Canadian Radio Yachting Fall 2001 In This Issue The Publication of the Canadian Radio Yachting Association

IOM Regatta Reports

Soling Class Rules

Let’s Sail With The Rules

IOM Winches

1 Canadian Radio Yachting CRYA: Canada’s Radio Control Sailing Authority CRYA Business Calendar

The CRYA is a National Organi- For membership information JANUARY 1st. Membership fees are zation dedicated exclusively to R/C please contact the Treasurer/Registrar. due, mail cheques to Treasurer-Registrar. Sailing in Canada. The CRYA is a The annual registration fee is $15 and class Association within the Canadian there is a fee of $5 per new or trans- JANUARY 15th. Last date the Editor Yachting Association (CYA) and a ferred boat - $2 for transfer with return will accept material for the Winter issue member of the International Sailing to registrar of original card of registra- of Canadian Radio Yachting including all Federation, Radio Sailing Division tion. On registering one’s boat, a articles, notices of regattas and changes (IYRU-RSD). CRYA has a number of unique sail number is issued which to regatta schedules, and advertisements. model yacht racing classes and main- enables the yacht to compete in official FEBRUARY 15th. Expected date to re- tains the standards for these classes racing events in Canada and in other ceive the winter issue of Canadian Ra- enabling our members to race in Cana- countries. dio Yachting. dian and International Regattas. MARCH 15th. Deadline to receive mate- Canadian Radio Yachting Newsletter rial for the Spring issue.

Published by the CRYA quarterly Our preference is that all material JUNE 4th. Expected date for members to for the benefit of their members. The is submitted in electronic format receive the Spring issue. newsletter includes notices of coming (email, floppy disks) using Microsoft JUNE 30th. Deadline to receive material events, club reports, model yacht con- Word but we can accept text from for the Summer issue. struction tips, racing tips and newswor- many other software packages. thy articles. We love pictures and can deal with AUGUST 15th. Expected date for mem- The newsletter also publishes most electronic formats (JPEG is the bers to receive the Summer issue. changes to model yacht standards and preference) as well as actual photo- OCTOBER 15th. Deadline to receive racing rules as they occur. graphs and art (no negatives please). material for the Autumn issue.

OCTOBER 30th. (in even numbered Publications Available to CRYA Members years) Last day for receipt by Exec. Sec- retary of nominations (with seconder and ISAF-RSD Constitution and Regulations candidate’s letter of consent) for posts ISAF-RSD Committees, Division Members of President, Exec. Secretary and Regatta Management Guide, Questionnaire for Host Treasurer/Registrar. Also last date for Objectives and Directives for Championships receipt by Exec. Secretary of motions Radio Yachting Racing System 1997 (with seconders) affecting the constitu- Rules for Adoption and Control of International Classes tion or by-laws.

International Class Administrative Rules, Sail Identification Marks and Measure- NOVEMBER 30th. Expected date to re- ment Form Resolution, Error and Accuracy of Measurement ceive Autumn issue. In even numbered Policy for Classes and Intent of Class Rules –1M ,M, 10R , A Class years this issue will include ballots for International A Class Rules, Certificate and Measurement Forms the election of officers. International 10R Class Rules, Certificate and Measurement Forms International M Class Rules, Certificate and Measurement Forms DECEMBER 31st. In even years. Ballots ISAF-RSD 1M Class Rules, Certificate and Measurement Forms due to be received by the Exec. Secre- CRYA Membership List tary.

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2 Canadian Radio Yachting Who’s Who In The CRYA

Address Phone / Fax Email

President Ron Watts 185 Ontario Street Apt. 105 613-546-2464 [email protected] Kingston, ON K7I 2Y7 613-533-6868 (fax)

Past President Allan Gardner 664 Albion Way 604-599-8719 [email protected] Delta, BC V4E 1J2

Executive Bob Sterne 3785 Edinburgh St. 604-299-0767 [email protected] Secretary Burnaby, BC V5C 1R4 604-299-2547 (fax)

Treasurer / Larry Miskie 46 Henderson Drive 905-727-4050 [email protected] Registrar Aurora, ON L4G 3L2

Editors Ray Davidson 253 Kingslake Road 416-497-4463 [email protected] Toronto, ON M2J 3H1

Mike Gibbon 1340 Monks Passage 905-827-6026 Oakville, ON L6M 1J5 [email protected]

Regional Directors British Columbia 1600 Davies Road 250-474-5912 [email protected] Rob Woodward Victoria, BC V9E 1E6 Prairies 149 Somerset Park SW 403-254-6395 [email protected] Gordon Stout Calgary, AB T2Y 3H5 Ontario 253 Kingslake Road 416-497-4463 [email protected] Ray Davidson Toronto, ON M2J 3H1 Quebec 566 Essex Road 514-630-3777 [email protected] Dennis Edge Beaconsfield, PQ H9W 3V9

Class Secretaries EC12M 1600 Davies Road 250-474-5912 [email protected] Rob Woodward Victoria, BC V9E 1E6 Marblehead 20 Sundance Crt. 905-264-9148 Brian Chadwick Woodbridge, ON L4H 1J6 905-264-9149 (fax) ISAF 1M 172 Main St, Apt 306 613-476-1317 [email protected] Terry Doble Picton, ON K0K 2T0 IS 1 M 40 Sisman Ave 905-713-2521 [email protected] Dave Bowes Aurora, ON L4G 6R9 Star 4114 Cedar Hill Rd 250-477-5830 Ken Lockley Victoria, BC V8N 3C4 Soling 649 Glen Moor Cr 905-639-4755 Keith Rodgers Burlington, ON L7N 2Z8

CRYA Measurers BC Doug Gilbert Victoria, BC 250-474-4442 Blair Van Koughnet Vancouver, BC 604-325-5576 Ontario Don Burton Toronto, ON 905-274-6703 [email protected] Peter Van Rossem Kingston, ON 613-546-9777

