Topic: Technical
The new items published under this topic are as follows.Have you recently broken a mast?
The class currently has 3 M2 masts in stock, fully rigged by Holger Jess to the World Champions specs. These masts have just been landed from Germany and are brand new. Have a look in the classified section, the full specification of the M2 masts are given.
The M2 masts are a lot stiffer laterally (sideways), yet still very flexible fore and aft and are used by the majority of teams in the top 20.
If there are any M5 bolts on your boat, you would not be doing anything wrong by replacing them with M6, especially if it saves you a mast. It is also good practice to regularly check your rigging to ensure that you have no failures while on the water.
Warwick
505 action in the Western Cape
The 505 class has recently been very active in the Western Cape area.
The report from Graeme: There was a distance race sailed at Voeglevlei this weekend, there were two 505's there. Grant Ballantyne and Ruan de Hart. I have not spoken to them, but from what I heard, the wind was great.
Our next regatta we are looking forward to is the WP Points series regatta at Theewaterskloof dam. We have definitely, four boats going, if we can motivate Dave Rae and Dudley Isaacs, then we could get up to 6!
