Photo Gallery 8/2010

August 28th 2010  Here are two newly built Emo IOM designs, constructed by Ben Durie from free Plans by Frank Russell. Ben has produced his own plug and mouldings and the boats shown here are number 2 and 3 from the mould - Ben has increased the height of the freeboard by about 10 mm in the forward sections on these hulls. There is a link to Frank Russells free plans for the Emo on our "Free Boat Plans Links" page.

    


June 19th 2010 - Mark Rogers has just built a timber kit Marblehead from the USA - It is a Tippencanoe T50 which Mark has modified considerably to make it more competive, especially in regard to the rigs, fin, bulb etc - It has a displacement of 4.3 Kg and a 200mm beam. -  Pictured here with C Rig.

    

                         

June 8th 2010 - The skiff is back - A newcomer to our sport with a lot of big boatbuilding experience, Dean Snow, has worked up his own design rc yacht, inspired by the TS2. Dean has built the plug and and produced a mould, and is about to lay up the first hull - Looks like very good workmanship, and we will put more photos in the gallery as the build progresses.

   

   

   
June 20th 2010 - Dean has produced his prototype first hull in Carbon Fibre with off cuts he had at hand (it may be the only carbon fibre IOM in the world, as it is not permitted to use C/F in a registered boat) - Once again, the workmanship looks excellent, and as Dean is new to radio controlled yachts, I am sure he will produce some great rc yachts in the future.

   
June 27th 2010 - Dean has completed the rigs and fitted the sails and is very happy with his first sail, and is already working on his next hull in glass fibre.

   
Over the weekend he got good conditions for testing all his rigs, and in his words.... ".lots of fun, quite amazing how fast these little boats go down wind!"

We are pleased to able to supply Dean with Rig kits, Deck Kit, Winch, Sails, Bulb, Radio etc for his new remote control yacht.





May 2010 - Here are some photos of Scott Condies new IOM radio controlled yacht. The design is called a BTL, and at its first outing in a major event - The NSW GP1 Event  (The Susan McAnna Memorial Trophy) Scott finished equal first to Paul Jones, which is a great achievement. Scotts boat shares a few things in common with my recent Pikanto build, so I am looking forward to having a sail with Scott soon and comparing notes.

   

     



Mar 2010 - The photos below are of a new IOM design called the Condor, which is being jointly developed by Warren Norrie and Robert Scholes of the Wollongong Model Yacht Club. Robert is mainly the designer and Warren inputs on design and is also the builder. This rc sailing yacht is a new development, after their range of Wozza designs. The photo below right is the completed Condor hull next to some of the Wozza profiles - The Condor has a lot of tumblehome and looks a sweet hull - I will post some pics of Condor sailing soon

           

 



March 2010 - Here are a couple of photos of Leigh Normans new IOM - It is a new design called Arrival from the board of renowned U.K. Designer Dave Hollum and built by Phil Playle - ex SAILSetc. boat builder. I believe this is the first Arrival in Australia - pardon the pun


            



 Jan 2010 - A few snaps from the 2010 Australian IOM National Champs, held at Patawalonga Lake South Australia

  
            

               


                


        


               



Cassie has had a play around with some photos - Below is a starting line photo from a Marblehead event.
If you have a favourite photo you would like enhanced, like any of the examples below, and printed in photo quality, email us a copy. POA

        


        

         
        


           

On our way through Melbourne, we caught up with Craig Smith who has prepared a Pikanto for Dallas Duessen (90), and we had a tune up session with my Topiko (36) in a brisk seabreeze at Paterson Lakes, whilst Cassie took some pics - Dec 2009

      

    

  

  

Dibley DB3 Sailed by Paul Goddard to win the 2009 NZ National RM Championships           1st Nov 2009



 
     
         

                Sailing at the Central Queensland IOM Champs in Bundaberg  July '09