A short description of how we cast bulbs. Desing your bulb with a CAD program. Our bulb has a round cross section with a NACA 0010-34 profile. Length 355 mm Max diameter 38 mm supported by solid 5mm brass rod Target weight 2400 g See also: Simple Bulb Design and IOM Bulb Mould Plans Find … Continue reading Making a Bulb
Update 2015-03-01: some source-files for this drawing: rigs1_2_3.ai, dated 2001-12-30. Adobe Illustrator format. Inkscape seems to open this - tested on Ubuntu 14.04LTS. rigs123_individual Individual files with rigs 1, 2, 3. Adobe Illustrator. rigs123_freehand dated 1999-05-XX. Freehand (Mac OS 9 version). Let me know if some modern free program opens these! See also update from … Continue reading IOM Sail Measurements
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).
Weights for the Italiko which I sailed at the 2003 IOM World Championships in Vancouver Canada.
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...
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.