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.
Reply to Peter Funke's letter regarding the Van Nimwegen Regatta
To the president of the South African 505 Association.
Sir, I read the following on our 505 webpage and request that my comments on this important issue, as attached to each item, should be published on our
webpage:
This follows comments in a letter from the skipper of RSA 8481 regarding the Van Nimwegen Regatta, in which RSA 8481 retired from the regatta.
Van Nimwegen results amended
Following an inspection of the RSA 8481 mainsail before the 2009 Nationals, it was found that the top batten was not in compliance with the class rules. Before the start of the National event the top batten pocket was repositioned in order to comply with the rules. An enquiry from the class measurer, about the status of the mainsail during the previous event, the van Nimwegen regatta, was raised. The skipper of RSA 8481 replied as follows and the van Nimwegen regatta results were corrected.
Biagio family - New foredeck/skipper arrives!
Mark Biagio proudly announced the birth of their son Ethan, 3 weeks early on the 27th September 2009. (While we were all at the Nationals in Mossel Bay)
Ethan was very early, and weighed in at 2.56kg, so according to Mark, although he first announced him as a foredeck, he is reconsidering him as a potential skipper. I am sure he, who started early, will grow tall and strong and eventually become a mean crew. Crews always start earlier than skippers! :-)
Illona and Ethan are at home and doing well.
Congratulations Mark and Illona!
2009 505 Nationals - 3rd Day "Windy and Wet" - Results out!
The cold front passed over Mossel Bay during the evening and Sunday dawned wet and with more wind than the previous two days.
Was this what the Cape guys had been hoping for?
We got onto the water dressed for the cold, with the conditions clearly favouring the bigger crews.
2009 505 Nationals - 2nd day. Light conditions
The second day at Mossel Bay brought light, overcast and shifty conditions and strengthened the Funke brothers position as regatta leaders
September News
September News is available as sent out by email, download it here
Boat Building Task Team Feedback
The boat building task team recently spent a great deal of effort investigating the feasibility of manufacturing boats locally from moulds which were aquired a number of years ago. Their brief was to locate and collect the most recent mould which was in the KZN area, inspect the mould for compliance with the class rules and then determine if it was feasible for a local builder to manufacture boats locally from this mould.
They also spent time negotiating agreements with local suppliers to assess the costs of locally manufactured and assembled boats.
This report was received recently from Rudolph and CJ.
