5.5 Metre (keelboat)

The International 5.5 Metre class was created to yield a racing keel boat giving a sailing experience similar to that of the International 6 Metre Class, but at a lower cost.

International 5.5 Metre

Class symbol
Development
Designer	Charles E. Nicholson (rule designer)
Year	1949 (rule design)
Design	Development class
Boat
Crew	3
Draft	Maximum: 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Hull weight	Minimum: 1,700 kg (3,700 lb) Maximum: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb)
LOA	About: 9.5 m (31 ft)
Beam	Minimum: 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Fixed
Sails
Spinnaker area	About: 50.0 m^2 (538 sq ft)
Upwind sail area	Minimum: 26.5 m^2 (285 sq ft) Maximum: 29.0 m^2 (312 sq ft)
Former Olympic class

The main class regulation is a restriction on a single quantity output from a formula involving the boat's rating length L, weight (expressed as a displacement D) and sail area S; the regulation states that the output of this formula must not exceed 5.500 metres. There is considerable scope for variations in design while still meeting this restriction, and as a result each 5.5 metre boat is unique.

If the design parameters of a proposed new boat result in a formula output exceeding 5.5 metres, then one or more of the parameters must be suitably adjusted. Performance data gained from testing models towed in a long water tank (referred to in yacht design as Ship model basin) can suggest optimal combinations of parameters. The 5.5. metre rule is a variant of the International Rule (sailing) that was established already in 1907. The 5.5. is therefore closely related to larger metre boats such as the 6mR, 8mR and the 12mR.

Since 2010 the 5.5 Metre is one of the Vintage Yachting Classes at the Vintage Yachting Games.

History

5.5-metre class Olympic race in Helsinki 1952. Boats are German Tom Kyle (G I), Gold medalist Complex II (US I) and Danish Jill (D 2).

The 5.5-metre class was a redesign of the 6-metre class by Charles E. Nicholson in 1937. The first boats conforming to the 5.5-metre rule were built in 1949. There had been an earlier attempt to build a cheaper alternative to the Sixes. In 1929 the 5-metre class was established by the French "Union de Societes Nautique Francaise" and the class was accepted in London. It achieved a position as the smallest new international metre class and some hundreds boats were built. Nevertheless, the 5 metre never managed to achieve an Olympic status. The 5.5-metre class replaced it quickly and was raced in Olympics for first time in 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. The Scandinavian Gold Cup has also been competed with 5.5m boats since 1953. 5.5 metre boats replaced the International 6-metre at the 1956 Olympic Games held in Melbourne, Australia. The 5.5 metre participation in the Olympic sailing events continued at the 1960 Olympic Games and 1964 Olympic Games. During the 1960s it however began to draw similar criticism as preceding six-metre class - namely, increasing costs - and the boat lost Olympic status after 1968 Olympic Games, due to excessive design and building costs of one off boats, marking the end of development class keel boats in Olympic regattas. However, the class remained active thereafter and 5.5-metre boats are still very actively raced.

The formula

The measurement formula is given in the 2006 International Five Point Five Metre Rating Rules:

${\displaystyle 5.500{\mbox{ metres}}\geq 0.9\cdot \left({\frac {L\cdot {\sqrt[{2}]{S}}}{12\cdot {\sqrt[{3}]{D}}}}+{\frac {L+{\sqrt[{2}]{S}}}{4}}\right)}$

where

• ${\displaystyle L}$ = length for rating
• ${\displaystyle S}$ = measured sail area
• ${\displaystyle D}$ = displacement in cubic metres

Events

Olympic Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	2	1	1	4
2	United States (USA)	2	0	2	4
3	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
6	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 nations)		5	5	5	15

