fivepointfive - April 2023
The official magazine of the International 5.5 Metre Association
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FLEETS
AUSTRALIA
Damian Macey
damo.macey@live.com.au
AUSTRIA
Dirk Harms
harms.dirk@gmail.com
BAHAMAS
R. Craig Symonette
craig@symonettegroup.com
Class
information
CANADA
John Lister
listersjohn@gmail.com
CURAÇAO
Gijs de Boer
gijsboer@gmail.com
DENMARK
Hauke Wulf
hwu@andersen-partners.dk
FINLAND
Ville Harkke
vharkke@gmail.com
FRANCE
Jean-Bernard Datry
jdatry@club-internet.fr
GERMANY
Felix Christiansen
felix.christiansen@hcco.de
GREAT BRITAIN
Peter Morton
mortycowes@talktalk.net
GREECE
Stavros C. Papagiannopoulos
ceo@exl.gr
ITALY
Fabrizio Cavazza
fabriziocavazza@gmail.com
NETHERLANDS
Arend J. Pasman
apotheekwormer@ezorg.nl
NORWAY
Bent Christian Wilhelmsen
bcw@octillioninvest.ch
SWEDEN
Mats Nelson
matsnelsonbasse@gmail.com
SWITZERLAND
André Bernheim
A.Bernheim@mondaine.ch
USA
Daniel Rossi
daniel@rossi-engineering.com
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OFFICERS
(as of April 2023)
PRESIDENT
Louise Morton
louisemorton@me.com
Great Britain
SECRETARY
Liz Haines
liz@hainesyachting.com.au
Great Britain
VP COMMUNICATION
Peter Vlasov
petervlasov@mac.com
The Bahamas
VP TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Jamie MacPhail
JMacPhail@pantaenius.com
Australia
TREASURER
Simon Pfändler
simon.pfaendler@amgil.ch
Switzerland
WEBSITES
5.5class.org
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HONORARY
PRESIDENT
H.M. King Harald V of Norway
TECHNICAL
COMMITTEE
Chairman:
Jamie McPhail, AUS
JMacPhail@pantaenius.com
Rients van der Woude, NOR
rients@online.no
Mike Toppa, USA
Mike.Toppa@northsails.com
Guy Roland Perrin, SUI
guyroland.perrin@gmail.com
Odin Grupe, GER
odin.grupe@kiwi-weine.de
Edited and published by
Robert Deaves for the International
5.5 Metre Class Association
Copyright © Robert Deaves, 2023
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APRIL 2023 • fivepointfive • 5