3 Canadian Radio Yachting The President’s Message by Ron Watts

Another sailing season is over. It gust 1997, served in this post with great ing Federation Radio Sailing Division has been a good season and the various dedication. Not only has he efficiently (ISAF-RAD) services which they pro- Canadian class championships — Mar- performed all the varied duties of that vide. There is a membership renewal/ bleheads in Toronto in June, Soling One position, but he has also been a hard- application form attached to this issue, Metres in Windsor in July, US One Me- working member of the editorial team, and it is important that these are sent to tres in Toronto in July, and the Interna- together with Ray Davidson and Mike the new Treasurer-Registrar promptly in tional One Metres in Vancouver in Octo- Gibbon, who have done such a superb order that we can continue to send Cana- ber — have all gone well. Now it is time job of producing our newsletter, Cana- dian Radio Yachting to the correct ad- to start preparing for the 2002 season. dian Radio Yachting. I, personally, and dress. When there are new or transferred To begin with we shall need to de- all the CRYA membership owe a great boats, please do not forget also to register velop immediately a schedule for the an- debt of gratitude for Norm’s exemplary them with the Treasurer-Registrar. The nual Canadian Championships in each of contribution to the operation of the fee for each initial registration is a mod- the classes referred to above. I would CRYA. Norm was re-elected a year ago est $5.00 (Canadian) and the fee for the invite clubs who would wish to host one for another two-year term as Treasurer- transfer of a boat to a new owner is an of these championships during 2002 to Registrar, but because of the state of his even more modest $2.00 (Canadian). communicate with me (my address, tele- health has requested that he be replaced Keeping us fully informed of all new and phone, fax and e-mail numbers are listed for the balance of his current term. For- transferred boats helps us to keep the ros- in the masthead for this issue) before 31 tunately, Larry Miskie of Aurora, On- ter of CRYA registered boats complete. December 2001 so that we may proceed tario, has agreed to fill in for the balance It also provides the basis for class mem- to develop a tentative schedule for the of Norm Patt’s current term, and you will bers for the Class Secretaries. next issue of Canadian Radio Yachting. find his address, telephone number and e- I would also draw attention of Although in the past two issues we mail address in the masthead for this is- CRYA members especially to three items sought reactions to the suggestion of Bill sue. Norm has already had an opportu- dealt in detail elsewhere in this issue. Glover of Metro Marine Modellers that nity to brief him thoroughly on the task They are (1) the request for nominations the CRYA consider standardizing the he has taken on. I would like to take this for “Canadian Radio Sailor of the Year”, dates and locations for the annual Cana- opportunity to express the appreciation of (2) the report of the International One dian Championships, there has been lit- all of us in the CRYA to Norm Patt for Metre Class Association Interim Com- tle support advanced for the idea. Conse- all that he has done for us over several mittee, and (3) proposals regarding selec- quently, for at least one more year we terms in office, and to Larry Miskie for tion of Canadian competitors for the In- shall make an allocation of sites and his willingness to take the task on. ternational One Metre World Champion- dates in response to clubs volunteering to An immediate task for Larry Miskie ship in Vancouver in 2003. host an event for 2002. will be handling the renewals of mem- Finally, I wish all our members a A major development relating to the bership for 2002. The annual dues re- happy festive season and an active winter coming year has been the request of main unchanged at $15.00 (Canadian) prepping boats and equipment for the Norm Patt to be relieved of his duties as which is a bargain for the newsletter and 2002 season. Treasurer-Registrar. Despite being trou- access to the Canadian Yachting Asso- bled by ill health, Norm has,, since Au- ciation (CYA) and the International Sail-

There is some good news . . .

We are getting GREAT photos !

But . . .

P L E A S E

Please, put a caption with them and let us know who the people are, a little cover story perhaps—then Ray and I can stop scratching our heads and asking “who is the old guy with gray hair, and is that his boat with sail number 156?”

PS. Terry Double—you may disregard the above treatise! Your photographs of the Kingston IOM regatta were beautifully complete. Thank you from two appreciative editors.

4 Canadian Radio Yachting Larry Miskie by the editors

Larry is not a stranger to RC Model- tions as a Project Manager and Product participant to fanatic participant in a very ling. He started building RC airplanes in implementation Specialist. The travel short period. His wife is now wondering the late seventies. He was an active demands of this occupation kept him if her admonition to get out of the base- member of the Owen Sound Barnstorm- away from the RC hobby for a number of ment was the wisest choice of words. ers model airplane club. After several years, but he never lost the bug. Larry was elected Commodore winters of building activity and summers His interest in personal computers of the York Region Marine Modellers in of returning the planes to kit form, he put became his major hobby activity and has September of 2001. The club, based in the hobby aside. Time constraints im- continued to capture his interest. What Newmarket, Ontario, draws its members posed by work and family were key fac- started out as a recreational activity he from across York Region. The club tors in this decision. The well-known could pursue with his children became races the Soling One Metre and the de- tendency of miniature aircraft to do an the activity that kept him in the basement veloping Victoria One Design classes on RTK also had an influence in the deci- twiddling with the software and hard- Tuesday and Sunday throughout the sail- sion to shelve the hobby. As Larry has ware. In the words of his wife Karen, ing season. The YRMM regatta sched- often said, “I loved the building but I “You are still in the basement. Don’t uled is posted on their web site really hated the crashing.” you think the network is big enough. http://members.tripod.com/sail97/YRMM/ Larry and his wife Karen made the You really need to get outside more”. transition from Meaford, Ontario on The interest in Radio Control was and once in the site clicking on southern Georgian Bay to the Greater rekindled. Wanting to avoid the frustra- “Calendar” will get you to their sailing Toronto area, settling finally in Aurora in tion of the RTK syndrome he decided RC schedule. Larry is currently maintaining 1992. Larry has been involved in Infor- sailing was the route to take. Larry this web site as well as his other activi- mation Technology throughout his work- joined the York Region Marine Model- ties. ing career, beginning his career in the lers in the winter of 2000 and the Metro The CRYA would like to thank technical areas and evolving through the Marine Modellers in the summer of Larry for volunteering to complete Norm years into the management side of the 2000. It became apparent to him very Patt’s term as Treasurer/Registrar. We industry. In the last few years this evolu- quickly that he had made the right are confident that his skills will be a tion has continued and he has been in- choice. Like most things he gets in- valuable addition to the CYRA executive volved with ERP software holding posi- volved with he has gone from the novice team.

