2017 505 Worlds Regatta Results

Full reports were created day-by-day for immediate release by the the worlds committee.  The complete list of official press releases is listed below.  There was no report from the final day of racing.  Mike Holt and and Carl Smit clinched the world title by the end of Day 4.

SAP 505 Worlds Day 1 Report
SAP 505 Worlds Day 2 Report
SAP 505 Worlds Day 3 Report
SAP 505 Worlds Day 4 Report

Cumulative Results

1. IO Integration, Mike Holt / Carl Smit , USA - 2 -1 -[15] -5 -3 -1 -3 -[89] ; 15
2. Mike's Boat, Mike Martin / Adam Lowry , USA - 8 -[21] -[25] -6 -2 -6 -1 -3 ; 26
3. Gill Race Team, Andy Smith / Roger Gilbert , UK - 10 -3 -6 -2 -5 -3 -[15] -[16] ; 29
4. Its Big Its White , Edward Conrads / Brian Haines , USA - 9 -6 -7 -1 -4 -[20] -6 -[12] ; 33
5. P and B Race Team, Ian Pinnell / Dave Shelton , UK - 4 -4 -8 -[21] -[10] -7 -5 -8 ; 36
6. Team Rooster, Tyler Moore / Rob Woelfel , USA - 3 -[25] -[27] -15 -6 -2 -8 -4 ; 38
7. Frozen Banana, Howard Hamlin / Andy Zinn , USA - 1 -5 -4 -[41] -8 -18 -[89] -7 ; 43
8. 8929, Kai Bertallot / Jan Reifferscheidt , GER - 15 -9 -[35] -29 -1 -4 -2 -[36] ; 60
9. Ovington Boats, Nathan Batchelor / Norman Byrd , GBR - 23 -2 -11 -4 -[27] -[32] -20 -5 ; 65
10. Bikini Atoll, Angela Stenger / Skipper: Nikola Birkner , GER - 19 -10 -1 -14 -20 -[89] -[28] -2 ; 66
11. Bessy, Christopher Segerblom / Eric Anderson , USA - [29] -8 -23 -[25] -14 -8 -7 -9 ; 69
12. License to Kill, Matthew Barry / Thomas Barrows , USA - [22] -12 -18 -19 -[24] -17 -4 -1 ; 71
13. Toxic Asset, Jesse Falsone / Chris Behm , USA - 17 -16 -3 -8 -[89] -16 -12 -[24] ; 72
14. SUP, Douglas Hagan / Shane Illidge , USA - 6 -7 -9 -9 -[38] -27 -[33] -14 ; 72
15. 505, Philippe Boite / Florian Corbel , FRA - 11 -18 -[30] -7 -13 -[19] -19 -6 ; 74
16. blue boat, Kevin Taugher / Reeve Dunn , USA - 5 -20 -19 -10 -11 -[89] -16 -[37] ; 81
17. Park Miller LLC, Stuart Park / Ryan Cox , USA - 7 -[31] -[41] -27 -9 -13 -9 -18 ; 83
18. Pressure Drop, Ethan Bixby / Parry Barclay , USA - 18 -19 -2 -22 -[36] -5 -[27] -25 ; 91
19. NESS, Drew Buttner / Mark Zagol , USA - 21 -[36] -[47] -3 -18 -26 -13 -19 ; 100
20. compensation-partner.de, Tim Boeger / Finn Boeger , GER - 14 -11 -[38] -[55] -7 -25 -11 -34 ; 102
21. Soaked, Nigel Lott / Bob Franks , AUS - 24 -14 -[31] -17 -23 -10 -23 -[89] ; 111
22. Swear jar, Malcolm Higgins / Marcus Cooper , AUS - 16 -24 -26 -[37] -[31] -23 -24 -11 ; 124
23. IBIYCYHI, A.J. Conrads / Richard Mundell , USA - 20 -28 -[43] -[39] -16 -34 -21 -10 ; 129
24. Highway 95 Revisited, Macy Nelson / Russell Miller , USA - 32 -[62] -29 -12 -15 -24 -17 -[57] ; 129
25. USA8913, Dan Herlihy / Austin Powers , USA - 12 -26 -17 -31 -[48] -[62] -22 -22 ; 130
26. USA 9005, Gordon Russell / Martin Goult , USA - [44] -35 -13 -18 -[56] -11 -26 -28 ; 131
27. bottle of red bottle of white, chris lewns / Jarrod Simpson , UK - 30 -[45] -[40] -20 -21 -9 -14 -38 ; 132
