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Here is the PDF: 2013-505NAs-NOR

#8060 is now owned by Jeff Graham and me (Paul Bryan) in Toronto, we picked it up August 2011.

This is what my harness looks like:

Hi all,

I’ve had back and forth correspondence with various people on the transport of Canadian 505′s to/from Barbados. The two quotes we have at the moment are around $9,000 for a 40′ from Toronto to Barbados and back.

The following is the text of an e-mail from Pip Pearson

“Hi Angus,
Keep in touch with the details for your 40” container freight costs.
Pursue your transport companies on the basis that you are representing your Country at a World Championship event and actively seek a “special rate”. .
As Peter Gilkes explained the “Geest deal” was a special price from Geest, covering the routes that their company covers.
The Organising Committee is actively pursuing other possibilities for favourable freight rates.
From within the parameters of the Sponsorship funding, we will be attempting to provide the maximum incentive for competitors to attend.
Once the final sponsorship is “signed off” we can then determine what freight subsidies we MAY be able to offer in order to subsidise the freight costs for the non-European competitors.
i.e. Canada, USA, Australia and South Africa.
In an “ideal world” it would be great if we could offer freight assistance to all the non-European countries, so that all competitors could arrive at the venue for the same freight cost.
I’m not suggesting that this is possible, but we will “bending over backwards” to assist where we can to ensure the maximum number of entries.
Cheers,
Pip”

So it seems as if there MIGHT be some relief in freight charges but we’ll have to wait to see. Interestingly enough I was sailing with Marco Giraldi who was at the La Rochelle Worlds and he recalled Pip syaing there that all boats would be charged the same freight rate. He also checked with Ethan Bixby who had similar recollections!

I don’t think that HST is charged on the shipping but will verify. I’m not sure how many boats will finally go – are there any others who have expressed interest?

I’ll keep you posted

Angus

I’d be surprised if results appeared anywhere on the web since I saw that the results were hand-written. It was a light air regatta, very little trapezing, only for brief moments here and there. Only one race on Saturday, the wind died after the second race was started and it got cancelled. Three races on Sunday, the wind was from the north for the first race (system), transitioning to a light thermal for the second race (south). It was the established light termal for the last race which was pretty much started after the 1PM time limit in desperation from the race comitee. They did a good job considering the very light winds. So Jeff won every single race, his crew was a local from RCYC, we had absolutely no chance, although Marie could be seen a few times on the course ahead of him. I was crewing for Marg and it was actually good fun to be battling with Marie with Stephane as crew. We were 2-2-3 and she was 3-3-2 so it was match racing between Marie and Marg for the last race and the second place at the canadians. We managed to beat Marie on the last leg of that race, purely on tactics because she had been beating us on every single upwind, while we had been beating her on every single downwind. There’s been speculation that Marg’s spinnaker, the P&B Monster Mac, did better than Marie’s Ullman, but I’m working on a theory for which the single pole system is better in light airs than the double pole system. At least this theory could save me some money and work for a little while. The OHCC is a nice little club, it looks a lot more like LDSC or KSC than NSC. I’m used to RCYC when going to Toronto, so I was not prepared for free food, free beer, free wine, no shower facility, no dress code, but parking next to the boat and water.

Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stilpaul/sets/72157631662978626

canadian championship results – 505

Sailing in Toronto can bring you marvelous waves.

The organiser for the 505 worlds in Barbados has been in touch with me (he picked up the Canadian Championship contact details) to push for Canadian entries for the 2013 worlds.  He sent the attached presentation and it would be good to link it in with the Canadian website (or e-mail it to the Canadian fleets) as it gives a lot of information on the event.  They are checking with Canadian shippers about a Canadian container and I’m waiting for pricing etc but it might be that any Canadian boats would have to link up with the US shipper.  I’ll give you an update on that when I hear from them.  At the moment they have 21 boats registered from the UK, 27 from Germany and four containers booked for Australia so it looks as if the fleet will be well over 100 boats (but not as high as La Rochelle).

505 Presentation in La Rochelle

NOTICE OF RACE

International ⁵O⁵  Canadian Championship

International Contender Fall Finale

Outer Harbour Centreboard Club
14 Regatta Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

29th-30th September 2012

Entry fee Can/US $100 per boat (505); Can/US $50 per boat (Contender)

Eligibility:
505 Class only:at least one person in each boat must be a paid-up member of a national section of the International ⁵O⁵ Class association.

Insurance:
Each yacht shall carry a minimum of $500,000 of liability insurance. Proof of insurance will be required with registration.

 Schedule of Events

Sailing area:

Races will be held on Lake Ontario south of Toronto Islands unless weather and safety conditions dictate otherwise in which case the races will be held in the Outer Harbour.

Directions

From West of Toronto:
Take the Queen Elizabeth Way then the Gardiner Expressway to the Jarvis Street Exit. Keep Right at the fork in the ramp and merge onto Lakeshore Blvd E. After about 0.7mi (1.2km) the road bends round to the right and you keep right to join Cherry Street. Go over the two bridges to Unwin Ave. (if you get into Cherry Beach Park you have gone about 100 yds too far!). Turn left at Unwin and then take the first street right (Regatta Rd.) then turn left past the stop sign to OHCC.

From East of Toronto:
Take the 401 West to the Don Valley then the Don Valley south to the Lakeshore Exit. (NB This exit is on the LEFT) Continue across Lakeshore Blvd then turn right at Commissioners Street and continue to Cherry Street. Turn left at Cherry then over one bridge to Unwin Ave. (if you get into Cherry Beach Park you have gone about 100 yds too far!). Turn left at Unwin and then take the first street right (Regatta Rd.) then turn left past the stop sign to OHCC. If you are coming along Kingston Road then Lakeshore Blvd, you must turn left at Leslie, then right just before the Leslie St. Spit and follow Unwin Ave past the power station. Regatta Rd is 1st on the left after the power station.

Registration:Payment and waiver signing on–site but please confirm attendance to Angus Ross by sending registration by e-mail, or details by phone before 5pm, Sep 17th.

Boats can be left at OHCC prior to the Saturday. For those arriving early on the Friday there will be an informal practice on the Friday afternoon.

Angus contacts:

E-mail: landaconcepts@rogers.com

Telephone: (416) 266-2025

REGISTRATION FORM

INTERNATIONAL ⁵O⁵ CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

INTERNATIONAL CONTENDER OPEN REGATTA

Outer Harbour Centreboard Club, Toronto

29th-30th September, 2012

BOAT: 505 or CONTENDER

SAIL #:

SKIPPER:

ADDRESS

TEL:

MEMBER OF NATIONAL 505 ASSOCIATION: YES/NO/NA

HOME SAILING/YACHT CLUB:

CREW:

ADDRESS

TEL:

MEMBER OF NATIONAL 505 ASSOCIATION: YES/NO/NA

ENTRY FEE: 505: C$100 / CONTENDER: C$50 __________

ADDITIONAL SATURDAY DINNERS # @ C$10 __________

TOTAL PAID BY CASH/CHEQUE (TO OHCC) __________

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