To the Current What's New

January 1998 - August 1998

• CORK (Canadian Olympic Regatta Kingston) 505 Results; from the CORK Website. Slightly corrected results (crew names, hull numbers)
• Information on the Van Munster 505, Australia's THIRD 505 builder. From the "International 505's Down Under" web site.
• First KISS Rondar arrives, now at West River Sailing club
• Updated Pacific Coast Championship Notice of Race
• Midwest Championship Results and Report, August 22-23
• Hospice Regatta at Hyannis Yacht Club, site of the upcoming 1998 5o5 World Championship. By Tim Collins
• Pacific Northwest (USA) Regionals by Tim Moser
• UK Nationals Results
• Gim Hobelman Regatta in Chicago, August 1-2. Rebirth of the Chicago 505 fleet! by Ki Kaiser
• Canadian Fleet 4 (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Second Series Results
• Fishing Bay Yacht Club Annual, August 8-9
• Pacific Coast Championship, almost NOR
• 1998 505 East Coast (US) Championship Results, July 30-Aug 1, Hyannis, Cape Cod
• Mission Bay Yacht Club 505, FD and Johnson 18 Regatta Notice of Race, October 24-25
• List of Paid Up 505 Class American Section Members. Note that 505 Class Rules (Combination of International and American Section) require that both skipper and crew be full members to sail in championship events.
• 1998 5o5 East Coast (US) Championship, by Jesse Falsone
• 505 EuroCup, Hayling Island Sailing Club, July 24-26
• Western Canadian 505 Championship Notice of Race, August 8-9, Kitsilano Yacht Club, Vancouver

• Great 505 Racing and People Photos from Travemünder Woche 1998. The pictures were taken by Karsten Morf, the German 505 National Secretary. Be sure to follow the links at the top of page one to get to pages 2 and 3. Photos of the new Rod Simpson/Nici Völckner carbon fibre 505 are on page 2.
• Krister Bergstrom/Thomas Moss win close battle over Jan Saugmann/Morten Ramsbaek at the 1998 Swedish 505 National Championship
• Paul Elvstrom on keelboats
• Fishing Bay Yacht Club Annual Regatta Notice of Race, August 8-9, FBYC, Deltaville VA, USA
• NOR, 505 NORTHWEST REGIONALS AND TUNING CLINIC, August 15 and 16, 1998, Crescent Harbor, Oak Harbor, Washington
• Sailshots Marine Photography, great 505 pictures!
• Sailshots coverage of the 1998 505 Europa Cup at Hayling Island HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
• National Capital Regatta NOR, August 8-9, BYC, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Cool 505 Photos from the West Australian 505 web site
• 505s at Felixstowe Ferry UK July 18-19, by Rob Napier
• East Coast Championship Information (not a NOR), July 31-Aug 2, in Hyannis
• Agenda for the 1998 International 505 Class Yacht Racing Association Annual Meeting to be held Monday 21 September in Hyannis.
• Agenda for the 1998 505 Class American Section Annual Meeting to be held during North American Championship/Pre-worlds in Hyannis.
• Chris Nicholson quote on getting back into 505s after 2000
• Canadian Fleet Four (Ottawa) Series 1 Results
• 1998 505 Canadian Association AGM Minutes
• 505 Ontario Championships at J-Town Sailing Club, Toronto Ontario Canada. A restart for the Toronto 505 fleet!
• 505 Kitsilano Yacht Club Invitational, July 11-12, hilighted on ISAF July 17 Breaking News
• Recent 505 News.......July 1998
• The Dave Cahn Trophy
• High Sierra's Regatta July 11,12, by Mike Martin
• Rules and Measurement Circular, 2 July 1998, from Rob Napier, Chairman of the 505 Class International Rules Committee
• Krister Bergstrom/Holger Jess win 505 German National Championship
• CORK/Eastern Canadian Championship, Notice of Race, August 28-30
• 505 Ontario Championship NOR, July 18-19, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• An Ian Pinnell quote comparing 505s and Fireballs
• E-mail Listserver archives now on the web site
• The 505 Canadian Championship was highlighted in the ISAF Breaking News in the
• July 3^rd
• July 4^th
• July 6^th
editions.
• Coverage of the 1998 505 Canadian Championship including daily reports, results and images.
• International 5O5 Mid-West Championships Notice of Race, August 22-23
• Practice/Training Sessions at West River SC, July 18¹⁸ and July 26^th.
• 505 Danish Championship report by Tom Boejland.