28. The Mechanic, Tudor Owen / Thomas Bruton , GBR - [41] -27 -[55] -13 -30 -22 -18 -29 ; 139
29. Magic Marine, Jens Findel / Johannes Tellen , USA - 46 -43 -12 -[89] -17 -12 -10 -[89] ; 140
30. Big Red Dog, Kerry Poe / Paul VonGrey , USA - 13 -[42] -33 -[60] -12 -33 -30 -40 ; 161
31. OCCY 2, Mark Stowell / Adam Brenz-Verca , AUS - 28 -[50] -24 -16 -28 -31 -34 -[42] ; 161
32. USA 8851, Ted Huebner / Mike Komar , USA - 27 -[47] -22 -26 -[35] -35 -35 -17 ; 162
33. Earle Grey, Earle Alexander / Ian Gregg , AUS - 25 -22 -34 -[36] -25 -29 -32 -[89] ; 167
34. Lookadatla, Peter Scannell / John Dunlea , IRL - 33 -[49] -45 -24 -29 -14 -29 -[54] ; 174
35. Swagman, Michael Coe / Ali Meller , USA - 35 -29 -28 -35 -40 -[89] -[89] -15 ; 182
36. KE ATAO IV, Herve de Kergariou / Guillaume de Kergariou , FRA - [50] -17 -20 -11 -46 -[54] -43 -50 ; 187
37. 904, Benton Amthor / Doug Amthor , USA - 31 -[89] -16 -33 -[52] -38 -42 -30 ; 190
38. FB Incognito , Tom Crawford / Pierre Jeangirard , USA - [55] -15 -[73] -32 -32 -43 -50 -26 ; 198
39. Sojourner, Lin Robson / Matthew Gardiner , USA - [57] -32 -5 -44 -51 -[72] -46 -21 ; 199
40. Boaty McBoatface, Curtis Hartmann / Michael Quirk , AUS - 39 -34 -50 -[89] -26 -15 -36 -[89] ; 200
41. More Desperate Measures, Jeff Boyd / Rachael Boyd , CAN - [60] -33 -14 -30 -42 -[51] -38 -47 ; 204
42. Tamaki, Paul Scoffin / Brendan Heussler , USA - [49] -[44] -37 -42 -22 -36 -37 -39 ; 213
43. Bench Mark, Henry Amthor / Dustin Romey , USA - 26 -[71] -52 -40 -34 -21 -41 -[58] ; 214
44. No Retreat, Dylan Breton / Matthew Breton , USA - 43 -[72] -49 -53 -19 -[71] -45 -13 ; 222
45. Hatoup, Catherine Guiader / Christopher Brady , USA - 48 -30 -53 -28 -[89] -[70] -62 -20 ; 241
46. SailingBits.com, Dean Souter / Brad Clarke , AUS - 54 -13 -21 -34 -[89] -[89] -31 -89 ; 242
47. Little Bluenose, Jesper Bülow / Søren Asboe Jørgensen , DEN - 47 -40 -[87] -[89] -37 -28 -40 -56 ; 248
48. Dr. Crash, Doug Watson / Gabriel Watson , USA - [64] -48 -10 -38 -50 -41 -[89] -62 ; 249
49. Jane's Addiction, Kelsey Averill / Michael Renda , USA - 42 -[57] -[66] -43 -43 -47 -48 -31 ; 254
50. Miami Vice, mike powell / Lee Laney , USA - 53 -[68] -[61] -45 -41 -39 -44 -41 ; 263
51. LEE Sails, Amy Lee / Justin Mulkearns , AUS - [65] -41 -42 -49 -33 -53 -49 -[63] ; 267
52. Rock Beat, Roger Deane / Nigel Deane , GBR - [73] -[70] -57 -63 -59 -30 -25 -51 ; 285
53. Blondage, Duane Delfosse / Sol Marini , USA - 62 -52 -58 -[71] -39 -[89] -39 -35 ; 285
54. Giiamari, Petri Ebeling / Antti Salonen , FIN - 40 -56 -39 -[66] -49 -36 -[89] -65 ; 285
55. The Great Pumpkin, Katherine Long / Dan Ginther , USA - 38 -38 -[67] -58 -54 -[68] -58 -48 ; 294
56. Battleship, Brendan Connell / Steve Lovshin , USA - 52 -37 -85 -50 -[89] -44 -[89] -27 ; 295
57. Serendipity, Stuart Turnbull / Andy Forman , GBR - 56 -51 -56 -[73] -47 -[69] -54 -32 ; 296
