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Exposed. The Dark Side of the America’s Cup. By Alan Sefton and Larry Keating Published by Bloomsbury Orders & Enquiries from: books@sailing.co.za There has always been a massive amount of intrigue as to the real inner workings of the America’s Cup and the authors of this book exposes much of that. Alan Sefton is a former yachting journalist and publisher who has been following and covering the America’s Cup since 1980. Larry Keating built a strong interest in America’s Cup …

by Phillippa Stephenson In March we celebrated the 42nd Coca Cola Inter schools regatta at Redhouse. Who would have thought that this event would live for such a long time. Admittedly the numbers are not what they used to be, but happily, this year we were slightly up on last years entries. The weather played ball and it was as much fun as it has always been. The biggest fleet were the Teras with a cheerful mixture of Pros and …

RESULTS HERE:  Hobie Tiger Nationals Results 2018

It is rare that we receive nominations for cruising yachtsmen, but good safe seamanship in hostile and bitterly cold waters is as important as making a dinghy or keelboat go fast on the race course. Gert is one of the quietest and most low profile of sailors, but in recent years he has completed two significant cruising passages and has now completed his third, and most ambitious voyage yet. His latest passage of “Southern Cape Voyages” saw him circumnavigating the …

by Sophie Thompson The father and daughter team of Peter and Sarah-Ann Hall were crowned KZN champs this weekend at the Easter Regatta hosted by Point Yacht Club. The pair racing in the Hobie 16 Regionals notched up five wins, a second, a third and a fourth in the nine races held offshore of Durban over the three day regatta. Their one race discard was a ninth position in the first race on day two where they battled with a …

by Malcolm Osborne George Lakes Yacht Club hosted the 2018 S.A. Sailing Eden District Inter Schools Regatta at its Island Lake venue over the past weekend. It was well supported by nine High Schools and five primary schools, coming from Mossel Bay, Knysna and George. The High Schools fleet had 31 boats and the Primary Schools fleet had 16. On Saturday, there was just a very light, patchy breeze to get the fleets going for the first race. This then …

by Luke Scott The Cape 31 fleet dabbled with its first foray into Club Series racing, by entering the RCYC Summer Series. What’s in store for club sailing is very positive and exciting in that strong race officer and general race-management skills will be present on course in the form of the experienced and respected Doug Alison and his team. Every effort will be made to include and encourage new and young race officers, mark layers and bridge crew to …

This is open to all dinghies, keelboats and small catamarans! The 2018 LTC Phoenix Admirals Regatta will be sailed in Hout Bay from 20-22 April and will incorporate Hout Bay Water Week with various water sports enjoying the picturesque playground that is Hout Bay – paddlers, nippers, SUPers and power boaters. This year, the LTC Phoenix Admirals Regatta promises to be a fantastic three days of sailing, with acclaimed South Africa Race Officer Doug Alison, running racing in all the …

False Bay Yacht Club have established a youth training programme that sources students from the Lawhill Maritime school, Fish Hoek High School and Reddam House to name just a few. Despite the weather not playing ball in recent weeks and sailing being blown out for most of our training weekends, the students have been kept busy learning various important sailing skills, such as: • winch maintenance • swimming a hull clean • maintenance and care of an outboard motors • …

by Andrew Collins The best sailing format in the club (in my biassed opinion), delivered another excellent race on Saturday. As summer slowly fades, we had sublime typical winter conditions, perfect for short-handed racing. A flat sea and a consistent 12 knots of westerly, except for a brief lull when the wind dropped to about 6 knots. This allowed the fleet to enjoy a wonderful afternoon on the water. As always, we had a good turnout of 20 boats. Class …

by Malcolm Osborne Mossel Bay Yacht & Boat Club hosted its annual Inter Club Regatta at the end of February. This year, the event also incorporated the Western Cape Championships for the Tera Class. There were three fleets competing – a 6 boat Catamaran fleet (4 Darts and 2 Mosquitos), a 14 boat `Rating Under 1200’ fleet (10 Lasers, 2 Dabchicks and 2 420s) and a 31 boat ‘Rating over 1200’ fleet (16 Tera Sport, 4 Tera Pro, 4 Optimists, …

by Sophie Thompson A zinger of a performance by Gavin Smith helming the yacht Zing, matched the sweltering weather offshore of Durban during the first day of the Jonsey Sprints hosted by Point Yacht Club. Smith earned himself line honours in the monohull class in all three races. In the first race, the longest on the day, Smith and his crew got off to a fantastic start and set a decent pace to the top mark. On the rounding, the …

The Yanmar 3JH40 common rail inboard diesel engine has been recognized as one of the most groundbreaking new consumer marine products after receiving a prestigious 2018 Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show Innovation Award. Introduced this year as the marine industry’s smallest CR inboard diesel engine, the 3JH40 was named the winner of the ‘Inboard Engines’ category when the NMMA and Boating Writers International (BWI) presented the awards during the annual Innovation Breakfast, held at Miami Marine Stadium Park & …

It was mission accomplished for Rut Gouws in Dakhla, Morocco, as the 14-year-old from Stilbaai powered her way to first place at the Youth Olympic Games kiteboarding qualifier. That puts Gouws in line to be selected as part of Team South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in October this year. Gouws put in a fantastic performance, winning 10 of her 12 races to finish as the undisputed champion. “I’m feeling super blessed to be the African …

by Richard Crockett Recently Alex Schon and a few of his mates competed in the Viper 640 Worlds in Australia, finishing 17th in a fleet of 25 boats. Their best two races were a 5th and an 8th overall. The reason he was there with Greg Plunkett, Bo Szalek and Gavin Davies is that he and Plunkett intend to start a class in this country. “It is our (Greg Plunkett and myself) intention is to hopefully start a new one …