IOMICA Forum

That is a great idea Graham. Perhaps this rule change should not only be crafted by 3D printing home builders but also only apply to home builders and not to boats sold and produced by commercial builders.

You know, the first thing I'd like to see happen on this forum is to hear from actual home builders who are using 3D printing and see what they think needs to be modified in the current rules. I've always believed that change should come from the bottom up.

The proposed SHRS system for major races is great for those at the top of the ranking, less so for those below, and the further down you are the worse things become. Basically, you will lose the opportunity to sail against the best or move up in class half way through the event. It is hard to unders...

What you are missing is that stiffer carbon masts require new, differently cut sails. Which would likely mean replacement of all current rigs. And it is a certainty that once you allow carbon spars in, as others have said, you will find someone selling high modulus tubes that cost in excess of 100 p...

I'm trying to understand why there was no provision made to allow already existing and measured rigs to continue to use the large plate gooseneck for at least a limited period of time going forward. Not everyone will be able to cleanly make the now required modification and to be done right a rig re...

Robert--To answer your question---yes, HMS was used in America, Australia and New Zealand as well as the UK and in other classes (such as the Marblehead) before being adopted by IOMICA. Now do you want to answer any of the questions I asked? And p.s. Robert, for your information there was IOM and ot...

How soon they forgot. Robert, I have 700 posts here for two reasons--One, I've been doing this since before Croatia even sailed in international IOM competition and two, I was the former VC Technical for IOMICA in the days when this forum was a very active place and a lot of questions had to be answ...

My answer, and I think it is true of every participant in a major IOM race, is that in each and every heat under HMS I have a chance to do well and find myself in "A" fleet sailing against the best in the world. Maybe it will only happen one time, might not happen at all, but I still have that chanc...

Ok, so under this proposed system, I can travel four or five thousand miles; sail for maybe half the time under a matrix heat system that has long been abandoned; and then get to sail for the rest of the time in a fixed fleet where my best result could be a 30th place? No thank you. If the goal is t...

This proposed system is very similar to the old "odd/even" heat matrix system but with the added component of locking you in to a "fleet" with no chance of advancement part way through the event. Gives you all the disadvantage of racing with a mixed group of skill levels (consider how someone who is...

Kudos and congrats to IOMICA Technical and Executive and IRSA for their handling of this situation. Saw a problem, promptly found a solution. Actions like this only benefit the class....

Just to be clear--it appears that the controversy at IRSA that lead to these multiple resignations was in fact over whether the new Chairman had exceeded his authority and whether motions he was putting forth were "passed democratically". It should also be noted that the slate headed by Lester Gilbe...

Sorry about the title--guess I jumbled the old "RSD" together with the new "IRSA".

It appears that in record time there is trouble among the new "management" team at IRSD. At least three members of the executive committee have resigned claiming significant issues with the new Chairman's governing style and agenda. I think this is truly a shame and a real set back for model yachtin...

Wow! That's pretty harsh. Hard to believe that the intent of the latest appendix E rule revision was to effectively make redress unavailable with the only exception being damage that totally prevented a boat from sailing. Really highlights the need for a change in the sailing instructions until the ...

It would seem that no matter how you look at it, some official clarification is required--if "disabled" can be defined to include entangled and retired than it should be put in writing and sent out to the NCA's. (No offense John, but your interpretation is only yours and not binding). On the other h...

I agree that when requesting redress you should have to retire and not sail the heat. However, I don't think the term "disabled" can be stretched to mean "entangled" particularly since "entangled" was removed from the language of the redress rule in the last revisions of Appendix E. Some sort of cla...

It would seem at minimum then that the sailing instructions for races should include the addition of the word "entanglement" in the redress rules. Is this something that IOMICA should send out to the NCA's as a suggested change and/or pass on up to ISAF to have changed?

I observed a recent incident that made me question the newly revised Appendix E "Redress" rule....It appears that under the latest revision of the rules, a boat in order to receive redress has to be unable to continue to race. On its fact this would seem to mean that a boat that is entangled for ove...

Is there going to be video from the upcoming World Championship? Live? Daily Updates? Also, will there be regularly updated results? Blog? Twitter?

It is somewhat unclear what is going on. Has IOMICA adopted an emergency rule change and is asking for IRSA's approval? Is IOMICA asking IRSA to impose the attached language on all r/c sailing unilaterally? Is IOMICA just asking IRSA what it thinks? Please explain.

It does seem that something here is off the mark.

Marko: As a purely legal matter the inclusion of a copyright notice is helpful in protecting one's rights, but not a mandatory legal requirement. I believe the important (lol) issue being discussed however is the inclusion of an ISAF logo in the IOMICA rules letterhead. That is neither legally requi...

From my talks with various manufacturers, it would seem that in the near future no one is talking about integrated, automatic control systems based on telemetry data. The likely standard telemetry information to be built into most receivers in the near future is battery voltage and servo positions. ...

Marko: Totally agree in all respects. Very well said..roy

There is a huge difference between receiving data and automated control systems. Having a read out that shows wind speed, battery voltage, boat speed, etc. is very different from a radio system that automatically controls rudder or sails. For example, allowing a readout that shows heel angle to me i...

As I said at the start of this discussion, the issue of telemetry is not going to go away. Today a number of receivers transmit battery information as a matter of course back to the transmitter. Within five years, a lot more information will be sent automatically. Unless the class wants to limit the...

SI's can't over ride the class rules. If they could, you could write instructions and have races where there was no minimum weight or no maximum on sail area etc.

This is a real issue that needs to be addressed. It is very likely that within the next few years, virtually all radios will include built in telemetry and not just receiver battery voltage. And as now written, even if reception by the transmitter were disabled, any signal from the boat, whether or ...

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