• Results for 505 Fleet 4 (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Championship
• West River SC 505 Open House/Regatta by Allan Freedman
• Team McLube wins St. Francis Regatta on Tie Breaker by Mike Martin
• Wolfgang Hunger/Holger Jess dominate Keil Week, winning six races in a row!
• The 1998 5o5 European Championship by Ali Meller
• Kitsilano YC (Vancouver) Invitational, Notice of Race, July 11-12
• 505s at Keil Week 1998
• West Australia 505 Home Page
• More photos and text on Parker 4134 being rebuilt by Peter Epstein. See the finished boat at the Worlds in Hyannis!
• Swedish 505 Championship Notice of Race, 13th - 15th July 1998
• Report on the European Cup at Riva del Garda
• 505 Practice/Training Drills you can use
• 505 Class coverage in the Tuesday June 16, ISAF Breaking News. 505 Event organizers! All 505 national championships and international events should have daily summaries included in ISAF Breaking News!
• Images from the 1998 505 European Championship, and the European Cup event at Riva del Garda
• Pictures from West River Spring 1, April 25-26.
• Old 5o5s never die.....
• Pictures of Peter Epstein's (Toronto, Canada) Parker 4134, before the rebuild started.
• Another photo of 4134
• Pictures of Mathilde, Parker 4645, part way through restoration.Earlier photos of Parker 4645 (at bottom of article).
• Two early versions (not used) of the USA Fleet 19 and Fleet 8 advertisement that ran in Spinsheet magazine. We may have a bumper sticker made from one of them. One version starring Team Spot (Barney Harris/Jesse Falsone) at the 1997 North American Championship in Long Beach, CA, and another version of Allan Johnson/Ali Meller racing 7200 at the '96 UK Nationals. The final version used in Spinsheet had the correct spelling for Galesville (not Gailsville).
• Tom Boejland report on (and final results of) the Scandinavian European Cup event, June 12-14. This was the 3rd European cup event of 1998. Complete Results from the German 505 web site.
• Discussion from the e-mail list about possibly changing the courses and the number of races a day at World Championships
• USA Fleets 19 and 8 (Washington/Baltimore/Annapolis and Hampton) advertisement in Spinsheet magazine.
• Fleet 4 (Ottawa, Canada) Championship/NSC One Design Regatta NOR, June 20-21
• Australians switching to Proctor masts and gybing centerboards? The gear list of the top seven at the recent Australian National Championship
• Windsor, Ontario, Canada Training Regatta by Graham Alexander
• Canadian Championships Notice of Race, July 3-5.
• Results for Pfingstbusch 1998, Kiel, May 30 - June 1. Report by Tom Boejland
• Hampton Trapeze, May 16-17, by Henry Amthor
• Queensland Australia Update
• Great photo of Olle Wenrup (crewing) and Ebbe Rosen at the 1996 UK Nationals. These guys were 3rd at the '95 Worlds and 2nd at the '97 Worlds.
• Team Sweden at the 1982 Worlds in CORK Ireland, who on earth is that guy standing at the right of the image?
• Jyri and Kari Wilen, Finnish superstars from the late '60s and early '70s. Check out the nordic mainsheeting system.
• 1998 International 505 European Championship Results, from the German 505 Class Web Site
• 1998 505 European Cup - Riva Results, from the German 505 Class Web Site
• Worlds Races Start and First Beat Strategy by Allan Johnson. Reprinted from Tank Talk.
• UK Inland Championship
• More Colorado fleet news..
• Lots of updates to the Pacific Northwest 505 site, with recent regatta reports and pictures. The Seattle fleet is rebuilding after several years of minimal activity, using older (inexpensive) 505s.
• West River Midatlantics
• Updates to the 505 NA schedule, new Region IV events (Rockies)
• Updates to the UK fixtures list

