Hunger/Jess 5-0-5 Setup 2002-2004

505 Setup what we and several other teams used very succesfully in 2002 + 2003 + 2004 season 

Mast:  Super-Spars M2

Sails:   Bojsen-Moeller One Design

Team: Wolfgang Hunger 79 kg
            Holger Jess 86 kg

Mast rigging
Shroud height 4890 above deck
Trapeze position was 4950 is now used as exit hole for trapeze barber system
new trapeze height is 5700 with tweaker system to release always when wire reaching
spi halyard at 5955 Maximum height

spreader length from side of mast to shroud:
405 in strong conditions
410 when unsure how to set up for the day half hole out
415 in light to medium means 1 hole out with end plates
spreader sweep back measured shroud/shroud to back of track 148 - 150 mm (at 410 length)

Mast should have either a hook in T for forestay with adjustment through bow section
or a 2:1 system with block at above jib
definitly not a 1:1 direct jib halyard too much load on box and compression on section
main halyard 2:1 with thin 2,5 or 3mm rope

Mast position in boat: as far back as rules allow which is 3048 backside of mast to back of boat

Mast rake: max. upright position is 7,82 m
Measured with full rigg tension (25 measured with SuperSpars Gauge) mast pushed straight by controller
0 of tapemeasure at underside of top black band
and then measured at underside of hull/transom with tapemeasure running over the transom.

Board: max. length High Aspect gybing board 3 degree gyb. angle 
stands out of hull 1400 width at hull exit 300mm

This set up with M2 Mast and BM Sails won the 2001 and 2003 Worlds and 2004 Europeans
all with a race to spare !
also 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 GER Nationals several different teams
and 2000, 2002, 2003and 2004 Kiel Week Hunger/Jess and also Clas Lehmann/Martin Schöler
and 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 German Ranking List

This setup is now so dominant and agreed by all teams being very easy to use and be fast, 
that in 2004 we had 16 out of top 20 at Europeans and in GER Ranking list using it !!!


This is just a quick guide.
A very detailed instruction with many explaining shots can be found on german 505 class website www.int505.de  see Allgemein click on Trimmanleitung