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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 25, 2009 – The 2009 SAP 5O5 World Championships and North American Championships are coming to the St. Francis Yacht Club Sunday, August 16th through Sunday, August 30th. With more than 180 competitors from around the world, initial entries include 2008 World champions Ian Pinnell/Carl Gibbon; 2008 European and 2007 North American champion Ethan Bixby sailing with Australian legend Simon Gorman and 2006/2007 Australian champions Michael Quirk/Geoff Lange. A veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of American sailors includes 2009 Mid-Atlantic Champions Ramsey Key/Drew Buttner, Mike Martin/Jeff Nelson fresh off their win at the 5O5 King of the Bay as well as local stars Howard Hamlin/Paul Cayard, Mike Holt/Carl Smith and Nick Adamson/Steve Bourdow.

The North American Championships open for registration and measurement on Sunday, August 16th with three days of racing beginning Tuesday, August 18th. The World Championships open Friday, August 21st featuring seven days of racing beginning Sunday, August 23rd. All races will take place on the Olympic Circle west of Berkeley, specific courses will be designated in the sailing instructions.

“The 5O5 is one of the most exciting fleets on the water and SAP is proud to be sponsoring the 2009 World Championships at the St. Francis Yacht Club,” commented John Schwarz, member of the Executive Board, SAP AG. “The competition will be intense as champions from around the globe face the strong winds and complex currents of San Francisco bay. We believe the key to success both in sailing and business is similar: both depend on clarity of strategy and immediate insight into performance. If you understand the elements and conditions facing you, then you can chart the winning course.”

Very little has changed in the 5O5 class in terms of overall specifications, although materials have changed dramatically to carbon fiber and epoxies over the last 50 years. The 5O5 is distinctive due to its flared sides, long spinnaker pole, large spinnaker and the trapeze used by today’s wet-suited competitors. Designed in 1954, the 5O5 first became popular in France and Europe. Today more than 18 countries have 5O5 fleets. The 5O5 was named an official racing class in 1955 by the IYRU and continues to be a “one design class” with strict rules governing the boat. One of the strictest elements of the class is the weight of both the bare hull and final sailing weight. It’s not a surprise then that this year’s Worlds will have two full days of weighing and measuring preceding each race.

“One-Design class rules tightly control the sailplan and hull shape while leaving the rigging layout, spars and foils more open,” commented Pip Pearson, International 5O5 Class Association President. “This allows the boat to be set up in many ways and we’ll see several distinct types of sail and layout combinations from the US, Australia and Europe. While there are many ways to rig the boat; it still takes the best sailors to win.”

Hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club, the title sponsor for the event is SAP, the leading provider of business software solutions. Other sponsors include the presenting sponsor APL, the international shipping firm; North Sails; the International 5O5 class; Ronstan, the sailboat `hardware maker and Lindsay Art Glass, for competitor trophies.

“The St. Francis Yacht Club is honored to host the 2009 SAP 5O5 World Championships,” commented Commodore John McNeill. “This world class competition is a premiere part of our traditionally intense racing agenda, and another great addition to the eighty year history of St. Francis Yacht Club.”

More information available online at: http://505sapworldchampionship2009.com/


About SAP
SAP is the world’s leading provider of e-business software solutions. Through the mySAP.com® e-business platform, people in businesses around the globe are improving relationships with customers and partners, streamlining operations, and achieving significant efficiencies throughout their supply chains. Today, more than 18,800 companies in over 120 countries run more than 56,000 installations of SAP® software. With subsidiaries in over 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol “SAP.” (Additional information at http://www.sap.com)
About the St. Francis Yacht Club
Founded in 1927, St. Francis Yacht Club, within view of the Golden Gate Bridge, is a year-round host of over 40 regattas on San Francisco Bay. The club is renowned for its expertise in running world and national championships.


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Holt/Smit lead after wild & windy day on the Bay

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
August 23, 2009

Round One to Mike Holt in the 2009 SAP 505 World Championship Sunday which saw 98 boats slugging it not only among themselves but against the rough and tumble elements of San Francisco Bay, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club.

With chill winds building to 25 knots blowing in through the fog-shrouded Golden Gate Bridge, Holt scored 1-2 finishes, while only 45 of the 88 entries were scored as even starting the second race. Countless boats capsized---including favorite Mike Martin twice---some broke down, others dropped out and limped to refuge on Treasure Island on the south of the bay or Angel Island to the north, and by unofficial count 14 had to be towed back six miles upwind to the Crissy Field staging area because they were in no condition to sail.

It would be a long night in the boat yard repairing boats to continue the fight Monday with a single race starting at 2 p.m., but some competitors would seem to be down for the count.

Top contenders at the moment are three-time world champion Chris Nicholson of Australia and crew Casey Smith (4-3) in second place, followed by two American teams sharing third: Nick Adamson and crew Steve Bourdow (9-2) and 1999 champion Howard Hamlin and crew Ian Mitchell of Great Britain (5-6).

Mitchell was scheduled to turn over his seat Monday to the Bay Area's own Paul Cayard, just returned from Audi MedCup competition in Portugal where he called tactics that carried Artemis into first place near the windup of the regatta.

Dennis Surtees, a local sailing veteran who had Cayard as crew when they finished second in the 505 Worlds at Durban. South Africa 30 years ago, this time is driving a press photo boat on the course. He felt for the competitors Sunday.

"Oh, I feel so sorry for these guys," Surtees said in all sincerity while following the carnage. "I've been in so many races like these that I know what they're going through."

A total of nine races are scheduled through Saturday, with one throwout allowed after four races and two after eight races. Martin and Nelson already have one to toss, so their pain may only be temporary.

Instead of a conventional starting line, by 505 Worlds tradition the fleet is using Gate Starts in which all competitors start by crossing on starboard tack behind a designated "rabbit" race boat sailing on port tack. The best benefit of that plan is that even with nearly a hundred boats, there are no general recalls.

