Pictures by Eero Laurila and Olle Martonen from the 2008 IOM European Championships last week in Durbovnik, Croatia.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
10 boats, including two guest sailors from Russia with Naviga one-metres, completed 12 races in varying no1 rig conditions. The pictures show some cnc-milled aluminium fittings by Jari Immanen, and Oleg Konka's RUS-32, a Naviga one-metre built by Janus Walicki. Note the rudder. The forward section has an airfoil shape while the aft half of [...]
Update: Thanks to Jorma Ojama for sending me some nice pictures from the first six races! Race 2 of the IOM Nordic Cup (also known as the Scandinavian Cup, although that name is much longer and geographically incorrect) was sailed on 9 Aug 2008 at NJK Björkholmen. Only ten skippers showed up, probably partly because [...]
Model Expo along with cats, dogs, snakes, and Llamas at PetExpo, and everything family-ish you can imagine at Child'08 happened over this weekend at the Helsinki fair centre. Like last year (see here and here), we had the MicroMagic's sailing in the pool. This year with four less noisy fans and up to 10 boats. [...]
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
I wrote a short report from the Marseilles IOM-Worlds which appears in the latest issue of Pienoismalli.
Here's David Potter's GBR20 Lintel. Note how high the gooseneck is. The boat is not so fast in light weather, so this is an attempt to get the rig higher up and gain some speed in the light stuff. Home-made gooseneck with laser-cut stainless steel bearing holders at the top and bottom (note adjustable holder [...]
Here are some detail pictures from last week that I thought were interesting. Graham Bantock's Topiko. Note quick-release bottlescrew and deck-fitting far right. Also note how the cunningham is threaded through a plate with holes around the mast. I think this gives a variable cunningham tension (tight on the beat, looser on the run?) Recessed [...]
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Final day of the 2007 IOM Worlds today, two more races completed. Much colder today! #1 rig wind coming and going from different directions at 0900. 1028 22D finishes. The first two heats use courses with starboard roundings, but later the race committee switches to port roundings. 1048 22C finishes 1132 22B finishes 1147 22A [...]
0900 No wind 0929 an attempt to start 17A is made, but there's still not much wind 0951 now there is a bit of wind and 17A has one general recall before starting 1019 18E general recall 1021 18E starts, but the wind dies almost completely. Most boats finish within the time limit, but a [...]
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Four more races completed today with only the A-heat of the fifth race to sail tomorrow morning (we then have 17 completed races all together). Results after 16 races here. 0900 lots more wind today, looks like it's going to increase, but #1 would still be the choice at 0900. It's coming from the opposite [...]