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July 25th and 26th saw the 505 class visit San Francisco Yacht Club, that is oddly in Tiburon across the bay for the first time. A who's who of US 505 sailors were there to compete in the last event before the upcoming Worlds and North American's on the s...
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With one month to go the entry is now at 90 boats.
July 15th is the deadline to get your entry in before the entry fee goes up by US$150.
http://www.505sapworldchampionship2009.com/
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A windy 505 ECCs, and you probably missed it...
Last year's College Sailor of the Year, Chris Behm (aka "Grasshopper"), won the 505 ECCs in convincing fashion in Kingston over the 4th of July weekend. Twenty boats attended, with more than half having C...
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A reminder that if you haven't entered yet the cost goes up $150 on July 15th.
There is also now a Forum up and running on the Worlds web site, so if you need a driver, crew or anything else it would be a good place to start.
http://www.505sapworldchamp...
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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 t...
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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 ...
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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...
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13 top teams contested this year’s 505 Northvaal championships at Aeolians on the Vaaldam. Many of the teams are already gearing up for the World championships in Denmark next year and see these big regattas as perfect early preparation for their campai...
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The 2009 Western Cape championships saw a record 11 boat fleet compete for the title. There were many talented sailors at the event including the likes of Dave Hudson, David Rae, Paul Willcox, Rudolph Holm, Kyle Klaas, Nick Pratt and Peter Funke but to na...
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At the Pre- Worlds / European Championships held at Palermo, Italy last November the 1st and 2nd place finishers in the overall results were Ethan Bixby / Erik Boothe USA (7 points) and Jens Findel / Johannes Tellen GER (10 points).
The title of Eur...
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A major event of the French 5o5 Class took place in Troyes, Champagne, this week-end. It was the 5th National Espoir.
What is it? In order to promote 5o5 to youth sailor, the French 5o5 Class had the idea to create a regatta open only to sailors aged of ...
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For this 3-day long week-end, 25 boats met in La Baule for the traditional 1st of may regatta.
On Friday, a nice 15-knot breeze enabled the fleet to do 3 races. Racing was tight and 3 crews appears to be over the rest of the fleet: Gubri/Di Pède, Silves...
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2° TransAlp Cup Campione del Garda 1-3 May 2009
The 2nd TransAlp Cup regatta took place in Riva del Garda at Campione, this time we shared the event with the Contender Class fleet.
In the morning of May 1 we arrived for registration at Campione del Gar...
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The Polish 505 season opened up officially on 1st May with 2009 Warsaw Spring Cup. 6 teams made it to the starting line on Zegrze lake near Warsaw. We were hosted by MOS Zegrze club and the regatta was the first experimental project we ran together with...
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The weekend of April 25/26 had us heading to Los Angeles for the 2009 Pacific Coast Championship's. Amongst the fleet were no less than 7 former winners of the event as well as a past Snipe and two I14 World Champions. Saturday was windy with a big messy ...
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To all Northern Hemisphere Sailors - The gauntlet has been thrown....
The South African fleet have devised a new holiday concept to coincide with the Northern winter! For more information, see the article under 'News'...
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This week-end 33 boats gathered in Troyes on the "lac de la Foret d'orient". An international fleet from France, Belgium, Switzerland and Great Britain, with the world champion, came in the champagne region to race for "la coupe des vrais bateaux".
If th...
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The April 2009 issue of "Sailing Dinghy Magazine" - a U.K. magazine dedicated to Dinghy sailing - has a fantastic article on the 505 in this issue.
It assesses the "Top 10 U.K. Dinghy designs of all time" and rates them.
It's conclusion is:- "...
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Bryan Price - 505 World Champion 1963
I wish to inform the International 505 community of the passing of Bryan Price on 23rd March 2009 at the age of 78years.
Bryan, together with Chris Hough, won the 1963 Worlds in Larchmont, New York.
He was the sec...
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It is with sadness that we advise you that Yves Zéguin, founder of the Belgian 505 Association and Belgian Association President passed away on December 19th following a brain hemorrhage.
We are grateful for his contribution to the class, he will ...
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Thursday, September 09, 2010