58. FIG JAM, Jake Spracher / Jay Smith , USA - [71] -54 -36 -48 -[89] -49 -65 -55 ; 307
59. 505, Marek Balinski / Barney Harris , CAN - [75] -64 -63 -65 -53 -40 -[89] -23 ; 308
60. White Wood Sailing Team, Przemek Zagorski / Michal Olko , POL - 34 -[89] -69 -47 -[71] -42 -52 -66 ; 310
61. Larissa, Georg Mittermayer / Dirk Barteldt , GER - [82] -23 -74 -[79] -55 -37 -47 -78 ; 314
62. Schneller, Kaila Pfrang / Anna Patterson , USA - 68 -59 -[76] -23 -[73] -67 -55 -44 ; 316
63. Mystery, Marie Gendron / David Brown , CAN - 58 -[76] -32 -[70] -62 -60 -56 -61 ; 329
64. Noch Schneller, Christopher Pfrang / Eric Schwab , USA - 71 -46 -77 -52 -[89] -52 -[89] -33 ; 331
65. 8937, Tim Murphy / Matt Merchant , USA - 51 -[67] -[71] -64 -61 -46 -61 -53 ; 336
66. Devils Haircut, matt Hansen / Crazy John McLean , AUS - [81] -61 -59 -68 -44 -48 -57 -[79] ; 337
67. Yes Dear!, Anne Fitzpatrick / Christian Pittack , USA - 37 -[89] -60 -[77] -45 -58 -89 -49 ; 338
68. 8194, Clark Hayes / Clayton James , USA - 36 -[75] -64 -[69] -65 -63 -59 -52 ; 339
69. Yabsta, Gary Taylor / Brett Wright , BER - 59 -53 -46 -59 -[70] -64 -[71] -59 ; 340
70. FRA 9086, Neidhart Elisabeth / David De Monteil , FRA - 45 -55 -51 -46 -[89] -[89] -89 -60 ; 346
71. Eighteen, Brett Bowden / Arielle Darrow , AUS - [69] -65 -[80] -54 -64 -61 -63 -43 ; 350
72. Red Rocket, Shona Moss Lovshin / Devlin Lovshin , CAN - 79 -60 -54 -61 -57 -[89] -[89] -45 ; 356
73. Team Trouble, Sterling Spruill / Steve Taylor , USA - 70 -[74] -[79] -67 -63 -45 -53 -64 ; 362
74. Poly Styrene, Michael Parramore / Marco Giraldi , USA - 66 -58 -44 -[75] -68 -59 -69 -[71] ; 364
75. Send it!, Paul Place / Nicolas Tosi , CAN - [77] -69 -[78] -56 -70 -66 -66 -46 ; 373
76. Red Baron, Richard Hyde / Lindsay Hyde , AUS - 63 -[73] -72 -[74] -60 -50 -60 -68 ; 373
77. Ultravires, Jim McGillivray / Ian Wilson , UK - 72 -63 -65 -[76] -69 -57 -51 -[73] ; 377
78. Safety Word, Bryan Richardson / Ashley Love , USA - [89] -39 -48 -51 -[89] -89 -89 -67 ; 383
79. The Shocker, Ian Conners / Jimmie Cockerill , USA - 61 -[79] -68 -72 -[89] -55 -72 -69 ; 397
80. Applesap, Shiro Noguchi / Takao Fijita , JPN - 76 -66 -[89] -62 -67 -[89] -64 -75 ; 410
81. Kryptonite, Brian Trainor / Mike Poulos , CAN - 78 -77 -[81] -[81] -58 -56 -68 -74 ; 411
82. Wicked Pissa, David Burchfiel / Bob Williams , USA - [84] -82 -62 -80 -[89] -65 -67 -70 ; 426
83. 505, Patrick Mcgale / langdon junge , GBR - 74 -80 -70 -57 -75 -[89] -[89] -77 ; 433
84. Hodor, Paul Andron / Chris Drury , USA - [86] -84 -84 -84 -[89] -73 -70 -72 ; 467
85. A Salt Weapon, John Macarthur-King / Sarah Macarthur-King , AUS - 85 -78 -75 -82 -72 -[89] -[89] -76 ; 468
86. Matilda, David Neal , USA - 80 -81 -[82] -78 -75 -[89] -73 -81 ; 468
87. Covfefe, Eric Konieczynski / Kyra Tallon , USA - 83 -83 -83 -83 -[89] -[89] -89 -89 ; 510

