Now that issue 129 of MODEL YACHTING is out we all know what the flap about Greg V's boat was all about. While he was technically correct, and admittedly a...
GREG-I apologize,moral stigma was a poor choice of words upon my part.Did you cheat,technically no. As i noted you probably could have won without the thinner...
I am not pleased when this sort of thing happens. It appears that the "thin" rudder was legal. If that is factual and we dont like it, change the rules, dont...
I love that people spend time finding ways to make the boat better, make the sailing more fun and the racing more competitive. I only become concerned about...
As a member of the protest committee hearing the 'rudder question' at the 2002 S1M Nats I'd like to weigh in on this one. I've spent way too many hours...
For those interested in the national champion's boat and philosophly view message #9 and #91. Type in the link on 9 and get a picture of his mast. Greg also...
I can't help putting in my two cents. A couple years ago, I was a newbie planning to build my Soling. Several of you offered helpful suggestions, and I'm...
In a message dated 2/8/2003 12:03:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Thanks for this message! I found those posts interesting, to say the least. I would love to...
I have attempted to find pictures of his boat but to no avail. I there a place where they are posted? I looked at his clubs website, but could not find them...
I'm planning a business trip to Miami for later this month and thought I'd try to see some of the local clubs race. The AMYA site doesn't have any contact...
I built a soling last winter, sailed it all summer and now I want to learn to tune it better. There's no club near me so I'm on my own here. The trouble I'm...
Your mast should be at 90 degrees to the water line first of all. Do this by adjusting the back stay and fore stay. The boom vang should also be loose, on...
It sounds like most of the problem can be corrected by loosening up your backstay tension. Figuring out how much backstay tension is the real trick and...
It sounds like your backstay is very tight. Your backstay tension affects your headstay tension and the overall shape of the jib. Get your mast to 90 degrees...
Thanks for all the responses. I have a much clearer idea of how it works now. I did build a "real" cradle recently, so that'll be very helpful with tuning my...
I've applied for my sail numbers a month ago and have recieved nothing. Numerous e-mails have either bounced or have gone unanswered. I can understand it is...
According to his article in MODEL YACHTING #129 he will now be able to devote a day a month to handle his duties as class secretary. E- mail is hopeless.Call...
I've nominated Paul Fixx for the position of S1M Class Secretary. Paul has a great interest in the S1M class as you'll see by the number of his postings here...
I've just returned from a week of travelling on business to find that I've been nominated for the S1M Class Secy position. I'm off again tomorrow on another...
... Secretary. Paul ... number of ... you'll ... sailing ... others ... and has ... running. He keeps ... to our ... If you formally make this nomination to...
... has ... to ... Greg we've just started setting up the web page...you can view what we have at www.stoweyachtclub.com or at www.stoweyachtclub.org. or...
... Alain your seconding will be welcomed, please get it off to the AMYA as soon as you can. Just send it the AMYA Executive Sec, John Hanks. Thanks!!...
Greetings all, The Soling One Meter Resource Center pages have moved to the AMYA site (at least temporarily). Jack Gregory is a very accomplished Editor and...
Does anyone know what happened to the moderators for this group. I've had a couple of requests that prospective members wanting to join aren't being approved...
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