Denmark Worlds - Boats loaded
The 5 South African teams competing in the 2010 505 Worlds in Aarhus, Denmark loaded their boats into the container on the 7th June 2010.
You can see pictures from the container packing exercise in the gallery. Just once again wanted to thank Peter for all the effort in arranging the container and shipping, a massive task. I also think we should get him to sing Madonna, "Like a Virgin" at the worlds with his nice little reflector vest ;-) See the photo!
With the boats shipped sailing training will be difficult, but concentrated fitness training will continue in the winter months, while everyone else is watching the Soccer World Cup over June-July.
5 boats were loaded and the container should return with 3 second hand boats destined for Durban, Cape Town and Knysna, to further grow the fleets there.
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.
Day 5 Worlds, San Francisco
Light winds, which made for some very interesting sailing
Day 4 Worlds San Francisco
LIGHT WIND!!!!! Can you handle that!
Day 3 Worlds San Francisco
Day 3 Saw another 25 knots by race 2
505 Worlds Day 2
Day 2 saw another two mast breakages in the fleet.
SAP World Championships DAY 1
Absolute Carnage. 33 knots, 6 broken masts and 5 bent!!!
DAY # 3 Pre Worlds
22 Knots again! Epic stuff!
See the final results on:
https://event-manager.compete-at.com/Manager/event/results.do?eid=719
Read further!
Note: Well done Peter and Ewert on your 31st place overall out of 69 competitors in the North American Nationals.
The event was won by Mike Martin and Jeff Nelson.
DAY #2 Pre-worlds
Day 2 and another 25 knots day!!!!
Ewert has a slight back injury and Peter sailed with another crew Mike Jew.
Typical wind pattern 15 knots in the morning strenthening to 22-25knots in the afternoon.
Boat setup is critical in these conditions.
Read on!
Day # 1 Pre-Worlds
3 mast breaks on the first day already...The wind really blows here!
Team SA had a good first beat with a clean first row start. We were somewhat sluggish off the start, being under powered slightly in around 12 knots of breeze.
The wind increased to about 22 knots by the end of the race and increased further therafter. We missed the second race to save the boat for the worlds.
