by Richard Crockett Twice recently I have shared features on ‘Sandefjord’, both of which received a good following and many comments. ‘Sandefjord’ and her crew became household names in South Africa in the mid 1960s as their circumnavigation was one of the first, but not the first, from this country. …
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“Talking Sailing”. PredictWind Unveils New Lightning Feature and Enhanced Weather Tools
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“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. HELP – Missing Rio Race Trophies
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“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Stormvogel – A South African Legend
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“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The Backyard Boatyard
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“Talking Sailing” from my archives. Conquered Northwest Passage in 17.5’ Open Boat
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“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Kiss of Life for A Lovely Lady
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Sailor of the Month – postponed due to COVID!
Sadly with sailing still on the backburner, the monthly Sailor of the Month award is postponed until the sport gets back to normal. Thanks to Raymarine and MDM Marine services for their continued support and understanding during these difficult times. Stay Safe please.
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Sailor of the Month Awards Cancelled for this Year
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April 2020 Raymarine Sailors of the Month – Hasso Plattner
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March 2020 Raymarine Sailors of the Month – Rijk Kuttel & Chris Garratt
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February 2020 Raymarine Sailors of the Month – Crew of Love Water
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Raymarine Sailor of the Month. Calling for Nominations
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Raymarine Sailor of the Year – 2019 – Mike Hayton
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Talking Sailing. Sandefjord’s Tim Magennis Has Died
by Richard Crockett Twice recently I have shared features on ‘Sandefjord’, both of which received a good following and many comments. ‘Sandefjord’ and her crew became household names in South Africa in the mid 1960s as their circumnavigation was one of the first, but not the first, from this country. …
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“Talking Sailing”. PredictWind Unveils New Lightning Feature and Enhanced Weather Tools
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“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. HELP – Missing Rio Race Trophies
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“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Stormvogel – A South African Legend
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“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The Backyard Boatyard
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“Talking Sailing” from my archives. Conquered Northwest Passage in 17.5’ Open Boat
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“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Kiss of Life for A Lovely Lady
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Book Review: The Saga of the Sarie
Book Review: The Saga of the Sarie by Buster May From the outset let me say that this is an exceptionally well written book which is crammed full of interesting anecdotes, stories, feats of seamanship and much more. Interestingly the book was written in 1964, but as May could not …
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Book Review. Sport: Greed & Betrayal
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Book Review. Nautical Works
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The Mirror Book.
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Books on Sailing – FOR SALE
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Book Review. SAIL & Rig. The Tuning Guide.
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Book Review. Multihull Seamanship
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Cape Performance Sailing – A Noteworthy Downwind Performance
by Richard Crockett It’s not often that the local South African boat building industry has something to crow about, especially if they are building racing monohulls, yet Cape Performance Sailing is on a super-fast downwind plane with its sails crammed full of orders. Having set up shop just 36 months …
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Exalto Wiper Technologies now at Seascape Marine Services, Cape Town
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Which Forecast Model is More Accurate?
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Weather Routing. Now with depth avoidance
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Yanmar Supports Customers with Extended Standard Warranty Period
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“Energy Observer” Fits Bruntons Autoprop Eco*Star Propellers
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Cox Powertrain First 300hp Diesel Outboards
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Hobie 14 2015 Northern Region Provincials Results
Hobie 14 2015 Northern Region Provincials Results Hobie 14 2015 Northern Region Provincials Results
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Youth Nationals – final day
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Youth Nationals RESULTS – Wednesday 17 December
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Southern Charter Grand Slam 2 – RESULTS & PICS
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Lipton Cup 2014 – Results after 3 races
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For Sale – Morgan 31
Price – ZAR 290, 000 Designer – Angelo Lavranos Builder – Mosenthal Marine Hull – GRP Deck – GRP LOA – 31’ Beam – 3.20 m Draft – 1.50 m Keel – Full cruising Displ. – 4.5 Tons Launched – 1984 Mooring – Optional extra Contact – Chris de Kock …
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For Sale – L34
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29er FOR SALE
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Bandit – the highly successful and super-fast offshore cat is FOR SALE.
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For Sale. Farr 38 – ‘AL’