Graham James 828

I have a secondhand IOM a Viz by Mark Dicks not V12 as the cert states,Mark has confirmed its his design hull number 4795 that I need to rewgister in my name having acquired the boat from Simon Robinson,could I please have your `address to return the current cert and advise cost please. Kind Regards Graham 5048 email popelandmarine@yahoo.com

Hi David I am new to RC sailing but have built many full size boats and own a cedar strip built IOM which carries correctors,it seems common practice for wooden RC boats to be coated with either epoxy or polyester resin and reinforcing cloth which can easily add a lot of weight if not carefully done.To avoid overloading any boat with un nessesary resin either vacum bagging or peel ply need to be used which ensure excess resin is removed after wetting out the reinforcment. If the builder has not done this the boat can be lightened by sanding back possibly to bare wood and recoating with lightest cloth and peel ply is the easiest as the material is wrapped over the wetted laminate and peeled after curing to remove excess then sanded using a long board to get a fair surface and finishing with thinned paint/varnish,not too much as these add weight too. Its worth asking the seller how the boat was built and what wood was used I could be just a matter of sanding and refinishing . Good Luck Graham