This page has a historical time-line of updates to the RadioSailing links page.
NOTE: This page is a timeline/history of what has happened on the radio-sailing links page. The links on this page are not necessarily correct or up to date and they are not meant to be !
Please do not email me with corrections to this page, thanks !
2010
- 2010 October 13: Italian IOM forum http://iomitalia.forumitalian.com/
- 2010 October 7: Zvonko Jelacic has a new site at http://www.jelacicsailing.com
- 2010 August 1: Fred Schmidt from Brazil has a new blog at http://iomdesign.wordpress.com
- 2010 August 1: RMG Sailwinch is now at: https://www.rmgsailwinch.com.au/
- 2010 May 10: Yahoo/geocities have killed a lot of websites, among others, "kidsboats" is gone.
- 2010 May 10: Fred Schmidt's (BRA) blog: http://www.frediom.wordpress.com
- 2010 May 10: New Brazilian PIKANTO site: http://seamasterrs.wordpress.com/
- 2010 May 10: The NZRYA has a new website at: http://www.nzradioyachtingassociation.co.nz
- 2010 Feb 10: IOM sailing in Tauranga, New Zealand: www.ohope.co.nz/iom/
- 2010 Feb 10: Massimo Marano's blog: mainboom.blogspot.com
- 2010 Feb 6: Cleaned up the mess with nested lists etc. The page format should now be OK, but it probably contains a lot of broken links which I should go through at some point.
- 2010 Feb 6: Graham Elliott told me about www.birkenheadmodelyachtclub.co.uk
- 2010 Feb 6: John Dowd builds big scale-models and has a site at www.john-dowd.co.uk
- 2010 Feb 6: Through the Birkenhead MYC site I found Graham Allen's blog laser173.wordpress.com which seems to have a lot of nice information.
- 2010 Feb 6: The Finnish MicroMagic site is now at www.fin.magicmicro.org
2009
- 2009 November 14: Brad Gibson is back in the UK and has a new site at www.bgsailsanddesign.com
- 2009 September 21: Pedro Egea (ESP) reports these updates:
Club Madrid Vela RC is now at www.velarc.es/clase/
The Spanish Radiosailing Association is now at www.velarc.es
Pedro's personal blog is at www.apuntesdebitacora.com - 2009 September 19: Phillip Playle (GBR) has a new website www.pandpyachts.com. He manufactures and sells the new "Arrival" IOM
- 2009 September 6: Denis McLoughlin (AUS) wrote to tell me about www.radiosailingshop.com, a source for radio yacht fittings.
- 2009 July 3: Tony Oudshoorn (NZL) makes pre-preg foils for IOMs and Ms as well as supplies Carbon masts. His site is at www.ultralite.radioyachting.com
- 2009 Apr 26: The AXOIM is a new IOM from Italy: http://www.tdmodel.com/axiom.htm
- 2009 Mar 18: Pepe Vinaixa (ESP) builds the V6 and V7 IOMs, his site is www.vinaixayachts.com
- 2009 Mar 13: Pierluigi Puthod (ITA) has a new site www.puthodsails.com
- 2009 Feb 24: Trevor Bamforth's site is now here: www.stealthsails.webs.com
2008
- 2008 Dec 10: John Beynon has started a Model Yachting wiki at modelyachting.org
- 2008 Dec 9: Robert Grubisa from Croatia has a new site http://pikanto-rg.weebly.com . He is moulding and selling the PIKANTO and TOPIKO IOM designs under license from SailsETC
- 2008 Nov 24: Graham Elliott has a new website at http://www.elliottyachts.co.uk/ he is building and selling the Widget 09 IOM.
- 2008 Aug 23: Mirage Radio Yachts/Jeff Byerley is now at www.mirageradioyachts.com
- 2008 Aug 23: AMYA link corrected to www.modelyacht.org
- 2008 Jun 4: Peter Beliczay told me about two Hungarian sites: www.rcsailing.hu and www.tacktic.hu
- 2008 Apr 22: A Czech RC-Laser page: www.rclaser.cz
- 2008 Feb 3: Taylor Made Yachts seems to have disappeared, so I've removed the link (taylormadeyachts.fatbanana.co.uk).