SAP is the naming sponsor and APL is the presenting sponsor. Marine Media Alliance, Drystone Berridge Vineyard Estates, Lindsay Art Glass, North Sails, Ronstan and 505 American Section are supporting sponsors.

The wind Sunday was 17 knots---moderate by local standards---for the first race and then jumped in to the mid-20s, sweeping a cotton field of whitecaps and close-bunched rollers with five-foot troughs down to the Berkeley Circle in the East Bay.

When Holt, a native of Great Britain now living in nearby Santa Cruz, and crew Carl Smit finished 17 seconds behind Martin and crew Jeff Nelson in the first race and Holt led a close duel two minutes ahead of the nearest pursuers in the second race, it appeared they were repeating their final first- and second-place results in the North American Championship last week when Martin prevailed.

But it's not going to be that easy.

Martin and Nelson had such a long lead on the second of three laps in the first 10-nautical mile race that when their boat inexplicably flipped approaching the reach mark under spinnaker, they were able to right it quickly enough to stay on the pace and go on to win.

They weren't as lucky in the second race. In the same reaching area of the course, they followed Holt and Smit around the mark by a few boat lengths and flipped again, but this time they were unable to recover.

Nelson said, "We hit a bad wave, I got knocked into Mike and he went over the back."

Martin: "Whatever. We got the boat back up, but then it went over again and the mast stuck."

The top of the mast was broken, knocking them out of the race---a fate shared by countless rivals.

Holt and Smit, meanwhile, went on to win by three minutes with second place out of sight in the windy mist, but they also were hurting with a critically bent mast and the race not half over.

"It happened on the reach," Holt said. "We were just hoping it would hold, and it was getting scary. The last leeward mark we were saying, 'It's not gonna make it.' "

But it did, and both Martin and Holt had spare masts, which they'll have in place Monday, hoping to be ready for anything.

Complete results: https://event-manager.compete-at.com/...d=5maub1251075826515


About SAP
SAP is the world's leading provider of e-business software solutions. Through the mySAP.com e-business platform, people in businesses around the globe are improving relationships with customers and partners, streamlining operations and achieving significant efficiencies throughout their supply chains. Today more than 18,800 companies in more than 120 countries run more than 56,000 installations of SAP software. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges including the Frankfurt stock exchange countries and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." More information: www.sap.com


About APL
APL is a global shipping business offering more than 609 weekly services and more than 500 calls at more than 140 ports
worldwide. It combines world-class intermodal operations with leading edge IT and inter-commerce. APL is a unit of Singapore- basedNeptune Orient Lines (NOL), global shipping, logistics and marine terminals company. More information: www.apl.com


St. Francis Yacht Club
Founded in 1927, St. Francis Yacht Club, within view of the Golden Gate Bridge, is a year-round host of over 40 regattas on San Francisco Bay. The club is renowned for its expertise in running world and national championships.

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American Howie Hamlin, who has been second at the Worlds in 4 out of the last 5 years, and won the event in 1999 with Mike Martin, provides these observations following the North Americans last week:

“This will be a long hard regatta, testing every aspect of sailing; strength, tactics, preparation, boat speed, athletic skills and boat handling. The course conditions are windy and bumpy, with the Berkley circle offering it all: shifts, current, velocity differences. They all seem to matter, and I expect the top teams to be big, fast and good at everything. For Paul (Cayard) and I, we are a little light together, so may need to resort to age and treachery.

“The long sail to and from the Circle from St Francis Yacht Club means there is no spare time. This is the challenge since the boats are light, highly loaded and everything is adjustable. This makes the boat beautiful to sail in all conditions but demands countless hours of designing, building and maintaining all these systems.

“During the North Americans there had been a lot of broken gear around the boat park. To keep the boat operating we have been inspecting it at the end of each day and do all the boat work then so we are ready for the next day. I was pretty surprised last Saturday to have found an 18" long crack in the hull, which led to an unexpected afternoon of carbonology. But we’ll be ready.”


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Holt holds on, but the 505 battle just beginning

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.

Mike Martin and crew Jeff Nelson have won two of the three races in the 2009 SAP 505 World Championship, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club, but were to spend a restless Monday night in 27th place before rejoining the fray Tuesday.

Restless for some of their rivals, that is.

The Newport Beach, Calif. sailors beat the regatta leaders, Mike Holt and crew Carl Smit of Santa Cruz, Calif., by 48 seconds in Monday's only scheduled race. Now, after the first of two races scheduled Tuesday---the fourth race of nine through Saturday—they'll discard the 99-point score they've carried like a thousand-pound bag of salt since failing to finish Sunday's second race after flipping their boat and busting their mast.

At the time they were running second to Holt/Smit, who went on to win the race despite their mast getting bent by the same puff that took out their adversaries. Both replaced their masts overnight, and conditions were lighter than Sunday's blowout at about 17 knots.

But Martin said, "We were both a little nervous about how our new rigs were gonna go, but they both went about the same as before"---that is, when he enjoyed a slight but significant edge in speed coming into the event after running away with the North American championship.

"We're in the hunt," Martin said.

So before Martin and Nelson cash in their throwout, Holt/Smit (2-1-2) lead Australia's three-time world champion Chris Nicholson and crew Casey Smith 5 points to 10. In third place is Howard Hamlin---once a champion and always a contender in 505 Worlds--and new crew Paul Cayard at 5-6-6 for 17 points

But first Hamlin/Cayard had to win a case with the race jury after being disqualified for interfering with the Pathfinder (i.e., "rabbit") boat during the Gate Start sequence---Paragraph 11.9 of the Sailing Instructions. Otherwise, they would have been dragging their own ball and chain into Tuesday's racing.

Five American darkhorse teams full out the top 10, led by Dalton Bergan and crew Fritz Lanzinger in fourth place with 20 points.

