The Marblehead boat is a monohull of around 1.28m long, no restrictions on build material used. Most Marblehead boats are built in carbon or a mix of carbon/Kevlar cloth.
There is no restriction on the number of rigs but the max sail area should not exceed around 0.5m square and with most boats weighing around 4-5 Kg these boats are pretty fast. Some would say they are the formula One of RC boats.
Most of their weigh is on the bulb which is around 60cm below the waterline, making up for a high righting moment.
These boats can be sailed in most wind conditions.
Most skippers used a swing/balestron rig for the light wind conditions. Differentiating itself from traditional rig by the fact that the jib is permanently attached to the jib boom which is attached to the mast like the boom, making the entire rig to pivot on its mast.
No shrouds either for most of these either - though some do have shrouds they are also attached to the mast to allow the entire rig to swing on its mast.
The rigs are rather tall with a max around the 2.17m high. No surprise these are fast boats... light, stiff, high aspect ratio rigs and most of its weight in its bulb 60cm below the water line !!!
The Marblehead class enjoys a number of strong fleet in Europe, the UK and Australia with few skippers scattered in other countries.
This class used to be the main RC sailing class in Ireland in the 80's, progressively disappearing in favour of IOM, smaller, less costly and as competitive to race.
At this moment we have 2 skippers in this class. Vangelis who used to compete in Greece (and design and build them). He is not only experienced but a great sailor too. Gilbert who is new to this class is sailing a Gothix XP design, designed by Frank Russell and built by Vangelis.
There is no restriction on the number of rigs but the max sail area should not exceed around 0.5m square and with most boats weighing around 4-5 Kg these boats are pretty fast. Some would say they are the formula One of RC boats.
Most of their weigh is on the bulb which is around 60cm below the waterline, making up for a high righting moment.
These boats can be sailed in most wind conditions.
Most skippers used a swing/balestron rig for the light wind conditions. Differentiating itself from traditional rig by the fact that the jib is permanently attached to the jib boom which is attached to the mast like the boom, making the entire rig to pivot on its mast.
No shrouds either for most of these either - though some do have shrouds they are also attached to the mast to allow the entire rig to swing on its mast.
The rigs are rather tall with a max around the 2.17m high. No surprise these are fast boats... light, stiff, high aspect ratio rigs and most of its weight in its bulb 60cm below the water line !!!
The Marblehead class enjoys a number of strong fleet in Europe, the UK and Australia with few skippers scattered in other countries.
This class used to be the main RC sailing class in Ireland in the 80's, progressively disappearing in favour of IOM, smaller, less costly and as competitive to race.
At this moment we have 2 skippers in this class. Vangelis who used to compete in Greece (and design and build them). He is not only experienced but a great sailor too. Gilbert who is new to this class is sailing a Gothix XP design, designed by Frank Russell and built by Vangelis.
