Topic: Technical
The new items published under this topic are as follows.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.
How do we get new boats into the country?
The 505 class executive aims to build the class nationally. (i.e. in more than 2 provinces in South Africa) Remember we are aiming to build the class with quality, active boats. At this stage we are not necessarily looking for world championship winning boats, although this should be an important aspect of our ultimate aim.
The three initiatives coming out of discussions between active sailors are:
1. Building hulls locally.
2. Importing a container load of 2nd hand boats.
3. Importing new boats.
505 hull calibration
Getting your 505 to perform well on the racecourse requires a lot of attention to detail. Take the first step with this static (dry land) hull calibration worksheet and checklist recently updated (with pictures!) for RSA8520.
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!
