IOMICA Forum

Hi Steve not sure myself but its unusual for a rules question not to have plenty of opinions. Maybe they are all like me.
Better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you are stupid rather than open it and remove all doubt.

Brad Gibson wrote:Wow those numbers sound familiar......

Now now Brad they're not even in English.

Hi James, I made an error in the wording of my preveous post. Your fitting, whatever you call it is part of the boom but not the boom spar, and it is the spar that has to fit in the 20mm. I do think you may have trouble with regard to permitted fittings. F.4.3 MAINSAIL BOOM FITTINGS (a) MANDATORY (1...

First question, is what you call a control line panel a permitted fitting??? If it constitutes part of the kicker then it must work only in tension which it appears not to. It cannot be considered part of the boom as the boom must be a constant section and fit through our 20mm hole. If you fitted a ...

Seems to me all you need to know is in your original post. The boom consists of the spar together with all its fittings, rigging and corrector weights. The spar, the peice that has to fit through the 20mm hole is the main structure that supports the sail which would exclude all the fittings and rigg...

I know this is going off at a tangent but here goes. I personally find it unsatisfactory that all the onus goes onto penalising a wrongdoer but nothing is done to help the poor soul who is wiped out. I know that a double penalty is available for boats gaining a significant advantage but what about t...

So if a boat suffered a tear in its jib and decided to retire it would not meet the dissabled criterea as it could continue in the race.

If a boat were able to continue to race however inefective it would not be dissabled.

Probably only leaves sinking and dissmasting as grounds for redress.

Would a boat be considered dissabled if it received damage that slowed it's progress in the race but did not prevent it from finishing.

Looking at the photos you have posted the hull appears to be moulded using chopped strand matt. If this is the case then the resin used in moulding is probably polyester. Once again if this is the case then epoxy will produce a poor bond. You realy need to contact the moulder and get their recomende...

Before you fit the deck I would suggest you do a dry run first, all taped and weighted down as you intend to.
Also use a slow cure glue to give youself plenty of time to get it right.
One other thing, I would put a guard over that switch. If a sheet can find it and switch it off it will.

As this is the international on metre site I presume that this is what you are looking for.
I have never heard of an IOM called hobby king, sounds a bit like a toy/kit boat to me.
It is certainly not one of the many recognised or successful designs.

The MYA guidlines for observers says, 'Call only if you are certain that an incident has occured. If in doubt DO NOT CALL. I think it is very important that these guidelines care observed. It is important that a skipper who has done nothing wrong is not penalised. If there is an uncalled contact the...

So what does it mean when we as owners sign the declarations on the measurement forms? We do not sign saying 'to the best of my knowledge. We are saying catagoricaly that there is no material denser than lead and that only permitted alluminium alloy is used when of course few if any of us have the s...

I agree that specification could be difficult to check but not any more than density of ballast or specification of alluminium alloy in spars. In both cases a simple declaration by the skipper is considered adequate.

Reads to me like you SHALL have 3 batten pockets OR 3 battens at the leech but not both. So you cannot put battens in your pockets. Good job none of us have pockets. And of course the headsail MAY have up tp 2 pockets or battens but not both. So if you cant put battens in your pockets how can they b...

For what its worth. When trying to write some rules for a local full sized class we decided that it was not a good idea to try and write rules to include boats that were highly unlikely to race. We stuck to rules which would be simple to put into practise and be healthy for the class. I for one see ...

Surely it just needs one word inserted and would then read

The body of the sail shall consist of th same SPECIFICATION ply throughout.

Now I know there is a lot of discussion on here with regards as to what constitutes fixed. We have had many different opinions including refering to dictionary definitions. Now I can tell you that I can not think of any way that ballast could be fitted in a boat that I would not be able to remove if...

Wot just the one spoon?

Now I may be sticking my neck out and as a club measurer and builder maybe I should know better, but. Can anyone show me on the boat measurement form where a measurer is required to weigh a boat. All I can see is that an owner is required to maintain the boat in class including being up to weight. A...

Hi Alfonso

As C.5.3 says that batteries must be replaced with items of a similar weight it would make sense to say that they should be replaced in a similar position.
This would rule out the problem of what constitutes 'the same position' and would go along with what is common practice.

Although a race may start with heat 'D' and finish with heat 'A' competitors are not racing during its entire duration. The RRS definitions tell us that 'a boat is racing from her preparatory signal until she finishes and clears the finish line or marks. This means that outside these times a boat is...

So not only do we have to know (think we know) our rights and obligations when racing but also need a degree in English to decifer the rules. Glad ime not Croation, Spanish, Italian etc.

So if a promoted boat is still racing between heats does that mean that no tuning help or tactical discussions etc are permitted as surely that would be outside assistance.

To look at it another way the tube is purely a deck recess which is bonded to the hull at its base, same as the rest of the deck is bonded to the hull.

Thanks Val for keeping sanity alive.

simon There is already provision in the RRS for boats that 'gain a significant advantage'. 44.1(b) says that her penalty shall be to retire. The problem is of course that unless the competitor is absolutely honest and takes this penalty it is once again down to the race committee to protest. In my n...

After a hard disc failure on my PC I have been unable to retreive my email contacts list. This of course includes the email addresses of many customers. I have names and dates of orders but no mail address. If you or anyone you know has a boat on order with me please contact me at barry@modyots.fsne...

I agree with val. Congrats to Brad Gibson on a superb performance, a worthy winner. Also well done to all those responsible for the results updates and the photo sequences next best thing to being there.

On the subject of sticking RTV rubber mouldings I was having success using good quality glazing silicone. However, after my supplier changed brands this no longer worked. After lots of trials I found a silicone that worked. It is made by PACER the makers of ZAP cyano glues and is simply called silic...

Wow Wish I had a workshop like Lester.

Barry