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2017 North Americans Regatta Report - by Drew Buttner and Craig Thompson

The 2017 505 North American Championship was contested over four June days on the beautiful Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts. The event was hosted by the Community Boating Center in New Bedford, and all the competitors left with big smiles on their faces as the venue, the race management, the social schedule, and the bay delivered.

Historic Fort Taber

 25 teams made historic Fort Taber their home base for the long weekend, which meant a short 15 minute sail to the starting line. Situated on the lee side of a point at the base of the sea breeze, Fort Taber offered an ideal location to launch from. The New Bedford Whaling Museum hosted everyone Thursday night and gave everyone a look back into the 1900's whaling community. Racing during the event was spectacular with four very different days.

Fleet on the second reach leg of a Worlds Course, Day 1

Day 1 was champagne sailing with 12-15 knots and sunny skies.  A mixture of 505 worlds courses (W/L, Triangle, W/L) and double W/L courses were sailed throughout the regatta. Races were generally 50-70 minutes long allowing for sufficient time to pass and to be passed; many races were decided on the last downwind leg which provided adequate passing lanes. 3 races were held with Howie Hamlin and Andy Zinn asserting their early dominace on the fleet. Craig Thompson and Mike Curtin put together a solid first day to hold 2nd place going into day 2.

Hamlin and Zinn finish close in front of Thompson and Curtin in Race 3

Day 2 brought 20-25 knots and enormous waves launching many 505s into the air exposing both blades as they skipped over the waves upwind. Two races were held with the wind opposing the tide, until the breeze freshend further turing the sail back to the fort into a true test of seamanship. The volunteers and the CBC staff did a fantastic job on the water ensuring all boats, including those that had equipment damage, made it safely back to shore. Howie and Andy and Ted Conrads and Jeff Nelson both set themselves apart from the fleet in the big breeze, with finishes of 2-1 and a 1-3 respectively.

Conrads and Nelson proved fast and proficient in big breeze and big waves

Kivney and Russell getting some air time around the top mark

Barry and Barrowes had great speed on day 2

Hamlin and Zinn approaching the finish at speed

Day 3 was a light 5-7 knots, with two races held after a postponement on shore. Chris Behn and Jesse Falsone put together a solid day with two third place finishes putting them in striking distance of the top three going into the final day.

Day 3 was a much different condition, testing the sailor's all-around skills

Behm and Falsone proved to be quick in the light air

Day 4 saw 10-15 knots with heavy fog. two races were held in a tricky condition with large disparity between the puffs and the lulls. Limited visibiity also made for some interesting strategy in deciding which side of the course to favor. 505 newcomer Chris Segerblom and Eric Anderson won the day with finishes of 3-1 securing their 8th place overall and the "top young team" award of a brand new jib donated by North Sails. While the winners of the event had already been determined, the fight for second place came down to the last run of the regatta. Thompson and Curtin rounded the last top mark in 3rd place, but opted for a standard set onto starboard. Behm and Falsone gybe-set onto what proved to be the heavily favored side of the course downwind and had a great run to finish 4th in the race and secure 2nd place overall. Conrads and Nelson finished out 1 point back in third overall.

From left to right: Andy Herlihy (regatta chair), Andy Zinn, Howie Hamlin, Sam Vineyard (PRO)

Top young team Eric Anderson and Chris Segerblom

Third place team of Ted Conrads and Jeff Nelson

Second place team of Jesse Falsone and Chris Behm

The race management lead by Sam Vineyard handled the changing conditions perfectly. In the end, the team of Howie and Andy proved to be faster, smarter, and more consistent than the balance of the fleet and were crowned the 2017 505 North American Champions. Howie and Andy have won 3 of the last 4 North Americans and are certainly looking like strong contenders going into the Annapolis Worlds in September.

