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Historically, the Jonsson Cup Pursuit Race is steeped in history and is a huge highlight on the dinghy sailing calendar. Plus, tradition says that the winner must fill the huge trophy with Black Velvet – the trophy capacity is a case of champagne! The race opens a busy summer sailing season for the Point Yacht Club’s on Saturday 25 October. After the global success of the Bart’s Bash World Record Attempt that started the season for the keelers, the smaller …

New dinghy series aims to upskill young SA sailors 10 October 2014: South Africa’s top sailors competed in the first regatta of the 2014 Southern Charter Grand Slam Series which took place in Mossel Bay from 4 to 6 October 2014. The new flagship series is a premier fixture on the African dinghy scene, attracting established, as well as emerging sailing talent from all over the country. The series, sponsored by Southern Charter, saw 145 dinghy’s participate, with each crew …

report by Vernon Brown Results AllCat 14 Dart Final.pdf AllCat 14 Hobie 16 Final.pdf There was wonderful wind, a bit hectic at times, so it definitely kept the rescue on their toes! I stopped counting capsizes that I saw at about 10 – even Mike Herald capsized (first time in seven years he says). I do admit that I had a very long Chuckle at his misfortune – then again that’s sailing. The race course was very competitive, with some …

The Southern Charter sponsored Grand Slam in Mossel Bay finished on Monday. As always master photographer Trevor Wilkins was on hand to capture the scenes. Check out the link at: http://www.southernchartersailing.com/grand-slam-mossel-bay.html

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Luan Gray reports Four Dart 18’s made the short trip from The Catamaran Club (TCC) in Bronkhorstspruit to Stilbaai Yacht Club on the Vaal. This helped swell the SA Dart 18 Single Handed Nationals fleet to 29 boats. Since Stilbaai YC are the hosts for the Dart World Championships to be held in December this year, the stated intent of the TCC group was to ‘learn what we could about sailing at the venue’. We wanted to observe the locals …

Sean Fennessy reports The 2014 KZN Youth Provincials held off Vetch’s beach at Durban’s Point Yacht Club on 13 and 14 September was a real contrast over the two days – the beastly easterly started blowing earlier than expected on the Saturday, and sailors were greeted by a choppy sea and a freshening 12 knot breeze when they got down to the beachsite. After registration with Lucy de Freitas, PYC’s new sailing secretary, followed by a safety briefing, the youngsters …

© 2014 Pedro Martinez/Sailing Energy This event attracted nations from around the world competing in the Olympic classes for the first of the Rio 2016 slots. There are 50% of the Olympic slots up for grabs. In the 49er class this means that the top 10 nations will qualify to participate in Rio. For us this was always going to be a tough ask at our first World champs, but with such a large and close fleet, anything is possible. …

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An overall win of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week for the second year in a row has further endorsed the Squib’s reputation as one of the most successful, versatile and affordable small racing keelboats on the market. Corinthian sailors Malcolm Hutchings and crewman Andy Ramsey sailing Lady Penelope not only won their class at Cowes Week from a highly competitive 31-boat fleet, but also won White Group overall, and were deemed overall winners of the week from the 800 plus …

Mossel Bay Yacht Club is hosting our first event of the season and it is shaping up to be a truly cracking event! This incredible regatta has so much more on offer than simply racing around the cans!  It promises to be a great experience for those on and off the water.  It’s not to be missed. What makes this Southern Charter Grand Slam so Special? Firstly we have partnered up with three other premier events to turn this event …

http://www2.raymarine.eu/webmail/7392/458684739/3edea098fcbeda936760af17a37777ed WIN! an a98 MFD with DownVision™ & Wi-Fi. To celebrate the new Raymarine aSeries model line-up, we are giving away an a98 multifunction display. Find out more about the aSeries here: http://www.raymarine.eu/view/?id=4954 As well as a bright 9″ touchscreen display, the a98 also features built-in CHIRP DownVision™ sonar technology so you can see the real world beneath your boat, built-in Wi-Fi so you can take advantage of Raymarine’s free mobile apps, and Raymarine’s intuitive LightHouse II user interface. Enter …

by Kirsten Veenstra Recently the Holiday 23 class had an informal sailing get together at Saldahna, which was attended by 8 boats from the fleet and the crew. It was a perfect example of how classes can sail for fun – and have great turnout and energy around the event. Coenie Thiart, Chairman of the Holiday 23 Class, does an incredible job of communication to the class, constantly keeping the energy and excitement for events and Holiday 23 Sailing in …

South African Sailing (SAS) in conjunction with Henley Midmar Yacht Club and the Department of Sports and Recreation successfully launched the Midlands Sailing Development Project over the weekends of 17th and 31st August. Two open days were held which were free to the general public and anyone interested in the sport of sailing. The day consisted of sailing boat rides in the company of trained SAS instructors on a variety of sailing craft ranging from training dinghies to HMYC members …