bedok reservoir boating

[Adrianli]

May be Adrianli can win cos he is pro.in power boat may have the power source that last longerrrrr…… ...........................rrr

FYI, I not pro leh. I still got a day job!!!

Pro only when I start my retirement.

[helicraft]

bedok reservoir boating

FYI, I not pro leh. I still got a day job!!!

Pro only when I start my retirement.

OK la not PRO, but at least u qualified to be SEMI-PRO. cos me had seen u with many latest gadget during Funfly in Yishun, your latest boat build’g ,the thousands of post n valuable contributions,,,also very knowledgeable in many engineering field, last but not least ……n U r an EMAS Member……cheersss

[zennith]

I would like to try before grow old. Time real flies FAST willing to strike a biggest ToTo /4D and have plenty of fun in life from Aus, NZ, USA : (free fall jump, paragliding, jet river ride-nz, sky skiing, fly a Edge 540, rider in a monster cralwer etc). Singapore don't have such a extreme sports. : )

Bro, ...that's the kinda feeling you get when you're windsurfing on a shortboard ! (windsurfing is more intense ) ...use to do that in the 1990-ties

That's what attracting me to RC sailing.

[tampines flyer]

ok guy the race calender for non iom race 2009(open cat)
pls mark ur calender for the date.race start on 2pm end 5pm. the first race will be at bedok.
jan 17
feb 14
mar 14
apr rest
may 09
jun 13
july 11
aug rest
sept 12
oct 10
nov 14
dec rest
will keep u update for the other race venue. all new or season sailor are encorage to take part . new sailor with attact red ribbon on the top mask will be given 30sec ahead of start time.

[edmorales]

volvo ocean race rc sailboats

[kennyseaw]

ok guy the race calender for non iom race 2009(open cat)
pls mark ur calender for the date.race start on 2pm end 5pm. the first race will be at bedok.
jan 17
feb 14
mar 14
apr rest
may 09
jun 13
july 11
aug rest
sept 12
oct 10
nov 14
dec rest
will keep u update for the other race venue. all new or season sailor are encorage to take part . new sailor with attact red ribbon on the top mask will be given 30sec ahead of start time.

30sec only ar?? tomolo confirm?

[zennith]

17 jan cannot join race, Company meeting from morning 10am till 3pm

[fuse]

how many types of iom in BR? can someone explain a little on each design?

some are really fat and some very slim. last sunday i saw the black iom flew over choopy waves !!! while the rest nose dive into the water.

[Blackite207]

Dear Fuse,
The black one is called the Azetone and she is my baby. She was designed in Sweden (where I guess they have choppy conditions) and yes it resists nose diving more than other models. The hull design is unusuall. Very sharp bow like a destroyer to cut thru waves. Very "full" bow section just before the keel gives volume to resist nosediving. Fairly flat stern to improve hydroplaning. At waterline she is 170mm wide to there is less wetted surface. I would sat she is considered a mid beam yacht. All the weight is concentrated in the stern to the bow section has very low mass and does now bob up and down too much.

The details can be found at www.azetone.se

IOM's are a one design calss meaning all yachts have a minimum/maximum requirement to meet. Hulls must be max 1000mm long and can be made out of wood or fiberglass. Carbon/kevlar is not allowed. Mast and rigging has specific diminsions and the all up weight has to be minimum 4kg. The IOM is the fastest 1m monohull other than the us derivative USOM where there is no restriction on materials used.

I bought the Azetone as a kit so I had to put her together and paint her which saved me almost 50% of the cost. Delivery is usually 3 to 4 months depending on the level of completion you require the builder to preform

Cheers!

[fuse]

excellent feedback mate,

may i know what are the current design which are so called better then the rest? sinced owning a IOM is a high cost factor, lets not buy one and regret.

any other IOm owners ? out there?

[Blackite207]

Your simple question is very difficult to answer. All IOM's have more or less the same boat speed and it is the tuning of the sails that will determine how fast she goes. This means tuning the rig for the right conditions. In flat water you tune the sails differently than you do in choppy conditions

Another factor is how you like to sail. Some prefer speed as opposed to pointing ability so you travel a longer distance to got to you destination but move faster. Others are the opposite. They prefer a high pointing ability so you travel a shorter distance but move slower. the flavor of the month seems to be towards a narrow hull. Theory suggests that a narrow hull preforms better in low wind conditions. Wide hull preforms better in high wind conditions, but the latest designs seems to do well in both.

My advice is to choose a yacht that has a good history of wins.

The Azetone is slightly different in this respect because there is basically only one setting in the sails and it is used for most conditions and the only time you adjust this setting is when wind is below 3 knots. Thats when you ease out the jib about 2 deg to re-balance the sails/boat.

Cheers!

I find myself sheeting in much tighter than I used to. My current setting is 9deg for the jib and 1 deg for the main. I would not recomend this setting for non-IOM yachts.

[preferscale]

Hi Blackite,

I had some brief experiences with the Kyosho Fairwind in the 1980s. Then I had also purchased a Graupner one-metre class kit called the Miramare. Till today, it is still new in box. Not sure when I will build this as finding a place to put the completed model in the house may be a problem now. Tried checking up the Internet and it seems that this kit is no longer in production. Not much news on it. Do you know anything about this model, and whether it is a good one? Cheers.

[Blackite207]

Dear Prefer scale,
The yacht you have is a F5E compliant yacht much like the hurricane 1000. it is still raced in eastern europe I think. Very similar to the IOM but is lighter. Should sail well and take on the seawind without much difficulty. I cannot comment on the supplied sails as they are the backbone for speed and I have not seen them.
Regards

[$h@d0w]

Any registration fees? Since it's non iom, means Victorias, Voyagers, ETNZs, MMs all sail together?? Must be prepare our own red ribbon??

ok guy the race calender for non iom race 2009(open cat)
pls mark ur calender for the date.race start on 2pm end 5pm. the first race will be at bedok.
jan 17
feb 14
mar 14
apr rest
may 09
jun 13
july 11
aug rest
sept 12
oct 10
nov 14
dec rest
will keep u update for the other race venue. all new or season sailor are encorage to take part . new sailor with attact red ribbon on the top mask will be given 30sec ahead of start time.

[tampines flyer]

ok reg fee $5 per entre the fee collected for each race month will be use for year end dinner and some prize giving.).u can use a red plastic bag cut into strip to put on ur mask top. total 5 race .since it open cat we can have many boat in other than iom . like etnz voyager seawind vic mm footy fairwind etc.
smaller boat will be given 30sec as well as red ribbon.
so the on the 17 jan start at 2pm bedok reservoir.
all season and newbie are encorage to take part.
well so far the cr914 is the faster boat in open cat dont be suprize tat it over take u out of now way.