Talking Sailing Archive (this newsletter is no longer published)

To Subscribe:  Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line.   Issue 52 19 April 2017 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of the SAILING Magazine Blog (incorporating SA Yachting) My sincere apologies for the lengthy break since the last issue.  No, “Talking Sailing” has not been committed to Davey Jones’ Locker – and it’s still very much alive and kicking! A lot of water has passed under the keel since the last one in …

To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line.     Issue 52 19 April 2017 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine (incorporating SA Yachting) Reader response is welcome – RESPOND HERE Readers are encouraged to share this with their sailing mates This issues carries interesting news on the Volvo Ocean Race, the America’s Cup defender capsizing in practice, and much more. There is an interesting debate going on in the …

  To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line. Issue 51 23 March 2017 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine (incorporating SA Yachting) Reader response is welcome – RESPOND HERE Readers are encouraged to share this with their sailing mates The last two issues have covered the ‘Jiggery Pokery’ of the Rule 69 investigation by SAS – and the response from readers certainly does not show SAS in a good …

To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line.   Issue 50 23 February 2017 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine (incorporating SA Yachting) Reader response is welcome – RESPOND HERE Readers are encouraged to share this with their sailing mates Time flies when you are having fun! Well that’s the way I feel when compiling every issue of “Talking Sailing”. This is the 50th issue – not quite a major …

To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line. Issue 49 19 January 2017 by Richard Crockett Publisher @ Editor of SAILING Magazine Reader response is welcome – RESPOND HERE Readers are encouraged to share this to their sailing mates. Welcome to 2017 – may it be a year in which all your dreams are realised. There is just so much that has happened since the last issue in the first week of December, that …

To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line. issue – 48 8 December 2016   by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine Reader response is welcome – respond to: editor@sailing.co.za Readers are encouraged to share this to their sailing mates. It’s the season to be jolly, yet so much has happened since the previous issue. First up though is the sad news that ‘The Great Dane’ of sailing, Paul Elvstrom, died …

To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line.   issue – 47 25 October 2016 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine Reader response is welcome – respond to: editor@sailing.co.za Readers are encouraged to forward this to their sailing mates The previous issue of “Talking sailing” appears to have hit the ‘spot’ judging by the positive feedback. This is another bumper issue as quite simply there is loads of “Talking Sailing” …

  To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line. issue – 46 23 September 2016 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine Reader response is welcome – respond to: editor@sailing.co.za Readers are encouraged to share this to their sailing mates as the more people “Talking Sailing” the better our sport will be. It’s difficult to know where to start this issue as there are so many different and fascinating items to …

  issue – 45 24 August 2016 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine Reader response is welcome – respond to: editor@sailing.co.za Readers are encouraged to forward this to their sailing mates The games are now over, bar the shouting, and already in the history books. It seems as if the negativity towards the venue prior to the event was a lot of hot air, as much of what was expected negatively simply did not materialise. And the …

If you are interested in having a sailing holiday, think no further than Sunsail (www.sunsail.com) who have bases throughout the world. Click the links within their advert to get more information. To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line.       issue – 44 18 JULY 2016 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine Reader response is welcome – respond to: editor@sailing.co.za Readers are encouraged to forward this to their …

  If you are interested in having a sailing holiday, think no further than Sunsail (www.sunsail.com) who have bases throughout the world. Click the links within their advert to get more information. To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line.       issue – 43 21 June 2016 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine Reader response is welcome – respond to: editor@sailing.co.za Readers are encouraged to forward this to …

If you are interested in having a sailing holiday, think no further than Sunsail (www.sunsail.com) who have bases throughout the world. Click the links within their advert to get more information. To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line.     issue – 42 23 May 2016 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine Reader response is welcome – respond to: editor@sailing.co.za Readers are encouraged to forward this to their sailing …

    If you are interested in having a sailing holiday, think no further than Sunsail (www.sunsail.com) who have bases throughout the world. Click the links within their advert to get more information. To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line.   12 April 2016 issue – 41 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine Reader response is welcome – respond to: editor@sailing.co.za Readers are encouraged to share this with their …

If you are interested in having a sailing holiday, think no further than Sunsail (www.sunsail.com) who have bases throughout the world. Click the links within their advert to get more information. To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line.     issue – 40 22 March 2016 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine Reader response is welcome – respond to: editor@sailing.co.za Readers are encouraged to forward this to their sailing …

        If you are interested in having a sailing holiday, think no further than Sunsail (www.sunsail.com) who have bases throughout the world. Click the links within their advert to get more information. To Subscribe: Mail (sailing@iafrica.com) with the words ‘SUBSCRIBE TO TALKING SAILING’ in the subject line. issue – 39 22 February 2016 by Richard Crockett Publisher & Editor of SAILING Magazine Reader response is welcome – respond to: editor@sailing.co.za Readers are encouraged to forward this to …