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5 Canadian Radio Yachting Salford Quays by Brian Chadwick

While on vacation in England, Sep- M. in the dock – sunk, and has yet to re- suits the conditions in your area, or own tember 2001, I spent a most enjoyable cover it. two boats - one wide, one slim or a com- Sunday morning with the Aston Quays The fleet consisted of seven or eight promise. In other words the usual di- Radio Yacht Club whose membership international one meter boats. The de- lemma. The commodore of the club, includes two ex-world champion skip- signs varied from very slim – stilleto, to Dave Stewart, owns and sails a V3 (skif) pers, Squire Kay and Barry Jackson. very wide – skifs, V3, etc. I had the op- that uses a 380 smart winch - the large The club is located on one of the portunity to sail four different boats and one. This winch is very fast, very power- docks of the Manchester Ship Canal at confirmed what the club members were ful and easy on batteries. After racing Salford Quays, an area that has been re- telling me, that the slim boats are great in this boat, this winch would be my choice. furbished for recreational purposes. The light air but go flat when the wind comes Thanks again to all the skippers at docks are very deep - no weeds, and are up. The wide boats go very well in a Salford Quays. If you are ever in To- bubbled all year round - no freeze, and blow and die in the holes. This leaves ronto, come sail with us. no smell. One of the skippers lost an I.O. you with a choice, to choose a boat that

Request for Nominations for “Canadian Radio Sailor of the Year” by Ron Watts

In 1999 the CRYA instituted the naming Year” (See Canadian Radio Yachting, tions for 2001 with supporting reasons annually of a “Canadian Radio Sailor of Winter 2000 issue, p.17, and Winter should be sent to the President, Ron the Year”. The idea was well received 2001 issue, p.19). Watts, by December 31, 2001. His ad- and in 1999 Peter Van Rossem of the The CRYA now seeks nominations dress, fax number and e-mail are listed in Kingston Yacht Club and in 2000 Ray for “Canadian Radio Sailor of the Year the masthead of this issue. Davidson of Metro Marine Modellers, for 2001”. Previous winners of the Toronto, were deservedly named award are not eligible but will be called “Canadian Radio Sailor of the upon to judge the nominations. Nomina- Request for Hosts for 2002 Class Championships by Ron Watts

The CRYA invites clubs who would After approval by the Executive Commit- these classes were respectively: Metro wish to host one of the Canadian Class tee, a final schedule will be published in Marine Modellers, Toronto; Windsor Championships during 2002 to commu- the Spring 2002 issue. Normally, annual Model Yacht Club; Metro Marine Mod- nicate with the President before Decem- Canadian Championships have been held ellers, Toronto; Royal Vancouver Yacht ber 31, 2001 in order that a tentative in the following classes: Marblehead, Club. schedule may be published in the Winter Soling US One Metre, and International 2002 issue of Canadian Radio Yachting. One Metre. The hosts during 2001 for

6 Canadian Radio Yachting Selection of Canadian Entries for IOM World Championship 2003 by Ron Watts

In the President’s Message in the rules, every country is entitled to a mini- tas be held in a centralized location in the Summer 2001 issue of Canadian Radio mum of two places. Where vacancies appropriate zone (the location to be de- Yachting, the views of CRYA members occur because some countries do not take termined later). Further, they suggest were sought about the procedure for se- up their places, countries with more than that an administration fee (amount un- lecting the Canadian entries at the IOM two applicants are given additional specified) be required with a deadline World Championship scheduled to be places to make up the total of 80 entries. (unspecified) for applications to be sub- held at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club The allocation of these additional places mitted. in June 2003. is made according to a formula based on I would invite any members of The CRYA Bylaw adopted in 1997 participation in previous world champi- CRYA, and particularly IOM owners, to (see Canadian Radio Yachting, Vol II, onships. Thus Canada will be guaranteed send in their comments or alternative No 7, Spring 1997), section 10 states: two places, but on the basis of participa- suggestions either to the President, Ron “The top Canadian finisher in a Canadian tion in previous regattas may be expected Watts or the Class Secretary, Terry Do- Championship shall be entitled to be one to become entitled to between 4 and 10 ble (see masthead for addresses, tele- of the representatives for Canada in places. The precise number will not be phone and fax numbers, email) by De- world or continental events. Where known, however, until the spring of 2003 cember 31 at the latest. As required by places for Canadian participants in world when the first round of entries from other Bylaw 10, the Executive Committee will or continental championships are limited countries is tabulated. Because the Van- then consider these and reach a decision and there are more applicants than couver IOM World Championship comes on the process in order to announce it in places, Canadian representatives shall be relatively early in 2003, the CRYA will the Winter 2002 issue of Canadian Radio determined by a process established by need to base its selection on performance Yachting and if appropriate, include in the CRYA Executive Committee.” during the forthcoming 2002 season. It that issue an application form. In practice in recent years this has will need to take account of the fact that In considering the appropriate proc- not been a serious issue because there we may be eligible for anywhere from ess, I would simply draw attention to the have been more places available in world possibly four to ten entries. But the proc- fact if the 2002 Canadian IOM Cham- championships than Canadians applying. ess will need to be decided upon by the pion is not to be provided with an auto- Thus at the only World Championships CRYA Executive (as prescribed in By- matic place in the process, that will re- attended by Canadians in recent years, law 10) before the 2002 sailing season quire a formal amendment to the CRYA the IOM World Championship in Malta commences so that the selection process Bylaws, a somewhat lengthy process. It in 1999 was attended by two Canadians, is clear to aspiring entries. will also be essential to provide a process including Peter Van Rossem the then Ca- In response to the President’s re- which eventually ranks up to a dozen nadian champion, and the IOM World quest in the last newsletter for CRYA candidates since we may eventually be Championship in Croatia in 2001 was members to submit views on the ques- eligible in early 2003 for a number of attended by three Canadians including tion, to date only one proposal has been additional places which may total ten or Peter who was again at that time Cana- submitted. Pete Levette, Keith Rodgers more and may be an odd number. Fi- dian champion. and Norm Patt of Metro Marine Model- nally, it is worth noting that in the Cana- However with the IOM World lers, Toronto have proposed that applica- dian IOM Championships held in Van- Championship being held in Vancouver tions for representing Canada in the 2003 couver this year (2001) there were three in June 2003, the picture changes. We IOM Championships be requested in the entries who traveled all the way from are likely to have many more applicants next newsletter, that 3 places be allocated eastern Canada to participate in the than places. The number of places avail- to Western Canada and 3 to Eastern Can- event. In arriving at its final decision, able is determined by the international ada, and that if there are more than 3 ap- the Executive Committee will need to body, the ISAF-RSD. According to their plicants in any region, elimination regat- take all these points into account.

