• 2009 Worlds, USA

    San Francisco here we come

    In what should be quite a contrast to the light winds of Sicily, the next 505 worlds are to be held in San Francisco between 15th-30th August. Learn more
  • 2009 Europeans

    2009 European Championships during Kiel Week

    For those unable to travel to San Francisco, the highlight of the European season will be the European Championships to be held during the Kieler Woche leg of the ISAF Sailing World Cup, June 24th - 28th. Learn more

  • 2010 Worlds, Denmark

    2010 Worlds in Denmark

    With the dates set between 25th July and 5th August, 2010, it is closer than you think before the 5O5 Worlds head back to Europe and Aarhus in Denmark. The event website has been launched with more information being added all the time. Learn more

     

     

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The 505



The 505 has

  • freedom in the rigging, internal layout and size and shape of the foils
  • no restrictions on the hull materials that can be used.
  • this has enabled the class to evolve and take advantage of many of the improvements in technology over the fifty years since it was first designed
  • nearly nine thousand boats have been registered in the first fifty years of the class.

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King of The Bay
Written by Mike Holt   
Thursday, 02 July 2009 01:38

With just over 6 weeks to go before the Worlds start on the same race track, the West Coast fleet descended on Treasure Island halfway across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco. Saturday started hot and light, very unusual for the Bay but after an hours postponement on shore we set off to race in fantastic conditions, warm, sunny and 15-20 knots. The race team from the Golden Gate Yacht Club and Dave Whale set up a windward leeward course and gate starts and the 22 boats battled it out on the bay.

Jeff Nelson and Mike Martin dominated the day, winning all three races by what seemed ever increasing margins leaving us all scratching our heads to work out how we can close the gap. The chasing pack consisted of Ben Benjamin/Kevin Taugher, Paul Cayard/Andy Beeckman, Carl Smit/Mike Holt, Dave Shelton and Bruce Edwards, all racing after Jeff and Mike's shadow. After racing we all gathered to eat, drink and BS about a great day of racing.

Sunday the breeze was up from the start with racing held again in warm sunny conditions with the breeze at or around 20 knots with puffs into the mid 20's. Racing to remember! There was a change in order today, were Jeff and Mike sandbagging or had the rest of us learnt from Saturday? Race 4 was a close fought battle between Steve Bourdow/Nick Adamson and Dave and Bruce, with the former just taking the gun from the later. Jeff and Mike finishing 3rd. In typical West Coast fashion there are no discards so it was all still to play for going into the last race. Carl and Mike led from the start and their job was made easier when Jeff and Mike "chicken gybed" surely ruling them out of being named "King of the Bay"! Carl and Mike took the gun, Steve and Nick claimed 2nd with a 3rd for Jeff and Mike easily enough for them to claim their 100th KOTB title.

Thanks to Nick and all the team at TI, the GGYC race committee and all the rest of the support crews out in rubber boats looking after us all. If we have conditions like this for the Worlds it will be an incredible event.

Results:

1. Jeff Nelson/Mike Martin 1,1,1,3,3

2. Paul Cayard/Andy Beeckman 3,2,4,5,4

3. Carl Smit/Mike Holt 2,5,6,6,1

4. Steve Bourdow/Nick Adamson 23, 4, 7, 1, 2

5. Ben Benjamin/Kevin Taugher 4,3,2,7,23

 

 
2009 SAP World Championship
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Written by Mike Holt   
Saturday, 06 June 2009 02:03

With 2 months to go to the start of the 2009 SAP 505 World Championship's the paid up entry stands at 60 boats. You have until July the 15th to get your entry in before the entry goes up by $150!

The US $ is weaker now against all your currencies so it is going to be much less expensive than it was 6 months ago and we can promise you that you do not want to miss this event!

So stop procrastinating and enter now at http://www.505sapworldchampionship2009.com/

 
Santa Cruz Spring Open
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Written by Mike Holt   
Tuesday, 02 June 2009 06:42

Santa Cruz Yacht Club hosted their Spring 505 Open over the weekend of May 30/31 and 21 boats arrived to race. Conditions were a little more over cast than we would have liked and the wind was therefore not giving us the sort of conditions we all wanted to practice in for the Worlds that are now less than 3 months away.

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Dinghy Sailing Magazine article
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Written by Jonathan Ross   
Sunday, 31 May 2009 17:09

Thanks to the Publisher of DSM, we now have a PDF version of the April article that assesses the "Top 10 U.K. Dinghy designs of all time" and rates them. It's conclusion is:- "The 505 is the best dinghy of all time - Head and Shoulders above the rest"

If you would like to download and read the article iconclick here (444.5 kB)

Thanks to Ebbe Rosen (SWE8926) for tracking down the PDF version.

 
Boat Registrations
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Written by Simon Lake   
Tuesday, 19 May 2009 23:56
Due to non-compliance, either on the part of the Builder, Dealer or Agent, in relation to the payment of registration fees, the following boats, are not compliant with our Class Rules:
8923
8924
8932
8962
These boats are not, therefore, eligible to enter regattas as 505s and should only be included in results and ranking listings once their registration fees have been received by the International 505 Class Association.

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