This is great news that the multi is still alive and that such events are being organised.

I enjoyed the video and the pics - and really miss not being able to sail one of these multi right now...

Although since I came to Ireland over 16 years ago I haven't raced multi and I miss it hugely - my old faithful Cobra (french design) is grand and look ok but a heavy built and lack of forward volume in the floats really limits her potential. And my replica of Jet Services IV is great on the eye but not a racing machine. So for the past 6 years or so my rc activity has been in rebuilding a RC sailing activity here in Ireland. Our boat is the IOM class : small, not too expensive and very competitive.

I have to say that the most extreme rc sailing has to be with no doubt the rc multi - the delicate combination of acceleration, speed, distance and avoiding to capsize are essential in winning races. Having the right boat and sails to power it must also be good. In no other RC sailing class I have felt these element to be so prominent. I miss the endurance race we use to have in France like the 5 hours of angers and somewhere else I can't remember in Iles de france.

And it is the the contribution of designers and builders such as Ernst - and other passionate that this magnificant class is kept alive.

Unfortunately I don't have the boat building skills I need to build such beautiful boats as those which took part in this event. And to help overcome my fear of building a titanic type of boat i surf the forums in search of ideas and inspiration. I have already built a tri of my own design based on my learnings from racing them a few years back - made of styrofoam but it never saw a starting line or even water as acetone got the best of one of my float and the second broke during a fall on the snow as I was bringing it home to work on it. Maybe some day I'll have the money and the time and will power to start again - But my building skills are quite a good bit behind my sailing skills and I have a great project in mind to use a 2m here for an event with the aim of promoting RC Sailing in this country if you know of a good platform (to sail on the sea) at a very modest price - let me know. I don't need rigs, sails or electrics I'll be able to add / build them to them myself.

Anyway it's great to see events such as this race taking place and gathering skippers from few countries to race together... well done to the organisers and skippers.

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