DESIGNS
Since our first IOM design in 1998, our designs have regularly given a good account of themselves across all levels of competition.
Our current designs in production since 2011 have won a staggering 12 World Championships and over 100 National Championships across the globe. Presently we hold two of the four IRSA - International Radio Sailing Associations class world championship titles.
Importantly, our 12 World Championship design wins spread over 6 different skippers, showing our commitment to well considered radio yacht designs for a wide range of sailors to get the best from. An achievement in total design unmatched by our competitors.
Our current designs in production since 2011 have won a staggering 12 World Championships and over 100 National Championships across the globe. Presently we hold two of the four IRSA - International Radio Sailing Associations class world championship titles.
Importantly, our 12 World Championship design wins spread over 6 different skippers, showing our commitment to well considered radio yacht designs for a wide range of sailors to get the best from. An achievement in total design unmatched by our competitors.
World Champion Designs
Our goal in design has long been based on creating total yacht packages that are correctly balanced, easy to sail and tune across a full spectrum of wind ranges for the club sailor to any prospective World Champion. Our production designs are produced to a tight approved standard from build to components used, backed by setup guides and advice that removes the guesswork on race winning performance.
We do realise the very nature of the restricted classes we design for offers an opportunity for designs to be often incorrectly labelled dated or superseded, it has always been held as our belief that any new design we undertake should be a clear step ahead of our previous work by being thoroughly tested and proven on the race course before being put into production. Our current designs offered for production continue to successfully perform at the highest levels of competition around the world for not only ourselves but a wide number of owners of differing ability. This we believe sets us apart from our competition, reflecting the diligence taken before offering our designs to the wider public.
Listed below are our current designs and their successes to date that are in either production, Development or lines plan form.
An overview of our past designs can be found here
We do realise the very nature of the restricted classes we design for offers an opportunity for designs to be often incorrectly labelled dated or superseded, it has always been held as our belief that any new design we undertake should be a clear step ahead of our previous work by being thoroughly tested and proven on the race course before being put into production. Our current designs offered for production continue to successfully perform at the highest levels of competition around the world for not only ourselves but a wide number of owners of differing ability. This we believe sets us apart from our competition, reflecting the diligence taken before offering our designs to the wider public.
Listed below are our current designs and their successes to date that are in either production, Development or lines plan form.
An overview of our past designs can be found here
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IOM - International One Metre Class
BritPOP! 2010 'BritPOP' is the culmination of many hours testing over 14 differing design elements on a supplied Reggae/Ska hull platform throughout 2010. From the outset our intentions were to design a boat with low windage drag and reduced leeway for the upper range conditions, yet not the the carry the wetted surface penalties shown by those already proven in those conditions when the wind goes light. A high priority was also given to speed through manouverability as this is critical in big fleets. Results to date will show that since its launch prior to the 2010 Europeans, the BritPOP design has consistently shown itself to be the most successful IOM design available worldwide in world class competition. Results: 2nd European Championship 2010 1st, 2nd & 3rd World Championship 2011 1st & 3rd European Championship 2012 1st World Championship 2013 1st World Championship NAVIGA E Class 2013 1st, 2nd & 3rd European Championship 2014 1st & 2nd World Championship 2015 1st, 2nd & 3rd European Championship 2016 3rd World Championship 2017 3rd European Championship 2018 plus multiple National title wins and podiums in GBR, USA, AUS, FRA, CAN, MLT, NZL, ITA, BRA, JPN, NOR, POR, TUR that continue into 2023, again dominating the GBR Nationals for the 12th year running. Click the here for further details and our licensed builders. |
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M - International Marblehead Class GRUNGE 2011 Grunge is our most current design. The design is heavily influenced by our Britpop IOM design, sharing the same attributes of fast 'low mode' acceleration when in traffic, consistent straight line speed and the ability to manoeuvre easily in any wind or wave strength. Since first launched in April 2012, the original prototype remains unbeaten in International competitions raced in conditions from light A Swing rig through to the lowest conventional B2 rig. The first 3 pre production boats raced at the 2016 Worlds in Garda with the best sailed by Darin Ballington finishing in 5th place with 2 A heat wins and all 3 performing strongly. Moving on to 2018 Grunges took 3 of the top 4 placings in the light wind Worlds in Germany with 1st, 2nd and 4th positions and continues to lead the way with multiple National Championship wins. Now in 2023 Grunge continues its undefeated World Championship success with 5 wins in a row, finishing 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 8th in Castaglione, Italy. Results: 1st World Championship 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2023(current champion) 1st UK National Championship 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 1st AUS National Championship 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 1st FRA National Championship 2019, 2021, 2023 1st NZL National Championship 2019 1st USA National Championship 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 1st ITA National Championship 2021, 2022 Click the here for further details and our licensed builder |
