Top competitors at the Sea-Land 1998 International 505 North American Championship and Sea-Land 43rdInternational 505 World Championships include:
Peter Alarie (right) at the 1995 World Championship.
Peter is one of the great crews, racing in multiple classes. He seems to do everything except steer; he judges sail trim by how the boat feels from the wire, and calls tactics. Some of his skippers have reported that the skipper is not allowed to look around, only to check the leech tension from time to time.
Peter won the '93 and '94 505 North American Championships with Macy Nelson, and was second in the NAs earlier with a different skipper. He won the '96 East Coast Championship and was 2nd twice in the East Coast Championship. He has won the 505 Midwinters three times with three different skippers, and been second three more times with three other skippers.
He is also in demand in the J24, and Melges 24 - but the 505 is by far his favorite. Peter also races Vanguard 15 with Kara and team races. His team, "Pablo Picasso", won the Hinmann Trophy - US Sailing's National Team Racing Championship - in '96. Peter was V-15 National Champ in 1995, and finished 2nd in both 1993 and 1994. Peter recently swore off lead mines entirely, "I just will not go out racing on a keelboat", are his exact words. Peter is currently racing with top New England racer Mike Zani. They have extensively rebuilt 7318, a "high-mileage" 1981 Lindsay 505, and are consistently one of the top East Coast 5o5 teams.
Peter is a boatbuilder in Bristol Rhode Island.
Henry Amthor with daughter Keaton
Henry started racing in Erie PA, and was a long time Fireball racer and is a past Fireball North American and US National Champion. Henry moved to Hampton VA and got into 505s during the 80s, racing out of Hampton Yacht Club. He has been 505 Regional (Chesapeake Bay) Champion twice. He is much in demand as a J24 and other leadmine helsman or tactician, and has participated in several World Championships in the US, Canada and Australia, in the 505 (preferred), Fireball, Shark 24 and J24, but has cut back to focus on the 505 in recent years. He also won Key West Race Week Division C as tactician/helmsman, on "Defiance" in 1989. Henry raced 505s with girlfriend - and later wife - Barb Moss Amthor, but now races with his brother Doug. The Amthor's are renowned for their light and medium air speed, especially downwind. The stranger seabreeze and tide get, the better they do. Henry is the Star Wars - the Chesapeake Bay Champion of Champions - Champion for both 1996 and 1997, racing with a 505 sailors as crew. Henry is a construction executive in Hampton VA.
Ethan at the 1997 Hyannis pre-pre-Worlds.
After starting to sail 505s in Florida as a teenager, and an intercollegiate racing career at Tufts, Ethan went on to be a sailmaker with Van Zandt, Hood, Johnson and now North. Ethan and boatbuilder Larry Tuttle developed the now standard North American rig in the late 70's after some near misses at the World Championship. Ethan and Cam Lewis won the very competitive 1981 505 Worlds in San Francisco Bay. Ethan continues to support the 505 class as a competitor, coach, and sailmaker. Ethan and Cam have won the North Americans at least once since 1981, have been close at at least one Worlds and are now teaming up again - in the same 505 they sailed in 1981 - to race the '98 Worlds in Hyannis. After not owning a 505 for 25 years - since he was a teenager - (but usually managing to have access to one to race), Ethan recently bought a used Waterat 505. Ethan and his wife Trudy live in St. Petersburg FL, where they race Snipes occasionally as well. They have two children.
Committed to the 505, he has raced in almost every 505 Worlds ever held, only missing a few while doing an Olympic Campaign in the Flying Dutchman. He raced the heavy air 1992 Santa Cruz 505 Worlds at 71 years of age, raced in the 1995 Mounts Bay Worlds, finishing 24rd, and the 1996 Worlds in Townsville Australia, where he was 10th in the last race. After some strong performances in the 1997 World Championship and good finishes in some of the 1998 5o5 European Cup events, Buffet is looking forward to his 38th (or is it 40th?) 505 World Championship.
John relaxing in the boat while sailing in after a '95 pre-worlds race. John was a crew in the 1982 Worlds, and a crew in the 1995 Worlds, and many 505 worlds in between. Many of those 505 World Championships were with Macy Nelson. John has also raced with Ali Meller, Tom Kivney and others. Once upon a time he sailed Solings with Stu Walker. John sailed Snipes with his wife for awhile; his son Matthew is still a little young for the 505. John is racing the World Championship with Australian Ian Dunn. John and his family recently moved to Seattle WA from Tuxedo Park NY.
Mike Martin and Howard Hamlin (head in boat) preparing Spaceman Spiff.
After years of surfing and believing that sailboats were slow and boring, Howard was given a ride in a 505, and discovered how wrong his earlier beliefs were. Despite no prior sailing experience, Howard immediately decided that racing 505s was for him, and he quickly became one of the best crews on the West Coast. Howard then decided to build a better 505, and he built a set of tooling and started building the very innovative Hamlin 505 (after Howard stopped building boats, Waterat began building boats from the same tooling). After several years of crewing for John Andron, and some narrow misses at the 505 World Championship, Howard started steering. He raced with Jay Glaser on the wire for several years, with numerous top finishes. More recently, Howard has been racing with Don Smith, Cam Lewis, and Mike Martin. Howard and Cam won the heavy air pre-worlds event in '92 and were favorites to win the Worlds
until Cam was injured and forced out of the regatta. Howard and Mike Martin narrowly missed winning the '94 European Championship, and the '95 North American championship. Howard and Cam Lewis narrowly missed winning the 1996 International 505 World Championship in Townsville Australia. Later, Howard and Mike won the 1996 5o5 North American Championship, the third time Howard won the NAs. They were second at the 1997 NAs and 3rd at the 1997 World Championship. After several years of boatbuilding - his Hamlin tooling is still used to build the Waterat 505 - Howard decided not to be poor, and now is in real estate. Howard lives in the LA area, CA.
