Welcome to the Soling 1 Meter Class message board. Please use this forum to exchange your ideas, tips and tricks for building, sailing and racing the S1M model yacht.
The S1M kit is a radio-controlled version of the famous Soling racing yacht. The American Model Yachting Association has designated the S1M as a "One Design Class" radio controlled racing sailboat. The S1M has the largest number of registered boats within the AMYA racing class system.
I sailed successfully with a slower winch for a number of years. It was a Victor 600 from Victor Manufacturing. It had unexpected advantages. To sheet in on
Clays I like the rubber band idea. My reservation is that it may damage the hatch coaming. My soling is 13 years old and the coaming has been splitting
On my boat I seem to have solved the problem of water entering the hull by putting a couple of rubber bands around the hatch opening to act as gaskets. I then
Chuck, Thanks for the thorough response. I have never experienced any kind of chatter or other anomaly generating from the Hitec winch. I use the same one.
Thanks for sharing ,Al. Nice looking boat .Hope it is competitive . The 10.02# is a good start. Ted l In a message dated 11/7/2009 9:52:12 A.M. Eastern