P Cropper

Barry never gave out any specific rigging guides however having sailed with him and had a few of his boats the following seemed to work. set up boat and with rig tight, place on stand and measure from bottom to stern and bottom of bow, move boat forward/ backward so measurements are the same. With A rig the mast should be 0/1 degrees aft. with a straight mast. if you have an iphone then there is an app you can use to find out rake if you hold the phone to the mast, anotherway is to sight the mast against a known upright (room corner/ window frame ) and give the mast a slight aft rake. tighten jib and back stay and check rake again and adust if required. check the main leech on each side and adjust shroud length to give the same twist on each gybe. jib boom should point at the shroud and main 5mm off centre going to windward. That should only leave the mast ram to set main twist and that is non design specific and depends more on wind/water conditions. The MK11 had a higher bow and that certainly improved performance downwind in a blow. Rigs B and C more rake and ease sheets a bit. Enjoy.

I have owned two of these and my best advice is to set up as an ISIS, a couple of degreees of aft rake and jib boom pointing just inside the shroud. Barry built the boat as an ISIS on steriods, some of the top skippers at the time wanted a bit more volume in the hull. Enjoy!

Thank you for reply, racing rules certainly keep the brain cells active!!

Two boats hovering below the start line on a Black Flag start Windward boat (W) drifts down onto Leeward boat (L) and contact made L shouts protest The two boats remain in contact but sail slowly across the line whilst still in contact before the start signal RO callls both L and W OCS Can L still protest W and if successful can the Protest Committee over turn the DSQ and award redress or does the DSQ stand?

Thanks for the replies, On a related matter that of scoring, am I correct in thinking In a one heat Race, Boat A would score Fleet plus 1 point for a DSQ, Boat B would also score Fleet plus 1 if they retired. In Multiple heats Race, Boat A would still score Fleet plus 1 ( which maybe 54 plus 1) but Boat B would score Heat number plus 1 ( which maybe 16 plus 1), both boats being demoted one fleet. I which case the argument for boat B gaining an advantage seems stronger.

Starting under Black Flag rules is common in full size racing but rare in RC racing but it has been in force in the current IOM worlds. I was asked my opinion on the following scenario, which I gave but with more time to think about it maybe a different answer would/ should have been forth coming. Starting under black flag A few seconds before the gun Boat A is hovering on starboard at the windward end of the line. Boat B approaches from astern at full speed, realises it is early and in manoeuvring in an attempt to avoid crossing the line hits Boat A on the transom. Boat A is forced across the line before the gun Boat B acknowledges the contact, does a turn, and does not cross the start line until after the gun. RO calls Boat A Black flag and is DSQ Questions Is there any way a protest committee can offer any comfort to boat A ? If boat A protests boat B on the basis of gaining an unfair advantage, what would be the likely outcome ?

I was a skipper when the following occurred. The course was Windward/Leeward and the windward Mark B taken to starboard. Mark A was set about 10m to the left of Mark B (looking into the wind) approx square to the wind direction. The finishing line was designated between Mark A and Mark B. I was approaching Mark B on Starboard with the intention of tacking onto port, rounding the mark and sailing another lap. As I crossed the line between Mark A and Mark B the sound signal was given ( which in all previous and subsequent heats was given to the first boat to cross the finishing line). I eased my sheets thinking that I had miss counted the number of laps I had sailed. There was then heated discussion from other skippers saying there was another lap to sail. They rounded the mark and I set off again for another lap 50m and 6 boats behind them. The first boat across the line on the next lap had a sound signal and I finished 4 th. What, if anything could or should I have done? It is highly likely that next time a similar event occurs I will be the Race Officer so what , if any could or should have been done? At the time I had no idea of what to do and as I didn't get demoted to B Fleet I let the result stand, but I would have liked a first!