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1952 Helsinki	United States (USA) Britton Chance Michael Schoettle Edgar White Sumner White	Norway (NOR) Peder Lunde Vibeke Lunde Børre Falkum-Hansen	Sweden (SWE) Folke Wassén Carl-Erik Ohlson Magnus Wassén
1956 Melbourne	Sweden (SWE) Lars Thörn Hjalmar Karlsson Sture Stork	Great Britain (GBR) Robert Perry David Bowker John Dillon Neil Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick	Australia (AUS) Jock Sturrock Douglas Buxton Devereaux Mytton
1960 Rome	United States (USA) George O'Day James Hunt David Smith	Denmark (DEN) William Berntsen Steen Christensen Sören Hancke	Switzerland (SUI) Henri Copponex Pierre Girard Manfred Metzger
1964 Tokyo	Australia (AUS) William Northam Peter O'Donnell James Sargeant	Sweden (SWE) Lars Thörn Arne Karlsson Sture Stork	United States (USA) John J. McNamara Joseph Batchelder Francis Scully
1968 Mexico City	Sweden (SWE) Ulf Sundelin Jörgen Sundelin Peter Sundelin	Switzerland (SUI) Louis Noverraz Bernhard Dunand Marcel Stern	Great Britain (GBR) Robin Aisher Paul Anderson Adrian Jardine

