Nigel has just published a super article – part one of two apparently – on setting up an IOM Rig
Click here
https://www.nigelbarrow.co.uk/post/how-hard-is-it-to-set-up-an-iom-rig
Dinghy sailing clubs have been having a tougher time of it as the decades go by… One often quoted issue being the proliferation of the number of dinghy classes and destroying class racing. I have some sympathy with that and it has been the same in small keelboat classes too. A difficult situation.
I’ve not been trying radio sailing for very long, but it had occurred to me that there may be similar issues in radio sailing. Plus supply of new products can be very challenging for newcomers to deal with and…. enter the fabulous DF95 phenomenon.
I’ve been wondering quietly for some time if 3D printing and all that could get us to a position where you can quickly get availability of an IOM at a cost not wildly different to DF95.
It turns out that much greater minds than mine have been wondering about the same thing. Did you see this article on MYA today??
You may have noticed recently that Craig, Nigel and David have been working together at Datchet on Craig’s printed IOM designs.
They took the designs to the Open at Hampton Court and did really jolly well!!
The full results sheet has been published on MYA Downwind and you can see them there.
You can read some more about the boats on Nigel’s blog by clicking here
Datchet Radio Sailing - Making It All Much Easier !! 