IOMICA Forum

Peter-

This is the one that I found. No current news or updates yet, though.

http://www.1metrosailsur.com/eng/inicio.htm

nick lin wrote:Hmmmm. Heavy doesn't have a great deal of appeal. I guess that is one thing going against Mercury in the first place. Still you are on the right track as in a related family of names.

NL

Hermes....the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Mercury

EKE

Hi all

I have just sold the last set I had in stock, and have desided that that I will not make any more copies for the moment. I may make some more in the winter, but for the moment I do not have the time to do it. It all depends on demand.

Hi, Soeren-

Do you have any facility to distribute ...

I was recently discussing fin thickness and one of the opinions was that once you get below 9% the reduction in drag is so minimal that the disadvantages don’t make it an attractive proposition. The main disadvantages being; the loss in fin stiffness, and the reduced lift that the fin produces ...

Hi Erik

I'm sorry, I didn't make it clear that there are no changes as such to the policy, and no substantive differences between old and new. "Acceptable Use" has just been detailed at greater length, and it has been made explicit rather than left implicit how the IOM Forum runs. We had thought ...

Lester-

Would you please describe the differences between the new policy and the old? It would also be good if you could explain whay the changes to the policy were deemed necessary.

Thanks - EKE

I got the the plans at http://www.amya.org/us1mcons.html for a one meter boat call Zipper, and I was wondering if anyone have tryed to build this design and is the right size plan on the net because I start to build one and It looks very small, long and thin... is this boat an IOM?? is it a good ...

Simple question:

Can hull corrector weights be moved to a new fixed location after measurement without voiding the certificate?

The rule (C.4.3) says that corrector weight needed to bring the yacht up to the required minimum weight of 4.0 kg are allowed, and that they must be "fixed in/on the hull ...

IMHO it isn't a topping lift, as you say, because the sail is supporting the boom. It'd be interesting to know the correct term for this line! "Reverse topping lift" is a possibility, but doesn't seem quite accurate, since the line isn't supporting the fore end of the boom. Perhaps "Lift preventer ...