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World Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1961 Helsinki Boats [2]	Ylliam XIV  Louis Noverraz (SUI)	Web II  William Eldred Berntsen (DEN)	Volpina  G. Carcano (ITA)
1962 Poo Boats [3]	Complex III  Britton Chance (USA)	John B3  Robert Symonette (BAH)	Bjarne  Chris Hall (GBR)
1963 Seawanhaka Boats [4]	Chaje II  Raymond Hunt (USA)	Rush VII  Lars Thörn (SWE)	Pride  Ernest Fay (USA)
Not Held - Olympic Year
1965 Napoli Boats [5]	Grifone  Agostino Straulino (ITA)	Southern Cross III  Norman Booth (AUS)	Complex V  Gardner Cox (USA)
1966 Copenhagen Boats [6]	D - Web III  Paul Bert Elvstrøm (DEN) Paul Mik Meyer	FRG - Sünnschien  Rudi Harmsdorf (GER)	K - Yeoman  Robin Aisher (GBR)
1967 Nassau Boats [7]	US - Cloud IX  Gordon Lindemann (USA)	K - Yeoman XV  Robin Aisher (GBR)	US - Cadenza  Gardner Cox (USA)
Not Held - Olympic Year
1969 Sandhamn Boats [8]	F - Cybèle  Jean-Marie le Guillou (FRA) Nikolas le Guillou Daniel Tassin	S - Wasa IV (SWE) Ulf Sundelin Jörgen Sundelin Peter Sundelin	S - Tomatoe (SWE) Thomas B. Nathhorst Håkan Lindquist Claes Boje
1970 Sydney Boats [9]	KA - Carabella  David Forbes (AUS)	US - Nemesis  Ted Turner (USA)	US - Sundance  Ernest Fay (USA)
1971 Seawanhaka Boats [10]	US - Tiger  Ted Turner (USA)	KA - Carabella  David Forbes (AUS)	N - Bingo II  King Olav (NOR)
1972 Genève Boats [11]	Z - Alphée VI  Claude Bigar (SUI)	US - Tiger  Ted Turner (USA)	US - Sundance  Ernest Fay (USA)
1973 Lysekil Boats [12]	US - Sundance  Ernest Fay (USA)	US - John B V  Robert Symonette (BAH)	KA - Antares  M. Morris (AUS)
1974 Sydney Boats [13]	Southern Cross IV  Norman Booth (AUS)	Skagerak  Crown Prince Harald (NOR)	Barragoola  R. Slade (AUS)
1975 Neuchâtel Boats [14]	no champion decided
1976 Hankø Boats [15]	Arunga  Frank Tolhurst (AUS)	Sundance  Ted Turner (USA)	Bingo II  King Olav (NOR)
1977 Bénodet 22 Boats [16]	Antares II  H. Vaughan (AUS)	John B  Robert Symonette (BAH)  Ulf Sundelin (SWE)  Gavin McKinney (BAH)	Odyssée V  Jean Lauener (SUI)
1978 Sandhamn 19 Boats [17]	Arunga III  Frank Tolhurst (AUS)	Ilias  Hans Aeppli (SUI)	Joker IV  Thomas Sprecher (SUI)
1979 Hankø 19 Boats [18]	Arunga III  Frank Tolhurst (AUS)	Patricia  M. Rouhiainen (FIN)	Wildfire  Albert Fay (USA)
1980 Sydney 19 Boats [19]	John B 6  Robert Symonette (BAH)	Arunga III  Frank Tolhurst (AUS)	Wildfire  Albert Fay (USA)
1981 Nassau 18 Boats [20]	Rapsody  Roy Tutty (AUS)	Arunga III  Frank Tolhurst (AUS)  Mark Tolhurst (AUS)	Pop's John B  Robert Symonette (BAH)  Gavin McKinney (BAH)
1982 Genève 40 Boats [21]	Z - Saphir  Jean-Claude Vuithier (SUI) L'Huillier Serrasin	Z - Onyx  Pierre-Yeves Firmenich (SUI) Psarophagis Truant	Z - Naryl  Philippe Dürr (SUI) Homberger Lehmann
1983 Hankø 26 Boats [22]	US - Firestorm  Albert Fay (USA)	US - Arunga IV  Jens Busch (SWE)	US - Warrior III  T. Omohundro (USA)
1984 Porto Cervo 22 Boats [23]	Z - Naryl  Philippe Dürr (SUI)	N - Norna XI  Prince Harald (NOR)	US - Warrior III  T. Omohundro (USA)
1985 Newport Beach 14 Boats [24]	Z - Sinaryl  Philippe Dürr (SUI)	US - Warrior IV  T. Omohundro (USA)	US - Morea  Robert Mosbacher (USA)
1986 Sydney 18 Boats [25]	BA - John B VII  Robert Symonette (BAH)  Ulf Sundelin (SWE)  Michael Baker-Harber (GBR)	L - Helena  T. Jungell (FIN)	N - Busy B  J.E. Dyvi (NOR)
1987 Hankø 31 Boats [26]	Artémis VII  Ronald Pieper (SUI)	Vinnia  Peter Tallberg (FIN)	Firestorm  Albert Fay (USA)
1988 Genève 52 Boats [27]	Z 150 - Tasman  Rico Gregorini (SUI)	Z 130 - Sinaryl  Philippe Dürr (SUI)	Z 144 - Maria-Christina  Jürg Weber (SUI)
1989 Houston 18 Boats [28]	Firestorm (USA) G. Francisco IV	Above the Line (USA) Peter Masterson Tom Dickey	Southern Cross 5  Frank Tolhurst (AUS)
1990 Torquay 24 Boats [29]	Alfredo (NOR) Kalle Nergaard Kristian Nergaard Espen Stokkeland	Above the Line (USA) Peter Masterson Tom Dickey	Firestorm (USA) Albert Fay