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10R - International Ten Rater Class
TRANCE 2013 Trance is our first 10 Rater design and is based on our experience in the class in Australia over many years and the performance of our Grunge M design. Scott Condie produced the original prototype and it performed with near immediate results, winning the 2014 Australian Nationals in its first event. A second prototype landed soon after in the UK, winning the UK Nationals in 2015. After these initial events, modifications to extend heeled waterline length were made in early 2016 with another UK Nationals win and then Worlds win soon following in the same year Limited production numbers have since hit the water since 2017 in both the UK and Australia with the World Championship title defended in 2018 with victories or podium placings in every National or Regional events entered since, sailed by a number of different skippers. Now in 2023, Trance continues its undefeated World Championship success with 3 wins in a row, finishing 1st in Castaglione, Italy. Results: 1st World Championship 2016, 2018 and 2023 (current champion) 1st Australian Championship 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 1st UK National Championship 2015, 2016, 2019, 2024 1st European Nations Cup - Italy 2022 1st ACT Championship 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 1st NSW Championship 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 1st Victorian Championship 2022 Click the here for further details and our licensed builder |
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
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IOM - International One Metre Class
POST PUNK New in 2024 This design was finalised in February ’23, with the build starting in late June following competing at the windless Moth Class Worlds in Weymouth. Boat 1 was launched late December and raced for the first time on the 13th January. It may be used at upcoming events locally in the UK for evaluation on a number of areas in a project aimed at further pushing the boundaries of all round competitive IOM design. * There are no plans for this boat other than to be used as a development base to learn further about performance radio yacht design. It is not available to order or purchase. Boats Made: 1 Results: 1st UK Championship 2024 |
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IOM - International One Metre Class
POP 2014 'POP' is essentially a modified BritPOP hull taken from our original plug and made a little narrower. Bow sections were changed a little with a higher stem height and foredeck. It has been a useful tool to learn more about the successful BritPOP hull form with an eye on future design performance gains. * There were no plans for this boat other than to be used as a development base to learn further about performance radio yacht design. It is not available to order or purchase. Boats Made: 1 prototype Results: 1st World Championship 2015 1st European Championship 2014, 2016 3rd UK Championship 2014, 2015 1st UK Championship 2016, 2021 |
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RG65 Class
ELECTRONICA 2013 Electronica is our first design in this popular growing class. Our starting point design shares similarities with our Grunge and Britpop, using the same principles in design and we are interested to learn just how well these will cross-over on a smaller scale. Our prototypes have been beautifully built to exacting standards by James Edwards of Robot Yachts. Having just launched prototype boat 1, we now plan to trial and evaluate every component of the design and optimise accordingly. * There are no plans for this boat other than to be used as a development base to learn further about performance radio yacht design. It is not available to order or purchase. Boats Made: 2 Results: 1st UK National Championship 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 1st FRA National Championship 2022 |
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LINES PLANS
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IOM - International One Metre Class ALTERNATIVE 2014 'Alternative' is our current IOM plan design with influence and experience taken from our previous 'SKA' lines plan of 2010 and our successful BritPOP and POP designs. With a narrower waterline beam, 'Alternative' features a softer tapering chine line with less wetted surface area for lighter conditions, whilst retaining generous stability for hard upwind performance. Reserve volume has been retained through moderately flared topsides and our higher peaked 'splitting' foredeck used to good effect on our 'POP' IOM and 'Grunge' Marblehead designs. Plans available in our store Please note that we do not authorize our lines plans for commercial manufacture |
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M - International Marblehead Class INDIE 2014 ‘Indie’ is our current International Marblehead Class lines plan following on from the success of our ‘Grunge’ design at all levels of competition since 2012. We believe ‘Indie’ incorporates the most important factors in successful modern M design, sharing many similarities to ‘Grunge’. Well built examples of this design continue to offer excellent performance for home builders with a 6th place at the 2023 World Championship in Italy achieved in a fleet of the latest commercial designs. Some results to date include: 6th World Championship Italy 2023 1st Australian Championship 2018 1st New Zealand Championship 2017 2nd South Australian Championship 2017 3rd Australian Championship 2017 5th Australian Championship 2016 3rd Victorian Championships 2016 1st & 2nd Ravenna Modelvela and a final A fleet finish for Carl Smith of NZL at the 2016 Lake Garda Worlds after week of solid improvement at his first International event. Plans available in our store Please note that we do not authorize our lines plans for commercial manufacture |
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