Tricat -

I do agree with you on the soon-to-be-needed-trailer, especially if your fleet grows as quickly as mine!

I also understand and recognize that the larger scale-sized boats have limited appeal for a variety of reasons. Here in the U.S. it seems the limit is the amount of money most will allocate toward the hobby/sport - and is to be expected. Like full size yachts, only so many many can afford to play the MaxZ-86/VOR60 & 70's game. I would expect the same with r/c yachts at the upper sized end.

That said, I have offered a suggestion to interested persons that the larger class boats "could" become syndicates where (as example) you and several of your friends could band together, build a 1/10 scale ORMA tri, and share expenses, racing duties, repairs, etc. - no different than if you all agreed to go together and as a group buy a 10 meter cat! I have also lobbied hard to resist rules that prevented sponsorships - allowing builders to find other sources of revenue to play the game. Nowhere does it say only one radio, so you could relegate one to steering, one to main sheet and jib trim, and perhaps one to handling spinnaker duties. Regardles, you MUST STOP thinking in terms of normal sailing yachts that are most common today. Instead of a single engine, stunt flyer, consider a huge Liberator bomber, B-52, etc. owned and flown by several in the r/c flying world as a comparison.

Finally, the beauty is the 1/10 class allows for interested persons who may not enjoy "Racing" to participate in building to scale. There are a lot of people out there who enjoy scale building, but stay away from r/c sailing since we mostly concentrate only on racing! With hardware available at 1/10, there is no reason why you couldn't build to a real boat size of 10 meters or so, as scaled down to 1/10 it's size, you would be close to a 1 meter multihull anyway. It is just we (class) encourage you to build to make it look like a "real" boat - including winches, tillers, blocks, etc. Anything to make it of visual interest. If you/they have a desire to race, nothing prevents them from doing that - either as one design - or as a handicap class if someone is willing to spend the time to develop a handicap system. Regardless of what size is built, the intended effort is for "eye-appeal" first, followed by performance if one is so inclined.

Do chat this up with friends as there may be some not reached by internet discussion boards who might have an interest. I am happy to field any questions.

Many thanks for your comments and thoughts.