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7 Canadian Radio Yachting The Mini 12 Metre by Terry Doble

At the Bay of Quinte Model Yacht weeds. What is more interesting is that tifully constructed plank on frame mod- Club sailing site, we have a perennial with a few inches added to the backstay, els of Marbleheads, Schooners and a problem with weeds, not the lawn type it uses a regulation Soling sail rig. couple of International One Metres, just but the ones that grow just below the Most RC sailors have heard of the to mention a few of the designs that he surface of the water. They grab our East Coast 12, a very large and heavy showed me. They all displayed Frank’s Soling keels and slow or stop the boats boat that is popular in certain parts of impeccable craftsmanship. dead, usually when you are out in front the USA and Canada. I owned one my- His most recent creation is the Mini or in a good spot to challenge the reign- self for a while and was impressed by 12 Metre. He made a plug and a female ing club champ. its ability to sail out of weed patches. I mould in which, to date, he has turned This problem usually manifests it- demonstrated this quality to my friends out close to 30 hand laid up fibreglass self around the end of June and we then at the club but probably due to its size, hulls. I was so impressed by the design have to search for a weed free sailing 60 inches long and 23 pounds in weight, and workmanship that I bought two site. So far we have been lucky in find- there was no interest. Now however we hulls that he had just completed, num- ing alternate sites, but these ponds are have a vessel of similar lines to the East bers 25 and 26. I plan to build one hull quite often at someone’s summer cot- Coast 12 but only 45 inches long and as a racing version and am giving some tage or at a public park with the atten- weighing in at about 15 pounds. The serious thought to making the other hull dant problems of too many interested long sloping keel and tucked in rudder into a schooner. The hull shape lends kids and parents — great for our sport provide a smooth surface with no weed itself to the schooner sail plan. but not conducive to serious racing. attracting protrusions. Back in Belleville at one of our last We are not the only club with this After several phone conversations sailing meets of the 2001 season, I problem. The Montreal and Ottawa with Bernie and Frank, I was invited to showed off my Mini 12 hulls and there sailors tell me that they are also both- visit Frank’s establishment and take a was enough interest among the group to ered with weeds. According to Bernie look at his boats. I drove east on the give me hope that mine will not be the Reed in Ottawa they have gone a long 401 to the Ingleside turn off where only one on the pond next year. way to solving this problem. The solu- Frank met me and guided me to his tion is a boat that they have christened workshop a few kilometres north of the the Mini 12. Frank Scott, in conjunc- 401. Frank is a professional big boat Below: tion with Bernie Reed, has designed and builder who has also had a long time Terry’s Mini 12 looking good so far. built a boat that because of its hull interest in model sailboats. The loft Hope to see it sailing soon … Eds. shape will sail unhindered through over his workshop contains many beau-

8 Canadian Radio Yachting International One Metre International Class Association Developments by Ron Watts

At the IOM Championship held in Council according to the wishes of their Because the detailed proposals are too Croatia in May 2001, the participants owners. It is expected that, in the short extensive to reproduce here, all Cana- agreed to establish an ICA term at least, the World Council will dian IOM owners are urged to consult (International Class Association) and comprise all the IOM Class Secretaries that web site for details. The Interim for this purpose an Interim Committee from each of the ISAF-RSD Division Committee is seeking feedback on its was elected with Lester Gilbert (UK) as members. In the case of Canada, that proposals set out there, and therefore all Chairman, Don Martin (Canada) and would be currently Terry Doble, IOM Canadian IOM owners are urged to send Alan Hayes (New Zealand) as Vice- Class Secretary, and the CRYA as the their views to Terry Doble, the CRYA Chairmen, Rob Davis (USA) as Secre- ISAF-RSD Division number of votes in IOM Class Secretary (address listed in tary, and Marco de Giuseppe (Italy) as proportion to the number of registered the masthead of this issue) as quickly as Treasurer. IOM owners in their country. The possible in order that he may transmit The Interim Committee has pro- World Council would meet at least once them to the Interim Committee. Since posed that the IOM ICA have delegated a year by electronic communication. It the Interim Committee hopes to produce to it by the International Sailing Federa- is proposed that the ICA be run by an a final draft of its proposals if possible tion Radio Sailing Division (ISAF- Executive Committee consisting of a in December (although it has stated that RSD) three major areas of responsibil- President, two to four Vice-Presidents, a it may delay this to ensure time for ity: (1) the class rules; (2) organizing Secretary and a Treasurer. Each Vice- feedback), it is essential that all those international events; (3) class measur- President would be chairman of a sub- who have views transmit them to Terry ers. The intention is that every IOM committee dealing with one of the three Doble without delay so that these may owner will automatically be a member major responsibilities of the ICA re- be passed on in time for the Interim of the IOM ICA. The ICA would be ferred to above. Committee to take account of them. directed by its World Council. The The proposals of the Interim Com- World Council would comprise a repre- mittee, which were released at the end sentative from every country which has of October, are set out in detail on the a recognized IOM National Class Secre- IOM Class Web site at Photograph below shows IOM Fleet at the Open Regatta held at Kingston Ont. tary (NCS). To be recognized, an NCA http://www.iomclass.org (National Class Authority, i.e., CRYA) September 15/16. Start of Race #22 or NCS will have to agree to consult There, click on History and go down to using #2 Rig in a good sailing breeze. “A report of progress so far can be with all the registered IOM owners in Full report follows. their country, and to vote on the World found here” Click on the “here”

