Sailing Magazine
By Richard Crockett
Such was the depth of sailing talent back in the late ‘50s that trials were held to select the South African Olympic sailing team. Today the World and regional rankings are considered combined with a little luck and interference.
“Maturity won the day after a week’s keen sailing for the Olympic dinghy trials on the water of the Mossel Bay Yacht Club early in September. And although it is probably small consolation to that justly ambitious group of young yachtsmen who sailed so brilliantly, there is every expectation that the selectors of the South African Yacht Racing Association will be proved right in the Bay of Naples next September.
South Africa’s team will be:
Hellmut Stauch, T.Y.C., Flying Dutchman skipper;
Robin Standing, R.N.Y.C., Flying Dutchman crew;
Gordon Burn Wood, R.C.Y.C., Finn skipper;
Donald Ord, E.R.Y.C., team manager.
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE: 1959 09-10 – SA Yachting – olympic trials – OCR-3
