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?

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

1998 International
505 World Champions
Nick Trotman/Mike Mills

Packing the containers.

Nick and Mike receive their trophies.