http://www.5.5class.org/index.html5.5 News!entsh@tsh.aero© 2010 Copyright - International 5.5 Class Association - All rights reserved - Tous droits réservés.2010-11-26T15:44:31-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:44:37 -0500tsh@tsh.aeroGeneral2010-11-26T15:44:31-05:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/431caa62ef06a204b14389c745749446-20.html#unique-entry-id-20http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/431caa62ef06a204b14389c745749446-20.html#unique-entry-id-20NEWS from Australia:

"...At the recent AGM held at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, long serving President of the Association, Colin Ryan advised the meeting of his intention not to stand for the coming year. As a result, David De Coster was elected unopposed as President with Mark Lutowski as Vice President whilst Mark Hunter remains as Treasurer and Julia Owens as Secretary.

The 5.5 Association would like to thank Colin Ryan for his outstanding contribution to the growth of the class in Australia and delighted that it is his intention to remain involved in the class in a sailing capacity.

The Australian Nationals for 2011 will be held on Thursday 17th March and Friday 18th March at Vaucluse Yacht Club, Sydney Australia. A fleet of 10-13 yachts are expected to compete for the Australian Gold and Silver Cup’s.

President: David De Coster
VP: Mark Lutowski
Treasurer: Mark Hunter
Secretary: Julia Owens


NEWS from Italy:

"... After 3 years of presiding the Italian 5.5m Class, Alberto Dollinar is passing the chair on to Richard Leupold (5.5 ITA 57 "Whisper"), who will be supported by Vittorio Pozzo, webmaster of the Italian fleet.

Alberto will continue to be a member of the Technical Comittee and will continue to be sailing "Grifone", also in International 5.5m regattas.

President: Richarrd Leupold
Webmaster: Vittorio Pozzo]]>tsh@tsh.aeroIn The News2010-09-14T07:18:56-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/f4d719b2f51a260d689f2e055018c206-19.html#unique-entry-id-19http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/f4d719b2f51a260d689f2e055018c206-19.html#unique-entry-id-19A fleet of thirty boats gathered on Lake Garda from 6 to 10 of September to compete in the 2010 5.5 Metre World Championship.
The Race Committee of Circolo Vela Torbole did an excellent job in staging the seven races that were on the schedules. Winds conditions and ambience were fantastic.

More on ISAF Website

]]>tsh@tsh.aeroNews Release2010-09-13T11:25:49-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/5b3861b8df46eb87296ea99b31f53c1d-18.html#unique-entry-id-18http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/5b3861b8df46eb87296ea99b31f53c1d-18.html#unique-entry-id-18September 13, 2010 | Wedel, Germany

A New Skipper For The International 5.5 Metre Class Association
The International 5.5 Metre Class Association hold its Annual General Meeting in Torbole, Italy during the World Championship on Wednesday September 8, 2010.

The members of the Class are pleased to announce the election of well-known fellow 5.5 sailor Kaspar Stubenrauch from Germany as the new President of the association.


Newly Elected President Kaspar Stubenrauch Sailing 'Lotten'
]]>tsh@tsh.aeroNews Release2010-09-13T06:59:21-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/95e8e7d8d472843311b9f6bf6b2d2141-17.html#unique-entry-id-17http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/95e8e7d8d472843311b9f6bf6b2d2141-17.html#unique-entry-id-17September 13, 2010 | Torbole, Italy

5.5m World Champion Title goes to Switzerland

A fleet of thirty boats gathered on Lake Garda from the 6th to the 10th of September to compete in the 2010 5.5 Metre World Championship.

The Race Committee of Circolo Vela Torbole did an excellent job in staging the seven races that were on the schedules. Winds conditions and ambience were fantastic.

Swiss Olympic Star sailor Flavio Marazzi together with his crew consisting of Aussie sailor Andrew Palfrey and Swiss boat builder Christof Wilke dominated the championship and took the first place overall with a total of 13 points and one race to spare. With this victory, Marazzi captured his fifth World Champion Title in the 5.5 Class.
]]>tsh@tsh.aeroIn The News2010-09-09T10:55:22-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/f2173f55ef00c6db6d67fc32f95d143a-16.html#unique-entry-id-16http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/f2173f55ef00c6db6d67fc32f95d143a-16.html#unique-entry-id-16Six countries were represented in this year edition of the 5.5 Gold Cup hosted by Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda: Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Norway, The Netherlands and Switzerland.

