Worlds 2006

Special World Championship prices

Perpetual Trophy for the World Champion (and replica )
The Perpetual Trophy was designed at the instigation of Mr. Owen Aisher, for the Champion the first President of the International 5.5 Metre Class Association. It was paid for by contributions from yachtmen of the various countries represented in the 5.5 Metre Class in 1961.
The Trophy shall be awarded annually to the winner of the World Championship, regardless of its category and it shall be his responsibility to see that it reaches the venue for the next World Championship two months before the first race. The name of the winner and the yacht shall be engraved on the Trophy

Perpetual Trophy for the first Evolution
This is a perpetual Trophy presented in 2005 by Frank Tolhurst

Perpetual Trophy for the first Classic
The „Quail Cup“, is a perpetual trophy presented in 1998 by Judith Shanks...
1998 in memory of her grandfather who owned the 5.5 Quail and her mother who sailed her.

The „DEB Cup“
is a perpetual trophy presented in 1998 by Camper and Nicholsen, Gosport, builder of the first 5.5 Metre „the Deb“ in 1948, for the winner of the first race in the World Championship.

The „H.R.Symonette Trophy“
is a perpetual Trophy given by the Symonette family in remembrance of Bobby Symonette, the „motor“ of the Class for many years. The Symonette family will decide each year the race of the World Championship for which this trophy shall be sailed.