wow-that was great to watch ! that quick tack right after the start for the #25 boat was amazing - in so many classes you couldn't pull that off, but in these IOMs-it works. then that #09 boat slips by him downwind.....arrrrrrrrrrrg!
@@pubrally I have 5 R/C boats but have never raced them. My wife and I met racing sailboats so it is a great way to still enjoy sailing in a land locked area (Colorado). we sail 45-ft cats for fun on blue water. THe RC boats are different because you don't have the same feel of the wind, but they can respond quickly if you watch for shifts coming across the water.
Rich B It looks like a blast im definitely gonna give it a try . I dream of sailing a nice big cat someday . My wife and I race a 1983 Catalina 22 for fun up in SF bay . Sadly all the races are cancelled for the Time being .
@@pubrally I started racing lightnings. The RC boats are fun and they are not toys. They really sail well. Look for a wide beam to reduce heel. The RC lasers look pretty good, but I have not sailed one yet.
There are two servos. One controls rudder, and the other controls the sail trim on both the main and jib. On downwind points of sail you will lots of wiggling as the skippers try to get the sails to lay up just right.
The theory is exactly the same, however due to size and weight, these little RC boats respond to much faster to inputs and to shifts in wind. A large boat can take a while to recover from a bad tack whereas these boats can catch a breeze almost instantly.