1991 Sydney 33 Boats [30]	Chlika-Chlika (SUI) Christian Wahl	Thunderbunny (USA) M. Haines	Alfredo (NOR) Kalle Nergaard Kristian Nergaard Herman Horn Johannesen
1992 Nassau 20 Boats [31]	Chlika-Chlika (SUI) Christian Wahl	Above the Line (USA) Peter Masterson Tom Dickey	Dodo (FIN) Henrik Dahlmann
1993 Hankø 33 Boats [32]	Zenda Corn (NOR) Kristian Nergaard Kalle Nergaard Christen Horn Johannesen	DoDo Too (FIN) Henrik Dahlmann	My Shout (USA) Glen Foster
1994 Crouesty 41 Boats [33]	Odyssée Junior (SUI) Dominique Lauener	Zenda Corn  Kristian Nergaard (NOR) Christen Horn Johannesen	Romeo e Giulietta (FRA) Marc Pajot
1995 Hanko 18 Boats [34]	USA-97 My Shout  Glen Foster (USA)	SUI-181 Odyssée Junior  Dominique Lauener (SUI)	FIN-40 Dododoo  Henrik Dahlmann (FIN)
1996 Muiden 41 Boats [35][36]	Zenda Corn  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Christen Horn Johannesen (NOR)  Dag Usterud (NOR)	My Shout  Glen Foster (USA)	Baba Jaga  Christof Wilke (SUI)
1997 Key Biscane 12 Boats [37]	USA 97 - My Shout  Glen Foster (USA)  Ronald Rosenburg (USA)  Mark Covell (GBR)	SUI 199 - Ali Baba  Bruno Marazzi (SUI)  Flavio Marazzi (SUI)  Renato Marazzi (SUI)	FIN 44 - Kandoo  Erik Dahlmann (FIN)< Mathias Dahlmann Tom Borrenius
1998 Cowes 19 Boats [38]	USA - My Shout  Glen Foster (USA)	SUI - Marie-Françoise XIII  Jürg Menzi (SUI)	SUI - Artémis X  Roni Pieper (SUI)
1999 Torbole 32 Boats [39][40]	SUI 201 - Marie Francoise XIV  Jürg Menzi (SUI)  Juerg Christen (SUI)  Daniel Stampfli (SUI)	SUI 199 - Ali Baba  Bruno Marazzi (SUI)  Flavio Marazzi (SUI)  Renato Marazzi (SUI)	USA 97 - My Shout  Glen Foster (USA) Ronald Rosenburg|USA}}  William Bennet (USA)
2000 Medemblik 34 Boats [41]	SUI 201 - Marie Francoise XIV  Jürg Menzi (SUI) Daniel Stampfli Jürg Christen	SUI 189 - Pungin  Hans-Peter Schmid (SUI) Lionel Rupp Roland Baumgartner	BAH 17 - John B Once Again  Gavin McKinney (BAH)  Lars Petter Fjeld (NOR)  Craig Symonette (BAH)
2001 Glücksburg 38 Boats [42][43]	SUI 205 - Artémis XI  Jochen Schümann (GER)  Roni Pieper (SUI)  Peter van Niekerk (NED)	SUI 204 - Marie-Françoise XV  Jürg Menzi (SUI)  Jürg Christen (SUI)  Daniel Stamfli (SUI)	BAH 17 - John B Once Again  Gavin McKinney (BAH)  Craig Symonette (BAH) Joe Thompson
2002 Helsinki 29 Boats [44][45][46]	SUI 206 - Ali Baba  Bruno Marazzi (SUI)  Flavio Marazzi (SUI)  Renato Marazzi (SUI)	SUI 204 - Marie Francoise XV  Jürg Menzi (SUI)  Juerg Christen (SUI)  Daniel Stampfli (SUI)	BAH 17 - John B Once Again  Gavin McKinney (BAH)  Craig Symonette (BAH)  Lars Horn Johannessen (NOR)
2003 Bénodet 36 Boats [47][48]	NOR 57 - Artémis XII  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Mark Covell (GBR)  Peter Hauff (NOR)	FIN 47 - Addam³  Johan Gullichsen (FIN)  Henrik Lundberg (FIN)  Timo Telkola (FIN)	SUI 204 - Marie-Françoise XV  Jürg Menzi (SUI)  Leonardi Gaume (SUI)  Daniel Stamfli (SUI)
2004 Torbole 36 Boats [49][50] Boats	SUI 206 - Ali Baba  Flavio Marazzi (SUI)  Enrico De Maria (SUI)  Stefan Haftka (SUI)	SUI 204 - Marie-Françoise XV  Jürg Menzi (SUI)  Leonardi Gaume (SUI)  Daniel Stamfli (SUI)	FIN 47 - Addam³  Johan Gullichsen (FIN)  Henrik Lundberg (FIN)  Timo Telkola (FIN)
2005 Sydney 27 Boats [51]	SUI 210 - Artémis X  Jochen Schümann (GER)  Roni Pieper (SUI)	FIN 47 - Addam³  Johan Gullichsen (FIN)	SUI 206 - Ali Baba  Bruno Marazzi (SUI)  Flavio Marazzi (SUI)
2006 Medemblik 41 Boats [52]	SUI 219 - Ali Baba  Flavio Marazzi (SUI) Etienne Huter Stefan Haftka	SUI 220 - Artémis XI  Jochen Schümann (GER)  Peter van Niekerk (NED)  Ronald Pieper (SUI)	NED 35 - Maitresse  Hans Nadorp (NED)  Frans van Schellen (NED)  Erik Wesselman (NED)
2007 Sanremo Boats [53]	SUI 219 - Ali Baba  Flavio Marazzi (SUI)  Stefan Haftka (SUI)  Erkki Heinonen (FIN)	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Mark Strube (USA)  Harald Blom Bakke (NOR)	BAH 19 - John B  Gavin McKinney (BAH)  Peter Hauff (NOR)  Petter Field (NOR)
