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This is a temporary 'Home Page' for the new Phigit class.
Temporary, that is, until class finances permit a dedicated Web presence...
Class concept
From the Class Rules foreward:
The Phigit class is intended to provide opportunities for non-professional builders to design, develop, and race a radio controlled boat with very few restrictions to the hull and radio control equipment, while exploiting the free availability of sails, rigs, and appendages from the popular and established IOM class. Owners and crews may note that:
- The major measurement controls of the boat are carried out at an event.
- The two gauges (depth restriction, vertical centre of gravity) used for measurement control may be easily constructed, allowing an owner to carry out simple self-checks of rule conformity.
- A boat may be issued with a certificate following an owner’s self-declaration of the measurements required on the measurement forms.
- Sails may be certified either by an official measurer, or by the manufacturer if approved by the Class Management Group.
Class rules
A first draft of the Class Rules (v1.2) is now available. Comments, given on the WindPower forum in the "Phigit" topic, would be very welcome.
Interactions
Join the Phigit Class discussion forum on WindPower and discuss class issues.
If you have a Phigit boat, why not register it? Request a Phigit class hull registration number. Once you have been allocated a number, fill out and submit a boat measurement form along with a rig measurement form. Or, if you are the new owner of a registered Phigit, request your new certificate.
Phigit in Italy
Salvatore Cuomo has translated the Phigit site into Italian: http://digilander.libero.it/avel30/phigit/index.html
The first Phigit event is scheduled in ITA on 24-25 March 2007, at CASERTA. Here is the Notice of Race (a 250kb PDF file).
Documents
Chris Jackson asked me to provide an article for an issue of Marine Modelling. Here is the draft Phigit class – MMI article to download, which appeared in the October 2006 issue. Comments very welcome on the WindPower Phigit forum.
Events
Marine Modelling International would like to sponsor an Phigit event (MMI, August 1006, page 27). As and when event details are finalised, you will be able to enter the event on-line, and see the entered boats.
Designs
Angus Richardson has provided a set of free lines for a hard chine design called "Arachnid".
CMG admin links
These are class management group links for database administration. Only CMG has the passwords, sorry!
Hull
registration requests
Boat
MFs
Rig
MFs
Owner
change requests
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