2007
- 2007 Dec 13: Tiziano Dimastrogiovanni wrote to tell me about his site www.tdmodel.com, manufacturer of the AXEL IOM and many other boats.
- 2007 Dec 13: www.rclaser.org.uk, UK RC-laser association
- 2007 Nov 08: Brad Gibson's site is now at members.optusnet.com.au./~bgrcyachts/
- 2007 Oct 04: the West Coast Radio Yacht Club is now at www.westcoastryc.com
- 2007 Sep 25: www.iom.aerofred.com is a new site with cool graphic design about building a wooden IOM. AeroFred's also put up a new site for sharing RC-plans and drawings at plans.aerofred.com
- 2007 Sep 04: Rc-Yachts / Mike Hughes builds and sells the Kite, Trinity, and Tejas IOM designs.
- 2007 Aug 23: Miguel Angel Balbiani wrote to tell me about some Argentinian radio-sailing sites
- www.aaiom.com.ar the ARG IOM class association
- www.caym.com.ar Club Argentino De Yatemodelismo
- www.rg65-arg.com.ar rg65 is an argentine rc yachting class, which has now become international.
- www.yachtingrc.com.ar an argentine hull maker
- 2007 Jun 22: RC Sailing Singapore
- 2007 Jun 22: IOM Catalonia (www.iom.cat)
- 2007 Jun 08: Webmaster Kelvin Uren from West Australia wrote to tell me about the West Coast Radio Yacht Club
- 2007 Jun 07: Gerrit de Wilde is starting production of the TS-2 in the Netherlands under licence from Craig Smith and Gary Cameron: www.ts2-iom.eu
- 2007 May 15: Andy Stevenson's radio sailing blog
- 2007 May 13: two new Italian sites: www.phigit.it (go WordPress!) is the Italian Phigit class association, and cvritalia.altervista.org is a site for promoting Phigit sailing in Italian schools.
- 2007 May 7: www.iomitaldesign.it is a new IOM manufacturer from Italy. Oscar Gioia is building a new design called Extreme.
- 2007Apr16: www.masterboats.nl is a new boat manufacturer/distributor from the Netherlands.
- 2007 Mar 18: www.onemeterfun.se is a new Swedish IOM manufacturer. Magnus Tornblad is building a new IOM designed by Peter Norlin (well known for his big-boat and Marblehead designs)
- 2007 Mar 05: New Finnish Micro Magic site: fin.micromagic.info
- 2007 Jan 16: At some point, I've lost track of Jens Amenda's RC-Yachtwerft site, but today Ullrich S wrote to tell me that the site is at www.rc-jachtwerft.de
2006
- 2006 Dec 13: Croatian radio sailing at www.hjs.hr/ru
- 2006 Nov 24: www.iom-suisse.ch Swiss IOM Sailors
- 2006 Nov 13: IOM World Championships, Marseille, France, 13-20 October 2007
- 2006 Nov 5: Brad Gibson now lives in the UK and has a new website at freespace.virgin.net/bgrc.yachting
- 2006 Oct 25: Mike Pickels has set up a UK site for all Micro Magic sailors www.sailuk.org
- 2006 Sep 25: Joop de Jong has set up an IOM site in the Netherlads: www.iom-ned.nl
- 2006 Sep 13: Wotsit IOM, from the UK
- 2006 Sep 05: The Dave Creed designed Lintel IOM now has its own site at www.lintel-iom.com
- 2006 Aug 31: the Clapham Model Yacht Club has a nice new website (Go WordPress !)
- 2006 Aug 26: www.isobaryachts.com a new IOM builder from Bermuda
- 2006 Aug 16: Esther Romero in the USA makes sail cases (rig bags): www.sailcases.com
- 2006Aug04: Chris Vaes (NED) reminded me of two Dutch sites: www.radiozeilen.nl is already listed here, but Chris' own site www.chrissails.com is new !
- 2006Jul10: A Portuguese RC-boat forum at www.ptnauticmodel.net/forum/index.php (thanks to Bruno Rebelo for sending me the link)
- 2006Jun19: www.smartwinchuk.co.uk seems to be a new UK supplier of RMG winches.
