Radio Waves INSIDE 2017 ARYA Nationals Update 3D Printing Parts for RC Yachts Colour Coating Recipe Vic Marblehead Regional Championship First Australian DR65/RG65 Invitational Official newsletter of the AUSTRALIAN RADIO YACHTING ASSOCIATION (Inc) www.arya.asn.au Volume 22 Issue 2 Jul—Oct 2016 Radio Waves Official Newsletter of the Australian Radio Yachting Association (Inc) PRESIDENT CLASS COORDINATORS Sean Wallis Southern River, WA, 6110 International One Metre email: [email protected] Glenn Dawson Mob: 0467 779 752 Floreat, WA, 6014 email: [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT Tel: 0439 924 277 Garry Bromley Kanahooka, NSW, 2530 International A Class email: [email protected] Denton Roberts Mob: 0424 828 574 Wembley Downs, WA, 6019 email: [email protected] SECRETARY Mob: 0412 926 965 Ross Bennett Maylands, WA, 6051 International Marblehead email: [email protected] Lincoln McDowell Mob: 0490 083 978 email: [email protected] TREASURER Mob: John Wainwright International 10 Rater Concord, NSW, 2137 Selwyn Holland email: [email protected] Mob: 0449 904 807 email: [email protected] TECHNICAL OFFICER Tel: (02) 4237 7873 Robert Hales RC Laser Beecroft, NSW, 2119 Rod Popham email: [email protected] Duncraig, WA, 6023 Tel: (02) 9875 4615 email: [email protected] REGISTRAR Tel: (08) 9246 2158 Mob: 0416 246 216 Scott Condie 64 Matson Cres, Miranda, NSW, 2228 email: [email protected] If calling, be mindful of the time at location calling. PUBLICITY OFFICER/EDITOR Allow for time zone differences and Daylight Alan Stuart Saving, and call at a reasonable hour. Thornlie, WA, 6108 email: [email protected] Mob: 0400 816 834 PUBLIC OFFICER ROLL OF HONOUR LIFE FELLOWS Trevor Jeffree (SA) Ron Dunster, ACT (dec) Hub Bell, WA Ingle Farm, SA, 5098 Max Griggs, TAS (dec) Ken Dobbie, TAS email: [email protected] George Manders, QLD (dec) David Black, QLD Tel: (08) 7070 4159 Bob Shedden, NSW (dec) Eddie Cowell, QLD WEBMASTER Chris Ryan, VIC Eduard Cowell Graeme Turk, QLD email: [email protected] Page 2 Jul—Oct 2016 t only seemed like yesterday I is more important than the safety of was plugging away at the key- the skippers and the volunteers. board producing the last (hurried) RW. That time of the With the growing popularity of 3D Iyear has creeped up on me again. printers as the prices tumble, there are more and more parts being pro- With sailing, our fate is always in the duced for our yachts. You will find a ‘lap of the gods’. Sometime you get great article in the mag on 3D great sailing days, and sometimes printing, including pictures of an en- you don’t. And none more true than tire 3D printed the postponing of the Qld 2016 IOM RG65 hull! Championship earlier this year. Qld State Association, in consultation As always, thanks with ARYA, decided that with the to all the contrib- treacherous weather they were hav- utors, and to any ing at the time, that it was not safe future contribu- for competitors to complete, and the tors. YOU make event was postponed. I think this the magazine was a sensible decision, as no event what it is. DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE IS OCTOBER 17, 2016 Jul—Oct 2016 Page 3 AFFILIATES Australian Capital Territory Dr Graham Brown Radio Yachting Association Secretary Kingston, ACT, 2604 email: [email protected] Tel: (02) 6241 3070 New South Wales Radio Peter Newman Yachting Association Secretary NSW www.rcyachts.net/nsw/ email: [email protected] Mob: 0403 125 129 Queensland Radio Yachting Ian Forster Association Secretary Chandler, QLD, 4155 www.radiosailing.org.au/ email: [email protected] state/qld.htm Tel: (07) 3823 3470 South Australian Radio Alan Gold Yacht Association (Inc) Secretary Highbury SA, 5089 www.saradioyachting.org.au/ email: [email protected] Mob: 0419 839 933 Tasmanian Radio Yachting Ken Dobbie Council Secretary West Moonah, TAS, 7009 email: [email protected] Tel: (03) 6272 6916 Fax: (03) 6272 6963 Victoria Radio Yachting Assn Inc David Thomas www.vrya.org.au Secretary Hoppers Crossing, VIC, 3029 email: [email protected] Tel (03) 9748 0641 Radio Sailing Association WA Inc Glenn Dawson Secretary Floreat, WA, 6014 www.rsawa.asn.au email: [email protected] Mob: 0439 924 277 Page 4 Jul—Oct 2016 CONTENTS ADVERTISING ARYA Contacts 2 Paid advertising in Radio Waves is accepted up to the copy deadline as displayed on page 3. Editorial 3 Advertising Rates: (per year) State Affiliates 4 Full Page $100 From the President 6 Half Page: $50 From the Secretary 7 Quarter Page $25 2017 Nationals Update 10 