I haven’t been back to England since 1992. I’ve almost gone native:D Here in Spain, I live in an area where there are very few interested in RC sailing. In fact, I’m a bit ashamed of the little time I spend with my boats - perhaps if spent a bit more time, I might get more people interested. The trouble is my boats were getting too awkward to transport; hence the interest in something more transportable.
Just a quick update -
sail sets one and two (of four) are nearly done. Need to add the class logo yet on one main, but ran out of sticky Dacron. Anyway - #19 is grandson’s set and #91 is my son’s set. Something about the Red Wings hockey team colors I think !
Also a reminder if you are considering buying the HiTec radio set, it remains on sale as a special for RG-65 members until the end of the month - so be sure to place your orders and reference your RG-65 sail number. Cost is $86 plus postage in the lower U.S. - includes AM radio, receiver, crystals, sail winch arm servo, rudder servo, battery holder case and battery switch.
Today, our 15th. registered boat was added to the class database. It is the first Laerke 65 design ( originally an IOM design, I believe) and it is also our first registered boat in Florida.
You are right. It’s an IOM design by Soren Andresen from Denmark. It is a nice boat. I am sailing one by myself.
CAYM have just sent out a notification of the bi annual RG65 and ULY/IOM class championships to take place over the dates 9/12 October in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This event rotates between Aregentina, Brazil, and Chile and I was fortuante enough to visit the last event two years ago, and can confirm the high quality of race organisation and sailing. Well worth the travel if you can make it!!
Chris Jackson
CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO 2008 - SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2008
BUENOS AIRES - ARGENTINA
9 al 12 de OCTUBRE / OCTOBER 9-12
Clases: RG-65 - 1M-ULY
CLUB ARGENTINO DE YATEMODELISMO
Informes: sudamericano2008@fibertel.com.ar
Maximo, do the rules allow non-South American sailors to take part? I wouldn’t be able to myself, but others may be interested.
Hi Martin,
Yes, the rules allow non-South American sailors to take part.
Chris has participate in the last chanpionship in Brazil 2006.
Here we are - first of June and today the 18th. registered USA RG-65 took place (2nd. one in the Dallas Texas area - BTW). While not all registered boats are yet sailing, the list includes a few boats still in construction - but many of these have posted photos as their individual building efforts continue. In some cases (Earl Boebert-New Mexico) he has moved the the Mk II version as he experiments and modifies changes to his original USA # 1
Dick,
There are two more RG65 builds starting in Dallas right now. It seems like there is an increasing level of interest in the 65. For me, the size, performance and chance to tinker with hulls, foils and rigs is hugely appealing.
Cheers.
And you can hop up to Albuquerque for our RG65 Regatta the next weekend 
Cheers,
Earl
Well - the wedding is over (all went well) and now back to my 4 boats under construction.
Here are a few photos of current progress…
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Photo of steering servo location with rudder arm and connecting wire.
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Deck with location for plastic hatch cover identified
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Dogs Do Come In Handy! - I used a dog food container which will be cut approx. 3/8 inch below top of lip. That will be CA glued into a opening cut into deck. The plastic hatch cover will snap on and form a water tight seal, yet allow access to servos, batteries and receiver. Look around - lots of stuff can be used for scratch building.
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As Earl referred to it - the “Jim Linville 180 degree main-sheet directional changer” courtesy of the US 1 Meter building guide from AMYA. I will be using it to bring main-sheet from below decks to above decks and changing direction at the same time. Simply some 12 ga. wire insulation, curved and epoxied between two pieces of balsa. Dacron main-sheet is run through the insulation. Lower line goes forward to winch servo, while upper line is angled up slightly and will go to the main boom. Jib sheet will connect off the main-sheet for simultaneous adjustment of both a main and jib.
Now I just need to repeat three more times.
Well -
to say the least - SO FAR - the goofy idea of u sing the dog food container to act as hatch and hatch cover looks to have been an excellent choice so far.
Basically I took a “Beneful” brand plastic container, and cut off the bottom of the container, leaving a lip of approximately 3/8-1/2 inch to stick inside of the hull. I marked the shape (sort of oval) onto the deck and cut to shape and fit.
Since the container is plastic, WEST epoxy won’t stick to it, so I glued to balsa deck using CA glue. I allowed the container to stick up about 1/4 inch above the deck. This will help shed any water over the deck and keep it out of the hull.
Both on the underside and top of deck, I am using WEST with brown microballon fillers to form a fillet from deck to side of container. If by chance this fails, I can use some marine silicone to both seal and adhere the plastic lip to the hull.
With the cover snapped in place, I have a nice watertight seal, but yet easily remove to access servos or receiver. Speaking of receiver, my current plan is to use a Velcro “dot” to suspend the receiver from the inside of the lid - keeping it up and well away from any bilge water that might find it’s way inside the hull. The 4 cell battery pack should be able to fit between the two servos.
In the photos below, - one is a closeup showing the portion of the container that hangs below deck. The next is the opening in the deck and the last is the container lid ON (but not pressed down. It will sit lower when sealed.) Anyway - I thought if you are looking for a hatch idea, you can consider this one.
Dick here’s the glue to use if your going to glue any polyethlyene (tupperware) container. Once you have used this glue, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it.
PFM glues anything to anything!
Today, I finished up fitting and fabricating the “Jim Linville 180 Degree sheet handler” – for lack of a better title and still acknowledging the guy who was instrumental in providing the idea via the US 1 Meter Construction tips.
Actually, mine is being used for two reasons…… one is that it is located at the stern of the boat and it changes main sheet direction 180 degrees. The other use, by mounting it vertically, is that it provides a thru-deck fitting to allow under-deck sheeting to winch, to exit above deck so all adjustments can be made easily.
In the photo, the fitting is located just forward of the rear transom and set to one side to clear the rudder steering arm. The lower (under deck) portion accepts the mainsheet from the winch arm and transfers it above deck where it will run forward for mainsheet and jib control. The “fitting” is simply two pieces of balsa capturing a piece of electrical wire insulation from which the electrical copper wire has been removed. This insulation is easy to bend without kinking, and redirects the mainsheet through 180 degrees and from below to above the deck. Stainless tubular fittings doing similar are available on the net and run about $16 each – and considering my carbon mast AND the sail material only cost me $12 – it was easy to go with the low-cost option, keeping the cost easily below that of the entire rig. Once the deck is installed, there will only be a small “bump” at the stern from which the little red wire and mainsheet exit.
I have tried Teflon insulation/tubing, but it is stiffer and doesn’t like to take small radius turns as well.
Angus Richardson has kindly translated the German file about swing rigs. It’s on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/files/
Is there any chance it could be posted here also. I don’t really want to sign up for another forum and I would like to read it.
Thanks
Don
Don, unfortunately it’s a 6 MB word file (lot’s of explanatory photos) so it couldn’t. But, the site is interesting with a lot of plans, and useful information and well worth signing up for. However, if you’d rather pm me with your e-mail address, I’ll be hapy to forward it to you.
Its been a while since I started this thread and I am pleased to see that the class is receiving the attention it deserves.
I have designed a boat for this class and will be building soon.
As tantalising as ever;)