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The annual Cape Town International Boat Show will be taking place from 20-22 October 2017 at the V&A Waterfront. Boating World will again be exhibiting, with their biggest display to date, with boats on display from Fairline, Jeanneau, Riviera and Sea Ray. A new innovation for 2017 will be their first ever Virtual Reality (VR) display, where perspective buyers will have the opportunity to step aboard new yacht models that are not yet available in South Africa. This year Boating …

SPECIAL OFFER Cape Town International Boat Show 2017. MRAD (Marine Radio Acoustic Devices) will be offering the following special for the duration of the show – from 20 – 22 October. Simrad GO7 7″ Multi-touch chart plotter with built in Echo-sounder, GPS and NMEA 2000 interface. No Charts. No Transducer. (Part Number: 000-12455-001). R7400.00 excluding VAT, while stock lasts. Call Glynnis at MRAD on 021 5594003 Product Description GO7 is for the recreational power boater who is looking for an …

WIN A GARMIN QUATIX 5 WATCH HERE   With the Alicante in-port race kicking off this weekend and the start of Leg 1 fast approaching, the Volvo Ocean Race’s Boatyard Sail Loft manager Nathan Quirk and Neil Cox, head of the Boatyard, explain how North Sails 3Di technology has changed the game in port. It’s been 30 years since North Sails began making sails for the Volvo Ocean Race. During that time North Sails has equipped VOR teams with the …

In 1957, when Henri Jeanneau was just 37 he created the Hall Nautique de l’Ouest. From humble beginnings, and after building his first wooden hulled speedboat, Henri Jeanneau began a career in boatbuilding, and eventually taking his Jeanneau brand to ‘world leader’ status. In 1961 the company moulded their first GRP hull on a wooden matrix in secret. They had discovered a way to build hundreds of identical hulls from a single mould – saving time and money and revolutionising …

WIN a Garmin Quatix 5 watch. CLICK HERE Garmin International, Inc. has announced that it has been selected as an official supplier for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018, providing its action and 360 cameras to the seven teams competing in the 45,000-mile race around the world. As an official supplier, Garmin’s flagship waterproof action cameras, the VIRB 360 and VIRB Ultra 30, will be used on each boat to capture high-quality video that can be easily edited and shared with …

by Tim Davidson review by Richard Crockett The sub-head reads ‘Laser Sailing from Start to Finish’ – so this book covers EVERY aspect of Laser sailing. There are two important aspects about this book. Firstly it is bang up-to-date and covers the new Mk2 sail and top section mast, and secondly it has input from Jon Emmett who is a gold medal winning Laser Radial coach and world champion in his own right. There are three parts to the book: …

Garmin has earned top NMEA honour and eight product awards, AND has been named Manufacturer of the Year for the third consecutive year by the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Garmin also dominated the NMEA’s Product of Excellence Awards with eight wins in the following categories: radar, autopilot, multi-function display (MFD), mobile application – aid to navigation, mobile application – utility, fishfinder, AIS, and multimedia entertainment. “As the world’s leading marine electronics manufacturer, we’re honoured to again be recognized by …

by James King The 2017 Hunter Nationals are now a thing of the past, but what a fantastic regatta. This year the Nationals were incorporated with Keelboat Week 2017 which once again was an exceptionally well run affair. Kudos to the team at Deneysville Aquatic Club. I always like to take a look at the representation of clubs on the entry list. The greater the variety the healthier the class. Not many keelboat classes can boast a representation of nine …

Seascape Marine, through its agency agreement with Yanmar Marine International (YMI), are now offering the Neander Shark DTorque turbo diesel outboard to targeted customers in the commercial offshore, military, fishing, rescue and charter-marine sector. This engine would also perfectly serve tender boat requirements on large yachts which only store diesel fuel. The DTorque outboard develops 50hp using a small 804 cm³ turbocharged, twin cylinder diesel aluminium crankcase engine with common-rail fuel injection and a unique dual counter-rotating crankshaft. This means …

Alex Burger and Benji Daniel have each previously done a 29er Worlds, but earlier this year they teamed up for the 2017 worlds – and ultimately won it in fine style too! Alex was on trapeze and Benji on the helm. They had intense training sessions in both Durban and Cape Town, and were expertly guided and coached by Roger Hudson of RaceAhead. Plus several other sailors trained with them to give them valuable boat-on-boat experience – all of which …

The WINNER is Lars Kessel of Cape Town. Lars will undoubtedly put his prize to very good use as he is from a sailing family who own a fleet of yachts – including a keelboat, Optimist, Sonnet and Argie 15 dinghy. And he works at Harken in Cape Town too! DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DID NOT WIN? Well, there is another opportunity for you to win a Garmin Quatix 5 watch as we have a NEW competition running for the month …

  Swartvlei Lagoon in the Southern Cape proved to be a successful choice of venue for the 2017 Finn National Championships – it attracted a fleet of 33 boats. These came from Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Knysna and Gauteng. The resort of Pine Lake Marina was made available as the regatta centre. Ten races were completed in the four days of the event. Three races were sailed on Friday afternoon in a strong and switchy south wester that proved challenging …

by Richard Crockett I was hoping for far more response from Finn sailors – both old and new – to the pics posted earlier this week! Hopefully they may all have time this weekend to digest them and submit feedback? With the Finn nationals due to kick off very soon and the Class boasting an expected entry of 30 boats, I have raided my archives and found some really interesting old Finn pics. So all you FINN-atics out there, please …

The GO12 XSE and GO7 XSR multi-touch displays are the perfect fit for those looking for high-quality all-in-one navigation products. GO12 XSE offers a new 12-inch display option for the GO Series, while the upgraded GO7 XSR features a restyled, glass-helm design, along with radar compatibility, not previously available on the GO7 XSE. Featuring super-bright displays and a simple interface, GO series displays offer easy control of powerful functionality via simple, multi-touch controls that allow users to tap the screen …

B&G have launched a new family of Vulcan sailing chartplotters. The updated and extended series now offers a fully refreshed 7”, a 9” and an all – new, large-format 12”; all with Broadband Radar™ compatibility. B&G Vulcan is a great value sailing chartplotter designed for coastal cruising and club racing. This easy-to-use intuitive multi-touch screen is packed with B&G’s unique sailing features including SailSteer and Race Panel. Simply integrate with your existing system as expansion is simple due to Vulcan being …