Venues; a Protected Bay Almost Completely Surrounded by Land, Reducing the Potential for High Sea States While Still Permitting Excellent Wind Flow

International 505 World’s Bermuda Oct 26 – Nov 6 2021 Sponsored by With the support of Sponsored by With the support of Host Club and Organising Committee The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is pleased to be hosting the 2021 505 Worlds. Situated downtown in the capital, Hamilton, it is easily accessible from all parts of the island and is approximately 30 minutes from the LF Wade International Airport. The Club has a long history of managing major international events including the Newport Bermuda Race – the oldest regularly scheduled offshore race in the world Bermuda King Edward VII Gold Cup Match Racing Tournament – the oldest one design Match Racing event in the world Amlin International Moth Regatta RC44 Series America’s Cup Superyacht Regatta America’s Cup J Boat Regatta Viper 640 World American Championships Optimist North American Championships International One Design World Championships Antigua Bermuda Race International 14 World Championships Newport Bermuda Race King Edward VII Gold Cup Match Race Tournament Amlin Interenational Moth Regatta R C 44 Series America’s Cup J Regatta North American Optimist Dinghy Championships The Club has a full range of facilities and has recently undergone major refurbishment of bathroom/shower facilities as well as an extension to the hardstand/dry sailing storage area / dinghy floats. The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is ideally located close to local commerce, shops, restaurants hotels and supermarkets all of which are within a few minutes walk. The club owns a new Signal Boat, 7 Ribs, 2 support boats, marks and equipment for multiple courses and will regularly supplement this with member boats. The following aerial photograph shows the location of the Club relative to the City of Hamilton. The proposed Dinghy Park is also indicated. The Park has sufficient room to accommodate approximately 80 boats and the Club has additional Hardstand space for another 30 boats would become available if needed. Should the fleet size exceed expectations there are other options available for storage near to the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. 12 Containers can be kept at the edge of the park providing storage during the event. Club House Dinghy Park Bermuda is less than a two-hour flight from the U.S. East Coast and seven hours from the UK with many carriers providing daily service to and from Bermuda. The map above illustrates the airports which regularly service Bermuda. Carriers are as follows Delta – BOS, ATL, JFK Air Canada – YYZ US Air – PHL, DCA United Airlines – EWR British Airways – LGW American Airlines – JFK, MIA, PHL Jet Blue – BOS, JFK West Jet – YYZ Bermuda offers a wide range of accommodation choices from luxury hotels, mid priced hotels, guesthouses to Airbnb. Shoulder season pricing will allow a good number of options less than $200/night. Bermuda’s Great Sound may well be one of the world's greatest sailing venues; a protected bay almost completely surrounded by land, reducing the potential for high sea states while still permitting excellent wind flow. It provided a magnificent venue for the 35th America’s Cup. Grid = 2 nm Wind October 2016 Wind November 2016 Sea Temp 70 – 75 F. Mean 71.3 Sea Surface Temperature Shipping Estimates Round Trip before Subsidy 40 ft Containers Cost / boat with 8 "October 2021 Transit Time (Days) Total Cost boats /Container Following are shipping estimates made this summer. New Jersey (Port Eliz) 6 8690 1086 Bermuda Tourism Authority has awarded us funds to subsidize California (Oakland) 20 14902 1863 some of this cost. Check with your national rep who will be UK (Liverpool) 25 14420 1803 organizing shipping. It will be key that each subsidized Germany (Hamburg) 29 17820 2228 container is full with 8 boats. Australia (Sydney) 51 17721 2215 South Africa (Durban) 32 19792 2474 Lifting Crane in BDA 4000 What’s Next Indicate your interest in joining us by starting your registration here. Discounted early entry fees are not due until the end of February. https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eid=13188 Sponsored by Contact [email protected] Royal Bermuda Yacht Club +1 441 294 6716 With the support of .

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