- 2006May28: Kogarah Bay Radio Yacht Club is now at www.kogarahbay.com/kbryc
- 2006May18: The Portuguese IOM NCA is now at http://www.apmv.net , and I've added a link to a portuguese club, the Yate Clube de Amarante
- 2006Apr18:
www.visionsails.com is a new US equipment provider
There's a new spanish blog ‘Apuntes de Bitácora' at www.velarc.es/bitacora/ - 2006Feb28: Gary Cameron has published a nice instruction manual for the TS3 (an updated version of the TS2 manual as far as I can see)
- 2006Feb28: Updated link to John Rowley's IOM Compendium: duck.sbmyc.com
- 2006Jan27: Updated link to Daniel Sherman's site: www.shermanyachts.com
- 2006Jan20: A new discussion group for the F5-E class has been started on Yahoo.
- 2006Jan01: the new producer of the Disco IOM in Germany: www.raceboatcompany.com
2005
- 2005Dec28: www.classe1metre.org , a French IOM site
- 2005Dec28 James Anderson wrote to tell me about the Okanagan Model Sailboat Association (CAN) website which among other things features a step by step Victoria building guide and some nice onboard video.
- 2005Dec16: John Dowd emailed me about his website which features pictures of the schooner bluenose and also A class and IOM racing pictures
- 2005Nov18: Detroit Model Yacht Club
- 2005Nov17: www.rcjachtwerft.de seems dead so I have removed it…
- 2005Nov02: Pepe Vinaixa emailed be about the website of the radio sailing club in Valencia: Club Vela Radio Control Valencia . Has a fancy flash animations as an intro.
- 2005Oct25 Doug Diet sent in some canadian links:
- 2005Oct13: Mike Jarvis has put together a page on ‘Kidsboats' featuring school projects/plans etc. for building small model yachts
- 2005Oct11: RG-65 Class, Germany , Modelvela Italia moved to www.modelvela.it , www.velarc.it
- 2005 Oct 07: dead link The Sailor, NZRYA moved: http://radioyachting.com/NZRYA.htm, dead link www.onemetre.org, SRSS moved to www.srss.se
- 2005Aug03: Windpower discussion forum moved to http://www.rcsailtalk.com
- 2005Jun06: www.k-klasse.nl , a site from the Netherlands about a one design class.
- 2005May15: a new Portuguese radiosailing site: sailboat.do.sapo.pt
- 2005May11: GER IOM NCA now at www.iom-ger.de and GER RSD DM at www.dsv-modellsegeln.de
- 2005May05: Gilber Louis's Irish IOM site has moved to www.iomireland.org
- 2005Feb20: PG Modelisme has moved to http://pgmodelisme.free.fr/
- 2005Feb20: A new French page VRC Passionnement
- 2005Jan17: Olle Martonen has moved his two IOM building pages: building and sailing FIN-32 and 37 . Building FIN-41 (wooden TripleCrown)
- 2005Jan17: F-Works is a new German IOM manufacturer.
- 2005Jan13: KF II is a new Canadian IOM manufacturer.
- 2005Jan07: updated link to Ryde model yacht club: http://www.rmyc.org.uk
- 2005Jan02: The sailor has moved again: http://rc-sailor.tripod.com
2004
- 2004Dec29: OZIOMZ has pictures and info about australian IOM designs.
- 2004Dec28: Club de Vela Radio Control Pradolongo (Madrid) is now at http://www.velarc.com/cluprado.htm
- 2004Dec21: CM Yachts (Mike Clifton, GBR, Cockatoo and Stealth IOMs etc. )
- 2004Dec21: The-Sailor (POR) is now at the-sailor1.tripod.com
- 2004Nov15: Aquataur Model Racing Yachts (GBR) makes the Aquataur Racing Skiff and the A600 radio controlled dinghies.
- 2004Nov10: A review of the Equipment Providers linksresulted in the following:
- dead links removed (email me if you know where these have gone):
- Nick's Cool RC Sailboat Stuff. IOM masts.
- 3Hull.com Mini 40 and 2 Meter multihulls.
