January 2012

Sailing today 29th is cancelled to due bad weather !!!

A few training sessions have taken place in HYC for our Dublin fleet.

December 2011

Wishing all each and all of you RC sailor a Merry Christmas and a great new year. Thanks to all the visitors to our site and keep visiting our site as new update will come in the new year.

Some Minor site updates

November 2011

Calendar of event now updated for the Dublin fleet here

Volvo Ocean Racers train on slightly smaller boats - check it out here

October 2011

Apologies to all our visitors as my laptop crashed and I lost a lot of data and my access to my site. I am now back up and running and will shortly update the site with updates in our class. Keep in touch

August 2011

I am working on creating the calendar for the winter series - I’ll publish the date soon.

July 2011

The First Reggae is in the hands of Des who’s been working on improving the hull and rigs with the bulb now at the right angle it should go even faster then her maiden voyage.

Reggae No 2 is almost finish and will be with Des in a few days.

The Reggae is a Brad Gibson design that didn’t go to production but our aim is to have an affordable boat that is competitive for people who want to start who will be able to on a budget. Hence why we want to test 2 in competitions to assess their true performance.

May - June 2011

Work started on the build of 2 more Reggae with different fibre cloth and some modification to the deck layout based on the learning from the test boat.

John Morehead & Jeff Kay make the trip over to the IOM World Championships in West Kirby which saw UK Peter Stollery win, beating his boat designer Brad on a sistership - the Britpop see video and report on our dedicated page

April 2011

18th - Results and report from the 2011 Southcoast Championships now available here.

17th - for sale section updated

3rd - training in Howth YC with the first trial of the new Reggae designed by Brad Gibson and built by Gerry. More to do but great promises. Des was lucky to have his Disco still floating when he discovered a bit crack on his keelbox after trying a different keel. And Gilbert got frustrated with his slim mast.

2nd - Tricastin Cup is France annual open championships organised in the Drome by the same club and organisers of last’s year’s European Champs. Held from the 23 - 25th April. Entry form and NOR available in the Documents

March 2011

March Press release from the IRSA here

30th - Leinster’s IOM Championships in Malahide YC. It was great to test new waters and with the support of MYC it was easier so Thank you to MYC for your support. With winds in excess of 30 knots at time it was another challenging regatta. Results here

February 2011

27th - Leinster’s championships in MYC. Result and pics to follow soon. Low water made it a bit difficult to launch and retrieve but with wind from 15-27 knots the decision of B or C rig was not easy resulting in most people starting in B rig with Fergal in C which worked for him but then he changed down as the wind calmed down.

13th - Great news ! A certain red Isis2 has finally been recovered from the abyss with only minor damage to the rig thanks to an ingenious rig made for specifically to find the Isis.

6th - Training day in Malahide. Thank you to Martin & Malahide Yacht Club for welcoming us today. With wind ranging from 37 to 43 knots it was extreme sailing today. No racing as a result of the extreme conditions but we did sail on this day which was definitely our toughest conditions yet. And it was fantastic !!!

November 2010

21st - Training day in HYC successful. It was B rig condition - perfect conditions for Gilbert, testing his new B rig with Spindrift sails, Des also tested a new keel with longer bulb which seemed to work better in the chop.

15th - Despite adverse weather condition the Southcoast championships went ahead and it happen to be the closest event yet with top 4 skippers separated by only 2 points. Full report and results here

October 2010

29th - Brad Gibson wins the US national.

3rd - Matic Marko is crowned 2010 European champion - Well done Matic

1st - the updated results are now available here

September 2010

29th - I managed to find a few pics of the 2010 EC in France - you can view them in the Gallery... Enjoy

28th - The Championships are well on their way and Andrew is climbing in the ranking now up to 23rd place - John is having more problems with broken gears and a bad encounter with a bad skipper who took him out of a race he was leading.

