Sailing Magazine
By Richard Crockett
I really do enjoy the really old history of our sport, and especially the tales of how the old salts from yesteryear took all weather and all conditions in their stride. There were no long-range weather forecasts telling them not to sail. Rather, they simply went out there and took it all on the chin!
The Easter Race from Cape Town to Saldanha Bay was a tight affair with two yachts ending tied with the same time. This is how it was reported:
“Yachts of the Royal Cape Yacht Club were returning from the Easter cruise to Saldanha Bay to-day. One of the first in was Mr. R. G. Whitley’s ‘Sea Swallow’, which, with ‘Astra’, tied for the “Paraffin Cup.”
“These two were the only yachts to reach Saldanha Bay under sail, taking 23 hours seven minutes for the voyage. All the others used their auxiliary motors during the 60-mile trip.”
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE: 1948 03 27 – dix combined – OCR 65_Redacted
