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Category Archives: IOM Design

IOM Bulb Mould plans

Thursday, April 1, 2004

Our bulb moulds are CNC milled from aluminium and more than 15 bulbs have been made successfully from them. Note that it could be useful to make the hole through which lead is poured in a little larger than shown on the plan.

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Sliver Design by Charles Detriche

Sunday, November 2, 2003

Charles Detriche has kindly allowed me to publish one of his IOM designs. This one is called "Sliver". Update 2006Dec07: Sliver hull in IGES format

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IOM Arrow Design by Charles Detriche

Saturday, November 1, 2003

Arrow drawing in DXF format. Charles Detriche has kindly allowed me to publish one of his IOM designs. This one is called "Arrow". Update 2006Dec07: Arrow hull in IGES format Update 2011 March 16: By popular demand, forward and aft 1:1 sections for printing on A4 paper: arrow_fwd_shadows_2011mar16 and arrow_aft_shadows_2011mar16.

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IOM Sail Measurements

Saturday, March 1, 2003

The various sail measurements from the IOM class rule illustrated in a drawing. Prints all three rigs on one A4 paper.

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IOM Rig comparison

Saturday, February 1, 2003

A diagram showing the measurements needed when building a set of IOM rigs. The table shows measurements taken from rigging guides and plans by world champions in the class: Craig Smith (New Zealand 1997), Graham Bantock (France 1994 and Malta 1999) and Martin Roberts (Croatia 2001).

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IOM Weight Budget

Saturday, February 1, 2003

Weights for the Italiko which I sailed at the 2003 IOM World Championships in Vancouver Canada.

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Noux layout drawing

Monday, May 20, 2002

The Noux is the latest Finnish IOM being built during 2002-2003. Construction plan showing a flat deck. A cockpit/fordeck design is being worked on...

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IOM Rig Plan

Thursday, September 20, 2001

A rig plan based on rigging notes by Martin Roberts. Could be considered a little old my modern standards, i.e. high shroud attachment point and simple round booms.

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