For Martin/Nelson, it only hurts for a little while. In fact, a second throwout will kick in after the eighth race Friday, which seems a bit much for Nicholson.

"One thing I am perplexed about is having two drops for a nine-race series," Nicholson said. "To drop [almost] 20 per cent of your races is a big call."

Hamlin and Cayard also had a brush with a race committee inflatable boat while sailing downwind to the race course under spinnaker well before the start.

"He must not have been looking where he was going," Cayard, a longtime St. Francis YC member, said in the Crissy Field boat yard as he studied the aluminum spar from behind the boat. "The spinnaker got all tangled up in that big post on the front of the [RC] boat and bent the mast."

Nevertheless, they finished sixth before being dealt the DSQ on the other matter and planned to straighten the mast before racing Tuesday.

Cayard flew home from Europe Sunday after calling tactics for Artemis' climb into first place with one race to go in the latest Audi MedCup TP52 regatta. In his absence, Artemis finished 10th and last as Emirates Team New Zealand won by 1.5 points.

No comment. Hamlin was happy to have the local star on board, although he hadn't sailed on a 505 in 30 years and Great Britain's Ian Mitchell had performed flawlessly warming up the hiking trapeze for him.

"Ian did a terrific job for a boat he'd just been thrown into," Hamlin said. "We only sailed together four days and my boat is set up totally different than ones he sailed."

In that situation, Hamlin thought "I may have sailed a bit conservatively"---like when he, along with others, kept his spinnaker stowed after watching many others get overpowered and flip on Sunday.

"But I don't think Paul will be conservative," Hamlin said.

Meantime, Australia's Malcolm Higgins and crew Nick Johnston set an early pace before flipping out on the reach leg near the end of the second of three laps. Then Martin, Holt and Nicholson had a hooter of a three-boat contest, running away from the other 72 starters.

A strong first leg riding a strong wind shift to the left put Martin/Nelson on pace, and near the end they concentrated on covering Holt/Smit, tacking on them from directly upwind as the latter rounded the leeward gate and became resigned to protecting their own position.

Holt said with a sigh, "We figured we weren't gonna catch Mike, so we made sure Nicholson wasn't gonna catch us."

Nicholson said, "It's just nice to be sailing with this quality of guys. They're all very well prepared."

And the battle, apparently, is just getting started.

The leaders

(after 3 of 9 races)
1. Mike Holt/Carl Smit, USA, 2-1-2, 5 points.
2. Chris Nicholson/Casey Smith, Australia, 4-3-3, 10.
3. Howie Hamlin/Paul Cayard, USA, 5-6-6, 17.
4. Dalton Bergan/Fritz Lanzinger, USA, 8-8-4, 20.
5. Nick Adamson/Steve Bourdow, USA, 9-2-13, 24.
6. Kevin Taugher/Ben Benjamin, USA, 14-4-10, 28.
7. Ian Pinnell/Carl Gibbon, Great Britain, 7-14-8, 29.
8. Sandy Higgins/Paul Marsh, Australia, 3-12-17, 32.
9. Tyler Moore/Geoff Ewenson, USA, 11-13-11, 35.
10. Ryan Cox/Stuart Park, USA, 12-11-12, 35.

Complete results: https://event-manager.compete-at.com/...d=t3Y771251166506774

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Martin/Nelson working on a 505 Worlds sweep

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.

Good thing the wind calmed down a bit Tuesday or Mike Martin and crew Jeff Nelson---notorious for their heavy weather sailing---would be running away with the 2009 SAP 505 World Championship, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club.

Say what? The Newport Beach, Calif. sailors were every bit as dominant in mom and pop breeze of 8 to 11 knots to start the day as conditions built to 20 by the end of the second race. They led at every mark in both races, sometimes seemingly too far ahead to read the sail numbers of their closest competitors, if they ever bothered to look back.

Now, after discarding the 99 points for Race 2 Sunday when their mast broke as they were running a close second to Mike Holt and crew Carl Smit, their tally shows only four points in five races. But they do look back.

"Yeah," Nelson said, "absolutely."

As for Holt and Smit, they're three points behind with a first and four seconds after beating everybody but Martin/Nelson.

Nelson said, "Their worst race was a second, so we don't have much breathing room. They were nipping at our heels for awhile."

Three points is within mathematical reach should the leaders stumble again---but don't count on it. Their wins were by 1 minute 38 seconds and 1:12. Holt/Smith may be keeping Martin/Nelson honest, but they need to pay attention to Australia's three-time world champion, Chris Nicholson with crew Casey Smith, whose (4)-3-3-3-3 line score is also impressive.

Nick Adamson of nearby San Carlos, Calif., and crew Steve Bourdow, are fourth with 19 points but facing reality.

"They'll have to screw up or have some problems," Adamson said of the leaders. "But anything can happen."

No racing was scheduled Wednesday, and the regatta will wind up with two races Thursday and one each Friday and Saturday.

There will be one more discard after the eighth race, but even that may not help perennial contender and 1999 winner Howard Hamlin of Long Beach, Calif. and crew Paul Cayard, whose seventh and 14th places Tuesday left them 28 points back in seventh, behind Germany's Jens Findel and crew Johannes Tellen and Seattle's Dalton Bergan and crew Fritz Lanzinger.

Hamlin/Cayard have already used one of their throwouts by voluntarily rejecting, in a change of heart, the redress they had won after being disqualified in Monday's race for interfering with the Gate Launch boat that follows the Pathfinder race boat, a.k.a. the "rabbit." Then in Tuesday's second race their boat sprang a leak when the gasket in the centerboard failed.

"We had geysers this high in the boat," Hamlin said, holding his hand waist high. "I'm sure it hurt us. We were slow."

That morning Cayard had phoned Hamlin to suggest they forfeit the redress.