Barney Harris after narrowly missing a capsize.
Barney Harris raced intercollegiate at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY. While he was there, they were in the top 3 nationally, winning nationals twice. After graduating he raced Albacores for years in he Washington DC area, he still races the Albacore. He won the '94, '95, and '96 Albacore US Nationals, and was second at the '96 Canadian Nationals. He has several top five finishes at Albacore World Championsips. He has also raced Snipes, Thistles, Highlander, Laser, J22, J24, Melges 24, Etchells, Sheilds, Ensign, El Torro and - he claims - anything else that floats. Barney borrowed a 505 a couple of times over the past two years, and bought a used 505 in 1995. A few weeks later he was racing it for the first time at CORK. Barney bought a new Waterat 505 in the spring of 1997 and is campaigning it with local crew, ex IMS leadmine sailor and current Interclub frosbite ace, Jesse Falsone. Barney is an engineer with a consulting company in the DC area. He lives in Arlington VA, and sails out of West River Sailing Club, in Galesville MD.
Mike Martin (left) and Howard Hamlin preparing Spaceman Spiff. Mike is another great crew who can get almost any driver around the race course. He currently keeps Pete Melvin and Howard Hamlin pointed in the right direction, but has also crewed for Macy Nelson. Mike is a past intercollegiate All-American and Laser North American Champion. Mike won the 1996 International 505 North American Championship with Howard Hamlin, and was fourth, with a pick up driver, at the 1996 International 505 World Championship. As with many other crews, Mike owns the boat. Mike works as a Research and Development Engineer for Canon Business Machines in Costa Mesa, CA; he lives in Seal Beach, CA.
Tyler Moore (right) and Ryan Cox.
Tyler Moore, intercollegiate sailor of the year 1994, bought a used 505 from Gary Bodie and raced the 1994 505 North Americans. In '95 he teamed up with Ryan Cox, 1995 college sailor of the year for a 470 Olympic campaign, continuing to race the 505 as well. Tyler and Ryan were 5th at the 1995 505 Worlds. They both subsequently bought new Waterat 505s. Tyler - with Scott Ikle crewing - was 2nd at the '96 North American Championship. Tyler won the '96 J24 East Coast Championship (as tactician), and was second (as driver) at the 1996 J24 Midwinter Championship. He recently won Block Island Race Week in the Mumm 30 class. Tyler now races 5o5s with Scott Ikle; the Moore/Ikle team were 2nd at the recent 505 East Coast Championship. Tyler divides his time between Annapolis MD and Hyannis, MA.
Pip (Australia) (foreground) started racing 505s in 1959. He 
crewed for Paul Elvstrom in two 505 World Championships, finishing a very close second in the 1966 event. He lived in California for several years and raced with Dennis Surtees, winning multiple Pacific Coast and North American Championship titles. Now back in Australia, Pip is still racing hard. Pip and skipper Ian Dixon raced the '95 Worlds, Malcolm Higgins and Pip raced the '96 together, while Pip made the '97 Worlds racing with Dave Cahn. Pip is President of the International 505 Class Yacht Racing Association. Pip is a real estate broker; he and his family live in Melbourne Australia.
Nick Trotman (left) and Michael Mills.
Nick Trotman is a two time all-American. He races with sailing coach Mike Mills. They were 9th at the 1995 505 World Championship, and 3rd at the 1995 East Coast Championship. Nick and Mike bought a new Rondar 505 in 1996 and are one of the fastest New England 505 teams. Recently Nick was on the US team - Pablo Picasso - that won the UK Team Racing Championship. Nick is faster than his sister, bronze medal winner in the Europe dinghy, at the '90 Barcelona Olympics. Nick lives in Manchester MA.| SAILING HONORS | |
| 1996 | US Olympic Yachting Committee "Developmental Coach of the Year" |
| 1990-1993 | ICYRA Collegiate ALL-AMERICAN |
| 1991 & 1993 | Voted Outstanding Helmsperson in New England - NEISA |
| MAJOR SAILING ACCOMPLISHMENTS | ||
| 1996 | ||
| The British America Team Racing Cup | 1st | |
| Key West Race Week: Tactician "BRIGHT STAR" | Boat of the week | |
| Ft. Lauderdale-Key West Race: Watch Captain/Driver "BRIGHT STAR" | 1st to Finish | |
| Block Island Race First IMS Watch Captain/Driver "BLUE YANKEE" | 1st IMS | |
| 505 Midwinter's | 4th | |
| Vanguard 15 Midwinter's | 4th | |
| 1995 | Hinman Trophy (US Sailing's National Team Racing Championship) | 1st |
| Vanguard 15 Nationals | 2nd | |
| US Tornado Nationals | 3rd | |
| IYRU Team Racing Worlds | 5th | |
| Manhasett Bay Fall Series: Tactician "BLUE YANKEE" | 2nd | |
| Stanford Denmark Trophy: Tactician "BLUE YANKEE" | 1st | |
| Miami Palm Beach Race: Driver/Main Trimmer "BRIGHT STAR" | 1st Overall | |