• A report on the 1998 Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Regatta by Mike Martin
• A report on the 1998 SOCKS Regatta by Paul Shipley
• A report on the 1998 Richmond YC 505 Regatta by Dave Shelton
• A report on the 1998 Annual Hoover YC 505 Regatta by Mike Goldsetein
• Information about 505s at SOCKS in Seattle May 16-17
• 1998 5o5 World Championship Entry Form is available on the 1998 World Championship web site
• Great article about the 1988 5o5 World Championship, raced outside "the Heads" in Sydney Australia. From the awesome (I wish I could read Swedish) Swedish 505 web site
• Chris Nicholson (2 time 5o5 World Champion) & Daniel Phillips are Australian Nortel Sailor of the Year - Male, the second time Chris has been Australian sailor of the year. Some detail

• News from the resurgent San Diego 5o5 Fleet at MBYC
• News from the rapidly growing Indiana 5o5 Fleet
• St. Clair Training Regatta South Port SC, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, June 6-7
• 505 International Schedule, National Championships, Europa Cup Events and international multiclass events
• Mission Bay Yacht Club in San Diego once home of 5o5 USA Fleet 3 (and soon to be so again) schedules a 505 regatta October 24-25
• West River Spring, April 25-26, report by Allan Freedman
• Santa Cruz Spring Open Regatta, April 25-26, report by Mike Martin
• Team 505 2nd in 1998 Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association Star Wars Champion of Champions Regatta, April 4th, sailed in J24s. 505s have finished 3,1,1,2 in the four years this event has been run. Results from the CBYRA web site.
• Tracy Hayley and Louise van Voorhis and their Sydney 2000 Women's 470 campaign. Louise sometimes races 505s too.
• Burton Sailing Club South Derbyshire, England.. home of a great 5o5 fleet.
• 505 Mini Open Meeting at Burton Sailing Club, March 21-22
• 505 Open Meeting at Burton Sailing Club, April 18-19
• Ian Barker/Tim Hancock 25th in 49er Gold Fleet (2 4 4 RDG 6 13 24 DNC DNC DNC 22), Paul Towers/Dan Johnson 37th (3rd in Silver with DNC 15 11 8 10 10 3 16 3), Hans Jorgen Riber/Adam Malling 47th (13th in Silver with DNC 14 2 21 17 16 7 12 21) at the Semaine Olympique Française de Voile. Complete 49er Results.
• Report, pictures, drawings and results for the 1974 5o5 World Championship at Marstrand, Sweden - in Swedish and in English
• Roy Heiner, skipper of BrunelSunergy, which just won leg 7 of the Whitbread is also a 505 sailor, and past South African 505 Champion.
• Bristol 505 Regatta Notice of Race, May 2-3
• Rocky Mountain Regional Championship Regatta Notice of Race, June 27-28
• Gunnar Krantz skipper of Swedish Match, and [ex] 505 sailor
• The really cool Swedish 505 Home Page has a number of great new images..... Check it out!
• A great photo of Marc and Yves Pajot from the Worlds in Marstrand 1974
• A number of current and past 505 sailors are racing in the Whitbread..
• Magnus Olsson, Swedish 505 Champion 1974 and '75
• Gunnar Krantz
• Paul Cayard, 2nd (crewing for Dennis Surtees) in 1979 505 World Championship
• Lawrie Smith, winner of the 1982 pre-worlds
• Cam Lewis, World Champion crew 1981 and 1982
• Hoover Spring (May 9-10) Notice of Race, May 9-10
• 1996 5o5 European Championship article from the Ronstan bulletin
• Detlef Ihmels' final report on the Cavalaire European Cup event. Philippe Boite/Jean Luc Muzellec win the event in a ninety-nine 5o5 fleet.
• Measurement at the Hyannis Worlds: What to Expect
• 505 Events featured in the April 12th ISAF Breaking News
• Adrian Finglass/Simon Gorman win the Grolsch 40th 505 Australian Championships 1998
• 505 Events featured in the April 10th ISAF Breaking News
• Why You Should Participate in the 1998 5o5 World Championship in Hyannis
• The 1989 5o5 North American Championship discovered in 505 archives.
• The 1991 5o5 East Coast Championship discovered in 505 archives.
• The 1993 West River Mid-Atlantics from the 505 archives.
• A 505 Crew's Lament, provided by Dave Eberhardt
• Asymmetric Spinnaker on a 505: Initial Report
• 505 California Championship/Hi-Per '98
• US SAILING Recognizes Outstanding One-Design Achievements in Sailing, press release
• PFD Recommendations and Anti-hunting Rules Highlight US SAILING Spring Meeting, press release
• How to get a Measurement Certificate for your 505 (if in the USA)

