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  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Erica Runs Aground & is Wrecked

    By Richard Crockett Having shared some history of the Lipton Cup founding era in which ‘Erica’ playe…

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1954 Lipton Cup Contest

    by Richard Crockett Just weeks before the contest ‘Yvette’, an Erik Nilsson design built in 1939, ar…

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1953 Lipton Cup Contest

    by Richard Crockett A year after the inaugural 30-Square Lipton contest in 1952, the fleet of 30-Squ…

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The First Contest in 30 Square Metres

    by Richard Crockett At the end of the 1923 series, competition for the cup wallowed in the doldrums …

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1923 Lipton Cup Races

    by Richard Crockett The RCYC again issued a challenge, and again the two same boats and skippers com…

News

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Erica Runs Aground & is Wrecked

    August 8, 2026

    By Richard Crockett Having shared some history of the Lipton Cup founding era in which ‘Erica’ played a key role, I received a call from David Abromowitz asking if I had any photos of her. Sadly photos of ‘Erica’ are something very rare indeed as I have just one original …

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  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1954 Lipton Cup Contest

    August 7, 2026

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1953 Lipton Cup Contest

    August 6, 2026

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The First Contest in 30 Square Metres

    August 5, 2026

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1923 Lipton Cup Races

    August 4, 2026

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1922 Lipton Cup Races

    August 3, 2026

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1914 Lipton Cup Races

    July 31, 2026

Sailor of the Month

  • Sailor of the Month – postponed due to COVID!

    February 5, 2021

    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

    November 2, 2020

  • April 2020 Raymarine Sailors of the Month – Hasso Plattner

    April 5, 2020

  • March 2020 Raymarine Sailors of the Month – Rijk Kuttel & Chris Garratt

    March 9, 2020

  • February 2020 Raymarine Sailors of the Month – Crew of Love Water

    February 4, 2020

  • Raymarine Sailor of the Month. Calling for Nominations

    January 26, 2020

  • Raymarine Sailor of the Year – 2019 – Mike Hayton

    January 1, 2020

Historical

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Erica Runs Aground & is Wrecked

    August 8, 2026

    By Richard Crockett Having shared some history of the Lipton Cup founding era in which ‘Erica’ played a key role, I received a call from David Abromowitz asking if I had any photos of her. Sadly photos of ‘Erica’ are something very rare indeed as I have just one original …

    Read More »
  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1954 Lipton Cup Contest

    August 7, 2026

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1953 Lipton Cup Contest

    August 6, 2026

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The First Contest in 30 Square Metres

    August 5, 2026

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1923 Lipton Cup Races

    August 4, 2026

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1922 Lipton Cup Races

    August 3, 2026

  • “Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The 1914 Lipton Cup Races

    July 31, 2026

Sailing Books

  • Book Review: The Saga of the Sarie

    January 7, 2021

    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

    July 16, 2019

  • Book Review. Nautical Works

    March 14, 2019

  • The Mirror Book. 

    October 1, 2018

  • Books on Sailing – FOR SALE

    August 16, 2018

  • Book Review. SAIL & Rig. The Tuning Guide.

    June 28, 2018

  • Book Review. Multihull Seamanship

    June 28, 2018

Industry News

  • PredictWind – Black Friday Sale

    November 24, 2025

    by Richard Crockett PredictWind, the go to weather app for many a top sailor, including America’s Cup legend Peter Burling, is not immune to the Black Friday sale trend. They are offering 30% OFF all PredictWind Forecast subscriptions – so why not join over 1.7 million subscribers who trust this …

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  • Cape Performance Sailing – A Noteworthy Downwind Performance

    October 12, 2023

  • Exalto Wiper Technologies now at Seascape Marine Services, Cape Town

    August 3, 2023

  • Which Forecast Model is More Accurate?

    December 2, 2021

  • Weather Routing. Now with depth avoidance

    December 2, 2021

  • Yanmar Supports Customers with Extended Standard Warranty Period

    July 28, 2020

  • “Energy Observer” Fits Bruntons Autoprop Eco*Star Propellers

    July 23, 2020

  • Results
  • Boats for Sale
  • Hobie 14 2015 Northern Region Provincials Results

    October 19, 2015

    Hobie 14 2015 Northern Region Provincials Results Hobie 14 2015 Northern Region Provincials Results

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  • Youth Nationals – final day

    December 19, 2014

  • Youth Nationals RESULTS – Wednesday 17 December

    December 17, 2014

  • Southern Charter Grand Slam 2 – RESULTS & PICS

    December 8, 2014

  • Lipton Cup 2014 – Results after 3 races

    August 29, 2014

  • For Sale – Morgan 31

    November 19, 2019

    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

    September 17, 2019

  • 29er FOR SALE

    March 4, 2019

  • Bandit – the highly successful and super-fast offshore cat is FOR SALE.

    November 14, 2018

  • For Sale. Farr 38 – ‘AL’

    July 18, 2018