More on ISAF Website
]]>tsh@tsh.aero5.5 Regatta2010-09-11T12:29:11-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/5db24e5d92afaa93bd1c682b34ec39e3-15.html#unique-entry-id-15http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/5db24e5d92afaa93bd1c682b34ec39e3-15.html#unique-entry-id-15Swiss Flavio Marazzi, Andrew Palfrey and Christof Wilke win the 2010 5.5 World Championship on Lake Garda!
Norwegian Kristian Nergard and his crew take the second place and the third place goes to Finnish sailor Kenneth Thelen.

Andreas Christiansen (GER) wins in the Evolution division and Alfredo Delli (ITA) in the Classic division.

More details to come in our news release...


FINAL RESULTS OVERALL (with 1 discard)

1 SUI 224 Marazzi Flavio, Male, Palfrey Andrew/Wilke Christof, TYC & GYC Ali Baba 13,0 1 1 2 1 3 5 (dnc)
2 NOR 57 Nergaard Kristian, Male, Moberg Peer/Morland Pedersen P, Royal Norwegian Yacht Club Artemis XIV 21,0 6 2 5 2 5 (ocs) 1
3 FIN 66 Thelen Kenneth, Male, Hallberg Thomas /Nyberg Robert, Nyländska Jaktklubben Kan-Bej 2 28,0 5 4 1 7 (9) 2 9
4 NOR 65 Christoph Burger, Male, Marcel Simon/Mathias Daheman, TYC / GYC ODLO 28,0 2 3 4 4 7 8 (10)
5 BAH 19 McKinney Gavin, Male, Hauff Peter /Westergaard Bjorn, Nassau Yacht Club John B 33,0 4 6 8 (dnf) 1 7 7
6 SUI 214 bernard haissly, Male, bernard haissly/nicolas bertho, sng caracole 38,0 3 9 6 5 (14) 1 14
7 SUI 213 HANS-PETER SCHMID, Male, Gilbert Dürr/Jürg Baumgartner, SC MURTEN PUNGIN 41,0 8 7 3 8 (17) 13 2
8 FIN 49 Gullichsen Johan, Male, Lundberg Henrik/Telkola Timo, NJK addam 4 43,0 9 5 9 6 (10) 10 4
9 SUI 222 Jürg Menzi, Male, Léonard Gaume/Daniel Stampfli, TYC Thunersee Yachtclub, GYC G Marie-Françoise XVIII 45,0 7 10 (20) 3 11 11 3
10 NOR 64 Fjeld Petter, Male, Borgen Thomas /Johannessen C, Fredrikstad SF Clark Kent 45,0 12 (13) 7 12 6 3 5
11 NED 26 Arend Jan Pasman, Male, Ron Azier/Kin Chabani, Braassemermeer Feng Shui 46,0 10 8 10 10 2 (12) 6
12 NED 31 Victorine Bredero, Female, Jeroen Behrend/Wiebe de Witte, ws braasemermeer Duchess of B 69,0 11 14 (16) 9 15 9 11
13 SUI 210 Rolf KELLENBERGER, Male, Martin HUBER/Andreas KINDLIMAN, TYC SHAOLIN 71,0 17 11 14 (18) 8 6 15
14 SUI 211 Jörg Hotz, Male, Marc Dangel/Ernst Schiess, ZYC Forza Del Destino 82,0 15 17 (21) 21 4 4 21
15 GER 30 Andreas Christiansen, Male, Jens Rathsack/Andreas Föh, NRV CRIOLLO 90,0 13 15 (26) 15 13 16 18
16 SUI 215 Thomas TREIB, Male, Patrick RÜFENACHT/Katja SCHEID, YCB Yacht Club Bielersee RANA 91,0 14 (18) 15 17 18 14 13
17 GER 42 Queisser Hans-Juergen, Male, Kruse Gerhard/Blenckner Klaus, NRV RTYC SNR For Fun Too 94,0 18 16 12 19 (20) 17 12
18 BAH 20 Symonette Craig, Male, Vlasov Peter/Boisen-Moeller Je, Nassau Yacht Club Silver Fox 100,0 (dnf) dns 13 14 19 15 8
19 NOR 62 Huser Are Andenæs, Male, Ferner Car-Christian /Bellingh, KNS Plan B Redux 106,0 16 12 18 13 16 (ocs) dnc
20 ITA 73 Delli Alfredo, Male, Gianluca Marolli/Claudio Mazza, CVMV CARABELLA 118,0 19 20 22 20 (24) 21 16
21 GER 33 Lutz Dr. von Meyerinck, Male, Felix von Meyerinck/Oskar de F, SVAOe Blueprint 118,0 20 19 19 (dnf) 21 20 19
22 SUI 201 Tobias Isler/Jörg Sonntag, Male, Kaspar.Stubenrauch, SCE / WSV 1921 ZICCA 125,0 24 22 17 23 (26) 19 20
23 SUI 217 Jack Frei, Male, Thomas Frei/Roland Ledergerber, Yacht Club Romanshorn TOPAS III 127,0 (dnf) dns 11 11 12 dnf dnc
24 SWE 50 Gustafsson Jan, Male, Kellner Håkan/Kellner Rickard, Tulka SS Apriori 128,0 21 21 24 (dnf) 22 18 22
25 NED 11 van Opzeeland Piet, Male, Eijkman Tom/De Coster Dave, W V Braassemermeer Woelgeest 133,0 23 23 25 22 23 (dnf) 17
26 SUI 175 Frédéric de Rutté, Male, Frédéric Saudan/Matthieu MacGi, SNR Bellagioia II 148,0 22 (dnf) 23 16 25 dnc dnc
27 ITA 14 Pozzo Vittorio, Male, Marolli Enzo/Marolli Alessandr, C.V.P. MAVI 159,0 26 (dnf) 28 24 27 dnc 23
28 SUI 152 Gilbert-Xavier MARTINET, Male, Marc-Antoine MONNARD/Sébastien, SNR-Société Nautique Rolloise BARA-GWEN XI 176,0 25 (dnf) 27 dnf dnc dnc dnc
29 ITA 57 Leupold Richard, Male, Giorgetti Paolo /Rossi Andrea, CVMV Whisper 184,0 (dnf) dns 29 dnf dnc dnc dnc
30 AUT 21 Münnich Hans-Peter, Male, Werr Phillip/Rottner Bernhard, Union Yacht Club Wolfgangsee Schakal 186,0 (dnf) dns dnc dnf dnc dnc dnc ]]>tsh@tsh.aeroNews Release2010-09-05T16:51:15-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/0eeb4c077e04bb2098d765055920c2e3-14.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/0eeb4c077e04bb2098d765055920c2e3-14.html#unique-entry-id-14September 5, 2010 | Torbole, Italy