There will be a minimum of 3 issues of Radio Waves produced each year. Boat Transfers 13 2016 IOM European Champs 14 Calendar of Major Events 15 42 Degrees South Regatta 17 SUBSCRIPTIONS 3D printing Parts for RC Yachts 20 Radio Waves is supplied to affiliated mem- IRSA General Assembly 2016 29 bers of the ARYA and distributed through 2016 Ian Hayden 10R Trophy 31 Member State Councils and Clubs. Colour Coating Recipe 36 Class Corner PICTURES Ten Rater 43 Marblehead 46 Cover: One Metre 47 RG65 50 2016 Vic Marbleheads State Champion- RC Laser 54 ships A Class 55 Photo by: John Boys On Another Tack…. wo, not very bright but hot and thirsty sailors sank their boat and ended up in the life raft. After three days (one without water, two without food and three without beer) they felt something bounc- ing up against the raft. When they looked, they found an oil lamp Tfloating by. After deciding that there probably wasn't a genie, they decided to try anyway. They rub the side of the bottle to see if anything is inside. To their amazement, sure enough, out pops a genie with an attitude. "I know your types, three wishes and back in the bottle. So I will only grant you one wish and I will be gone." The genius of the two blurts out " I want all the finest beer we could ever drink in a lifetime." The genie replies "So be it" disappears and turns the entire ocean to beer. It is done and the genie dis- appears. The other genius slaps his buddy upside the head and says "You idiot! Now we have to pee in the raft". Jul—Oct 2016 Page 5 From The President t’s a wonder how anything gets done around here as our Secretary has gone AWOL heading over to Malaysia to I deliver a yacht from Langkawi to Phuket – sound’s nice doesn’t it? It appears he has packed only the essentials and is travelling light! And the worst part of it all is that he’s headed off without me, alt- hough judging by the photo be- low taken by the spy, a question should be asked of whether you want your boat delivered by him! So back to more important things. The Nationals in Adelaide are now well behind us as we all look for- ward to the 2017 nationals to be held at Kogarah Bay, NSW in Feb- ruary next year. The organising committee is working hard to de- liver an event to remember! Entries will shortly open for the event and we look forward to seeing a huge turn out. If you are planning on going then get your accom- modation booked early. There has been a huge number of events sailed over the last four months and without listing them in detail, I congratulate the winners and thank the volunteers for giving up their time to support these events. A number of these events have been ranking events to estab- Page 6 Jul—Oct 2016 lish the team representing Australia at the comingMarblehead & 10R Worlds (see the Secretary’s report). At the recent AGM it was decided that the ARYA would form a Race Management Committee to look after all things racing (go figure!). Glenn Dawson (WA) heads up the team which includes Bill Clancy (QLD), Scott Backhouse (NSW), Dayle Smith (QLD) the Secretary & myself. The committee has taken on a number of tasks including reporting to IRSA on race management policies, review of our Stand- ard Notice of Race & Sailing Instructions as well as providing a Race Management Document outlining minimum standards and guidance on event organisation and management for our events. The team are progressing and the latest NOR & SI are now in use. As we look into the future we’ve got a massive schedule with numer- ous state championships and major events in all classes (including the running of the postponed QLD IOM State Championship), but next on the Prez’s Tour’s is the Eddie Cowell IOM Regatta on the Sunshine Coast on 6/7 August. This event is growing each year and entries are expected to exceed 40. A strong Kiwi contingent is heading across the ditch as they migrate north for the winter so it’s important that the Aussie’s keep the trophy at home, so get out of the cold and head to the Sunshine Coast. See ya there! Sean Wallis From The Secretary our committee has been busy since the last radio waves. We have just seen the European IOM YChampionships run and won. Congrats to Brad Gibson for his 1 point win over Rob Walsh. Aus- Jul—Oct 2016 Page 7 tralia was represented at this regatta by Lindsay Walker and David Turton. I’m hearing that weed was a major issue at the regatta. Un- fortunate. At the end of Sept, the Marblehead World Championships and the Ten Rater World Championships will be run in Italy.