- DT Sails, Sails for IOM, EC12, ODOM and Victoria.
- Gordon Stout Sails. Sails for most classes.
- MX-RAY, John Gibson sells the Reflex IOM
- GK's Model Centre Nylet IOM.
- http://www.capricorn-one.net/ manufactures the Image IOM.
- Cap Maquettes Oceania fittngs
- changed links:
- Bob's Boatyard is now at http://www.myrc.org/bobsterne.htm
- Traplet is now at http://www.traplethouse.com/
- Stealth boats and sails is now at http://us.geocities.com/stealthboats33/
- Swedish Azetone IOM is now at http://www.azetone.se/
- Power sails is now at http://powersails.radioyachting.com/
- Black magic sails is now at http://www.magicksails.com/
- Jeff Byerley has moved from http://members.optusnet.com.au/~jeffbyerley/ to http://members.optusnet.com.au/~jeffreybyerley/ ... - subtle !
- dead links removed (email me if you know where these have gone):
- 2004Oct19: Simon Clarke emailed me and told me that "Simon's Radio Sailing Web" is now closed and he has a new page about IOM Sailing in South Africa at http://www.onemetre.co.za/
- 2004Oct19: "The Sailor" website has moved to: http://mainsheet.tripod.com/
- 2004Jul09: The South African Radio Sailing Association is now online at www.radiosailing.org.za
- 2004Jun26: Fernando Campello(BRA) wrote to tell me about his Brazilian site www.velarc.cjb.net : Radio sailing in Brazil and around the world. English and Portuguese languages.
- 2004Jun05: Joao Meneses has moved his "The Sailor" site to thesailor1.tripod.com (english) and thesailor2.tripod.com (portuguese)
- 2004May28: Gary Cameron has a new webiste for his new TS3 boat: www.tsdesigns.com.au
- 2004May15: Only 488 days to go: 2005 IOM Worlds, Mooloolaba, Australia !
- 2004Apr12: www.woodenstars.net is a new German site with text and pictures about building wooden IOMs
- 2004Mar27: www.velarc.it, a site by Federico Nardone (ITA): designing and building an rc model of Luna Rossa ITA-45
- 2004Mar17: Azetone, a new Swedish IOM project.
- 2004Feb29: The IOM European Championships are now at www.1metrosailsur.com
- 2004Jan13: Wellington Radio Yacht Club
2003
- 2003Dec25: New Zealand EC12 Owners Association
- 2003Dec16: WiSmErHeLl's rc sailing and more, a japanese site with kysoho fairwind pictures and info.
- 2003Nov19: Craig Smith has now got a website !
- 2003Nov18: IOM-ICA Forums
- 2003Nov12: Portwind is a portuguese manufacturer of America's Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Class Open 60', Antarctica Cup class model yachts.
- 2003Nov08: www.meterboat.com is a new Swedish IOM manufacturer. The design is called Bagheera.
- 2003Sep19: Kogarah Bay Radio Yacht Club , Sydney, Australia.
- 2003Sep18: www.aquaholic.tk "guide to building an 'Open 60' monohull rc-scale model", a new Belgian site.
- 2003Aug05: Failte Go Irish IOM Class Association
- 2003July30: The Model Yachting Resource Center has lots of tips and info.
- 2003July30: Surrey Park Model Boat Club
- 2003July22: THE SAILOR WEB SITE, a portugese IOM site
- 2003July17: Lester Gilbert has moved his site to www.onemetre.net
- 2003May05: Radio Controlled 5.5mr yachts, from Finland
- 2003Apr09: einmeter.de is a new german IOM site.
- 2003Apr02: Timo Wallius from Finland has a page in finnish about building his IOM FIN 8
- 2003Mar26: A new building site: Berlingo Marblehead by Herbert Petersen, Germany
- 2003Mar19: Modelbau Rodenkirchen is a new German club.
- 2003Mar10: Fredrik Billig from Sweden has put up a page about his Monarch Marblehead project
- 2003Mar03: Jens Amenda's homepage at www.rcjachtwerft.de has text(in German) and drawings relating to the Test 5 IOM.
- 2003Feb24: SRSS-Stockholms RadioSegelSällskap, a swedish club.