2008 Nassau 18 Boats [54]	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Harry Melges III (USA)  Mark Strube (USA)	SUI 219 - Ali Baba  Flavio Marazzi (SUI)  Stefan Haftka (SUI)  Renato Marazzi (SUI)	BAH 19 - John B  Gavin McKinney (BAH)  Peter Hauff (NOR)  Lars Horn Johannesen (NOR)
2009 Hankø Boats [55]	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Johan Barne (SWE)  Petrus Eide (NOR)	NOR 65 - Odlo  Christoph Burger (NOR)  Christof Wilke (SUI)  Marcel Simon (SUI)	NOR 64 - Clark Kent  Petter Fjeld (NOR)  Christen Horn Johannessen (NOR)  Thomas Borgen (NOR)
2010 Lake Garda 29 Boats [56]	SUI - Ali-Baba  Flavio Marazzi (SUI)  Andrew Palfrey (AUS)  Christof Wilke (SUI)	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Peer Moberg (NOR)  Petter Mørland Pedersen (NOR)	FIN 66 - Kan-Bei 2  Kenneth Thelen (FIN)  Thomas Hallberg (FIN)  Robert Nyberg (FIN)
2011 Helsinki 29 Boats [57]	FIN 66 - Kan-Bei 2  Kenneth Thelen (FIN)  Thomas Hallberg (FIN)  Robert Nyberg (FIN)	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Trond Solli Sæther (NOR)  Christen Horn Johannessen (NOR)	SUI 222 - Marie Françoise XVIII  Jürg Menzi (SUI) Andreas Honegger  Christof Wilke (SUI)
2012 Boltenhagen 37 Boats [58]	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Johan Barne (SWE)  Trond Solli Sæther (NOR)	SUI 224 - Ali-Baba  Flavio Marazzi (SUI) Stefan Haftka Marc Friedrich	GER 55 - Oro Nero  Jochen Schümann (GER)  Henning Ueck (GER)  Ole Hansen (GER)
2013 Curaçao 21 Boats [59]	GER 79  Marcus Wieser (GER)  Frithjof Kleen (GER)  Thomas Auracher (GER)	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Johan Barne (SWE)  Trond Solli Sæther (NOR)	NOR 64 - Clark Kent  Petter Fjeld (NOR)  Thomas Borgen (NOR)  Christen Horn Johannessen (NOR)
2014 Porto Santo Stefano 37 Boats [60]	SUI 224 - Ali Baba  Flavio Marazzi (SUI)  Jakob Gustafsson (SWE)  Christoph Burger (SUI)	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Johan Barne (SWE)  Trond Solli Sæther (NOR)	BAH 19 - John B  Gavin McKinney (BAH)  Thomas Hallberg (FIN)  Lars Horn Johannessen (NOR)
2015 Nynäshamn 29 Boats [61]	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Johan Barne (SWE)  Trond Solli Sæther (NOR)	BAH 22 - John B  Gavin McKinney (BAH)  Thomas Hallberg (FIN)  Lars Horn Johannessen (NOR)	BAH 21 - New Moon  Mark Holowesko (BAH)  Petter Mørland Pedersen (NOR)  Peter Vlasov (BAH)
2016 Copenhagen 35 Boats [62]	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Johan Barne (SWE)  Trond Solli Sæther (NOR)	DEN 19 - Arnold P  Bo Selko (DEN) Rasmus Knude Mikael Pedersen	BAH 22 - John B  Gavin McKinney (BAH)  Thomas Hallberg (FIN)  Lars Horn Johannessen (NOR)
2017 Bénodet 26 Boats [63][64][65]	BAH 22 - John B  Gavin McKinney (BAH)  Mathias Dahlman (FIN)  Lars Horn Johannessen (NOR)	BAH 21 - New Moon  Mark Holowesko (BAH)  Christoph Burger (SUI)  Peter Vlasov (BAH)	NED 26 - Feng Shui  Arend Jan Pasman (NED) Ron Azier Kim Chabani
2018 Cowes Boats [66][67][68]	BAH 21 - New Moon  Mark Holowesko (BAH)  Christoph Burger (SUI)  Peter Vlasov (BAH)	SUI 218 - Marie Françoise XVX  Jürg Menzi (SUI)  Jurgen Eiermann (GER)  Bo Selko (DEN)	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR) Kristoffer Spone  Trond Solli Sæther (NOR)
2019 Helsinki 24 Boats [69][70][71]	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Johan Barne (SWE)  Trond Solli Sæther (NOR)	BAH 21 - New Moon  Mark Holowesko (BAH)  Christoph Burger (SUI)  Peter Vlasov (BAH)	BAH 22 - John B  Gavin McKinney (BAH)  Mathias Dahlman (FIN)  Lars Horn Johannessen (NOR)
2020 Pittwater Boats [72][73]	NOR 57 - Artemis XIV  Kristian Nergaard (NOR)  Johan Barne (SWE)  Anders Pedersen (NOR)	BAH 24 - New Moon  Mark Holowesko (BAH)  Christoph Burger (SUI)  Peter Vlasov (BAH)	BAH 23 - Ali Baba  Craig Symonette (BAH)  Flavio Marazzi (SUI)  Will Alloway (GBR)