9 Canadian Radio Yachting The International One Metre Open Regatta, Kingston September 15/16, 2001 by Terry Doble This year’s IOM regatta, held under Racing fell into a pattern of three everything, Cynthia Ormsby. the auspices of the CORK organisation sailors, Kingston's Peter Van Rossem, Sunday dawned bright, clear and in Kingston, was a little different from Charlie Rutan and Jake Leo, both from cool. The keenest sailors arriving at the previous years. Normally this annual Connecticut, slugging it out for the top site by 8 am. for the 9:30 start but due event is also the venue for the Canadian three spots. By the end of the day Peter to a fickle north wind, this was post- IOM championships. This year the had won 8 of the 16 races, and Charlie poned until the wind settled in to its fa- championship event will be held in 5. Although getting plenty of seconds vourite SW direction at 11 am. The Vancouver on October 20/21. The and thirds Jake did not manage a win. Kingston Thermal blew in around 2 pm. Kingston event was in the form of an Charlie sailed an Ericca with Carr boosting the already strengthening SW open regatta. sails and Jake a Bantock Ikon with Ban- wind to produce gusts in the order of The sailing site was the same as tock sails. Peter's familiar TS 2 sported 14/15 mph. By this time I was an inter- previous years, the Confederation Basin a set of Bantock sails as well. Breath- ested spectator and watched the frenzied West in downtown Kingston. We were ing hard on the transoms of the top three activity of a group of sailors changing fortunate, once again, to have Ross was Lana Butler manoeuvring her down to # 2 rigs in the 5 mins. that Cameron and his team handle the race bright red "Little Wing" through the someone had called for . Seven races committee side of the event fleet at the windward mark. were sailed on this second day. Ross Nineteen sailors registered but due Ross called for a lunch break at called a halt at 2:45 pm giving a total of to unforeseen circumstances ,only fif- 11:30, and racing resumed at 12.15 on 23 races for the weekend teen made it to the start line at 9:30 on the same course with the SW wind At a weekend regatta the order of Saturday morning . Ron Watts was held steady at 5-8 mph. As the afternoon sun final finishing seems to be more or less up in Zurich and suffered from delayed warmed us, sweaters were discarded established on the Saturday provided, of flights as did thousands of others in the and we enjoyed the fine September course, plenty of races are sailed. Sail- aftermath of the NY ors just a few points tragedy. Ron did apart will, however, be manage to get to the battling for a place or regatta in time for two. And so it was the prize giving on that Peter Van Rossem Sunday afternoon. had 7 more firsts, with With 15 boats Charlie and Jake fight- the first few races ing for second and were held in a light third spots, and Char- NE breeze on a lie pulling ahead to get windward / leeward second place to Jake’s course. Kingston third. Lana Butler was sailor Henri Fierz a well-deserved fourth won the first two with Dick Stanford races and had us all close behind her in wondering if a new fifth spot. A gear fail- star was born. Un- ure in the twentieth fortunately it race had cost him a seemed that the DNF. stress got to him and Wally From left to right … except for one third Schwenger was sailing place in the eighth Bob Shea, Terry Doble, Joe Sanantonio and Wally Schwenger a boat borrowed at the race, he remained in Surveying the standings … and they do not look happy for some reason! last minute and had rig- the middle of the fleet ging and tuning prob- for the rest of the re- lems. Terry Doble was gatta but finished a well deserved 8th weather. A total of 16 races were sailed plagued with radio problems which a overall. He really had his Chinook go- before racing stopped for the day at radio and frequency change failed to ing for a while. We had five races on 3:30 pm. We re-grouped at 7 pm. at the cure and reluctantly had to pack it in. this course until the wind did a 180 and Kingston Yacht Club for a beverage of Ross turned the course around, end for our choice and an excellent cornish hen end as it were. supper organised by the lady who does

10 Canadian Radio Yachting It was great to see the four sailors from SKIPPER SAIL NUMBER POINTS PLACE

Montreal, Andrew Livadaras, Adrian Budd, Bob Shea and Alistair Black- Peter Van Rossem CAN 99 25 1 wood. In years Alistair was the most senior sailor attending, but is very Charles Rutan USA 175 42 2 young at heart. Dick Hein from Michi- Jake Leo USA 100 68 3 gan sailed his chubby blue boat to sixth place, with fellow American Joe San Lana Butler CAN 33 97 4 Antonio in seventh spot. Marko Majic Dick Stanford CAN 50 100 5 from Toronto had to quit sailing due to gear problems. Dick Hein USA 01 109 6 Back at the Kingston Yacht Club, Joe San Antonio USA 124 155 7 Cynthia Ormsby finalised the results and handed out the trophies to the win- Henry Fierz CAN 125 173 8 ners. After the usual socialising we Adrian Budd CAN 13 187 9 departed and headed home to our widely separated ports of call. Bob Shea CAN 91 187 10 Andrew Livadaras CAN 02 194 11 Final Standings for the 15 contestants are as shown at right ... Alistair Blackwood CAN 63 205 12 Marko Majic CAN 16 216 13 Terry Doble CAN 55 234 14 Wally Schwenger CAN 22 266 15

Obscuring the view of the Ramada Inn at Kingston are most of the competitors at this IOM Open Regatta.

11 Canadian Radio Yachting Let’s Race With The Rules by Art Gorov

When we do our fun sail races, our that it is of little or no consequence the boats would be overlapped since normal layout is start/finish gate in the whether the boats are on a beat or are they are each forward of the other’s middle of the sail area, a windward running to leeward. The rules of Part 2 transom (see Definitions). In that case, mark, a reach mark, a leeward mark and govern the right of way because of the the boats heading towards the leeward back through the gate. We sail across tacks and positions of the respective mark would be the windward boats and the start gate on a beat to the windward boats. would still owe right of way to the boat mark. We take all marks to port finish- From the diagram that you submit- beating to windward under RRS 11. ing back through the finish gate on a ted, it would appear that the boats head- beat to windward. Passing through the ing to the leeward mark are either run- When boats are on the same tack and gate is not required when on the lee- ning, or on a very broad reach, on port- overlapped, a windward boat shall ward leg. Boats rounding the leeward tack. That would mean that the star- keep clear of a leeward boat. mark can take a port-tack or stay on a board-tack boat heading up wind has starboard-tack. The port-tack is often rights under RRS 10. Of course the lead boats would be the fastest at first, but the boat must subject to RRS 16. then go to starboard-tack to make the When boats are on opposite tacks, a gate. The shortest beat is a starboard- port-tack boat shall keep clear of a When a right of way boat changes tack as soon as you clear and with a lit- starboard-tack boat. course, she shall give the other boat tle luck and high pointing, you may not room to keep clear. need to tack again. Of course that does not mean that a The question is if you are ahead of boat can round the leeward mark, im- All of that being said, it still might the fleet to the leeward mark and take a mediately tack onto a starboard-tack be more prudent tactically for the lead- starboard-tack, who has the right of and acquire rights over the port-tack ing boats to stay on port tack a little way – the boats running to the leeward boats. The rounding boats must also longer to reduce problems with the mark, or the boat on the starboard-tack remember the obligations imposed by down wind fleet. As one of my fellow that is leeward of the fleet on a beat to RRS 15. judges says, while you might have the windward? right of way, being involved in a colli- We have had more bad hits on this When a boat acquires right of way, sion is really slow. single problem than any other and often she shall initially give the other boat it’s the front runner that gets nailed by room to keep clear. Keep ‘em coming to the back of the fleet. If the boats heading to the leeward [email protected] First, let me respond and indicate mark are also on starboard-tack, then More of Let’s Race With The Rules by Art Gorov