"That was my first gate start in 30 years," Cayard said. "I went home and read the rules"---specifically, paragraph 11.9 that states "a boat shall not interfere with the Pathfinder . . . [or] the Gate Launch [boat]"---in this case an inflatable tender.

The rule didn't define "interfere," but now, after a pre-race amendment issued Tuesday, it says "a boat shall not make contact with the boats."

Cayard said, "We didn’t even know we hit the thing. One of the guys on it said a piece of my clothing grazed it. I don't know what that could have been. The hull did not make contact."

But, Cayard said, "I figured it all out at 11:30 last night."

He decided the right thing to do was to go with the spirit of the rule.

"I called Howie and he agreed."

Cayard, a longtime St. Francis YC member, informed race officials of the decision when he arrived at the club.

Later, Pip Pearson, the International 505 Class president from Australia, said the action of Cayard and Hamlin was "one of the most honorable things I've ever seen."

Cayard said, "It's not all about winning. You have to live with yourself."

SAP is the naming sponsor and APL is the presenting sponsor. Marine Media Alliance, Drystone Berridge Vineyard Estates, Lindsay Art Glass, North Sails, Ronstan and 505 American Section are supporting sponsors.

The leaders

(after 5 of 9 races)
1. Mike Martin/Jeff Nelson, USA, 1-(DNF)-1-1-1, 4 points.
2. Mike Holt/Carl Smit, USA, (2)-1-2-2-2, 7.
3. Chris Nicholson/Casey Smith, Australia, (4)-3-3-3, 12.
4. Nick Adamson/Steve Bourdow, USA, 9-2-(13)-4-4, 19.
5. Jens Findel/Johannes Tellen, Germany, (72)-5-6-15-12, 28.
6. Dalton Bergan/Fritz Lanzinger, USA, 8-8-4-10-(15), 30.
7. Howie Hamlin/Paul Cayard, USA, 5-6-(99-RAF), 7-14, 32.
8. Ryan Cox/Stuart Park, USA, (12)-11-12-6-8, 37.
9. Bruce Mahoney/Paul Allen, USA, (24)-7-7-8-19, 41.
10. Ian Pinnell/Carl Gibbon, Great Britain, 7-14-8-13-(20), 42.

Complete results

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Watch the races on Track Live

About SAP
SAP is the world's leading provider of e-business software solutions. Through the mySAP.com e-business platform, people in businesses around the globe are improving relationships with customers and partners, streamlining operations and achieving significant efficiencies throughout their supply chains. Today more than 18,800 companies in more than 120 countries run more than 56,000 installations of SAP software. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges including the Frankfurt stock exchange countries and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." More information: www.sap.com

About APL
APL is a global shipping business offering more than 609 weekly
services and more than 500 calls at more than 140 ports
worldwide. It combines world-class intermodal operations with
leading edge IT and inter-commerce. APL is a unit of Singapore-
based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), global shipping, logistics and
marine terminals company. More information: www.apl.com


St. Francis Yacht Club
Founded in 1927, St. Francis Yacht Club, within view of the Golden Gate Bridge, is a year-round host of over 40 regattas on San Francisco Bay. The club is renowned for its expertise in running world and national championships.

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Holt/Smit take charge as Martin/Nelson falter

San Francisco, CA
August 27, 2009



The scenario has shifted in the 2009 SAP 505 World Championship, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club.

Mike Holt and crew Carl Smit---formerly of the UK now living in nearby Santa Cruz---seized control from Mike Martin and crew Jeff Nelson from Newport Beach, Calif., who suffered a 12th place in the first of two races in uncommonly light wind fluctuating between 8 and 11 knots Thursday.

Martin/Nelson, previously invincible through five races in breeze as strong as 25 knots, except for the first day when their mast broke, rebounded with a second place, but by then Holt/Smit had scored a third and a fourth and now lead with 12 points to 18 for Martin/Nelson.

That means that Holt/Smit, whose worst finish has been the fourth place, may not have to sail Saturday's last race if they can hold their lead through Friday's next-to-last eighth of nine races overall. There are two throwouts and they haven't really needed any, although Martin/Nelson can drop their 12th after today, leaving the door open a bit.

The way the week's competition has developed, Thursday's race winners were slightly surprising and are-you-kidding-me? stunning: Dalton Bergan and crew Fritz Lanzinger of Seattle by 24 seconds, climbing from sixth to fifth place, and Australia's Malcolm Higgins and crew Nick Johnston, who are in 32nd place with a previous best finish of 13th, by a startling 48 seconds.

Holt said, "We just plugged along . . . didn't take any risks. We didn't want to get any [results] we needed to drop."

So Friday's strategy will be . . . ?

"We've got to make sure Mike doesn't get any good scores."

So, with two throwouts to give, does this mean there will be some match racing going on Friday?

"There's a possibility of that," Holt said.

Racing on the East Bay course was delayed an hour and five minutes with a light easterly wind---a headwind that prompted most boats to be towed out---that transitioned through a lull into a normal westerly from the Golden Gate Bridge seven miles away. It grew to 10 knots through the starting sequence but remained so fluky that the first start was aborted on a general recall---rare for a Gate (a.k.a. "rabbit") Start but necessary when a wind shift scrambled the starters in front of the rabbit---in this case, Australia's Peter Chappell and crew Ian Davidson.

The second try worked, except for Martin and Nelson.

"We got pinched off by another boat and then rolled," Nelson said.

Martin said, "That wasn't too bad, but halfway up the beat we were moving OK and this huge [wind] hole developed, and all the guys on the left sailed around it."

That put them 24th at the first windward mark of the three-lap course, and the best they could do was to cut that deficit in half.

"That means we'll have to sail both days," Martin said. "Holt is definitely in a controlling position."

With 36 points, Bergan and Lanzinger are out of title contention, but "we're pretty psyched," Bergan said. "I've never even led a race with a spinnaker in my life."

With their fifth place in the second race, they had the best overall day of anybody.

