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Click on the results image to enlarge. The champs are the Royal Cape Yacht Club team led by Greg Davis, followed by a young and enthusiastic Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club team.  

A reader of “Talking Sailing” issue 22 recently queried the existence of the East Rand Yacht Club, and whether as a club it is still active. As a result I have a delightful and news response from a former Commodore, Brian Mathiesen. Regrettably the club is now defunct, although the info supplied by Brian makes for an interesting and historic read. Enjoy. ERYC A YEAR AS COMMODORE OF EAST RAND YACHT CLUB

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DAC Keelboat Week 2014 Dates 24 – 28 September. NOR here: 2014 NOR KBW Entry Form here: 2014 Entry form KBW Full details at: http://dac-club.domina.co.za/index.php/events/upcoming-events

David Rae, World J22 champion and America’s Cup sailor has joined North Sails in Cape Town. He has vast experience in sailmaking having cut his teeth in the industry working first for Rob De Vlieg in Johannesburg as a young man and then moving to live in Sydney, Australia where he worked for North Sails for a number of years before returning to RSA. He has worked as a professional racing sailor, was part of the Shosholoza America’s Cup campaign …

The annual flagship event of the Gordons Bay Yacht  Club is the popular Gaul Regatta, this event will be held on the 5 – 7 September 2014. The regatta is once again being generously sponsored by Riso Africa. The event makes provision for the IRC fleet, as well as club division 1 and 2. Many prizes are up for grabs as well as a lot of fun to be had both on and off the water. We would like to …

505 Pre-Worlds RSA overall results after 4 races: 11 Alexander Ham 52 James Largier The World Championships start on Saturday.

NKA 2014 S23 PROVINCIALS

NKA2014 H19 PROVINCIALS

NKA2014 H23 PROVINCIALS

NKA2014 J22 PROVINCIALS

SAS holds it AGM on Saturday 16 August 2014 in Johannesburg at Victoria Lake Club (VLC) at 11h00. If you are interested in finding out more about what SAS does for you as a sailor, the documents below give good insight. SAS AGM 2014 SAS Chairmans report 2013-2014 SAS AGM 2014 REPORT OF THE SAILING MANAGEMENT STANDING COMMITTEE for 2013_2014 SAS AGM 2014 Inland and Offshore Annual Report 17 July 2014 SAS AGM 2014 High performance report 2014

The Best Venues The Best Racing One Series (2 offshore and 2 inshore venues)   Grand Slam 1 – Mossel Bay Yacht Club 4th to 6th October 2014 Grand Slam 2 – Theewater Sports Club 6th and 7th December 2014 Grand Slam 3 – Hermanus Yacht Club 31st January to 1st February 2015 Grand Slam Final – False Bay Yacht Club 3rd to 6th April 2015 If you want to race dinghies or catamarans, then the Southern Charter Grand Slam …

The Tanzacat in Dar es Salam and the Zanzibar raid is being held from 12 –20 September 2014 , in Dar es Salam Tanzania,  for catamarans between 16 – 21 feet. So far the following South Africans have entered: (Sir) Robert Fine     Cape Town    Hobie 16 Charles Girard         Johannesburg     Hobie Tiger Craig Hulbert         Durban         Hobie 16 Lee Hawkins         Johannesburg     Hobie Tiger Program 2014 Sept 12    Island Raid           …