Woe be unto the poor protest com- branch drifted back onto the course. would indicate that redress was not ap- mittees which try to do "the right thing" The entangled boat requested and propriate. and end up with the dilemma that it turns was given redress by the protest commit- A request for redress shall be based out to have been incorrect. The follow- tee which gave him first place in the re- on a claim that a boat's finishing place in ing situation is one where the protest gatta. The next day when the second a race has, through no fault of her own, committee tried to remedy what it con- place boat learned of the grant of redress, been made significantly worse by (a) an ceived as an error by the race committee, he filed a "protest" against the race com- improper action or omission of the race only to commit its own error and take mittee, which protest was summarily dis- committee or protest committee. away a regatta championship incorrectly. missed. (emphasis added) First of all, if the Race The lead boat in the regatta became I have discussed your redress ques- Committee could see the branch, I must entangled in a large floating branch, had tion with two other judges and we all assume that the sailor could see it too. to be "rescued" and then finished the agree that we would not have granted Therefore he could have taken action to race. The race committee had seen the redress under the circumstances that you avoid it. If he did not choose to do so, branch before the start, but left it where it describe. The only grounds that could then the entanglement was not through was because it was certain that the possibly have allowed the granting of no fault of his own and he does not qual- branch would drift away from the course. redress would be under RRS 62.1(a). ify for redress. Naturally, under Murphy’s Law, the However a careful reading of the rule Cont ...

12 Canadian Radio Yachting I am sure that there was no provi- The action by the sailor the next incorrect, I would have taken it as a re- sion in the sailing instructions, or invita- day to "protest the race committee" was quest for redress and proceeded to hear tion to race, that put the burden on the wholly inappropriate. There is no pro- it and act accordingly. race committee to see to it that the vision for ever protesting the race com- Remember that there are very few course remained free of obstructions or mittee. After all, what penalty would grounds for the granting of redress and to clear obstructions if any were ob- you assess against the race committee if that they are clearly spelled out in the served. The race committee certainly such a protest was successful? rules. Merely feeling that the race com- has no such obligation under any of the The only action that could have mittee could have done something dif- Racing Rules of Sailing. Therefore the been taken the next day was for the ferently is not one of them. failure to remove the branch was not an skipper improper action or omission of the race to request redress under RRS 62.1(a) on I hope that this answers your questions. committee. Again no redress would be the basis that the previously granted re- Keep 'em coming to: appropriate. dress was an improper action of the pro- [email protected]. test committee. While the "protest" was

Soling One Metre Rules by Keith Rodgers, CRYA Soling Class Secretary

In the latest AMYA issue of Model sure whether this is intended to restrict #2. Ostensibly it sought to legalize the Yachting (#124), five motions were pre- mast height as well. Nor is it clear sails of nylon that the manufacturer put sented for vote by Soling members. whether it is intended to include the in kits when his dacron sail material The voting was completed in October. mast crane in this measurement. temporarily ran out (apparently 140 The results are not yet available, but it Sec 5.3 - Mast Rigging - now in- suites of sails). Essentially they are say- seemed worthwhile to anticipate the cludes a sentence allowing a maximum ing that this was what the manufacturer implications of some of the key mo- length of the spreaders to be equal to the supplied and so it should be legal. tions, should they be passed. beam of the hull at the mast, and per- What it really does is leave 1000+ suites Motion #5 was a re-write, to vary- mits spreader materials of wood or alu- of 3 oz dacron sails in question, with no ing degrees, of all the rules with the ex- minum in addition to brass proof that something lighter might not ception of the rule on sail material Sec 5.5 - Wind Indicators - This be better. which was dealt with separately in Mo- section was eliminated, and seems to I voted for #2 and opposed #4 for tions 2 & 4. Motions 1 & 3 were incor- mean that no wind indicators can be two reasons: First, I found that when I porated into #5 so members could reject used above the mast. No reason was received nylon sails in one of my pur- #5 but vote for their inclusion sepa- given for its elimination. chases and examined them, I was not rately. #1 dealt with spreader width and Sec 6.3 - Sail Reinforcement - satisfied - and it was a simple matter to #3 dealt with sail numbering (accepting eliminates the 0.25” restriction on leech contact the manufacturer and have them RRS rules). This was an awkward ar- edge reinforcement. I guess we could replace the nylon sails with the standard rangement, but did address key issues as make it 3” wide if we wanted to do so! dacron sails at no cost; secondly, while I see them. And now comes a major debate the movers of this motion say that boat Continuing with Motion #5, the dealing with sail material. The follow- speed is not affected by different changes to Sec. 2 - Standards - might ing motions presented two opposing weights of sail material, they didn’t pro- exclude ‘builders’ other than the origi- views on this subject - members could vide the proof of that. Since other new nal manufacturer. The use of both only choose to approve one or the other, materials might walk through such a words (builder and manufacturer) in this unless they wanted to contradict them- loophole, AMYA would be obliged to section might affect people who build selves. This subject was left open in prove that each and every new material Solings from kits for profit - they might Motion #5. that came along presented no advantage. be prohibited. Motion #2 specified ‘woven cloth This is a successful introductory Sec. 4 - Spars - would specifically of polyester fiber only’ and a cloth of one-design racing class. Let’s keep it prohibit the use of balsa and plastics for ‘weight of approximately 3.0 oz per that way. Sailors who wish to experi- mast booms. It also replaces the phrase sailmaker’s yard”. This corresponds to ment should consider more open or de- ‘solid wood or plywood’ with ‘wood or the Victor kit dacron sails, or sails made velopmental classes to satisfy them- laminated wood’. They also listed a from comparable cloth weight. selves. maximum mast length of 52” and maxi- Motion #4 recommended eliminat- mum boom lengths of 15.5”. I’m not ing the 3 oz weight specified in Motion