Bergan, 31, is a relative rookie in the 505 class with only a year and a half of sailing in the tricky 16 1/2-foot dinghy, although Lanzinger, who owns the boat, once sailed with Howie Hamlin in one of his five 505 Worlds second-place finishes.

But Lanzinger, 48, said of his skipper, "The guy's more than a rookie. He just got fourth in the Moth Worlds [at the Cascade Locks on the Columbia River earlier this month], and he has plenty of experience in big regattas."

Bergan also has placed second in the 2004 and 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials for the 49er class, and he feels that his first 505 Worlds is special.

"It's a rite of passage," he said. "Sailing the Worlds in a windy spot is a classic thing to do. We're pretty surprised to be in the top group."

The win by Higgins and Johnston was even more impressive. They led at every mark, with Martin/Nelson unable to chip away despite outrunning everybody else.

"The boat's going well," Higgins said. "We just keep bashing through. It's pretty awesome. We're just tried to keep a cover on everyone."

Johnston: "Just fantastic. All that running and cycling [training] in Tasmania paid off."

SAP is the naming sponsor and APL is the presenting sponsor. Marine Media Alliance, Drystone Berridge Vineyard Estates, Lindsay Art Glass, North Sails, Ronstan and 505 American Section are supporting sponsors.

The leaders

(after 7 of 9 races)
1. Mike Holt/Carl Smit, USA, (2)-1-2-2-2-3-(4), 12 points.
2. Mike Martin/Jeff Nelson, USA, 1-(DNF)-1-1-1-12-2, 18.
3. Chris Nicholson/Casey Smith, Australia, (4)-3-3-3-3-7-8, 23.
4. Jens Findel/Johannes Tellen, Germany, (72)-5-6-15-12-2-3, 33.
5. Dalton Bergan/Fritz Lanzinger, USA, 8-8-4-10-(15)-1-5, 36.
6. Nick Adamson/Steve Bourdow, USA, 9-2-13-4-4-4-(17), 36.
7. Howie Hamlin/Paul Cayard, USA, 5-6-(RAF)-7-14-5-10, 47.
8. Ryan Cox/Stuart Park, USA, 12-11-12-6-8-6-(15), 55.
9. Ian Pinnell/Carl Gibbon, Great Britain, 7-14-8-13-(20)-10-11, 63. 10. Tyler Moore/Geoff Ewenson, USA, 11-13-11-15-(16)-8-6, 64.
Complete results

High-resolution photo gallery

Watch the races on Track Live

About SAP
SAP is the world's leading provider of e-business software solutions. Through the mySAP.com e-business platform, people in businesses around the globe are improving relationships with customers and partners, streamlining operations and achieving significant efficiencies throughout their supply chains. Today more than 18,800 companies in more than 120 countries run more than 56,000 installations of SAP software. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges including the Frankfurt stock exchange countries and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." More information: www.sap.com

About APL
APL is a global shipping business offering more than 609 weekly services and more than 500 calls at more than 140 ports
worldwide. It combines world-class intermodal operations with leading edge IT and inter-commerce. APL is a unit of Singapore-
based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), global shipping, logistics and marine terminals company. More information: www.apl.com


St. Francis Yacht Club
Founded in 1927, St. Francis Yacht Club, within view of the Golden Gate Bridge, is a year-round host of over 40 regattas on San Francisco Bay. The club is renowned for its expertise in running world and national championships.

All about 505s

World champions

MEDIA CONTACT
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The 2009 SAP World Championship on San Francisco Bay has had a little bit of weather for everyone's taste from 30+ knots of breeze and cool temperatures the first day, to hot and zephers later in the week. There's a lot of new emerging talent in the class. A number of younger sailors, with relatively little 505 experience are knocking on the door of the top 10. There's still one day left, but the competition is for the trophy is down to two, the same two that fought it out last week in the StFYC 505 North Americans -- Mike Holt/Carl Smit & Mike Martin/Jeff Nelson.

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Aug. 27, 2009



Holt/Smit take charge as Martin/Nelson falter

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.


The scenario has shifted in the 2009 SAP 505 World Championship, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club.

Mike Holt and crew Carl Smit---formerly of the UK now living in nearby Santa Cruz---seized control from Mike Martin and crew Jeff Nelson from Newport Beach, Calif., who suffered a 12th place in the first of two races in uncommonly light wind fluctuating between 8 and 11 knots Thursday.

Martin/Nelson, previously invincible through five races in breeze as strong as 25 knots, except for the first day when their mast broke, rebounded with a second place, but by then Holt/Smit had scored a third and a fourth and now lead with 12 points to 18 for Martin/Nelson.

That means that Holt/Smit, whose worst finish has been the fourth place, may not have to sail Saturday's last race if they can hold their lead through Friday's next-to-last eighth of nine races overall. There are two throwouts and they haven't really needed any, although Martin/Nelson can drop their 12th after today, leaving the door open a bit.

The way the week's competition has developed, Thursday's race winners were slightly surprising and are-you-kidding-me? stunning: Dalton Bergan and crew Fritz Lanzinger of Seattle by 24 seconds, climbing from sixth to fifth place, and Australia's Malcolm Higgins and crew Nick Johnston, who are in 32nd place with a previous best finish of 13th, by a startling 48 seconds.

Holt said, "We just plugged along . . . didn't take any risks. We didn't want to get any [results] we needed to drop."

So Friday's strategy will be . . . ?

"We've got to make sure Mike doesn't get any good scores."

So, with two throwouts to give, does this mean there will be some match racing going on Friday?

"There's a possibility of that," Holt said.

Racing on the East Bay course was delayed an hour and five minutes with a light easterly wind---a headwind that prompted most boats to be towed out---that transitioned through a lull into a normal westerly from the Golden Gate Bridge seven miles away. It grew to 10 knots through the starting sequence but remained so fluky that the first start was aborted on a general recall---rare for a Gate (a.k.a. "rabbit") Start but necessary when a wind shift scrambled the starters in front of the rabbit---in this case, Australia's Peter Chappell and crew Ian Davidson.