25th - The European Championships in France starts today. Pierrelatte is also the place where the French organise the Tricastin’s Cup

May 2010

31st - Zvonko Wins the UK national Championships - J.Tushingham, D.Priestley complete the podium. Full results, video, photos and reports here

26th - Olivier Cohen wins the French National Championships bringing him to the top of the French ranking. Guaranteeing him his place at the upcoming European championships

9th - First video of the photo gallery of the national now posted here - Photos courtesy of Gabrielle Morehead

April 2010

10th & 11th - National Irish IOM championships in Inniscarra Co.Cork - Go to the dedicated page here

5th - ever wanted to be on a IOM or M class boat during a race then click here and here... Enjoy

5th - PL Puthod from Italy won the Tricastin Cup in Pierrelatte (FRA) where the 2010 EU Champs will be held later this year. Olivier Cohen (first French) and 3 other French skippers made up the top 5 skippers.

March 2010

22nd - Latest race results and reports now available for the CMYC Spring series => access the page here

21st - updated results from the HYC Spring Series now available => access the page here

20th - New CMYC (Cork Model Yacht Club) website now live => access it here

3rd - Invitations to the Tricastin Cup in France have been sent and places are still available. The Tristan Cup is an international Open event organised each year at Pierrelatte. This year it will be on the 3rd to 5th of April. Pierrelatte is the location of the 2010 European Championships and so it is a great opportunity to get knowledge and experience of the place before the European. Contact me if you are interested to attend.

February 10

28th - race report and results now available for the HYC Sping Series. See it here

22nd - race report and results now available for the CMYC Winter Spring. See it here

14th - Training in howth was good despite the cold and we got a good opportunity to train on top of the no1 rig.

13th - Updated event calendar 2010 with local series and championship regattas - see it here

9th - Announcement of the national Champ now on Afloat forum. See it here

    - Updated results from the Cork Spring Series now available. See them here

7th - 33rd America’s cup kickoff is on Monday at 9am - so will it be Alinghi’s Cat or Oracle’s Tri ???

January 10

29th - Australian national are under way - report, results and pictures here

24th - IOM racing in Cork - John wins the day by a mer 1 point ahead of Andrew.

November 09

12th - NOR and SI for the National Champs are now available to download here

8th - East Coast Championships was held in Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club. Race report and results here

October 09

17th - local racing took place in Iniscara Co. Cork in light wind.

10th - Launch of our discussion forum - This is to facilitate open discussion amongst our member

September 09

11th - Photo gallery updated with the pictures of the Southcoast championships - click here to access it.

6th - Afloat forum thread on John and Andrew at the Worlds exceeds 1,840 visits. Excellent !!!

August 09

15th - Andrew  makes it a double at the 2009 South Coast Championships - read the full article

2nd - 8th August : a number of practice sailing sessions have taken place in Dublin and Cork for tuning and testing new rigs as well as gaining more on the water practice.

July 09

21th - one more boat for sale from the US - check our for sale section

20th - Andrew ‘s Azetone made her maiden voyage today in Cork. Though the weight distribution is different - and this is not a bad thing - the boat is still under weight and the first tests showed some good potential - more to come.

• International One Metre is one of the classes of the International Model Boat Association.
• It is the biggest model boat class in the World with fleets in a lot of countries in Europe, Australia, the US and other continents.
• It is so successful because of it’s class rules, ensuring close racing despite numerous boat designs, attracting top competitors across the world resulting in the toughest racing.
• Yet it attracts other people too who enjoy more the design and building aspects of the class. All with one common objective to have a great time and enjoy the same passion.
• Other attracting factors are the size which is small enough to transport easily and big enough to sail in most wind and sea conditions. The budget needed to campaign a IOM is low as exotic composites like carbon, texalium, Kevlar are not allowed in the building of the boat or rigs.
• The rules also limits the number of rigs to 3 to allow sailing from light to just over 30 knots of  wind, yet limiting cost.
• Great boats, Great people, Great Craic

2011 World Championships Update

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