Hyannis 505 Hospice Regatta
August 15 & 16, 1998
By Tim Collins

The 505 class was invited to the 1998 Hospice regatta thanks to the persuasion of HYC club member Gerard Kivney. Special thanks to Neil Fowler and Bill Smith for putting together the race instructions, and the HYC RC as they did a great job running the six races (no throw), combination of Modified Olympics and Modified Triangles.

A high pressure positioned just SE of Nantucket made for some interesting and difficult conditions; chop/slop (similar to a summer day on the Chesapeake) combined with an occasional high-speed ferry and leeward mark roundings with the J-22’s. Race #1 started in 5-6kts, SSW, and by race #3 it had backed to the South and built to 13 kts. or so. The Alarie/Zani team had it figured out with finishes of 1,2,1, to become day one leaders. Equally impressive were Team Spot (Falssone/Harris) finishing 3,1,2.

Day two - Same high pressure as Sat. just weaker, race 4 started in 5-6kts. SSW, and built to maybe 10 kts. by race 6, again backing to the South. The chop wasn’t nearly as brutal as Sat. Race 4 & 5 went to Smith/Collins (3rd after Sat), a couple of 4th’s by Alarie/Zani, combined with Dyson/Fowler 2,3, brought the top four within four points of each other for the last race. Dyson/Fowler jumped out to an early lead but were not able to put enough boats in between themselves and Alarie/Zani to take the win. Alarie/Zani were able to hold off Smith/Collins and Team Spot for the narrow victory. Special thanks to the Hyannis Yacht Club for supporting the 505 Class prior the NA’s and World Championships to be held at HYC in September.

6 Races, No drop
  Crew/Skipper Sail # Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
1 Pete Alarie/Mike Zani 7318 1 2 1 4 4 2 14
2 Bill Smith/Tim Collins 806 2 3 5 1 1 4 16
3 Jesse Falsone/Barney Harris 8643 3 1 2 2 3 5 16
4 Dave Dyson/Neil Fowler 7 4 4 3 3 2 1 17
5 Wolfgang Chamberlain/Tom Kivney 8194 5 6 6 8 6 6 37
6 Rick ?/Dave Smith 8013 8 7 4 10 7 3 39
7 Alan Freedman/Rene de la Rie 8085 6 5 7 7 8 7 40
8 Hans Gote/Brandon Charif 8629 7 8 8 5 5 9 42
9 Sol ?/Sterg Papdakis 8018 13 9 10 9 9 8 58
10 Mark McCarthy/Chris Yindra 8311 9 13 13 6 10 10 61
11 Frank Thompson/Gerard Kivney 7200 11 10 9 11 11 13 65
12 Matty ?/Dave Chatham 8024 10 13 13 13 13 13 75

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