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OUR FOURTH YEAR ! March 13, 2008 The NEW IOM masts are here in stock. $25.00 for a .49" diameter mast with a sail track, 72" and 4.6 oz. Check out the spars page and look under IOM Class for pictures and details. February 4, 2008 The new Star 45 plug came in about a month ahead of schedule, so it has caused most other projects to be put on hold so that it can be completed. The IOM plug for the ARES is also nearly complete and is in the final phase before molding. January 21, 2008 Essentially the move is completed. We can now devote time to completing the shop and I am beginning to work on pieces/parts for back orders. This will be a major effort as the back log is quite sizeable. Interest in R/C sailing is at an all time high, and the projects and new boats I keep hearing about is almost a fever pitch. The number of regattas in all the classes it seems are on the increase, and traditional East and West coast boats are beginning to migrate to the other areas of the country. Also, more and more I am hearing from owners of older boats (1960s and up) that are learning about us and getting their boats back in the water. The samples for the new IOM Mast are here and they look GREAT! They turned out exactly to design specification, and we are very excited to put the new spars with our ARES IOM and the next step will be to being making the new fittings for the new spar so we will have the complete package. We have also moved into the new age with our first computer cut plug for the new Star 45 hull based on the most recent drawings from John Fisher which increase the freeboard of the forward section of the boat in an attempt to improve downwind performance. This should produce, the most accurate Star 45 hull to date.
January 6, 2008 Well... it's up anyway... the new website... about 15% of the final version is in place... and that is a major undertaking for me. There will be a considerable increase in information and content as it starts to filter into place. I encourage you to check back often as things start to fill in. Unfortunately, a minor distraction has caused me to delete the home page... so while I rebuild it... please feel free to surf around the rest of the website before I lose it as well. There will be considerable growing pains as we complete the move and update the website in between trying to make boats and ship orders. I thank you for your patience in advance. 2008 promises to be even bigger and more exciting than we ever imagined. 3 years ago the new website went up, and since then we have expanded and improved a tremendous amount and still have such a long way to go before even the basic services are covered. While the content and volume have not been nearly what I hoped to achieve in this amount of time, the amount of experience gained and people that we have worked with has been larger than ever imagined. We have shipped to more than 20 countries world wide, and that appears to be the coming trend as I constantly receive requests for information from Europe and Asia. |