had a quick look at the footage. Looks like the familiar problem of a far away downwind mark.

Often from the skippers' vantage point the boats blanket one another and it is almost impossible to see individual boats. However there's no excuse for piling in if the view is better. Think you'd need to ...

Hi Lester

Good to see you couldn't resist a dig about our lack of NCA ! Our sailors seem more interested in sailing than changing rules; but am sure will get around to joining eventually.

Equally I'm glad to see that the lessons of the Texalium issue seem to have been absorbed and carried into ...

A few comments/queries in relation to the proposed rule changes. I refer to the paragraph numbers in the PDF document for ease of reference.

Under 3.6 - What is the purpose of banning Texalium hulls from future Continential and WC events after 2006 ? If the boats are IOMs for the purpose of non WC ...

Thanks David

Hi David

Wondering if there's an entry list available yet ?

Thanks

Jeff

A few observations from the Euros in Arcos re umpiring. I was there on hols as an interested onlooker.

A number of sailors consistently missed the far weather mark and were not called for it.

The Umpires did not encourage discussions of overlaps among competitors at the wing/leward marks which ...

Hi Anders, there's a longer discussion on the USA site.

http://onemetre.sbmyc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=103

You should keep in touch with Brad Gibson, he usual hears of the boats when they are for sale as there are lots of them in Australia.

Jeff