All photos courtesy of C A Hill Photo. Full gallery of photos can be found here.

Full Results:

Place, Skipper, Crew City, State, Country, Results, Total Points

1. Howard Hamlin, Andy Zinn , Long Beach, CA, USA, 1 -1 -2 -2 -1 -1 -4 -1 -[5] ; 13
2. Chris Behm, Jesse Falsone , Edgewater, MD, USA, 3 -5 -11 -5 -[14] -3 -3 -4 -4 ; 38
3. Ted Conrads, Jeff Nelson , Mill Valley, CA, USA, 5 -4 -12 -1 -3 -4 -1 -9 -[13] ; 39
4. Craig Thompson, Mike Curtin , Rye, NH, USA, 4 -2 -3 -6 -7 -2 -[10] -8 -8 ; 40
5. Tyler Moore , Rob Woelfel, Hampton, VA, USA, [26] -11 -4 -3 -8 -6 -2 -2 -6 ; 42
6. Michael Quirk, Curtis Hartmann , Kensington, MD, USA, [10] -3 -8 -4 -2 -5 -8 -7 -10 ; 47
7. Mark Zagol, Drew Buttner , Westwood, MA, USA, 7 -7 -1 -[16] -12 -8 -15 -5 -3 ; 58
8. Chris Segerblom, Eric Anderson , Mountain View, CA, USA, 9 -10 -[13] -11 -4 -9 -13 -3 -1 ; 60
9. Henry Amthor, Reeve Dunne , Hampton, VA, USA, [16] -13 -10 -8 -9 -7 -7 -6 -2 ; 62
10. Matthew Barry, Thomas Barrows , New York, NY, USA, 2 -6 -6 -10 -6 -10 -6 -17 -[18] ; 63
11. Macy Nelson, Russell Miller , Baltimore, MD, USA, 6 -9 -5 -15 -[26] -16 -5 -10 -9 ; 75
12. Thomas Kivney, Gordon Russell , .Williamstown, MA, USA, 8 -8 -9 -9 -5 -19 -[22] -12 -11 ; 81
13. Michael Komar, John Ingalls , Newport, RI, USA, 11 -17 -15 -7 -[26] -15 -9 -11 -12 ; 97
14. Lin Robson, Unknown , St. Petersburg Beach, FL, USA, 17 -12 -7 -17 -11 -18 -14 -[20] -19 ; 115
15. Barney Harris, Unknown , arlington, va, USA, 19 -14 -[20] -12 -10 -20 -16 -15 -17 ; 123
16. Duane Delfosse, Stuart Park , Windham, NH, USA, 12 -19 -14 -[26] -26 -12 -17 -14 -14 ; 128
17. Dan Herlihy, Jay Smith , Richmond, VA, USA, 13 -16 -[26] -26 -26 -13 -12 -16 -15 ; 137
18. Peter Scannell, Tom Hurwitch , Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, [26] -26 -26 -13 -13 -22 -19 -13 -7 ; 139
19. Catherine Guiader, Chris Brady , Annapolis, MD, USA, 18 -20 -18 -[26] -26 -11 -11 -18 -20 ; 142
20. Marek Balinski, Unknown , Toronto, Ont, CAN, 21 -21 -16 -14 -[26] -14 -21 -21 -21 ; 149
21. Doug Watson, Gabe Watson , Baltimore, MD, USA, 14 -18 -21 -[26] -26 -21 -20 -19 -16 ; 155
22. Marie Gendron, Unknown , St-Zotique, Quebec, CAN, 20 -22 -19 -[26] -26 -17 -18 -22 -26 ; 170
23. Michael Breton, Unknown , Charlestown, RI, USA, 15 -15 -17 -[26] -26 -26 -26 -26 -26 ; 177
24. Bill Platt, Unknown , Madison, CT, USA, [26] -26 -26 -26 -26 -26 -26 -26 -26 ; 208
25. Mike Martin, Adam Lowry , Mill Valley, CA, USA, [26] -26 -26 -26 -26 -26 -26 -26 -26 ; 208

2017 505 North American Championship - New Bedford, MA - June 14-18

The 2017 505 North American Championship will be held June 14-18 in New Bedford, MA at the Community Boating Center. Racing will take place on the famous Buzzards Bay. The NOR is posted and registration is live!