Norwegian Nergaard and His Crew Win The 2010 Edition Of The 5.5 Scandinavian Gold Cup.

Six countries were represented in this year edition of the 5.5 Gold Cup hosted by Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda: Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Norway, The Netherlands and Switzerland. The rule is simple: the boat that first wins three races is the winner and after three races, a boat that has not won a single race no longer compete.
]]>tsh@tsh.aeroIn The News2010-08-09T14:17:40-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/0870d3b2375a3a38add9144e66e1b6c5-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/0870d3b2375a3a38add9144e66e1b6c5-13.html#unique-entry-id-13Er ist der Mann der Millimeter, Fuchs der modernen Faserverbund-Technologie. Wenn Christof Wilke Boote baut, segeln später meist Champions auf ihnen

more...(PDF)]]>tsh@tsh.aero5.5 Regatta2010-08-07T08:09:38-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/ef41497f1e4bb36a788fb60220db14dd-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/ef41497f1e4bb36a788fb60220db14dd-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.circolovelatorbole.com/en/regattas/]]>tsh@tsh.aero5.5 Regatta2010-07-04T17:12:47-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/fb0da38c66ee68274712ef6ea75d28b9-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/fb0da38c66ee68274712ef6ea75d28b9-11.html#unique-entry-id-11Jul-4, 2010
UPDATE #3
One race was sailed today for the last day of the German Open bringing to total number of races to 7.]]>tsh@tsh.aero5.5 Regatta2010-07-04T10:12:18-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/8a715740a21dbdda014114b5db610a83-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/8a715740a21dbdda014114b5db610a83-10.html#unique-entry-id-10Jul-4, 2010
UPDATE #4
This year edition of the Hanko Race Week is over. Results after 10 races are final and as follow:

1. NOR-64 (Clark Kent) Peter Fjeld | 17 points
2. BAH-19 (John B) Gavin McKinney | 18
3. NOR-65 (Odlo) Odd Roar Lofteröd | 20
4. BAH-20 (Silver Fox II) Craig Symonette | 29
5. NOR-63 (Old Fox) John Platou | 46
6. NOR-62 (Plan B Redux) Are Andenaes Huser | 49
7. NOR-61 (Lois Lane) Wilhelm Stang | 67

]]>tsh@tsh.aero5.5 Regatta2010-06-27T14:53:51-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/5f565f125a9565fa69573c237632cdc6-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/5f565f125a9565fa69573c237632cdc6-9.html#unique-entry-id-9Jun-27, 2010
UPDATE #4
The Swiss Open Championship 2010 will stay 'as-is' with only four races done over four days.]]>tsh@tsh.aero5.5 Regatta2010-05-24T11:28:07-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/c5a62a04e35a354ad0749512a6a9a594-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/c5a62a04e35a354ad0749512a6a9a594-8.html#unique-entry-id-8May-24 | Day 4, last day
UPDATE #4
Nice light breeze, choppy sea and bright sunshine for the two races of the last day of the Dutch Open Championship.
Performing very well Silver Fox (BAH-20) helmed by Hank Lammens and crewed by Jens Bojsen-Moller and Bahamian owner Peter Vlasov takes a first and second place today and wins the regatta with a total of 10 points net.]]>tsh@tsh.aero5.5 Regatta2010-05-01T17:15:35-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/2cacef021a9869d2d48ad6c6734df597-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/2cacef021a9869d2d48ad6c6734df597-7.html#unique-entry-id-7May-1 | Day 3 (last day)
UPDATE #10
After 3 days of racing on Lake Garda in the Italian Alps, well-known and ranked-1st Star sailor of the moment, Flavio Marazzi sailing with Stefan Haftka and Christoph Wilke wins the 2010 Alpen Cup with a total of 13 points after 8 races (1 discard).]]>tsh@tsh.aeroGeneral2010-04-28T21:12:03-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/027b84a7ba38eec083b9e54adba4f3db-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/027b84a7ba38eec083b9e54adba4f3db-6.html#unique-entry-id-6quality customized class apparel from the comfort of their own home.]]>tsh@tsh.aero5.5 Regatta2010-03-28T10:12:45-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/effb36d5c79b9944572e78adfc49ee14-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/effb36d5c79b9944572e78adfc49ee14-5.html#unique-entry-id-5click here).

An unofficial English translation of the NOR by Kaspar Stubenrauch is provided below for information:]]>tsh@tsh.aeroRules2010-03-26T17:22:26-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/a5a2cd35730ee08aa42d8ec442f29eb7-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/a5a2cd35730ee08aa42d8ec442f29eb7-4.html#unique-entry-id-4Click here to download the PDF file with the amendments to Class Rule 27 effective April 1st 2010.]]>tsh@tsh.aero5.5 Regatta2010-03-17T06:41:38-04:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/fae28dd4ba8742b7911a61c8e40e068d-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/fae28dd4ba8742b7911a61c8e40e068d-3.html#unique-entry-id-3Notice of Race for the 2010 Alpen Cup in Torbole, Italy is published and available online.]]>tsh@tsh.aeroHistory2010-02-12T15:26:40-05:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/40c939702688a6f71b1f483016d35519-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/40c939702688a6f71b1f483016d35519-2.html#unique-entry-id-2NOR 44 a beautiful Warren Muir Design, which has last been sailing in the Netherlands, has just been sold to Northern Germany.]]>tsh@tsh.aeroHistory2010-01-30T10:03:30-05:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/e876c591a8ce05ea338844fcae99d836-1.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/e876c591a8ce05ea338844fcae99d836-1.html#unique-entry-id-15.5 sail number USA-1, “Complex II”.]]>tsh@tsh.aero5.5 Regatta2009-12-30T10:45:48-05:00http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/eef65ff521ac4392761f074f84bb9fd1-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://www.5.5class.org/news/files/eef65ff521ac4392761f074f84bb9fd1-0.html#unique-entry-id-0