Tune and Sail Your Soling One Meter
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Beginning R/C sailors will often hear that getting better is simply a matter of gaining "stick time." While that's true, you'll find that your stick time is a lot more enjoyable if your boat is set up to make the best use of the available wind. Wind provides the power for our "motor": the sails. It just makes sense that we want the best possible motor. Since everyone shares pretty much the same wind and our sails are all the same size, you're going to want the best tune-up you can get. The section of our web site will help you learn to give your motor the tune-up it deserves.
A lot of the fun in a one-design class comes from learning how to best set up your boat for the current conditions. There are a few documents here now and we're looking for more. If you have a go-fast tuning secret, write it up and pass it along!
- Soling Tuning Tips
- Another ever-evolving document, originally written by Carl Olbrich, with major additions from Jack Gregory.
- Light Wind Sailing
- Some thoughts on setting your rig for light air, by S1M Class Secretary Paul Fixx
- [PDF format - download Acrobat Reader, below]
- S1M Jib & Main Sheet Geometry
- Spreadsheet to accompany the article titled “Calculating Soling One Meter Jib and Main Sheet Geometry” in Model Yachting issue 148. [Microsoft Excel format; download Excel Viewer here.]