Logistics have been coming together nicely. The city of New Bedford has given us use of Fort Taber which will provide lots of space for the event as well as a leeward beach and a very short sail to the starting line. Races are scheduled to start at 1PM each day ...exactly when the 12-18 knot sea breeze is at its best.

The event team is in place with event chair Andy Herlihy, class rep Drew Buttner, and PRO Sam Vineyard.

Sam has raced 505s in the past and was a previous owner of USA 8762 "The Pump". He has a great track record as PRO having served in the role for J109 North Americans, Swan 42 Nationals, International Canoe NAs, Opti New Englands, as well as many other local events. Joining Sam on the water will be a race committee team of Chip Johns, Caroline Bolick, Sarah Mitchell, Joe Guard, and Mary Levinson.  Discussions are ongoing with a few others as well.  It will be an AWESOME team!

Local information, including accommodation recommendations and venue information, can be found at the event website:

http://www.communityboating.org/505-north-americans/

Please reserve these dates on your calendar in permanent marker!

2016 505 Canadian Championship Report - Evan Jennings

Have you ever wondered how much wind was enough? Yesterday at the Canadians, many if not all of the 11 boats present found out.

As this article in the Squamish Chief tries to convey to a non-sailing audience, there was a ton of breeze. The reliable thermal showed up hard.

 Canadian 5O5 fleet 1 thanks Phil Cragg, an early and constant supporter of the event, who provided his personal motor yacht to the race committee and drove it up from Vancouver to ensure that the regatta would be feasible. Without his drive and encouragement, this regatta wouldn’t have happened.

The race committee did a great job in very deep water and tons of breeze. RO Rob Woodbury, a Olympian in the Finn, and his team Bev Parslow of West Van YC, Mike Unger, Martin Peircy, Andy Hunt and Simeon Faehndrich were very professional and effective.

Fred Grimm took on the thankless task of running shore operations with grace and a smile and kept everyone fed.

Cynthia Des Brisay did the results and Charles Hansen and Brian Trainor did things too numerous to mention with thoughtfulness and generosity.

Kits Yacht Club hosted the event with support from WVYC and SYC.

There would not have been a Canadians if it weren't for the support of the American fleet, who came out in numbers on the Canada Day holiday. (I hope you guys are having a great Fourth!)

Phil Cragg and Reto Corfu leapt to a convincing lead and widened it during the first day, though Mats Elf and Brent Campbell got a foreshadowing bullet when the breeze continued to build at the end of the afternoon. Mats and Brent kept them coming and managed to just edge the Canadians out by the narrowest of margins after two races in 30 knots on Sunday. As Phil aptly put it, the trophy for top Canadian was bittersweet. Paul Von Grey and Miles Johannessen put in a consistently solid performance for 3rd.

What the results don't show, except perhaps by the number of DNS, RET and and DNFs, was that there were times when Squamish harbour looked like a giant nautical yard sale, with capsized boats scattered all over the bay. That said, there were tons of grins on peoples' faces when they got ashore. The speeds were unbelievable. And there were some stand out performances by all. A tip of the hat to Jon and Mike, who had moments of brilliance upwind going low and fast. Also Pierre and Tom - travelling the furthest and putting in a solid performance until an unfortunate strain injury took them out. Hope you come back next time. Tell the other Californians what they missed. Katherine and Josh had a super solid last race, placing 3rd in the strongest winds of the day.

The final rankings:

Sail	Nat	Names	1	2	3	4	5	6	T	N	R
8823	USA	Elf / Campbell	(3)	2	2	1	1	1	10	7	1
8192	CAN	Cragg / Corfu	1	1	1	3	2	(6)	14	8	2
80	USA	Johannessen / Von Grey	2	(4)	3	2	4	2	17	13	3
9116	USA	Long / Dyck	6	(7)	5	6	6	3	33	26	4
8755	CAN	Trainor / Jennings	7	(8)	4	5	7	5	36	28	5
8263	USA	Kowalski / Ginther	5	9	6	(12 DNS)	5	4	41	29	6
8866	CAN	Des Brisay / Hansen	8	3	9	(12 DNS)	3	12 RET	47	35	7
6991	USA	Starks / Flanagan	9	6	7	4	(12 DNS)	12 DNS	50	38	8
8631	USA	Jeangirard / Crawford	4	5	8	(12 DNS)	12 DNS	12 DNS	53	41	9
8017	USA	Seestrom / Poulos	11	(12 DNF)	10	12 RET	12 RET	12 DNS	69	57	10
7206	USA	Fitzpatrick / Pittack	10	(12 RET)	12 DNS	12 DNS	12 DNS	12 DNS	70	58	11