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Vintage Yachting Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
2	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
3	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		1	1	1	3

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 Lake Como	Finland Anders Nordman Robert Segercrantz Johan Hjelt	Germany Hubert 'Biwi' Reich Wolfgang Oehler Christian Hemmerich	France) William Borel Yves Duclos-Grenet Adrien Baumelle

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Pan American Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
2	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
3	Ecuador (ECU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		1	1	1	3

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959 Chicago	United States	Canada	Ecuador

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European Championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland (SUI)	7	4	7	18
2	Norway (NOR)	2	2	0	4
3	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
5	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	0	1
Totals (6 nations)		10	9	9	28

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1968 Neuenburger See[77]	Toucan IX (SUI) Louis Noverraz	Nadezhda VI (URS) Konstantin Alexandrov	Janael (FRA) Breteche
1980 Bénodet	Switzerland (F) Sprecher	France (F) Souben	Switzerland (Z) Capecchi
1993 Cannes[78]	The Sting (SUI) Christian Wahl	Zenda Corn (NOR) Kalle Nergaard	My Shout (USA) Glen Foster
1995 Thun[79]	Switzerland Daniel Schenker Christoph Schenker Eric Waser	Switzerland Jürg Menzi Jürg Christen Dino Fumasoli	Switzerland Bruno Marazzi Stefan Haftka Flavio Marazzi
1997 Le Crouesty	United States (FRA) Glen Foster	Switzerland (SUI) Jean-Claude Vuithier	Switzerland (SUI) Jürg Menzi
1998 Cannes	Switzerland (FRA) Christian Wahl	Norway (NOR) Kalle Nergaard	United States (USA) Glen Foster
2000 Genoa[80]	Joker 8 (SUI) Thomas Moser Felix Meyer T. Sprecher	Salamander 5 (GBR) Jonathan Janson Mark Downer Rupert Richardson	Marie-Françoise 14 (SUI) Jürg Menzi Juerg Christen Daniel Stampfli
2005 Attersee	Marie-Françoise 17 (SUI) Jürg Menzi Daniel Stampfli Gaume	Switzerland Christoph Burger	Switzerland Hans-Peter Schmid
2008 Mariehamn	Norway (FIN) Kristian Nergaard Petrus Eide Johan Barne	Norway (NOR) Christoph Burger Christof Wilke Mathias Dahlman Dominik Neidhart 1st race only	Switzerland (SUI) Jürg Menzi Daniel Stampfli Léonard Gaume
2013 Benodet	Norway (FIN) Kristian Nergaard NN NN	Norway (SUI) Bernard Haissly NN NN	Switzerland (SUI) Jürg Menzi NN NN

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Scandinavian Gold Cup

Class association

International 5.5 Metre

The object of the International 5.5 Metre Class Association is to promote and develop 5.5 Metre racing throughout the World. The first President of the association was Mr. Owen Aisher.[82]

Since the development of the class spanned more than half a century the early boats are not competitive to race against the modern designs. Therefore, the association made, in 2007, divisions in the class based upon age of the boat:[83]

• Classic Fleet (Designs before 1970)
• Evolution Fleet
• Modern Fleet (Designs from 1994)

During major races there are separate trophies per fleet, however if a classic fleet boat beats the modern fleet, the classic fleet boat wins the modern fleet trophy.

References

1. Olympic results
2. 5.5 Metre at World Sailing
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External links

• Official International 5.5 Metre Class
• 5.5m IC World Championships
• German 5.5m-Klassenvereinigung
• Switzerland 5.5m-Klassenvereinigung
• A 5.5m about to be restored in Australia
• A 5.5m about to be restored in Australia (cont.)
• The 5.5m World Fleet Online Database
• ISAF 5.5m Microsite Website
• ISAF Homepage