13 Canadian Radio Yachting The 2001 Canadian IOM Championship Regatta, Vancouver October 19/21, 2001 by Allan Gardner First, thanks to all the competitors For those of us who took a moment to perhaps a modicum of courage. and our new friends for making this re- look, the views of the majestic north While the tides at RVYC were not gatta a truly great sporting event! On shore mountains and the City of Vancou- particularly strong, they were a factor Saturday, October 20, 2001 thirty skip- ver were spectacular. that had to be considered in planning pers assembled on the north breakwater All boats were check measured for starts, first weather legs and the runs. of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club to displacement, keel/fin weight, overall What worked in one direction was not test their skills and boats in the 2001 edi- length, draft, and rocker. All boats pre- necessarily going to work in the other. tion of the IOM Canadian Championship sented #1 and #2 rigs for measurement. Now to the results! Steve Landau Regatta. The RVYC opened their doors Several #3 rigs were measured. was first with 50 pts (Errica) CON- and their facilities to all competitors and The wind speeds varied over the two GRATULATIONS STEVE! Don Martin spectators. Their warm welcome made days with Saturday favouring # 1 rigs 2nd with 53 pts (own design – MioMi). everyone feel at home. and Sunday’s higher transition wind Another notable performance was Pete Feedback from skippers indicates speeds leaving skippers with the dilemma Van Rossem who recovered from a that the racing venue worked well. In the of which rig to use. The results of a somewhat less than spectacular showing weeks preceding the regatta a new land- wrong choice of rig became painfully on Saturday to post an impressive overall ing, ramp and floating dock were in- obvious. The right choice only meant performance on Sunday in the higher stalled on the north face of the breakwa- that you were back on an equal footing winds and waves that seemed to favour ter. A total of 30 boats/skippers man- with the others who had done the same. his TS2. Bob Sterne placed a credible 4th aged to navigate/circulate the ramp, etc., For some, rig choice was luck (good and with his Chinook. Craig MacKey threat- between heats with no major calamities. bad) and for others it was and educated ened throughout the event and finished a The elevation of the breakwater ensured decision. It seems that making the right strong 5th. The outcome of this regatta that competitors had an unobstructed rig choice is a critical skill that can be was uncertain until the last race was view of the racecourse and their boats. developed with practice and attention and completed.

Three IOM racing off the North breakwater of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. Picture taken off the Web Page.

Unfortunately we cannot tell you more as to who was leading and whether the middle boat went through or over the next wave! Through seems most likely

14 Canadian Radio Yachting However, I think it is fair to say typically doing their penalty turn imme- be discussing food, BUT it nourished that Steve and Don provided the rest of diately and getting on with the racing. the soul as much as the body. The BBQ us with an interesting and important les- Good spirits and "Corinthian" behaviour Spring Salmon, the baked ham the... I son… consistency pays! At certain prevailed throughout the event. have to stop here.... cause my mouth is times in the regatta it seemed that a par- The race committee was out- watering and my keyboard is getting ticular skipper or design was beginning standing (my opinion but I think every- wet. to emerge as dominant BUT nope... the one would agree). Very professional, The contributions of the following determining factor was consistency, friendly and with a firm hand managed people were invaluable in organizing across the full range of wind and to get the scheduled racing completed and running the event: Janet, Sarah and weather conditions. Showing up for on time under some trying conditions John Kine, Marilyn and Brian Wood- every start, and flawless boat and ra- (very wet on Sunday). ward, Ben Rusi, Baird McLean and the dio equipment seemed to be what was More racing is planned here in a race committee and support people: required. It helped if you steered the pre-world’s (2003) format. With no David E, Dave W, Tina, Jason, Steve, boat in the right direction, which Steve commitments made at this time, the no- Matt, Rob, and others. and Don did consistently well. tion is to run an event in 2002 at the Fair winds to all of the participants Eight races were sailed each day world’s venue and at the same calendar in the 2001 IOM Canadian Champion- for a total of 16. Saturday was pre- time to provide those wishing to be- ship Regatta! dominantly #1 rig weather. Sunday had come familiar with the venue and condi- boats doing well in # 1 and # 2 rigs. tions an opportunity to do so. HMS system had two fleets with 17 And then there was Saturday night! boats on the start line. Total of 30 Don and Annabelle Martin hosted a din- boats. Very few protests (only 1 written ner at their home overlooking English protest I think). The on-the-water judg- Bay. The view was spectacular! The ing system worked very well with boats food was... well I am the wrong guy to

15 Canadian Radio Yachting Building a Competitive Soling—Insider Tips By Keith Rodgers

Flat sanding of the halves of the keel and rud- der. A sheet of #600 grit paper is taped to a flat surface, and the pieces of the forms have 'handles' made of masking tape, to aid the gentle circular motion during sanding.

Epoxy (30-minute) bonding of the bulkhead to the hull. Fine pins hold bulkhead in line at the gunwale, then clamped . There is wax paper on the jaws of the clamps to prevent bonding of the clamps to the hull. Toothpicks taped to the hull keep the bulkhead in line with the po- sitional marks near the bottom of the yacht during the setting of the epoxy. Waterproof (30-minute, not 5-minute) epoxy fills gaps better than plastic cement. Plastic cement can cause bumps on the exterior of the hull if too much is used.

Keel block reinforced with Styrene strut. Note the fibreglass (1/2 oz.) reinforcement of the hull and of the hull/keel box joint. Make sure that the inside of the hull is thoroughly rough sanded where the fibreglass is to be placed (#80 sandpaper)

Bonding the keel and keel block to the hull. The 2x4 puts pressure on the keel block (it is braced to the ceiling) to ensure a tight fit.

16 Canadian Radio Yachting On the right … A long, straight brass tube of the same diame- ter as the rudder tube is put through the rudder bearing tube with the bottom end on the centreline near the level of the base of the keel. This tube holds the rudder bearing tube in line as the epoxy sets, thus better ensuring that the rudder and keel are in line.

Below … A 1/16th in. aluminum frame holds both servos and is attached to the keel block with 1 bolt screwed into a threaded insert in the top of the keel spar. This attachment can only be used with a permanent keel.