Photos: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByL2DIuIzu5obGZWNFEzQ0dpd2s

2016 SSA Spring Series Report - Ian Connors

(Late posting, this event took place May 14-15, 2016

With the forecast saying everything from 0 to 30 for the weekend, no one quite knew what to expect until they showed up. Saturday saw 10 boats hit the water for two races in a pleasant 8-10kt southerly. A couple of puffs tempted teams to try wire running, but no one took the bait. An impending front began sucking wind out of the race area on the last leg and the fleet elected to wait it out and see if conditions improved. After 20 minutes a westerly filled in to get off the last scheduled race before building enough to provide sun, 12-15kts & the best sail in of the season. Timing was perfect as the front started dumping rain just as the last covers were being tied on.

Jesse convincingly won the first race with yet another "first time back in years" driver, while Henry & Russell made deadly use of motorcycle seating downwind to sail through the fleet on races 2 & 3. (Henry claims it's only so he can use his hoop as a backrest). Macy & Eric captured a bullet as well.

Teams woke up to 59° water, lower air temps, and a full-on westerly blow on Sunday. After a fleet safety discussion, 4 teams agreed to race under the condition that if one team went in our needed assistance racing would be over for the day. Drinks in hand, the rest of the fleet helped launch Henry & Russell, Ian & Eric, Sterge, and Macy & Eric into a steady low to mid 20's with some "forget laylines, I guess we aren't gybing for awhile" puffs. In a race of attrition, Sterge missed the start, Ian had a breakdown after one leg, and Macy missed the finish line- devastatingly dropping from first to second overall though he would have won the race & series. No one is immune from forgetting to check the course!

It was great to see so many new faces out on the water this weekend- especially Gretchen & Lauren making their first appearance in a new to them boat, and Paul with a new crew to the class & significantly more sorted out boat.

2016 Elvstrom Zellerbach Report - Parker Shinn

(Late Posting, this event took place on April 30 through May 1, 2016)

Last weekend St. Francis Yacht Club hosted the biggest Elvstrom/Zellerbach regatta since it’s conception and did so in spite of the fact that only five 5o5’s made it to the start line.  Apparently people thought France was the cool place to be…  Regardless, San Francisco certainly did not fail to deliver once again.  Both days saw great breeze ranging from 12 to 20 knots as well as plenty of devious currents to deal with.

In the first race the ebb was still in full affect making for short upwinds and long downwinds with Jeff Miller stringing together a series of puffs on the last downwind leg to pass Mike Martin and take the bullet.  From there on out though things got a bit trickier with the current.

The flood started to come in on shore with a distinct current line running just to port of the starting line.  If you ventured across it all of a sudden you were sitting in almost 2 knots of current.  While it was fairly clear what to do upwind, the downwind legs got complicated as you tried to weigh sailing toward shore to get into the flood vs. jibe setting into the pressure.  It didn’t seem to matter much for Mike Martin and Adam Lowry though.  They had a different gear from the rest of us once the breeze came up and finished the day with 2 bullets.

Day 2 started with a long postponement on shore and had some of us wondering if the breeze would fill in at all.  The wind was oscillating between North and East and the westerly wasn’t forecasted to fill in until 2pm.  Luckily though… the breeze filled in early and by the time we got on the water there was 15 knots on the course.

With the later start the current was already flooding hard on shore so most people wanted to start on port and get right as quickly as possible.  I thought we finally got lucky in the first race when a third of the way up the last beat Mike and Adam broke the primary line on their boom vang.  We pinched to get above them as they fiddled in the boat and didn’t think we’d see them again for the rest of the race.  We should’ve known better.  In the last 200 yards of the beat they hooked into a nice righty and made up a ton of distance.  Then on the downwind it was their turn to get a lucky break when our spinnaker pole popped off the mast twice.

