505 Northvaal championships – Vaal Cruising Association, April 2008
The 2008 Northvaal Championships were held at VCA over the weekend 26-28 April 2008. Here is Thomas' race report.
The results have been put up on the results page. There are also some cool photos courtesy of Rene', even the photo finish picture is there, have a look in the gallery!
2008 Northvaals Results & Action Photos
The results of the 2008 Northvaal Provincials are available in the results section.
There are also some excellent photographs courtesy of Rene. Click on the Gallery tab to see the photos.
We look forward to Thomas's race report later this week.
Western Cape Champs Results
Hudson and Rae win 505 Western Cape Champs by a single point! Team Funke was in close second with R Holm and D Rother coming in third!
ROUND THE ISLAND IN GOOD COMPANY - Albrecht Holm
Good company is, well you should know, a lot of 505’s well sailed! Seven 505's in the top 14 is well sailed!
I enjoyed Thomas’ report on this years’ RTI and would like to add my impressions and interpretations of the event as well as the lessons learnt from it.
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?
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.
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.
2007 Nationals Final Results
The President of the South African 505 Class Association is proud to announce the top 3 positions in the 2007 505 Nationals sailed at Aeolians from the 22nd-24th September.
1. Thomas Funke & Peter Funke
2. Graeme Willcox & Tiffany Baring-Gould
3. Albrecht Holm & Warwick Ham
Well done you guys!
The complete results can be found on the results page.
Nationals 07 - Provisional results out
505 Nationals 2007, Aeolians, Vaal Dam
The 505 nationals at Aeolians featured 17 boats, ideal sailing conditions and some of the most competitive racing seen in the 505 fleet for some time, with the lead changing constantly throughout each race. Especially encouraging was the number of new young faces seen for the first time in the 505 class.
Three provinces were represented, i.e. Western Cape, Natal, and Northvaal, and our thanks goes out to those who travelled up from the Cape and Natal to take part.
The official results are unfortunately not yet available as they are subject to a protest hearing which is to take place on Thursday 27th September. We will keep you informed as to the outcome.
Luckily this only influences the first two places so for the rest of us the provisional results are under the Results link.
505 Nationals Prep Training
Eight boats arrived at Aeolians early this morning for measurement and training in preparation for the 505 Nationals next long weekend.