The second try worked, except for Martin and Nelson.

"We got pinched off by another boat and then rolled," Nelson said.

Martin said, "That wasn't too bad, but halfway up the beat we were moving OK and this huge [wind] hole developed, and all the guys on the left sailed around it."

That put them 24th at the first windward mark of the three-lap course, and the best they could do was to cut that deficit in half.

"That means we'll have to sail both days," Martin said. "Holt is definitely in a controlling position."

With 36 points, Bergan and Lanzinger are out of title contention, but "we're pretty psyched," Bergan said. "I've never even led a race with a spinnaker in my life."

With their fifth place in the second race, they had the best overall day of anybody.

Bergan, 31, is a relative rookie in the 505 class with only a year and a half of sailing in the tricky 16 1/2-foot dinghy, although Lanzinger, who owns the boat, once sailed with Howie Hamlin in one of his five 505 Worlds second-place finishes.

But Lanzinger, 48, said of his skipper, "The guy's more than a rookie. He just got fourth in the Moth Worlds [at the Cascade Locks on the Columbia River earlier this month], and he has plenty of experience in big regattas."

Bergan also has placed second in the 2004 and 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials for the 49er class, and he feels that his first 505 Worlds is special.

"It's a rite of passage," he said. "Sailing the Worlds in a windy spot is a classic thing to do. We're pretty surprised to be in the top group."

The win by Higgins and Johnston was even more impressive. They led at every mark, with Martin/Nelson unable to chip away despite outrunning everybody else.

"The boat's going well," Higgins said. "We just keep bashing through. It's pretty awesome. We're just tried to keep a cover on everyone."

Johnston: "Just fantastic. All that running and cycling [training] in Tasmania paid off."

SAP is the naming sponsor and APL is the presenting sponsor. Marine Media Alliance, Drystone Berridge Vineyard Estates, Lindsay Art Glass, North Sails, Ronstan and 505 American Section are supporting sponsors.

The leaders

(after 7 of 9 races)
1. Mike Holt/Carl Smit, USA, (2)-1-2-2-2-3-(4), 12 points.
2. Mike Martin/Jeff Nelson, USA, 1-(DNF)-1-1-1-12-2, 18.
3. Chris Nicholson/Casey Smith, Australia, (4)-3-3-3-3-7-8, 23.
4. Jens Findel/Johannes Tellen, Germany, (72)-5-6-15-12-2-3, 33.
5. Dalton Bergan/Fritz Lanzinger, USA, 8-8-4-10-(15)-1-5, 36.
6. Nick Adamson/Steve Bourdow, USA, 9-2-13-4-4-4-(17), 36.
7. Howie Hamlin/Paul Cayard, USA, 5-6-(RAF)-7-14-5-10, 47.
8. Ryan Cox/Stuart Park, USA, 12-11-12-6-8-6-(15), 55.
9. Ian Pinnell/Carl Gibbon, Great Britain, 7-14-8-13-(20)-10-11, 63. 10. Tyler Moore/Geoff Ewenson, USA, 11-13-11-15-(16)-8-6, 64.

Complete results

High-resolution photo gallery

All about 505s

World champions

Track all of the races live by going to www.tractrac.com


About SAP
SAP is the world's leading provider of e-business software solutions. Through the mySAP.com e-business platform, people in businesses around the globe are improving relationships with customers and partners, streamlining operations and achieving significant efficiencies throughout their supply chains. Today more than 18,800 companies in more than 120 countries run more than 56,000 installations of SAP software. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges including the Frankfurt stock exchange countries and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." More information: www.sap.com

About APL
APL is a global shipping business offering more than 609 weekly
services and more than 500 calls at more than 140 ports
worldwide. It combines world-class intermodal operations with
leading edge IT and inter-commerce. APL is a unit of Singapore-
based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), global shipping, logistics and
marine terminals company. More information: www.apl.com


St. Francis Yacht Club
Founded in 1927, St. Francis Yacht Club, within view of the Golden Gate Bridge, is a year-round host of over 40 regattas on San Francisco Bay. The club is renowned for its expertise in running world and national championships.

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Martin/Nelson: It's their 505 Worlds to win

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.

Mike Martin and crew Jeff Holt, down in points to Mike Holt and crew Carl Smith and faced with lighter winds than they would prefer, pulled off a clutch victory Friday to carry the championship of the 2009 SAP 505 Worlds into the final race Saturday.

Now, after scoring their fifth win in eight races while Holt/Smith finished ninth and with both discard scores cashed in, Martin/Nelson lead with 7 points to 12, as all other contenders slipped out of contention.

Martin/Nelson finished 50 seconds ahead of late chargers Dalton Bergan and crew Fritz Lanzinger, who have sailed the hottest boat of all (1-5-2) over the last three races to climb into fourth place.

The title showdown will start at noon on the Berkeley Circle course in the East Bay, where wispy winds the last two days have severely strained the venue's reputation for big breeze. Especially Friday, with the temperature in the mid-70s---that's a heat wave here, even in summer---and families and dogs flocked to the beach, the orange wind sock at the Crissy Field staging area where kite boards rule drooped like yesterday's noodles.

Weather watchers blamed it on the dissipating tropical storm Ignacio off Baja California whose thermal spinoff has turned California sailing sites into Golden Ponds.

Early in the afternoon St. Francis YC race manager John Craig drove the committee boat around to the beach, fired two shotgun blasts and hoisted the red and white AP flag to hold boats from launching, as if anyone was seriously considering it. Then a short time later, when scout boats outside the Golden Gate Bridge reported wind conditions building optimistically, the hold was lifted and race committee boats enlisted to tow almost everybody the six miles downwind to the course for a 3 o'clock start.