In the last race it was Bob Tennant and Steve Bourdow who were able to get the boat ripping and challenge Mike’s speed.  They beat him to the top on both laps and only got passed on the downwinds… hey doesn’t that sound backwards?  Mike held him off at the finish, but not without exposing his mortality.

In the end it was a great regatta with plenty of breeze along with big shifts and current to navigate.  Despite the less than stellar turnout it seems like the rest of the fleet have had enough stinky cheese so Santa Cruz next weekend is going to be awesome.  Make sure you don’t miss it!

2016 Santa Cruz Spring 505 Regatta - Mike Holt

(Late Posting, this regatta was held on May 14-15, 2016)

Eleven boats turned up in Santa Cruz for the late Spring regatta, with many excuses made for non attendance…. For the eleven that did race, wow. Santa Cruz is one of those venues that when it is good, it is great, although it is not always that way. For me, Santa Cruz memories are made up of big rolling waves, cold water and strong breezes, conditions that in my mind John Westell designed the perfect weapon for. It would be hard to imagine sailing in those conditions in many other boats!

Well, this past weekend delivered the stuff of dreams! Saturday, sunny, fresh breeze and great rolling waves. Breeze was agreed to be around 18 knots for the most part and oddly for Santa Cruz the wind was strongest closest to the shore. With a tight and crowded line and a very competitive fleet, starting was not the easiest of maneuvers to complete, but as usual as soon as you did you were looking for your first opportunity to get onto port and head for the right hand corner. Race 1 for me was a bit of a blur and for the first time in a while, Rob and I managed to put the boat in a board up position right at the first leeward mark, giving the following boats a more difficult challenge to round it! We were off the pace Saturday and Andy and Howie were racing with Adam and Mike at the front with the rest of us engaged in a tight battle behind. Gybe set was the order of the day and any time you thought otherwise you were punished. Adam and Mike ended with three straight firsts, nice work!

Saturday was good, Sunday if you liked “epic” conditions was about as good as it gets. We were racing in wind and sea conditions that were getting pretty close to the top end, wind steady in the 20’s with gusts close to 30, seas that downwind had our boat equal part airplane and submarine. The course was set up well offshore, which certainly reduced the right hand component of the course, but all of us being pre conditioned to go right we saved a few tacks and apart from Steve and guest star Nick pulling off a successful visit to the “other” corner we all hit the right corner. Downwind though the right was the path of choice, more breeze offshore this time and less maneuvering made this the way we went. Over the course of the day’s three races almost everyone had at least one swim and boat handling was thoroughly examined. Race one of the day was won by Steve and Nick and as Rob said in our boat, “If I was them I would head in now and call it good!” Handily taking down some of the best heavy weather 5O5 sailors in the World, in their backyard. The rest of the day was a blur of spray and fun and Rob and I came out best with a 2,1,2 scoreline to close the point gap on the first two boats but not enough to change the standings overall.

• Adam Lowry assisted by Mike Martin. Consistently fastest upwind, slower down 
• Andy Zinn supported by Howie Hamlin. Fast up and down, need to keep the mast side up more
• Rob Woelfel dragging Mike Holt around. Off the pace Saturday, better Sunday
• Steve Bourdow, needed two drivers to get through the weekend, Mark Christensen Saturday, Nick Adamson Sunday. Either combo sailing fast and challenging the front hard.
• Reeve Dunne managed by Parker Shinn. Steady day Saturday, followed by disappointing gear failure on Sunday. Warranty work for Mike?
• Pat Diola assisted by Jeff Miller. Didn’t seem to have their usual wheels and “protected” the ship for the NA’s on Sunday
• Rich Mundel handled by Bruce Edwards. Despite only sailing Sunday and Rich driving a minivan, they were right in the mix all day Sunday in the big breeze.
• Rob Waterman Aaron Ross. Competitive upwind, need to work on downwind, another “protecting” the boat for bigger events, or was it bodies?
• Matt Merchant supported by Tim Murphy. Maybe the 10k wasn’t a good idea after all Tim? Sailed well on Saturday, struggling on Sunday.
• Segah Meer assisted by Steve Andreas. Another one day show, this time Saturday but getting around well.
• Bobby Noyes supported by Terry Neff. A “new” boat on the water after a refit by Larry, looking very fast. Not the easiest weekend to start over but acquitted well and survived the conditions.

Results:

http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=12004