Class Rule Amendments

This is to introduce registered Six Metre Owners to the proposed amendments to the 2008 Class Rules for the Model Six Metre Yacht. Our Class has a set of rules for the construction and measurement of the yachts, the class is administered by the Model Yachting Association on behalf of the owners of the yachts. The rules were developed in the 1920's and a summary of the progress is available on the website sixmetresailing.weebly.com the last amendments to the rule were made in 2007/8 and we now intend to update the rule to bring it into line with the current technology and terminology and to clarify some anomalies within the rule which have come to light with the resurgence of the class in recent years.

The actual details of all the changes are listed on the MYA website and the six metre website the rule has all the changes in red typeface.

My intention as Class Captain is to have these new rules in place during 2017, they have been amended with much discussion and thought by the MYA Technical committee together with the Six Metre Registrar and myself and we are all in general agreement that this is the way forward for the class, the developed rules will maintain the elegant seaworthy model yachts as it was originally intended to be and will, we are sure, allow new designs to go forward whilst still allowing older designs to remain competitive.

One advantage of the proposed amendments is that we now intend to measure a yacht without sails and use a standard 100gm weight to compensate for their weight, thus you can order a new set of sails for your yacht which will be accordance with the certified measurement.

Mike Ewart - Class Captain