This wasn't what either Holt or Martin wanted, preferring, respectively, to just call it a regatta or wait for much more wind.

Otherwise, before his worst finish of the week, Holt was in position to end it all with a day to spare by driving Martin/Nelson deep into the fleet. They had already spent both of their discards brought on by a non-finish with a broken mast and a 12th place in fluky winds Thursday.

"We didn't manage to do it today," said a disappointed Holt. "We put him in a tough spot, and I thought we had him."

The tough spot was not only in the standings but at the start when Holt/Smit stalked Martin/Nelson into the Gate (a.k.a. "rabbit") Start, and put themselves in the controlling leeward position but couldn't make it stick. They moved up the line in the last moments before they would tack to starboard and cross behind the "rabbit"---this time Howie Hamlin and crew Paul Cayard, who earned the honor as the 10th-place finisher in the previous race.

Martin said, "They got under us but we sailed up the line and found a hole. We tacked and got off the line."

Meanwhile, Holt/Smit fell into the second row as they looked desperately for a place to tack toward the line, and by the time they crossed they had all but lost sight of their rivals. They were as deep as 20th at one point and never threatened Martin/Nelson again.

Over the 3 1/2 laps to an upwind finish, Martin said, "We were keeping an eye on them the whole race."

Bergan led the race midway, running away from everybody except Martin/Nelson, the only boat that passed them, which happened downwind.

"He cleared us by only a foot," Dalton said.

Dalton credited Lanzinger with much of their success and claimed he has felt no pressure in his rookie effort at the top level of 505 dinghy sailing.

"If I were calling the tactics I'd be nervous," he said. "Fritz makes all the calls. As a skipper you just keep the boat sailing fast."

Then there are the other competitors who make the leaders look good. Two are Steve Kleha, 32, a Stanford University grad and a financial analyst in real life, and his crew, Mattias Kennerknecht from Germany, who owns the boat.

"I just started sailing 505s seriously a year ago," Kleha said. "Mattias has been bringing me up to speed."

Even in 39th place, they are doing well, considering that they have started ands finished every race, which even Martin/Nelson and 64 of the other 97 entries can't say. Their best finishes are a 16th and 22nd in the first two races, but they are learning.

"There are four major adjustments upwind," Kleha said. "[Mast] rake, vang, ram and centerboard. These boats are highly technical. You'd be surprised how a small adjustment can make a big difference. One day we were sailing upwind and Mattias suggested we move the vang back, and immediately we gained a knot or a knot and a half. You could feel it leap."

That's where Martin and Holt were once. Now they're going for the glory.

What conditions would they like?

"About 18 knots would be nice," Martin said.

SAP is the naming sponsor and APL is the presenting sponsor. Marine Media Alliance, Drystone Berridge Vineyard Estates, Lindsay Art Glass, North Sails, Ronstan and 505 American Section are supporting sponsors.

The leaders

(after 8 of 9 races; 2 discards)
1. Mike Martin/Jeff Nelson, USA, 1-(DNF)-1-1-1-(12)-2-1, 7 points.
2. Mike Holt/Carl Smit, USA, 2-1-2-2-2-3-(4)-(9), 12.
3. Chris Nicholson/Casey Smith, Australia, 4-3-3-3-3-7-(8)-(8), 28.
4. Dalton Bergan/Fritz Lanzinger, USA, 8-8-4-(10)-(15)-1-5-2, 28.
5. Jens Findel/Johannes Tellen, Germany, (72)-5-6-(15)-12-2-3-10, 31.
6. Nick Adamson/Steve Bourdow, USA, 9-2-13-4-4-4-(17)-(14), 36.
7. Howie Hamlin/Paul Cayard, USA, 5-6-(RAF)-7-(14)-5-10-5, 38.
8. Ian Pinnell/Carl Gibbon, Great Britain, 7-(14)-8-13-(20)-10-11-3, 52.
9. Tyler Moore/Geoff Ewenson, USA, 11-13-11-(15)-(16)-8-6-4, 53.
10. Ryan Cox/Stuart Park, USA, 12-11-12-6-8-6-(15)-(22), 55.

Complete results

High-resolution photo gallery

All about 505s

World champions

Track all of the races live by going to www.tractrac.com


About SAP
SAP is the world's leading provider of e-business software solutions. Through the mySAP.com e-business platform, people in businesses around the globe are improving relationships with customers and partners, streamlining operations and achieving significant efficiencies throughout their supply chains. Today more than 18,800 companies in more than 120 countries run more than 56,000 installations of SAP software. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges including the Frankfurt stock exchange countries and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." More information: www.sap.com

About APL
APL is a global shipping business offering more than 609 weekly
services and more than 500 calls at more than 140 ports
worldwide. It combines world-class intermodal operations with
leading edge IT and inter-commerce. APL is a unit of Singapore-
based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), global shipping, logistics and
marine terminals company. More information: www.apl.com


St. Francis Yacht Club
Founded in 1927, St. Francis Yacht Club, within view of the Golden Gate Bridge, is a year-round host of over 40 regattas on San Francisco Bay. The club is renowned for its expertise in running world and national championships.

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505 Worlds win a breeze for Martin and Nelson

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.

Mother Nature gave Mike Martin the 18 knots of wind he asked for and he and crew Jeff Nelson took care of the rest of their business Saturday to win the 2009 SAP 505 World Championship with an artistic runaway performance.

And they earned it. Their climactic 46-second victory mirrored their earlier mastery of the cold, strong winds that San Francisco promised but surprisingly substituted with its apparent two days of summer near the end of the week, momentarily taking them off their game.

Earlier, they used one of their discards when they broke their mast in the mud of the shallow Berkeley Circle in the East Bay while running a close second to Mike Holt and crew Carl Smit, had to swallow a 12th place when the breeze turned light and tricky and then needed to recharge their winning form to beat off the bid of Mike Holt and Carl Smit convincingly over the last two days.

