The International 5O5 has been full of anarchy for a lot longer than we have, and with over 40 teams ready to go in Santa Cruz, their NA Champs are seriously stacked. Lots of past NA and world champions in the mix including Howie Hamlin, Mike Martin, Augie Diaz, Drew Buttner, Macy Nelson, and on and on. You can check out entries, schedule, and more at the event site here.
Measurement just finished, and racing begins today. The forecast is for atypical light conditions on Thurs/Fri, but back to the normal Santa Cruz seabreeze by the weekend. We’ll have a daily report from 5Oh webmaster Craig Thompson, and we expect some epic photo/video if the breeze dials up as forecast. A handful of teams were out on Monday in more than 30 knots…one of the things we dig so much about 5O5s is the fact they go out when everyone else stays in. Another thing we love about the class is its awesome history; for instance, check out this origin story from “1001 Boats”…
More from Craig:
Hey Anarchists! We had a training event last weekend which was sponsored and coached by Glaser Sails (Jay and Pease Glaser). The conditions on Sunday were an epic 22-28 kts and 5-7 foot swell. Jay and Pease Glaser were awarded our class service award (Dennis Surtees Service Award) for their continued support of our class clinics. Find a variety of update on our social mashup here, or you can go straight to our Facebook Page here for the quickest updates.
