During that race (45 MPH wind) in Texas, we not only saw masthead in the water knockdowns and a lot of straighted S hooks, but also got to see daylight aft of the keel as the IOMs leapt off waves on reaches. The Texas IOMers run this regatta every year and call it the “Blow Out”. Not sure if this refers to the ususal high winds or the Tex-Mex cuisine!
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this is one great thing about the IOM, it can be sailed in almost any sea conditions(except ice;-) ).so far, the most rough condition that i’ve tried is around 20 knots on B rig. the sea state very choppy and the boat would always have the tendency to broach when hit by a gust while on a beam reach.its very exciting to watch, like watching the volvo ocean race on a smaller scale.getting it on step or plane and surfing down the face of 6-12 inch chops are common.
Ok so most like to sail in “heavy weather” but is there a limit??? I have sailed in winds that actually put the sails into the water and could see the ballest bulb on the Victoria.(Scared the #^&& out of me)) Very shortly after that I stopped sailing for the day.
When is it to dangerous to sail, THis also brings up a question of , Say your at the Victoria / IOM Championships (or what every boat you sail) and you felt the weather was to dangerous to sail in what would you do? if a large number of sailors felt the same way I could see the race been called off.
Is there a reccomended NO SAIL point for rc boats. Either set by the manufactor or by what your local club or set by the AMYA
what would the max winds be for a Victoria , IOM and other sailboats.
Jeff
Alberta
Dads sailed our 10R in 30+ knots, till it decided to go faster than the waves & nosedive into the next one & keep on going through only to emerge with the rc gear going for a little swim which meant i had to go for a swim to get it. we fixed all that now though, I have had it out in 25 at Davey’s Bay YC, man I didn’t realize you had to sail it out so far to get into some good air.
daveys bay is a funny place mate not some where idd call sutiable to sail a 10r
When the Apprentice knows more than the Mentor its time to quit!
lol
bad weather? i almost had a heart attcak on friday. i was sailing with friends. and got a good gust( damm i wished i was recording that. i had my hull under water. . just 2 sails flying by. it was a blast . and when the blast stoped the boat pop back up
cougar
Cougar owner of the only sail powered submarine :))
hahahahahaha
Did that with the Vic last week scared the heck out of me. Buddy thought it was neat and he tried and tried to do it but no luck. As for me I did not try it again once was enough. Like doing loops in a helicopter was neat the first time but not something I wanted to do again.
Jeff
Alberta
lol
hahahahahah jeff. you look at him after you did the submerged run. and say. “I can teach you that”
i never thought about it that way. I hav a battery powered sub, and a wind powered sub.lol
cougar
long live the cup
hey guys,
try to take photos next time you sail in rough conditions
ed
I will!!!
I just need these sonditions AGAIN!!when you want them, they wont happen!
Wis
if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it!
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Here is a picture of a 36/600 goin…Submarine.
Tom
Seawind #80
hah that is awsome, i love the pic of the 36/600 goin under, i can’t do that with my vic i haven’t found a way to seal the hatch well enough, i need to make a boat specifically for rough conditions.
i love tinkering with these boats it takes up time i’m sure my girfreind is going to hate it soon
We all (only 3 of us) bult rc’s to take out when it’s HEAVY but i’m still a bit too shy to take mine out in 30 but another of us did (well in 20-25) and did the most spectacular pitch pole i’ve ever seen full or rc scale. i saw the bow start to go so i took a photo (thinking “it’ll pop up in a sec”) next thing we know the (deep)rudder is out of the water and kept going till the bulb was almost out of the water. She sat with her masthead about 2 inches above the water for what felt like a lifetime but probably only a couple of seconds perfectly still pointing downwind (or at the sea bed) until her stern fell off to port and she poped up 90 degrees to windward! absolutely fantastic fun to watch i only wish i had a video camera because my digital camera couldn’t save and prepare for the next shot in time so i missed what would’ve been a beautiful shot of her entire stern almost back to the keel fin clear of the water for all to laugh at.
Will post the “pre pitch pole” photo as soon as i work out how
We have been sailing the IOM Kite at 6 BFt. Because the number 2 and 3 rigs weren’t ready at the time we used a slightly downscaled nr. 1 rig.
I love to see the boats cruising at subsonic speeds.
Only problem we had was that the bow went under several times.
Some germans present at the time had a nice expression for the boats going diving like that:
“Segel-U-boote”
“Keep racing in strong winds”
I have a regular inspection hatch fixed in the deck to seal the boat.
Works perfectly and is guaranteed watertight.
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B RIG OVERPOWERED IN 30 MPH WINDS
http://groups.msn.com/RCSailing/allicanafford.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=6494
http://groups.msn.com/RCSailing/allicanafford.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=6503
http://groups.msn.com/RCSailing/allicanafford.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=6497
Ed,
Amazing pics…
have a question for you: How can you sail and take pics at the same time??..I do have troubles [;)]
Thanks for sharing
Wis
_/ if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it! _
IT TAKES PRACTICE
HERE’S ANOTHER ONE TAKEN RIGHT AFTER THE BOAT SURFACED FROM A DIVE
http://groups.msn.com/RCSailing/allicanafford.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=6500
WORD OF CAUTION, THIS IS HOW I LOST MY SEAWIND. SHE NOW SLEEPS WITH THE FISHES. SHE WAS TOO FAR OFFSHORE THAT BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE AREA, SHE’D GONE DOWN TO DAVY JONES LOCKER.
http://groups.msn.com/RCSailing/allicanafford.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=6496