From Day 1 it evolved into a two-boat battle for the title. Holt/Smit were second to Martin/Nelson's firsts in four of the first five races---the exception being the formers' win when the latter flipped in a puff and lost their mast. Australia's Chris Nicholson/Casey Smith hung in for three days, while Germany's Jens Findel/Johannes Tellen and the USA's Dalton Bergen/Fritz Lanzinger and Nick Adamson/Steve Bourdow had their moments near the end, but none could threaten the top two.

After regaining the regatta lead from Holt/Smit in moderate breeze a day earlier, Martin said he'd like to see the wind return to, say, 18 knots for the showdown. He wasn't being greedy; that velocity and more had been standard earlier.

"There was a bit of nervousness at the start," Martin said afterward, "but in the end…"

In the end, after the breeze had built from 12 knots to past 20 in the 3 1/2-lap, hour-and-a-half race, Martin and Nelson were at home in their element again, invincible in their sixth first place in the nine-race series, this time with Adamson/Bourdow second, Nicholson/Smith third and Holt/Smit fourth.

Martin, 44, and Nelson, 34, are from Newport Beach, which may contradict their superiority in heavy weather, but they have been sailing together for 10 years all over the world in all kinds of conditions.

That's also as old as the spare aluminum mast they used for the last seven races with no apparent loss of performance.

Also marking the return of tough sailing were several capsizes and one sinking. Michael and Mark Lazzaro's difficult week---they finished only three races---ended when their number 5281, the oldest boat in the fleet, sank in 10 feet near the leeward gate. They were rescued from the 62-degree water and the boat also was recovered.

Back at the Crissy Field boat yard after the six-mile upwind sail from the race course, Martin and Nelson were greeted with enthusiastic laughs, smiles and hugs by their sailing buddy, Howie Hamlin of Long Beach, and Paul Cayard, his substitute crew for the week. They wound up seventh overall.

Martin was Hamlin's crew when they won the 505 Worlds 10 years ago, and Hamlin noted, "Nobody has ever won the 505 Worlds as a crew and then as a skipper. It's well-deserved. He's worked for it a long time. He loves breeze. He always has."

Cayard said that at 50 "it was a lot of fun" handling spinnakers and hanging out on a trapeze in his boyhood waters, returning to his roots from a long career of sailing America's Cups, Whitbread/Volvo round-the-world races and other big boat ventures.

"I woke up this morning and realized I wouldn't be waking up again to go sailing in a 505," Cayard said, wistfully. "Small boat sailing is what I gave up doing to do what I do 99 per cent of the time now."

Holt/Smit dogged Martin/Nelson into the Gate "rabbit" starting sequence that developed into an odd sort of match race until Martin broke free while running the line on port tack against the starboard tack fleet waiting to cross behind the Gate boat following the rabbit, who was Findel/Tellen.

"We were able to get away just enough to tack to starboard," Martin said, "and when we tacked we were perfectly lined up with a good clear lane, and we were off."

Smit said, "We knew it was going to be tough today. We needed them to make a mistake. They didn't make any mistakes."

Hamlin said, "Holtie did what he could do. He had two days' chances to drive [Martin] down."

Holt said, "We gave it a shot but he was faster. We tried to go for him at the start . . . did everything in our power."

SAP is the naming sponsor and APL is the presenting sponsor. Marine Media Alliance, Drystone Berridge Vineyard Estates, Lindsay Art Glass, North Sails, Ronstan and 505 American Section are supporting sponsors.

The top 10

(9 races; 2 discards)
1. Mike Martin/Jeff Nelson, USA, 1-(DNF)-1-1-1-(12)-2-1-1, 8 points.
2. Mike Holt/Carl Smit, USA, 2-1-2-2-2-3-(4)-(9)-4, 16.
3. Chris Nicholson/Casey Smith, Australia, 4-3-3-3-3-7-(8)-(8)-3. 26.
4. Jens Findel/Johannes Tellen, Germany, (72)-5-6-(15)-12-2-3-10-5, 36.
5. Dalton Bergan/Fritz Lanzinger, USA, 8-8-4-10-(15)-1-5-2-(16), 38.
6. Nick Adamson/Steve Bourdow, USA, 9-2-13-4-4-4-(17)-(14)-2, 38.
7. Howie Hamlin/Paul Cayard, USA, 5-6-(RAF)-7-(14)-5-10-5-6, 44.
8. Tyler Moore/Geoff Ewenson, USA, 11-13-11-(15)-(16)-8-6-4-10, 63.
9. Ryan Cox/Stuart Park, USA, 12-11-12-6-8-6-(15)-(22)-8, 63.
10. Ian Pinnell/Carl Gibbon, Great Britain, 7-(14)-8-13-(20)-10-11-3-(DNF), 66.

Complete final results

High-resolution photo gallery

All about 505s

World champions

Track all of the races live by going to www.tractrac.com


About SAP
SAP is the world's leading provider of e-business software solutions. Through the mySAP.com e-business platform, people in businesses around the globe are improving relationships with customers and partners, streamlining operations and achieving significant efficiencies throughout their supply chains. Today more than 18,800 companies in more than 120 countries run more than 56,000 installations of SAP software. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges including the Frankfurt stock exchange countries and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." More information: www.sap.com

About APL
APL is a global shipping business offering more than 609 weekly
services and more than 500 calls at more than 140 ports
worldwide. It combines world-class intermodal operations with
leading edge IT and inter-commerce. APL is a unit of Singapore-
based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), global shipping, logistics and
marine terminals company. More information: www.apl.com


St. Francis Yacht Club
Founded in 1927, St. Francis Yacht Club, within view of the Golden Gate Bridge, is a year-round host of over 40 regattas on San Francisco Bay. The club is renowned for its expertise in running world and national championships.

MEDIA CONTACT
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