Just to make sure your weekend and week is really busy. Every two years, the International One Metre (IOM) class of radio-controlled yachts invites the best radio-controlled sailors from around the globe to compete for World Championship glory. In October 2024, the eyes of the radio sailing community turn to Queensland, Australia as the harbour city of … Read more
Congratulations to Rob Nelson, the IOM champion for this year. Attached are the final results of the IOM Nationals sailed in Cromwell on 4-6 October. They are in PDF format but I may try to update to an HTML table once I work out how to convert the HTML from the scoring system to work … Read more
Results at the end of Day 1 Results at the end of Day 2.
A much better Day 2. The wind settled in from the Southerly direction overnight but was still variable from lower A to Mid B in the gusts, which made for some good wipeouts. After only 4 races yesterday we got though another 7 races today with some improving through the day and others falling back … Read more
An ominous start to the event with the wind swinging through 150deg and inconsistent breeze. Eventually got underway dealing with the shifting breeze as best as we could which led to some interesting results. Breeze varied all day with everything from the very bottom of A rig up to near the top of B rig in the … Read more
The 2024 IOM World Championships have a professional team live streaming the event. The coverage will be live not the IOMWC24 YouTube Channel @IOMWorlds24. You can subscribe to watch.
The New Plymouth Radio Control Yacht Club hosted the Taranaki Classic IOM Regatta at Lake Rotomanu in Fitzroy, New Plymouth, on the weekend of the 31st of August/1st of September. This regatta was the 2nd regatta of a 3 regatta series for Classic IOM’s with the 1st hosted by NMMS at Wattle farm in June with the 3rd to be hosted by Kāpiti Radio Yacht Club on the 21st & 22nd September. … Read more
The documents for the 2024 Kapiti IOM Classic Championships to be held on 21-22 September 2024 have been uploaded to the sailing calendar. Entries are now open.
