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??