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Well it’s a moment to take a breath and celebrate another successful Alioth V4 joining the IRYC constellation 😎.Congratu...
28/04/2025

Well it’s a moment to take a breath and celebrate another successful Alioth V4 joining the IRYC constellation 😎.

Congratulations on the first day out Lester!!!

What’s in the Alioth V4 Kit?
28/03/2025

What’s in the Alioth V4 Kit?

First V4 Kit ready to go out for assembly 😎
23/03/2025

First V4 Kit ready to go out for assembly 😎

The first print of the Alioth V4 went out for a run yesterday. This version continues the evolution of a design as les...
23/03/2025

The first print of the Alioth V4 went out for a run yesterday. This version continues the evolution of a design as lessons are learned and changes made. Remains very simple to assemble and the lovely lines remain .

No earth shattering performance up lift but certainly no bad habits introduced as far as i can see. Keel/Rudder/Winch tray/Rudder Servo/Rigs transferred directly across from my V3 which is awesome! I did have some failures of a new foredeck part I rushed a little but that’s on me and easy to fix.

This hull I assembled without using M3.5 eyebolts which means 6 less holes in the hull and a few $ saved. These parts are pretty simple and are the starting point I hope for more tinkering in the future! These parts are affixed to the hull using Bob Smith Industries Med viscosity CA as is the rest of the hull. This remains my go to adhesive assembling boats and in 4 years using it I’ve never had and structural failures - I did rip one small fair lead off when i had main sheet wrapped some where it wouldn’t have been and winch pulled hard in 😎. Better to rip that bit off than worse damage though 😉. Glued it back on by the water and went back to racing!

Print it, Assemble it, Take it out and play with it 😀.

Printer is running 24x7 filling upgrade orders - is your order in the production list?

18/03/2025

We are off to the races with the V4 Alioth now available for order :).

We have a special "upgrade" price point for all our existing customers for the next 30 days! So please reach out if you are ready to upgrade and well put you in line for a shiny new Alioth V4 Kit.

Reminder, with this update all your existing Keels/Rudders/Electronics/Rigs "should" be a simple lift and shft level of effort onto the new hull.

We'll have some new version updates in the coming days too so stay tuned.

Well, here we are again. We’re back after taking an extended break overthinking summer. Well a break from making boat...
17/03/2025

Well, here we are again. We’re back after taking an extended break overthinking summer. Well a break from making boats and spending time rebuilding uber printer 😎.

We are all eagerly awaiting the release of the V4 Alioth so orders have been a little thin for the last couple of months 😉. We’ll be ready to go with upgrades when the time comes. The really good news is that Keel/Rudder/Rig/Electronics are all going to transfer over from the V3 so upgrade costs and shift to new hull will be fairly manageable!

The change to the update schema for the Alioth is significantly lighter weight than a glass boat and IMHO is returning us to the build it at home and go have fun model 😀.

I have made some new parts i will be including in kits going forward that replace the need for M3.5 eye bolts. So a little saving in $ but mostly it will mean 6 less holes to drill in the hull! I’ve been testing these for the last several months in some Solid B / C breezes and some ugly sea states (Thanks to the east coast lows) successfully. I need to make a couple of adjustments to the designs based on the testing, but overall they’ve been very successful.

And here’s another shout out to the ease of replacement of 3DP hulls. Last week at my local club I unfortunately was on the receiving end of a Port/Stbd bingle at the far away top mark. 🤷‍♂️ accidents happen and it was a full on T Bone at speed which did crack S3, filled me up with water and ended my day early. Sad, but I have a replacement hull ready to go and will be check measured and have me back sailing in a week.

Are 3DP IOMs mor fragile than glass? Debatable. Can they be repaired by replacement quickly and at a low cost. Yep 😉.

Print it, put it together and take it out and play with it!

Been a little quiet post NSW State Championships, but got back to Club Championship today in a nice B rig breeze. Had...
08/12/2024

Been a little quiet post NSW State Championships, but got back to Club Championship today in a nice B rig breeze. Had a mixed bag of luck though.

State Championships was good, managed to meet Glen Fitzgerald and a few others from the QLD & NSW IOM sailors fresh off the worlds in Gladstone.

But the good news is that my new personal boat is about to get the final fitout to replace my well worn trial boat. It’s been a fabulous boat for 2 years and is showing the scars of a lot of sailing .

Fresh back from assembly today 😀

Had the opportunity yesterday to slide down to the Illawarra and sail with the guys at Koonawarra Bay Sailing Club. Gr...
16/11/2024

Had the opportunity yesterday to slide down to the Illawarra and sail with the guys at Koonawarra Bay Sailing Club. Great venue and a solid top B/C rig NE breeze had a lot of exciting sailing.

Also had the chance to be on the water with 4 other Alioth’s!

3DP IOMs are here and here to stay. Looking for a cost effective way to join IOM sailing? Let us know and we’d be glad to help!

Well, the worlds are done and was a lot of fun to watch and i learnt quite a bit from watching.Two more kits done, one g...
07/11/2024

Well, the worlds are done and was a lot of fun to watch and i learnt quite a bit from watching.

Two more kits done, one going to new home via our assembly and finally a replacement for my personal boat (I started that in Jan 24 🙂 ).

Keels/Bulbs/rudders next.

I hope everyone is enjoying the broadcast of the IOM Worlds in Gladstone! Personally i’ve been loving the coverage of ...
25/10/2024

I hope everyone is enjoying the broadcast of the IOM Worlds in Gladstone! Personally i’ve been loving the coverage of the event and the commentary team has kept up a fabulous stream of chat supporting the video stream. I tip my hat to the whole team and the organisers! Officials have kept up a high tempo of racing and made sure everything is in the order expected for this standard of event! And of course it brilliant to see the Alioth’s being campaigned as part of this event - 3DP IOMs are coming of age it seems 😎.

Snaps to RC Sailing Lab for their “overnight” success 5 years in the making!

My last post had the latest kit leaving the workshop and here is the boat assembled and ready to take rigs. Checking in with owner after the first hit out this week has him happy with the boat and looking forward to sailing further with it!

This kit was also delivered “assembled” so what you see here is what our new assembly offering would look like. Assembly price will depend on how far we would go with that so we’d discuss that at order time.

Looking for a cost effective IOM, we’d love to help!

Another Alioth kit leaving the shop today. This one is full weight delivery including foils & bulb.Looking for a cost ...
14/10/2024

Another Alioth kit leaving the shop today. This one is full weight delivery including foils & bulb.

Looking for a cost effective path to a modern competitive IOM? We’d love to help 😉.

Due to popular demand we will also now be offering “assembly” of the kit as an option (POA) if that’s going to help get on the water sooner!

More “bits” leaving the shop heading meet up with the hull kit shipped separately 😉.Good things come in brown packages !...
06/10/2024

More “bits” leaving the shop heading meet up with the hull kit shipped separately 😉.

Good things come in brown packages ! Fin/Rudder/Bulb and all their fixtures.

Go the Panthers tonight!!!!?

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