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Erik Evens' #985, Ron Thornhill's #27,  Peter Drasnin's #151,
 taken in Calgary, 1998 ODOM Nationals

The idea of the ODOM is credited to the South Bay Sailing Club (San Jose California) members Eric Peterson and Ian Scott with input from others.
The Bob Debow design of "Mistral" was chosen because it is an honest boat with excellent sailing qualities and with very good boat speed on all points ƒof sail. It can compete with the very best one meter designs available today as demonstrated by a fine wood example built by Jim Morris. The master plug was constructed by Ian Scott to provide the basis for a female mold that includes a rounded/reverse transom. The stem was made a with a softer rounded knuckle. The deck was designed by Jim Kahula Jhao and Bob Smith. A lazarate window was included in the deck design thanks to Ian Scott.
The master plug was prepared and a mold made by George Ribeiro. The appearance of ODOM is very pleasing to the eye as well as functional and refutes the axiom that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. The molded parts are manufactured by George Ribeiro and consist of a molded fiberglass keel fin in addition to a balsa rudder, compression strut and a four pound lead bulb made from a precision machined metal mold. The hull is delivered with sheer strakes, breast hook, main cross beams and rudder thwart installed. (this is done to ensure a true and a fair hull to minimize any differences that could alter the performance and strict one design concept).
An inexpensive carbon fiber mast and fiberglass/carbon boom is used. The sails are the very popular 52" luff Orco design.
This R/C sailboat will go together very fast as most of the hard work is already done. It's really not an ARF (almost ready to float) project, but one that leaves just enough building to make it a good beginning project if you're looking for a moderate learning curve. There will be many years of pride and sailing upon completion of your ODOM.
In addition, if you're hankering to race, it can be dually registered as both an ODOM and as a traditional US One Meter.