17 Canadian Radio Yachting IOM - Technical Stuff By Mike Gibbon with all the clever bits provided by others

Peter Levette brought to our atten- I also have absolute confidence in the larger drum of the two shown as an illus- tion a fine series of articles on the IOM ability of the RMG to sheet in from a tration and from my reading of the article Class of sailboats just recently published broad reach to close-hauled when the the larger drum has a maximum diameter by Lester Gilbert in the UK. wind is right at the top of "A" rig within around 2.2 inches or 56 mm which then (Editorial comment - this does seem an instant. In fact, I've broken my servo gives a total travel of 600mm on the to have become the “1 Metre Issue” of tray proving it can do this. But the reso- RMG winch. The smaller drum, which I the CRYA Newsletter. That it should be lution and repeatability of the RMG at do not show here but is shown on the not only reflects the current interest in, just off close-hauled is not wonderful. web, has a maximum quoted diameter of and the growing number of people at- The 8-bit analogue to digital con- approximately 28mm going down to tracted to, “1 Metres” whether they are verter of the RMG controller electronics about 12mm when the winch rotates to Solings or IOMs, but also that these provides for 255 separate positions of the the close hauled range giving an overall classes do also seem to attract the drum over its travel of around 5 revolu- sheet travel of 300mm. “writers” too. There are articles galore. tions. If we call this a round 250 posi- Lester also illustrates two "step- As editors we are not going to complain tions, we get 50 positions per revolu- down" drums that he has had made and a on that score – if our readers feel that a tion. If the drum diameter is, say, 28mm, picture of one of them is provided on the broader scope for articles in this newslet- then one revolution pays out about 90mm next page of this newsletter. These “step ter is needed then the remedy is simple – of line, or about 1.8mm per position. down” drums have two diameters, a lar- go forth and write!) The problem is, although the theoretical ger diameter to cover most of the sheet- resolution is1.8mm, repeatability is about ing range suddenly stepping down to a But back to Lester Gilbert. His web site twice this value, around 3.6mm, and at smaller diameter final section for the last is: close-hauled 3.6mm is a very significant few inches of close haul.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/ difference. The winch electronics cannot Step down drums are, in essence, “snail homepages/lestergilbert/ (at present) do better. So it is necessary drums” except the transition from major to have a drum whose diameter is less at to minor diameters is very abrupt and I found it by a Google search using close-hauled.” does not change progressively over the “Lester Gilbert” – if you use other search Lester on his web page shows then a total sheeting range. Step down drums engines then I am sure they will find it couple of "snail" drums, which have an would seem a lot easier to make than too – I just find Google thinks like I do – ever-changing drum "diameter". I have snail drums but you as skipper would which is I offer not as a recommendation reproduced here (foot of the page) the need to decide whether you wanted the but merely as an observation. Back yet again to Lester and his work on IOMs. Lester clearly approves of RMG winches and in one of his web pages describes how he has used them on his boats. I will quote from that page as an illustration of his work and also as not everybody on our circulation list has ac- cess to the web so this “review” then may also pass on a little bit of knowl- edge. Lester starts by saying…

“I've had two kinds of winch drum turned in my efforts to fine-tune the re- sponse of my RMG-380 sail winch at close-hauled. The RMG-380 (and, for the IOM class, the more appropriate RMG-280) has outstanding power and speed. I have my mainsheet post as low down as possible, and deliberately use the power of the RMG to "sheet vang" -- tighten the leech of the main at close- hauled when I want to. Please DO NOT try this with a Whirlwind, Futaba, HiTec, or ANY other winch!

18 Canadian Radio Yachting IOM - Technical Stuff By Mike Gibbon with all the clever bits provided by others advantages of variable rate sheeting over drum section on the winch of the same I use snail or step drums – putting up the full sheeting range or just wanted to diameter as the “feed” side so never hav- with any “drag” the elastic line tensioner have that function over the last bit of ing any slack lying around. Lester com- puts on the winch. claose hauled. Perhaps people like Allan ments he has found that not to be a draw- Lester also has a spreadsheet on his Gardner (who has done similar things on back and in fact prefers an “open loop web page with a link given. Now I have the US 1 Metre “Connection” might offer system”. “Open loop” is where the not found anyway to put a hyperlink into his views on the relative merits and needs winch line is kept in tension through a a paper newsletter so you can click on to of the racing skipper. length of elastic line and does not wind it and up it comes. So I am afraid you The larger of the two step-down back on to a drum on the winch. He will need to go to Lester’s web page and drums he discusses in his web article, the makes a good point in favour of open download his “Drums spreadsheet” one shown here, provides for a total loop systems in that he says … which given the main boom sheeting an- travel of about 550mm, having four “If the sheeting line is tied to the gle, sheet attachment point and winch turns at the 32mm larger diameter, and drum so that it is fully sheeted out on the parameters sorts out all the details you any remaining turns at the 12mm smaller run with absolutely no more line around need for the snail or step down drum. diameter. the drum, then should the line jump off This article by Lester concludes by discussing "sheet vanging" which he ad- vises requires the use of a somewhat so- phisticated radio set up with an exponen- tial travel. Through this set up he gets a set up where the single sheet winch is able to effect the tensioning the luff of the sail as it comes to its full sheeted in position. This he claims gives him 3 separate close-hauled trims correspond- ing to “pinching”, “normal” and “footing”. Each then has a different amount of twist pulled into the mainsail with just a small change in sheeting an- gle. I found Lester’s web pages very enlightening and useful. Anybody wish- ing to be competitive in the IOM class has clearly got to work hard on the de- For all of these drums, the sheeting the drum at any time, sheeting right out tails of boat set up. One may be limited line is tied through a small hole in the and then sheeting back in again always to just 2 channels in this class but that drum at the fully sheeted-out position, at clears the problem”. Lester’s web page serves more to complicate than simplify the largest diameter of the drum just shows the two systems in diagramatic set up if the very best of sail trim is de- where the channel starts. form. sired … Lester suggests a friendly lathe op- Having used closed loop on my AC erator should be able to turn one of these Boat I have to be disposed to agree with URL’s Required. drums for you to try. Now I should ask Lester as I found running a full loop Dave Bowes here to comment but for around under decks a pain. And also you In the next issue of the Newsletter I plan myself I can only underscore what Lester still need to have some “elastic” in the to provide a listing of useful and infor- then goes on to say .. system to cope with the fact that although mative web pages related to Model yacht “I understand that it is an exacting the “feed” and the “take up” drums are of Radio Controlled Sailing. and time-consuming process, though, so the same diameter that all changes as be sure he owes you a favour first” soon as you wrap line around either drum For that I need your help … send me the Lester observes that you cannot use and so whether you like it or not you do addresses that you have found useful and these “variable diameter drums” in a have a “variable diameter drum” in any I will categorise them and print them for "closed-loop" system. That is where the closed loop system unless you use a all to enjoy—on your own computer or line feeds around a complete loop via drum so large and so arranged that turns at the nearest library or where ever web various sheeves (pulleys for the ex Brits) of line never get laid on top of another. access is to be found. My email is and then is wound back on to a second Next time I will go “open loop” whether now: [email protected]

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