Comments for The Canadian 505 Class Association http://www.505.ca A member of the world's 505 sailing community Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:32:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on The Famous Chuck Hansen Sticker! by DaveAdams http://www.505.ca/the-famous-chuck-hansen-sticker/#comment-228 DaveAdams Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:32:08 +0000 http://www.505.ca//?p=1150#comment-228 Thanks for this information. Perhaps I can suggest this at the next AGM. Thanks for this information. Perhaps I can suggest this at the next AGM.

]]> Comment on The Famous Chuck Hansen Sticker! by Dave Bradly http://www.505.ca/the-famous-chuck-hansen-sticker/#comment-227 Dave Bradly Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:11:12 +0000 http://www.505.ca//?p=1150#comment-227 Staples Business Printing do my waterproof 4 colour stickers for CCI. They are less than $5 each IF you buy say 2-300 of them. Not sure we need that many, but happy to get you a quote from them for say 100. They seem cheaper than anyone else. cheers, Dave Staples Business Printing do my waterproof 4 colour stickers for CCI. They are less than $5 each IF you buy say 2-300 of them. Not sure we need that many, but happy to get you a quote from them for say 100. They seem cheaper than anyone else.
cheers, Dave

]]> Comment on Canadians NOR for 2010 by Cynthia Des Brisay http://www.505.ca/canadians-nor-for-2010/#comment-188 Cynthia Des Brisay Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:18:53 +0000 http://www.505.ca//?p=1145#comment-188 Hey - please note that this is the NOR for the 2011 Championships!! Hey – please note that this is the NOR for the 2011 Championships!!

]]> Comment on First Aussie Worlds Report March 30, 2010 by Reto http://www.505.ca/first-aussie-worlds-report-march-30-2010/#comment-21 Reto Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:09:00 +0000 http://www.505.ca//?p=1118#comment-21 That was Phil's report above. More from the worlds... ...after Day 1 we sat on the beach for a couple of days due to hairy conditions on the racecourse, big breeze and bigger swell, though it was hard to tell from the beach. Conditions were still pretty windy & wavy when we finally got racing again, with the occasional whiteout due to incessant torrential tropical downpour, but the warm water and great racing made it all bearable. We were still pretty happy with our performance overall, though Day 1 was our best result (never did get to that rabbit spot). Speed was good as Phil reported, which was a bit of relief for us because we always felt a bit off the pace in San Fran in ’09. We were running Glaser sails this time, and I packed on a few pounds for good measure (still only up to around 200lbs) all of which I think helped. We still used the Quantum chute which I still think is blazing fast downwind in breeze! Mainly it’s just hard to hang with the top guys because any small mistake you make in the big fleet gets magnified quickly. Broke our boom (carbon!) right near the gooseneck before the start of the second last race which hurt us, but we were able to finish out the last race the next day by spending a few hours re-riging Carl Buchan’s generously donated spare aluminum boom (all in the torrential tropical downpour). Overall a great experience and a fun place to sail, plenty of free beer thanks to SAP, and most of all I’m stoked that I wasn’t killed by the death jellyfish. If you’re curious to know more feel free to shoot me an email or comment below! Reto retocorfu@hotmail.com PS hope to see some of you east coast guys at the Canadians this year at Kits YC… That was Phil’s report above. More from the worlds…

…after Day 1 we sat on the beach for a couple of days due to hairy conditions on the racecourse, big breeze and bigger swell, though it was hard to tell from the beach. Conditions were still pretty windy & wavy when we finally got racing again, with the occasional whiteout due to incessant torrential tropical downpour, but the warm water and great racing made it all bearable. We were still pretty happy with our performance overall, though Day 1 was our best result (never did get to that rabbit spot). Speed was good as Phil reported, which was a bit of relief for us because we always felt a bit off the pace in San Fran in ’09. We were running Glaser sails this time, and I packed on a few pounds for good measure (still only up to around 200lbs) all of which I think helped. We still used the Quantum chute which I still think is blazing fast downwind in breeze! Mainly it’s just hard to hang with the top guys because any small mistake you make in the big fleet gets magnified quickly. Broke our boom (carbon!) right near the gooseneck before the start of the second last race which hurt us, but we were able to finish out the last race the next day by spending a few hours re-riging Carl Buchan’s generously donated spare aluminum boom (all in the torrential tropical downpour). Overall a great experience and a fun place to sail, plenty of free beer thanks to SAP, and most of all I’m stoked that I wasn’t killed by the death jellyfish.

If you’re curious to know more feel free to shoot me an email or comment below!

Reto
retocorfu@hotmail.com

PS hope to see some of you east coast guys at the Canadians this year at Kits YC…

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