Wolfgang Hunger and Holger Jess of Germany are the new champions - they are the first German team to win the 505 Worlds.

Second place went to Ian Pinnell and Tim Hancock of Britain with Krister Bergstrom and Thomas Moss of Sweden finishing third.

Worthy Champions

In conditions where virtually all the top teams faltered in some races, Wolfgang Hunger and Holger Jess sailed a brilliant series and sealed up the win on the penultimate day. Their throwout was a tenth place, and they were also the top ranked team counting all races. They are very worthy International 505 World Champions. This world championship was a triumph for Holger and the German 505 fleet in many ways. The second placed German team was 6th, so Germans not only won, they demonstrated real depth, too. Before Holger did much of the work resulting in Germany being the top 505 country, Germans did not make the top 25, and they did not turn out in large numbers at worlds. Here they were one of the largest teams and finished 1st and 6th. Both Wolfgang and Holger made gracious speeches at the prize presentation ceremony. Wolfgang recalled racing 470s at Cascais years ago and learning from that experience. Holger paid tribute to Krister Bergstrom, who was standing next to him on the 3rd place podium, and spoke of crewing for Krister earlier this year and learning a great deal as Krister had no secrets and kept nothing from him.

MACS Shipping Sponsorship

Without Dietrich Scheder-Bieschin, whose company provided free shipping, this would have been a much smaller worlds fleet. This was the first time the 505 class had gone to a venue and a country without 505s, and only the MACS shipping sponsorship allowed such a large turnout at the event. Dietrich also raced a really good series and finished 6th! Thank You MACS! Thank you Dietrich!

Read the complete report

Ali Meller, president of the International 505 Class Association

Final leading Results after 7 races, 1 discard

Full final results page 2...

- Svensk rapport med m�nga bilder Swedish report with many photos

- Aussie Perspective on Cascais 505 Worlds

Photo Gallery:
- 18-20/9 , 21/9 , 22/9 , 23/9 , 24/9 , 25/9 , 26/9 , 27/9 , 28/9
All photos by Ramiro de Jesus

- Bilder fr�n Lissabon & Cascais fotograf: Anna Arvedson
- Photos by Johan Arvedson

More Photos:
- from the Dinghy Park and the Prize Giving
- from the Prize Giving
- Krister Bergstrom's boat, mast and rudder

- 2001 World Championship Gear compiled by Holger Jess

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