• North 505 Sail Description, North Sails Gulf Coast (Ethan Bixby) on the latest developments in their sails
• Updates (Pacific Northwest) to 1998 NA 5o5 Schedule
• St. James Town Sailing Club a Toronto sailing club is starting a 505 fleet
• Schedule and picture updates to the Pacific Northwest 5o5 Site
• Why You Should Participate in the 1998 5o5 World Championship in Hyannis
• Advertising surcharge remains; proposal to remove surcharge defeated on postal ballot
• St. Francis Spring Dinghy
• Ali Meller, our current International Vice President and former North American Vice President, wins US Sailing's John H. Gardiner, Jr. Trophy for service to one-design sailing! Please read Jesse Falsone's Letter of Nomination with additional testimonials!
• Also, check out how our Swedish friends feel about this honor.
• Helle Jespersen (505 - DEN 7017) has won the Gold in women's fleet racing at the ISAF Worlds, and also won the bronze in match racing, as part of the Danish team
• Class Rules updated to reflect current text.
• French 505 News by Jean-Baptiste Dupont
• Santa Cruz News
• Discussing possible changes to the 505 class
• Swedish 505 Web Site
• UK Dinghy Racing, featuring a great photo of one of the 505 NA webmasters and crew..
• A further update to the 1998 UK fixtures list
• 505 Class moving to establish 505 fleet on the moon and schedule a World Championship in response to NASA's discovery of water there
• New pricing on "Club Spec" Rondar ready to race
• 1998 Hyannis Worlds News
• 1998 505 Worlds news on the 1998 Hyannis Worlds web site

• Updates to the UK Fixures List
• 505 sailors Josh Adams, Nick Trotman and Mark Mendleblatt, along with sometime 505 racer Blaire Largay and Brett Davis and Suzannah Kerrwin win the World Team Racing Championship
• 505 Class at SailEXPO 1998
• 505 Class at SailEXPO '98 Press Release
• You Should Race in Bermuda Race Week 1998!

• Denver Colorado fleet news by new fleet captain Bill Green
• More discussion on centerboard surface smoothness, etc., added at end of article
• 1997 Europa Cup Series Results from the German 505 web page. 5 Events, 172 505 teams participated.
• The 505 world e-mail list on centerboard surface smoothness, Reynold's numbers, riblets, etc.
• 505 Class International Ranking
• Updates to 505 NA regatta schedule, West River Sailing Club regattas added/updated
• Midwest Events added to North American schedule
• Guck, Inc. pricing for new Rondar 505s, Rapide trailers and Pinnell & Bax sails
• Updates to table comparing a number of boats being discussed on rec.boats.racing
• 1998 5o5 Florida Midwinter Championship
• 505 Florida Midwinter Championship Results, from the St. Petersburg Yacht Club web site

What is New on the 505 Home Page... Feburary 1997 - December 1997
What is New on the 505 Home Page... Nov 1996 - February 1997 '97
What is New on the 505 Home Page... July-Oct 1996
What is New on the 505 Home Page... Jan-Jun 1996
What Is New on the 505 Home Page... 1995