- 2003Feb21: Modell Jact Club Munchen is now at mjc-muenchen.de. Includes a nice description of how to build a Kite IOM.
- 2003Feb21: Ole Peder's homepage contains pictures, a nice animated CAD view of his latest IOM design etc.
- 2003Feb16: The Malta Model Boating Assiciation has moved to www.mmba.org.mt
- 2003Feb14: The Norwegian RSD-DM, Norsk Modellseilforening, is now at http://home.online.no/~bjuk/nms/norsk.htm
- 2003Feb02: The 2003 IOM World Championship site has moved to http://www.royalvan.com/racing_details.asp?ID=25
- 2003Feb01: IOM-Info, a new collection of documents by myself.
- 2003Jan31: The MYA has moved to www.mya-uk.org.uk
- 2003Jan26: The Dutch RSD-DM, Nederlandse ModelZeil Organisatie(NEMOZO), has a website at www.radiozeilen.nl
- 2003Jan23: Schepp Modellbau at www.rcsailing.de is a new German equipment provider.
- 2003Jan04: link to the swedish DM updated: home.swipnet.se/benta/smsf2
2002
- 2002Dec22: www.ita141.it is a new italian site.
- 2002Oct19: Pictures and Videos from the M world championships.
- 2002Sep22: The Windpower Discussion forum is going to move to: http://windpower.rcsailtalk.com
- 2002Sep21: The Australian Radio Yachting Association is now at www.radiosailing.org.au
- 2002Sep10: www.modelsailcars.com makes land yachts
- 2002Aug02: Fairwind 900 site by Scott Boucher
- 2002Jun19: A report by Lester Gilbert from the IOM-EC.
- 2002Jun09: New discussion forum: IOM Talk
- 2002May30: RC Yachts, Brisbane, Australia is now at www.rcyachts.net
- 2002May29: Started new Boatbuilding section
- 2002Apr20: Lilydale Radio Yacht Club, Melbourne, Australia.
- 2002Apr12: The Danish DM is now at http://www.modelsejlklubben.dk/
- 2002Apr04: Marblehead World Champinships, 14-22 September 2002, Porto Corsini - Ravenna - Italy
- 2002Mar04: George Ribeiro Products is now at http://www.modelyachting.com/
- 2002Feb22: The 2003 Australian Nationals now has a homepage,
- 2002feb13: Bow Wave Marine Models sells the Cap Maquettes fittings in the UK
- 2002feb11: Circolo Radiovela Abruzzo, an italian club.
- 2002feb10: 3m multihulls + Cap Maquettes Oceania, a new fittings supplier.
- 2002jan24: European IOM Championships, Fleetwwod - Great Britain, 1-7 June 2002
- 2002Jan16: ModelSejlKlubben, Denmark.
- 2002Jan09: 2002 AUSTRALIAN R/C YACHT RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS
2001
- 2001Dec05: Drawings for a new IOM design the Triple Crown, have been posted on the MYA site.
- 2001Nov28: Two new Belgian sites: Simon's Radio Sailing Web and Sails Brussels.
- 2001Nov16: Whirlwind has moved to http://www.whirlwindwinches.co.uk/
- 2001Oct30: new address for PG Modelisme
- 2001Oct30: www.capricorn-one.net Is a new manufacturer of the Image IOM from Greece.
- 2001Oct18: IOM International Class Association
- 2001Oct01: Club de Vela Radio Control Pradolongo (Madrid)
- 2001Sep17: Circolo Radiovelisti Roma, The Roman Model Yacht club is now online.
- 2001Sep13: RC-Laser Malta
- 2001Sep07: AC15 Yachts/ New Zealand sells AC yachts
- 2001Aug27: The Racing Rules of Sailing 2001-2004
- 2001Aug28: Jeff Byerley's site is now Mirage Radio Yachts
- 2001Aug28: The 2003 IOM World Championships have a homepage
- 2001Jul30: RMG Sailwinches has changed its address to http://www.users.bigpond.com/rmgsw
- 2001Jul30: Windjammin Inc. is a new sailmaker from the usa.
