Boat details (n°148)
Boat details (n°148)
USA-97
Essentials
Designer
Doug Peterson (USA)
Builder
Harry C. "Buddy" Melges, Melges Boat Works, Zenda, Wisconsin (USA)
Material
GRP
1st certificate issued
01-01-1993
Original boat name
My Shout
Original country
USA
Original sail number
97
Original location
Strande, Kiel Firth (GER)
5.5 GER 82 "Sinewave 5.5" : the new design
(credits : Thies Först)
Added by THIES-HENDRIK FÖRST
on 2013-07-07
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Notes (3)
5.5 GER 82 & her sisters
21-05-2020
by Kaspar Stubenrauch, 21-05-2020
This Doug Peterson design proved to be the most successful of the 90's. Seven sisterboats were built by MELGES Boatworks, the boats shown here with their respective sailnumbers over the years:
Z-181 > NOR 61 > SWE 65
L-40 > SUI 200 > FRA 50
US-97 > AUS 82 > GER 82
NOR 57 > NED 21 > AHO 1 > AUS 64
K-39 > GER 39 > SUI 196
Z-189 > GER 84
Z-191 > GER 81 (Cannes 2016: CAN 78)
On top of the success in the 90's, the Evolution boat GER 82 with Tommy Mueller & crew, showed an excellent performance, winning the "German & Dutch Open" Championship in 2015, ahead of many younger 5.5m Modern boats.
Z-181 > NOR 61 > SWE 65
L-40 > SUI 200 > FRA 50
US-97 > AUS 82 > GER 82
NOR 57 > NED 21 > AHO 1 > AUS 64
K-39 > GER 39 > SUI 196
Z-189 > GER 84
Z-191 > GER 81 (Cannes 2016: CAN 78)
On top of the success in the 90's, the Evolution boat GER 82 with Tommy Mueller & crew, showed an excellent performance, winning the "German & Dutch Open" Championship in 2015, ahead of many younger 5.5m Modern boats.
Information
08-10-2007
by Matti Muoniovaara, 08-10-2007
Not only 1995 and 1998. During 1993-99 Glen Foster won 8 major championionship titles and three bronze medals. It is definitevely the best achievment in the history of the 5.5 meter class. Glen Foster won also Olympic bronze medal in Kiel 1972 in Tempest class. Also he won the Sira Cup (classic 8 metre world championship) in Hankö 1982. He raced the Finns in the fifties, Tempest in 70s. In the 90s he had a 6 metre, dragon and a 5.5. Where is the Hall of Fame of our class?
Information
19-09-2007
by Sebastien Schmidt, 19-09-2007
World champion 1995 and 1998 (at least...)
Document library (2)
Document
Size
By / When
23 Kb
23 Kb
Matti
Muoniovaara
28-10-2008
Muoniovaara
28-10-2008
5.5 metre class ranking 1994-2008
Ranking of all boats participated in World and European Championship 1994-2008
Ranking of all boats participated in World and European Championship 1994-2008
54 Kb
54 Kb
Matti
Muoniovaara
28-10-2008
Muoniovaara
28-10-2008
5.5 GER 82 "Sinewave 5.5" : the new design
(credits : Thies Först)
Added by THIES-HENDRIK FÖRST on 2013-07-07
Ownership history (3)
Sail#
Name
Location
USA-97
"My Shout"
AUS-82
"My Shout"
GER-82
"Sinewave 5.5"
Results History (0)
Links Library (1)
06-02-2011
(Boat details)
Matti Muoniovaara, 06-02-2011