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FOOTY Class R/C Sailboat
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!
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The Tech Committee has now been seized of these requests for almost 12 months. One member of the committee is actually suggesting that we defer any decision until after the 2009-2012 updates to the ISAF rules have been published. Many may consider it quite laughable that anyone should believe that changes in the ERS might have any effect on the measurement of Footys, particularly since the only bits of ERS that are used are low-level (and therefore presumptively stable) definitions. One is left with a nasty suspicion that, come 2009, it might seem a good idea to put consideration of changes back to Preston Guild.
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Last updated
August 26, 2008