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Last week Garmin held our exclusive partner event where we showcased the African product Collection for 2014 and launched our brand campaign “My Africa. My Garmin. For Life.” From Cape to Cairo, from navigation to health, Garmin is helping to change the face of Africa. It’s time to celebrate our roots, our soul, our fire, in Living Africology. Get excited about the coming year, it’s time to live “A Life less Ordinary”. The event was held in Johannesburg on Wednesday …

As can be seen from the poster and the picture, this will be the revival of an event that was last held in the 80’s! Many people perceive Hout Bay to be a fluky sailing venue, however the south-westerly as well as the northerly and north-westerly’s offer fantastic racing in the bay with clear, steady breezes. Should the wind be out of the south, we will have an informal race off the beach to the bridge boat which will be …

2014 Loners Challenge

I had the pleasure of sailing the Margo Mackay night race this past weekend. After arriving nice and early at SYC, I managed to carry out some maintenance on my “magic ‘Pora Fly” I was ready to launch by 14h30. Due to crew issues my colleague Ben Mienie, who had just finished launching his Krokodil, suggested that we “join up” and sail on one of our Dragonflies. So after having my Dragonfly on the slip way, I returned it to …

Results as of 8:36 on March 24, 2014 Overall Sailed: 9, Discards: 1, To count: 8, Entries: 30, Scoring system: Appendix A Rank BowNumber SailNo Club HelmName CrewName R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 Nett 1st 25 888 KYC Blaine Dodds Roxanne Dodds 1.0 (8.0) 4.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 13.0 2nd 24 1001 KYC William Edwards Lucinda Edwards (3.0) 1.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 15.0 3rd 15 109132 FHBSC Belinda Hayward …

Held over 21/22/23 March in Durban Bay by Island Sailing Club a disappointing turnout of 14 boats entered. Friday sailing was held in a good breeze of 12-18 knots near the container terminal. Unfortunately breakages were the order of the day with 5 boats retiring with collapsed masts and torn sails! Saturday saw 3 races sailed, and sailing stopped early in the afternoon due to 20 knot plus winds. Again breakages of several boats occurred. After seeing the ISC lawn …

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Lance Burger and Alan Keen, International Judges, will present a National Judges Training Seminar on the weekend of 28 – 30 March 2014. Contents of Seminar The purpose of the seminar is to train people to become more proficient at judging and serving on protest committees and to train people, for those so inclined, to develop the skills to become International Judges.  Participants will have an opportunity to participate in case studies and practice writing up protests. Presenters Alan Keen …

The 17th MAC 24 hour sponsored by Vasco’s Taverna was held on 15 and 16 March at Milnerton Aquatic Club. There were 26 entries, 4 more boats than last year, with over 225 sailors competing in shifts, sailing for 24 hours. Racing started at 12h00, and at 22h00 a meeting was called as the wind was  averaging over 25 knots, so racing was postponed and restarted again at 04h30 when the winds had moderated. See the pics from Angela Gray …

I would like to clear up a misunderstanding about the “Pathway” document that was posted on the SA Sailing Facebook wall on 14 January under the heading “Here is the new SAS class structure.  Open for comment.” This particular document as it appeared did not in fact reflect a “new SAS class structure”, and had not been approved by the SA Sailing Council or any of the Regional EXCOs.  It was actually one of a number of “work in progress” documents …

North Technology Group (NTG) is pleased to announce Oakley Capital Private Equity (“Oakley”) has acquired a majority stake in their diverse family of companies. Oakley is an investment vehicle founded by UK businessman and sailing enthusiast Peter Dubens. Utilizing their collective experience, Dubens and his partners make investments in companies to support their brand development and growth. “We are delighted to be backing North Technology Group and an iconic brand like North Sails,” said Dubens. “This investment further demonstrates Oakley’s …

Sailwave results for Southern Charter Grand Slam 3 at Hermanus Yacht Club 2014

18 Days to go!!!!!!!!!!!!! – Come on – get your entries in. NB: Early entries close this coming Friday, 7 March – if you enter after this date you will be paying an additional R100.00 – we need you to enter to facilitate our organising and finalising numbers – it is extremely difficult guessing! The 2014 Boardwalk Hobie 16 Nationals – Thursday 20 March 2013 to Sunday 23 March 2013 (Friday 21 March is a Public Holiday) We are once …

From all accounts another great event. Despite the wind not playing ball on Friday and the bulk of the fleet retiring due to no wind (there were 10 finishers) the pursuit race on Saturday made up for it. Results for the race are below, as well as links to pics from Trevor Wilkins. https://plus.google.com/+TrevorWilkins/posts/LSwbjJTKE5q?gpinv=AMIXal8uj–vzPtFvT3B11x7Q4CsoddvP4wRlP1tX4ArCfdkHySAo_IN5OdNTIpZnegdtjLnbqPnX5WqZ6qzAmcyJoTqm-mZNGvSgAqu3KZiyNyPbmmEjuU&cfem=1 https://plus.google.com/photos/117086593120942909819/albums/5985816084150978673 https://plus.google.com/photos/117086593120942909819/albums/5985896394246914929   RESULTS mykonos Class_Results mykonos Division_OA mykonos Divisions_Results Mykonos_PHRF_Overall mykonos Division_OA mykonos Class_Results mykonos Divisions_Results

by Richard Crockett Many of us have tried handheld anemometers over the years. I have, and often not with particularly good results, so my interest was piqued when I saw a news release about a smartphone anemometer which works with iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones. Once you have the anemometer you need to download the free Vaavud wind app. This app will give you all your basic measurement needs including graph, history and a live map. The unit has two …