Photos from the '98 Worlds

Taken by the well known Sailing Photographer Mr. Peter Danby
Mr. Danby has been a 505 Class insider for many years, and has taken some of the better known images of 505s. Thank you Mr. Danby!

OUCH! Despite the huge fleet on one start, and the open rather than prequalifers-only Worlds, only one boat was badly damaged...in the practice race.

A pack approaching the gybe mark. Macy Nelson/Jeff Ewenson in foreground, David Porter/Peter Holden astern, German team behind Nelson/Ewenson, Howard Hamlin/Mike Martin in front.

Same pack a second later.

 Mike Zani/Peter Alarie (7318) lead Mark Upton-Brown/Ian Mitchell to the gybe mark.

Robin Brown/Rich Mundell gybe, with Dietrich Scheder-Bieschin/Johan Arvedson inside (and apparently trying to dive)!

Howard Hamlin/Mike Martin pulling away from the chasing pack.

Who says 505 racing isn't tactical? Ethan Bixby/Cam Lewis (7093), Neal Fowler/Dave Dyson (yellow hull inside), Ellen Ablow/Allan Norman (7873), Terry Neff/Bobby Nois (8576) trying to get inside, and Jim Englert/Thad Melton coming in behind. A lone Brit team (8680) is to the far right of the image, looking for some place to go.

 Tyler Moore/Scott Ikle leading a bunch into the mark. Hamlin/Martin are close behind.

Phillipe Boite/Jean-Luc Muzellec with a German team chasing.

Team Spot (Barney Harris/Jesse Falsone)

Trotman/Mills (8610) chasing Tim Collins/Bill Smith (8627).

 Mike Zani/Peter Alarie racing the ageless Dumptruck, Lindsay 7318.

Nick Trotman/Mike Mills in the Green Room Rondar 8610.

Bixby/Lewis chasing a pack.

Bill Pevear/Jan Ase try for liftoff, with two other boats going high on them. Can you believe that 6821 - built in 1978 - is still going strong?

 Packing the containers.

Julian Pearson racing the windy Worlds race with Dennis Burroughs (who took time off from the publicity team to fill in for an injured crew).

Bryan Largay/Matt Sanders racing the ageless Punishment Pony, Hamlin 7096.

Pearson/Burroughs

 Ethan Bixby/Cam Lewis racing the same Lindsay 505 they won the '81 Worlds in, 7093. Gary Knapp/Lewis won the '82 Worlds in this boat as well.
Macy Nelson/Jeff Ewenson (8191) with Ali Meller/Les Crane (8263) to windward, during a windy pre-worlds race. 1998 International 505 World Champions Nick Trotman/Mike Mills. Legendary Marcel Buffet is going to kick your butt! M.Buffet won the 505 World Championship in 1959 and 1960, and has raced almost every 505 World Championship ever held. Nick and Mike receive their trophies.
Legendary Marcel Buffet 1998 World Champs