The 4 official classes of radio-sailboats in Australia (A, 10 Rater, Marblehead and IOM) have participated, from January 20 to February 1 in their respective championships , three days per class .
There has been a great struggle in the IOM class between two ship designers, J. Byerley (Mad Max, Extreme and Cockatoo) and Graham Bantock (Pikanto, Italiko and Topiko). Their sails, Mirage Radio Yachts and Sailsetc, also share the top five positions. Almost all boats were sailing with RMG winches.
This is the list of ship designs, sails and winches of the top 16 of the IOM class.
These are the 4 champions
It is conspicuous the Craig Smith absent. He has not participated in a major event since the World Cup Marseille 2007. At home, the best “Obsession” is classified at 16 position.
I have prepared some interviews with the IOM class world champions . The title is “10 Questions to …” . It is just published the interview with Zvonko Jelacic (2009) . Others articles about Brad Gibson, Martin Robert, Trevors Binks and Graham Bantock will soon published . I have also sent the questions to Craig Smith (2005) but he did not answer me. Surely many of you are aware of the activity of Craig. We appreciate that leave a comment of any information you have .
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Some news on Craig Smith:
Winner Australian IOM Championships also 2008 & 2009
Wife Ivonna gave birth to their first child in July 2009 and not much sailing since
Cheers
Brad