Next Event Local: Round The Island, 5th to 7th February 2010, LDYC
Welcome
This is the home of the South African 505's. Inside this site you will find everything related to 505 sailing in South Africa. You have to be a paid up member of the RSA 505 Class to access the whole site. Please contact the association at rsa505(at)rsa505(dot)org(dot)za to obtain a username and password.Western Cape Dinghy Championships communiqué
To all Western Cape dinghy sailing clubs
The 2010 Western Cape dinghy championships will be held in Saldanha Bay from 24th April to 27th April 2010.
For reasons beyond our control Saldanha Bay was not available over the Easter Weekend. Over the past few months we have considered many venues that would accommodate the dinghies and multihulls, we also considered both long weekends (Easter and 24-27 April)
I apologise to any clubsor individuals who have been inconvenienced by the change. Our longer term objective is to have an annual Western Cape Championship Regatta for all classes of dinghies and multihulls at either Langebaan or Mykonos or Saldanha Bay. This will be a fantastic exhibition of the sport of sailing.
Keith Morris - Chairman of the organising committee.
RSA 8340 sailing in UK
The sighting of a photo of RSA8340 on the UK website alerted us to the fact that Graeme Willcox is participating in the UK with good results. Graeme and Tiffany Baring-Gould placed 11th out of a field of 36 boats in the UK nationals held in June 2009 at Torbay.
Full results can be found at http://www.royaltorbayyc.org.uk/hosted2009/505/505os.html
The photo can be found at http://www.border-photos.co.uk/images/Gallery_25_505_12.06.09v/DSC_0182_1.jpg
Well done Graeme and Tiffany!
505’s sailing in Theewaterskloof Points Series (5-6 December)
The 505 fleet in Cape Town is shrugging off the global financial crisis and growing steadily. They recently took part in the Theewaterskloof points series. Sean Ballantyne submitted this race report.
The good news is that we made our class with five boats, one up from last year. The bad news is that at no time were all five boats on the course at the same time. The five boats were made up of Paul Wilcox, Ruaan De Hart, Grant Ballantyne and Sean Ballantyne, and Dudley Isaacs down from Knysna.
505 VLC Cup 2009
The last event of the year is almost upon us and we would like to encourage everyone to come and enjoy the VLC Cup at the end of November!
World 2009 feedback and technical session
The Duffin Trophy is coming up this week and it promises to be an exciting event.
The video of the Nationals in Mossel Bay is now available
Enid Klaas has produced a great video of the 8th race during the 2009 Nationals in Mossel Bay. A sample of the video is up on the website, just click videos in the menu, as well as selection of the photos can be found in the gallery.
Footage was taken from the stable start boat and shows racing scenes from start to finish.
The whale is not on but you are guaranteed to see yourself, the rain, wind, waves and all other competitors. Those who were not there can get an idea of what they missed.
Details of how to get your copy are below.
Funke Brothers win 505 Nationals in Mosselbay
The 2009 505 National Sailing Championships were held in Mosselbay from the 25th to the 27th of September. A total of 12 boats made it to the event with the fleet being made up of top sailors, amongst others the 2009 Lipton Cup Champion Helmsman David Rae and the 2008 505 National Champions Kyle Klaas and Robert von Gruenewaldt.
Several youth members sailed in the event and enjoyed themselves in the fantastic conditions sailing a great boat. Ryan Pentolfe, Alex Ham, Henko Holtzhausen and Eddie Forster showed that they could adapt equally to light or stormy conditions. We need more of this youthful enthusiasm in the 505 class.
On the registration and measurement the wind was howling offshore making conditions very tricky near the slipway. Conditions during the regatta ranged from light wind and sunny skies on the first day to rain and squalls of over 20 knots on the last day. This venue boasts a rich sea life including whales, dolphins, seals and of course sharks in a beautiful bay with ideal sailing conditions.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN 505 CLASS RACING ASSOCIATION - Minutes of the 2009 AGM
THE SOUTH AFRICAN 505 CLASS RACING ASSOCIATION
The minutes of the 505 AGM held on the 26th of September 2009 at Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club
Van Nimwegen regatta report
Van Nimwegen Regatta at Aeolians, Vaal Dam
Although the "wind gods" did not have much in store for the seven 505ers on the weekend of 5 and 6 September, our bridge officer, Cor Langhout deserves all praise for making the best of a bad case by wasting no time, setting courses quickly and starting us. In this way he succeeded in getting four races in on the Saturday, making the best use of the little wind there was. Thank you, Cor, you made our weekend!
INTERNATIONAL 505 CLASS YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION - Minutes of the 2009 AGM
INTERNATIONAL 505 CLASS YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION
Minutes of the 2009 Annual General Meeting
Held at St Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, California, USA
Thursday 17th. September 2009 at 9:15am.
