International 505

2013 Worlds, Barbados

SAP 5O5 World Championship - Barbados, 2013
With the dates for the Worlds set for April 22nd to May 3rd, it is time to start planning your trip to Barbados for the 58th 5O5 Worlds. For the Preliminary Notice of Race and other details for Shipping, Accommodation, etc click here
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La Rochelle Dates Set
The 57th 5O5 Worlds in La Rochelle, France will be held between 17th-27th July. For all the news, videos and photos, go to the Event Website Event Website
2011 Worlds - Australia

2011 Worlds All Over

With the 2011 Worlds on Hamilton Island now completed, its congratulations to the 2011 World Champions, Wolfgang Hunger and Julien Kleiner from Germany. Check out the full results, race reports and analysis at www.sap505worlds.com/2011 Learn more

Sunday, May 19, 2013

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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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Barbados Worlds Update No2

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Written by Kimball Livingston
Tuesday, 30 April 2013 09:04
Barbados Yacht Club, Monday, April 29, 2013 Let's Hear it for the Replay Nobody goes to a regatta hoping to be rained out, but a day of torrential rains and no racing at the 2013 SAP 5O5 World Championship did at least bring the sailors together for a class meeting at the Barbados Yacht Club, while leaving ample time for replaying and (and replaying) the first four races as presented by SAP Analytics. There is always something more to be discovered in speed, tactics, or the interplay of techniques. How else would the young Americans, Ted Conrads and Brian Haines, identify a speed deficiency of .8 knot on one leg-and only one leg-as the factor that made the difference?
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Barbados Worlds Update No1

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Written by Jonathan Ross
Monday, 29 April 2013 15:35
Barbados Yacht Club, Sunday, April 27, 2013 Seeing Through the Shifting Challenges There are two casinos within walking distance of the Barbados Yacht Club, and if anybody ought to hit the casinos tonight it's German skipper Stefan Boehm, winner of the opening two races of the SAP 5O5 World Championship and a strategic gambler in both. Racing continues through Friday in the sparkling Caribbean off Bridgetown, Barbados, where German sailors hold the top three spots on the leaderboard. In sailor-talk, Boehm and crewman Gerald Roos started hard-left in race one and led at every mark. They started hard-right in race two and led at every mark except one. In the ever-changing world of wind and water, there is always a reason to favor one side of the racecourse or the other. At that second-race start, Boehm and Roos were looking at another left-favored situation, but-
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2013 US East Coast Midwinters

Written by Mike Holt
Friday, 01 March 2013 02:45
St Petersburg Yacht Club on the Florida Gulf Coast hosted the 2013 Mid Winters Championships
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2013 Worlds, Barbados