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5-0-5 nostalgia trip

A website for 505 fans who remember "the good old days"

In order for you to get back to 505-sailing at its best, please have a look at the selection of photos from the fifties to the nineties listed below.

  1. 2 joint European Champions from -71 finally meeting after 36 years — NEW!
  2. 1971 World Championship at Santa Cruz, California — NEW!
  3. 1970 World Championship at Plymouth
  4. Marcel Buffet´s 80th birthday party at the CVP in Paris september 2002
  5. 505 Europeans 1971 in Copenhagen
  6. Christer Bath - technical wizard before his time. At last, read about the new "Chris TR-Compass"!
  7. "505 Reunion party" at Royal Corinthian Y.C. April 15th 2000
  8. "505 Europeans 1969" in Dun Laoghaire
  9. Mastering the 505 single handed
  10. Balanced rudder by Christer Bath
  11. The embryo of an adjustable jib sheeting system
  12. The webmaster "High & Dry" with friends after a race at the Plymouth World´s -70
  13. Getting "two birds with one stone.... - two 505 stars with great magnitude - NEW EDITION!"
  14. Report from the 505 World´s 1968 at Kiel.
  15. Parker 505s - the choice of the champions in the sixties.
  16. 505s from the 50´s - when it all began.
  17. The notorius swedish vikings showing off at the Plymouth Worlds in 1970
  18. The founder of the "Int. Trapeze Workers Union", Lars Heuman, professor of law, demonstrating the apalling working conditions for crews in the 1960´s.
  19. A photo of Kalabalik of the Bath brothers on the beat outside Långedrag (Gothenburg) in a Force 5-6 "breeze".
  20. Another photo of Kalabalik reaching from the same day.
  21. Two brothers destined for the 505
  22. Old fashion spinnaker hoisting can be a hazzle
  23. "Mad danes & englishmen..." - from Plymouth 1970
  24. Marcel Buffet with friends - from Plymouth 1970
  25. Derek Farrant partying at Plymouth 1970
  26. Christer Båth - from Plymouth 1970
  27. Dennis & Dick - from Plymouth 1970
  28. "The Bath Loop" - analyzing transom sheeting - New edition!
  29. Another example of flagrant abuse by the helmsman in the old days
  30. Madame Buffet, toute simplement!
  31. Ebbe and Olle relaxing in the dinghy park at Marazion
  32. The aussis cocktailing in -95
  33. Krister Bergström & Co. teaming up for the camera in Cornwall
  34. 3 top vikings in the dinghy park of Mount´s Bay Sailing Club in 1995
  35. webmaster enjoying the World´s in -95
  36. St Michael´s Mount under siege from a fleet of 505s
  37. Pip Pearson at the cocktail party at Marazion -95 together with the sponsors
  38. Jim Hardy´s 505 Black Bottle being carried ashore after final race in the World´s -66
  39. Jim Hardy & Max Whitnall looking pleased with their world title
  40. A few wellknown faces from the Adelaide World´s in -66
  41. A big smile from Dennis in -66
  42. A rare sequence of true boat speed not often captured on film
  43. If you have a disastrous first leg; never give up! - two stories with moral!
  44. Larry Marks - need we say more?
  45. Swedish 505 in trouble in mid 60´s
Joke of the month kindly submitted by Chris Nevard – son of "Ducky"!

Another rude joke kindly submitted by "Ducky"!


Quiz of the site:

Schwartznegger has a big one,
Michael Fox has a small one,
Madonna doesn't have one,
The Pope has one but doesn't use it,
Clinton uses his all the time.
What is it?

Do you know the similarity between swedish
light beer and making love in a 505?

Best regards,
Pelle Båth

505s #; S1534, 1969, 2650, 3046, 3468, 3991 & 5101


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