Icon Class Association

Craigo  - What you see is all in the gelcoat ...

The 'default' boats are white with 'Vela Grey' non-slip or 'Vela Grey' with white non slip areas... chosen becuase they work very well with the colours of ropes, webbing etc.  We are doing a couple of non standard colour ones at the moment and they also look good .... Ah well it is a pretty boat whatever !

Mike L. 

At long last we are not just a number...........

Originally posted by blaze720 We are supporting the CA at the Burghfield SC Open Day on 18th May.  We/They are supplying at least 3 or 4 Icons and running a bit of a light hearted competition... only those who have not yet stepped in an Icon are allowed to formally enter ... you can guess at the nature of the competition in the title "Wanna-be stars in the reasonable priced Icon"  ... Yes complete with white board 'board of fame' you to can have 20 minutes practice and then do a simple 1 lap timed circuit.  Fastest times get a prize - simple really.  Open to Burgfield’s own local curmudgeons and visitors alike.  We’ll try and sort out a ‘Sailing Stig’  as well... Come along and have a go as they say .....

The BSC open day is this Saturday.  Anyone interested in having a go in an Icon please PM me or email ca@iconclassassociation.co.uk

Mike B.

Hi Martin

Best to contact the CA - THE critical things are to get the boat up to speed are mostly to do with the jib and control of the slot by using the jib pole plus the sheeting of the main.  I'm preparing the latest Devoti built ones for owners currently and they do need a few changes from 'as supplied'  (Number 18 is being handed over tomorrow  ....)  Nohing major needs changing but a few tweaks really are needed but they are  easily sorted.  The rear strop as supplied is simply not right - you will never point well with it as on ex-factory hulls.  Sort it as the boats are they are down here and it will point high enough to almost go up plate glass !

The rig can be run with higher rig tensions but frankly it works just as well at lower ones - a function of the custom mast really.    This is regardless of crew weight as mainsheet tension and kicker are key there.  Set the kicker up to take any (cunningham) crease out of the sail and  .... leave.   The tension lever provides plenty of the stuff and your rigging should have been supplied with optimal rake (imo) using the middle of the three adjuster holes.    Key controls for all conditons = Kicker + Cunningham.   It really is a simple set-up and all you need to consider is these ones across the wind range ... in higher winds you want the top of the main to start 'blading off' if this is not apparent then check the battens as well .....

Mike L.

We sail '03' with about the same weight as you and it would be good sometime to get more of the boats together for a bit of 'boat on boat' stuff.  A few are going to Famouth Week for sure - interested ?


Edited by blaze720 - 20 May 13 at 8:51pm

Martin

Our strop allows about 200mm of travel only... fixed and central should be fine but we think it better with limited travel... As supplied the Devoti built ones had a strop that allowed best part of  900-1000mm !  No real problem for owners and 10 minutes to sort but it does need doing.

The KEY thing to master upwind is the use of the dangle pole ... the N12 guys will tell you it does not work .. well it does maybe because the rig is so different on Icon and we designed it in from the beginning with a proportionately larger jib.  Once the basics are mastered the crew can 'play' the 'down pressure' upwind - they seem to work best when they apply pressure to the point where the main is just beginning to backwind off the jib then ease it a tad.  It means as I work the mainsheet pressure the crew can match it on the fly ... 'blowing' to the point where I will start to ease the main upwind ?  Crew matches the slot on the 'fly' ... try it !     All other angles ditto.

Mike L.

PS - Any plans to visit the 'tropics' that we bask in down here in the near future ?