- 2001Jun26: Brad Gibson's site has moved to http://members.optusnet.com.au/~bgrcyachts/
- 2001Jun06: Heinz Bohn has a new address: www.rcsegel.de
- 2001May15: SailsETC is now online at www.sailsetc.com
- 2001May02: A report from the Italian IOM Nationals, Bellano - Lake of Como 20-22 April 2001
- 2001Apr26: The Model Yacht Sailing Association (London) is now online
- 2001Apr05: Great Basin Model Yachting is now at http://www.gbmy.com/
- 2001Mar20: Address changes:
- Highlander Yachts is now at www.onemetre.com
- The NZRYA is now at http://radioyachting.com/nzrya.htm
- Power Sails is now at http://radioyachting.com/Power Sails.htm
- Drumbeat Yachts is now at http://radioyachting.com/drumbeat_yachts.htm
- 2001Mar19: International One Metre Compendium lists what stuff you need to race an IOM and compares designs and prices.
- 2001Mar17: Brett McCormack now also sells the Predator IOM.
- 2001Mar14: K Bits has a new address: www.kbits.co.uk, and now also sells the Swallow, Mallard and Avant IOMs + IOM Rigs/Sails.
- 2001Mar12: STEALTH BOATS & SAILS by Trevor Bamforth is a new link.
- 2001Feb06: Carr Sails has a new address.
- 2001Jan20: Housemartin sails /Martin Roberts, and Narrowseas Radio Racing Yachts/Richard Moroney are two well known UK equipment providers that now also have websites!
- 2001Jan13: 2001 IOM MID WINTER REGATTA February 17th & 18th, 2001, Houston, TX
2000
- 2000Dec12: Information about the 2001 IOM WC, Rijeka, Croatia has become available at www.scor.hr. The 2001 French IOM nationals, April 28 - May 1 are now also online.
- 2000Nov24: HSV-OÖ Ennsdorf is a new Austrian club.
- 2000Nov22: Great Basin Model Yachting. is a new supplier of fittings in the US.
- 2000Nov10: Some new french pages:
- Ciol-MV-II Software for model yacht design.
- CCM X 111 page describing IOM building project in France.
- 2000Nov07: Mark Bray's link page and GK's Model Centre who sells the Nylet IOM. www.radiosailing.org has been updated and has a new look.
- 2000Oct31: DT Sails, Is a new sailmaker in the USA. Danny Thomas makes Sails for IOM, EC12, ODOM and Victoria.
- 2000Oct30: Power Sails is a new site, an IOM sailmaker in New Zealand.
- 2000Oct05: M-WC 2000, Spain:
- News and pictures from the regatta by Keith skipper
- Final Results
- 2000Sep07: UK IOM National Championships, Pools Brook, August 2000, results here, and a report by Lester Gilbert here.
- 2000Aug2: 3Hull.com is a new manufacturer of multihulls
- 2000Jul31:
- 2000Jul26: Sagami River Fleet is a new Japanese page.
- 2000Jul11: Lester Gilberts Report on 2000 IOM European Championships
- 2000Jul06:
- S.E. Queensland RC Yachts
- ALMYC: Alimos Model Yacht Club, R/C sailing in Greece
- Model Sailboat Racing, CR-914
- Chesapeake Performance Models CR-914
- 2000Jun25: onemetre.com Is a new Highlander Yachts page.
- 2000Jun25: Kevra OY Sells Epoxy, glassfiber, carbonfiber, kevlar. Corebros Finland. also sells Epoxies, glass etc. fibers.
- 2000Jun16; Added Gordon Stout Sails to Equpment Providers/Canada.
- 2000Jun06: Added Drumbeat Yachts and links to Results and Pictures from the 2000 RM New Zealand Nationals.
- 2000May27: Added Nick's Cool RC Sailboat Stuff and Traplet Publications to equipment providers. Added UK ONE METRE National Championship 1997 to Regatta Pages. All old sites that should have been included long ago...
- 2000May26: Added Mad About Multihulls
- 2000May25: Added a new link to a new manufacturer in Australia: BG Radio Yachts & Sails !
- 2000May25: The "News" section is started. I've reordered the regatta links and done a few other minor modifications...