RTIR Report - From Thomas Funke
This year’s Round the Island Race was a remarkable one. Sunday, the 3rd of February, dawned with not a breath of wind in the air. Amongst the 505 sailors there was some nervousness as to what the day would bring. Would it be a long day with an average speed of 2 knots…. or a day with record breaking conditions as experienced in 2007?
Ballot on Carbon Spars
Hi Ladies and Gents,
Please receive the ballot form for the proposal on allowing carbon booms and poles in the fleet. Find it here
I would appreciate it if you check with colleagues from other fleets to ensure that every boat owner has access to the ballot, even in other national fleets.
All boat owners should fill in and submit the ballot forms to Peter by email peter@trequity.co.za
New ISAF ruling on Rule 42 !
Hi Guys,
Please familiarise yourselves with the new ruling, as it will be implemented at Palermo. (And should also be used as soon as possible for local events)
Regards
Peter
2008 Charity Regatta Report
On Saturday morning, the 26th of January 2008, eight 505’s met at Rietvlei Dam to race the first race on the 2008 calendar. Tony introduced Dylan Le Roux as a crew, a talented and successful young Laser-sailor. His regular crew Karl has moved to Britain. From all of us here in SA, all the best for you Karl, we hope to meet you somewhere on the water again. Albrecht also gave one member out of his talent-smithy, Peter Schon, a chance to compete in racing. Warwick used the race to teach Tilja Holm some 505 skippering skills, Bronwen collared Tim Gibbons as a new crew, and Andrew Arthur couldn’t find a crew so he sailed on his own. All you guys welcome into our fleet, we want to see you on the water regulary now! Also seen on the busy Rietvlei dam was the Italian Stallion, drifting in a coffin. And this time, there was no pretty woman lying in it together with him. So Mark obviously needs some re-animation after his National-disappointments. We missed Craig and his repaired boat, Kobus and his son, Terrence, who needed a crew and Mike, who missed a great marketing opportunity.
Charity Regatta - Results
Congratulations:
To the 8 boats that took part in this years Charity Regatta - Where were the rest of you?
To Hans and Alan for winning!
To Thomas and Peter for beating the leading FD in at least two races!
To Rudolph and Dirk for finishing third in the first race - You know what that means, don't you!
We can't wait for your regatta report!
Mark should have the results up on the web by Monday morning.
Worlds 2008 - Palermo, Italy
Worlds 2008
At the last Exco meeting held earlier in January 2008, it was decided to support those wishing to attend the worlds in Palermo, Italy later this year.
Who is interested in going to Palermo from 4-19 October 2008?
Visit the worlds website at http://www.505worlds2008.com and start making your plans.
Charity Regatta - Pretuning/Training
Hi all,
Remember about Charity Regatta at PSC 26-27th Jan 2008.
Thomas will be tuning this Saturday and if you need help he has offered. You can also join them sailing afterwards, just to get back on the water.
The FD's have their unofficial nationals on the same weekend as the Charity Regatta at PSC. I am challenging any 505 to beat the leading FD (Nigel Trevarthin), no handicap challenge, you must be over the line ahead of the winning FD. There is a prize for each crew and skipper who achieves this;-)
Albrecht has been doing some basic training at Aeolians recently and last weekend had 3 boats on the water training 2 new crews and 1 new skipper. Well done, we will see at least two of the new trainees in action at the Charity regatta.
2007 VLC CUP
So coming third in the first race in a regatta means you have to write the report. A few months back I thought it a good idea, as, hell Im a long way off. Turns out you change places, skipper and boat and … voila! … im writing the report.
505 action at the Theewaterskloof Points Series
Fresh news in from Graeme on what is happening down in the Western Cape.
This past weekend, the western Province points regatta was held at Theewaterskloof Dam. We had all the 505’s in the Western Cape sailing, all 4 boats. (Come on NorthVaal, match the 100% attendance at your next regatta!).
International News from Dirk
The ten events selected by the ISAF Council for the
2012 Olympic Sailing Competition are:
One person dinghy - Men
One person dinghy heavy - Men
Two person dinghy - Men
Two person dinghy high performance - Men
Windsurfer - Men
Keelboat - Men
One person dinghy - Women
Two person dinghy - Women
Keelboat match racing - Women
Windsurfer - Women
That means, the Tornado/ Katamerans and 470/man are out!