Micro Magic Nationals

The boats are great, the handling of them is much more like an IOM than you would ever expect, they do bite earllier than an IOM though. They are so light that they really do plane downwind when it gets windy, they dont need to be going fast for this but you can break into a jog keeping up with them when its a windy run!  They keep you on your toes because they are so responsive which makes RC sailing a  lot more exciting than it looks.  The light contacts are left because it is hard to judge the distances and chances are that it has slowed both boats down anyway so most people choose to keep well clear, and that is the key to winning in Micros.

You will find that with time electrics become less of a problem, I now carry 3 battery packs and sail with one before racing starts in the morning when I'm tuning up, one before lunch, and one after lunch, you can also buy testers which you may have seen on the weekend but I tend to borrow them so havent bought one yet!  It is also important to use servos which are plenty strong enough, they may use slightly more power than the smaller ones when they are not in use but smaller servos really suck up battery power when they get stalled out, bigger servos which don't stall are much better! Its also a good idea to carry two sets of everything and also to move to 2.4GHz radio as soon as possible because it cuts out all interfeerence and that also saves battery life.

Looks like you had a few good results though, so well done, I have had my boat for 2 years now and started racing when the class was still small so it was easier to get to the top of the fleet, so now I turn up and expect to do well which helps a lot psychologically, but for a new sailor to the fleet now it is much bigger this is going to be harder.  I got myself a Euros place last year and finished 12th which was nice, especially after being 20th over night, on the second day I didnt fall out of A heat the whole day either!  This year I want to go to Portugal to see if I can beat my performance last year but that will be up to the class to decide, as I couldn't attend a lot of the events although i was lying 4th in the rankings until I was forced to stop sailing. I would like to think I deserve one but there is a case for the people that attended all the events to come before me of course.

Anyway, well done, and good luck with your changes to the boat, if you want any tips then PM me because I also make sails for MMs (and use masthead jibs ) so know a little bit about that sort of stuff.

David