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Mike Hayton’s Nitro sailing team are now in their fourth year of campaigning in Cape Town, and not only do their results continue to impress, but they’ve now started competing in the offshore races being offered, and their results there are nothing to be scoffed at! In the two offshore races this year, Nitro has taken both line and handicap honours twice, while setting a new record in the Mossel Bay race. They have just won, both on line and …

A guide to family life afloat. by Behan Gifford, Sarah Dawn Johnson & Michael Robertson review by Richard Crockett So many dreams of sailing the world are dashed because families cannot reconcile the matter of kids aboard. Hopefully this book will dispel that and turn dreams into realities. After all, heading out to sea with your children may be the most rewarding thing you do. The three authors have each voyaged thousands of miles with children aboard, so they provide …

New Product Introducing the Next Generation of Powered Hatch Screens For 27 years, Oceanair have been providing simple yet elegant hatch screens to the marine industry. The SKYSCREEN Powered brings the latest advancement in almost three decades of designing blinds for hatches, and the most innovative yet! Using Oceanair’s DAME Nominated Powered Roof Blind System, the SKYSCREEN Powered is available with recessed or concealed installation and the modular design keeps simplicity at its heart. Available with white or beige hardware, …

by Richard Crockett Having a passion for offshore racing I always do my best to follow these races as best as one can. Regrettably for me, the tracker system was not up to scratch and kept losing the entire fleet or groups of boats at regular intervals, and which simply does not supply sufficient info. I suppose though that it was better than nothing! I was impressed by one boat in particular – that being Indaba, the Stadt 34 sailed …

Notice of Intention V & A Waterfront 30 March 2018 – 2 April 2018 (Inclusive) On behalf of SA Sailing WC Exco we are pleased to announce that it is our intention to sail our Western Cape Championships 2018 in Table Bay, launching/docking at the Waterfront Basin. Various meetings have already taken place regarding logistics etc and there are more to follow. The venue was chosen with the intention of capitalising on vast numbers of both local and foreign visitors …

Notification to SAS Members Dear Member The President’s email on the 17th October 2017 giving notice of a Special General Meeting (SGM)to vote on the adoption of an amended South African Sailing Constitution did not include details of the intended venue. It, therefore, could not represent an official notice for an SGM although it complied with all other aspects required for such notification. The notice of an SGM sent out on the 19th October 2017, which included the required details …

The tenth edition of the Yacht Racing Forum will take place in Aarhus, Denmark, on November 27-28. A business oriented conference, the Forum will reassemble the sport’s leading brands and personalities for two days of conferences, debates, networking and business. The Yacht Racing Forum is the unique opportunity for everyone involved in yacht racing to reach out to the international sailing community in two days and one location. 250 delegates including twenty-five media representatives from all over the world have …

Yanmar, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of advanced marine diesel engines, has introduced its new series of common-rail (CR) engines. The new 4LV series offers a range of 5 engines with outputs from 150 to 250 mhp which harness the very latest in electronically managed CR fuel injection technology for the mid-section of Yanmar’s range of clean and efficient diesels. Yanmar will be introducing the 150, 170, & 195 mhp units. The engines have been specifically designed for the …

The last of the joint founders of the Cape Town International Boat Show bowed out on a high after 17 years staging the country’s most prestigious boating and watersports event this past weekend. ‘It has been an incredible journey, taking something from a concept to a show that could be replicated uninterrupted every year. The fact that an international group like Messe Frankfurt have now taken over the show is a clear signal they see an even bigger future for …

WIN A GARMIN QUATIX 5 WATCH. CLICK HERE   by Malcolm Osborne George Lakes Yacht Club hosted it annual inter club regatta at its Island Lake venue. It was attended by competitors from Mossel Bay Yacht & Boat Club and Knysna Yacht Club. Two fleets were created – a Fast fleet (those with ratings less than 1200) and a Slow Fleet (those with ratings greater than 1200). The Fast Fleet had 23 boats, comprising Fireballs, Lasers, Dabchicks and Hobie 14. …

Each Volvo Ocean 65 boat in the race is equipped with a robust Volvo Penta D2-75 engine. As the heart of the yacht, the D2-75 engine provides on board power throughout the race, under the toughest of conditions. The seven participating teams will circumnavigate the globe for nearly nine months, in arduous conditions and all weathers. The racing boats and engines are the same as for the 2014-15 race, but this time they will need to cover an extra 7,000 …

For the sixth time, Volvo Penta is an official supplier to the Volvo Ocean Race, providing the Volvo Ocean 65 sailing boats with a D2-75 engine with Saildrive, hands-on engine maintenance and support, as well additional power during the race stopovers. Designed for the toughest of conditions, the Volvo Penta D2-75 engines have already done one lap around the world, covering approximately 39,000 nautical miles during the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race. Thanks to having one boat design for two race …

by Sophie Thompson A highly competitive fleet squared up against each other in the historic Jonsson Cup Pursuit Race hosted by Point Yacht Club in Durban Bay on Saturday, with a photo-finish revealing the ‘would-be’ winner. Long deliberation after the event, the Rear Commodore of Dinghies Myles White announced, “As a result of the issue with missing harbour marks and the laid mark, the completed race has been declared invalid and will be re-sailed, provisionally this coming weekend.” Due to …

Dear South African Sailing Members The South African Sailing Council has now concluded it’s review of our Constitution. This document which dates back to 1998 has served us well over the years. Two decades later four areas require updating. Outside of these areas you will find the majority of the text remains unaltered. The areas are:- 1. Close alignment to the South African Constitution especially in the area of Transformation. 2. The ability to raise money for the development of …

For the first time in the history of the Halcat sailing class, three disabled sailors with their specially adapted Halcats took part in the 2017 Halcat SAS National Class Champs Stilbaai Yacht Club on the Vaal Dam. Approximately 30 Halcats from all over the country competed in what was a light wind regatta. The disabled sailors competed well and finished as follows: 26 Douglas Boman 1st Adaptive sailor 28 Grant Fisher 2nd Adaptive sailor 29 Francios du Toit 3rd Adaptive …