FOOTY Class R/C Sailboat

Richard Alford's Footy.

The Footy is...

... a very small radio-control sailboat whose length is a mere 12 inches (30.5 cm). The hull can be made from a fiberglass mold or simply with thin sheets of plywood fitted together. Two servos are used, one to control the sail and one for the rudder. Some plans are availble for sale, some for free. Links may be found on the Plans page.

To keep competition keen, the Footy designers have proposed a set of rules to keep all the boats similar to a certain degree. Visit the Rules page for details.

There is an active and growing community of Footy sailors in New Zealand, the U.K. and the USA, where it has just been added as the newest official AMYA class.

We hope that this website will help focus these efforts both in the USA and abroad. Please contact the webmaster (see below) if you have any material you'd like to contribute to the site!

Footy rule Ballot Aug-Sept 2009

The results from a recent poll of registered Footy skippers concerning rig restrictions are in. According to this ballot:

There is no restriction on how many sail rigs may be used
There is no restriction on the 'B' rig dimensions

As in all model sailboat racing classes, the rules are a balance between innovation and racing skill. In larger yacht classes a skipper with enough money for multiple sail rigs could dominate skippers who couldn't afford so many, but in the Footy class rigs are cheap. In addition, with a young class like the Footy, we may have yet to discover the ideal rig, so encouraging innovation is a good thing.

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Last updated October 02, 2009