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By Kevin Bingham
A friendly reminder about this weekend's GPI hosted by Island Sailing Club. Registration will be open from 9am - 10am. Entry fees are R50 for individual GP's or R150 for all 4 events, payable at GPI.
Lunches will be served on the sand banks. Please place your orders before launching.
GP T-Shirts are on sale @ R50.00.
There will be a number of boats on the water for spectators. Please chat to Kevin Bingham (send email to kgbingham@gmail.com) to assist in this and advise you of what's on offer. Please contact Richard Crocket editor@sailing.co.za should you wish to take up his offer of viewing from his lovely yacht. |
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| With the Club’s objective to enter two teams into the year end Inter-varsity regatta – we ran our first ‘Introductory basic sailing course’. Instead of just putting up fliers, and sitting back and hoping to have people sign up, the club got pro-active and approached specific people. Our intention was two fold – 1) if we are going to put the time into teaching people – we may as well be selective (potential sailors) and 2) the time input to results would be higher. We approached the course as professionally as we could – arranged our own sailing manuals, a projector to play sailing DVDs (people need to see a tack rather than just read about it), set up desks and a white board. A theory session was held on Friday evening covering all the basics from the manual - understanding the boat, the basics of skippering, some rules about sailing, and racing. The idea was not get through loads on info, but the basics, and enough to leave Sunday as a sailing day. |
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| The MSC Regatta 2008 attracted a fleet of 40 yachts varying in size from the Hunter 19’S to Croc’s, an uprated Fast 40 (now 43’!) . There are 9 entries in the IRC – Div 1 fleet, 6 entries in the IRC – Div Sport fleet, 7 entries in the L26 fleet, 7 entries in the Micro Multihull fleet, 6 entries in the PHRF – Div 1 fleet and 5 entries in the PHRF – Div 2 fleet. Overall 204 crew members took part. |
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20 highly competitive entries had been received for the mcel Vasco da Gama Race when entries closed, with late entries at a premium entry fee still possible.
This is a HOT fleet, with a betting man likely to hedge his bets as to who will take the honours. It´s going to be close and very, very competitive. Plus, 16 of the 20 boats will be racing under IRC.
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www.pyc.co.za
We are pleased to advise that the new website is now live and operational.
The website has been completely re-designed from scratch. This work was undertaken and completed over the last three months by two members of Gencom at no cost to the Club.
As we have recently migrated the site to a new hosting server there will probably be a few teething and updating problems which we hope to iron out during the course of this week. |
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Report by the Regatta chairman, Jimmy Melville
The MSC Regatta 2008 has attracted a fleet of 40 yachts varying in size from the Hunters to Croc’s. There are 9 entries in the IRC – Div 1 fleet, 6 entries in the IRC – Div Sport fleet, 7 entries in the L26 fleet, 7 entries in the Micro Multihull fleet, 6 entries in the PHRF – Div 1 fleet and 5 entries in the PHRF – Div 2 fleet. Overall there are 201 crew members taking part.
The Mediterranean Shipping Company Regatta 2008 kicked off on Sunday 29 June with a stiff westerly blowing. 16 competitors braved the conditions out at sea whilst a number took the opportunity to hone their skills in the bay. Monday the 29th saw a vastly different set of conditions greet the fleet as they made their way offshore for the first race of the regatta. |
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From the deck of Crocs
Well, winter brings the Cape Town and Transvaal boys to Durban to compete in the Annual MSC Shosholoza Week. A nice change from the cold and wet days in Cape Town.
Once again, CROCS was shipped up to Durban on a MAC Shipping vessel called the Algoa Bay. It's all quite simple really, pack the boat, take to boom off and the mast head instruments and have the yachts cradle delivered to the vessel and then once it's loaded, go alongside and get lifted onto the ship. This time was a little different as we had to be lifted over the outside containers as our cradle was positioned on the centreline and just in front of the bridge. Of course it's pretty much the opposite when we arrive and this went smoothly and with a minimum of fuss. |
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Members are reminded that the Special General Meeting regarding the Beachsite relocation is scheduled for Monday 23 June and that the Notice and Supporting documentation can be viewed on the website www.pyc.co.za . Members will find that the documentation on the website will be updated from time to time as the negotiations are ongoing and there will be a number of additions and alterations between the first draft placed before Gencom and the final draft to be signed after the SGM.
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The Durban International Boat & Lifestyle Show will be taking place from the Friday the 11th July to Sunday the 13th July 2008 and as usual they will have the full support of the City of Durban. The show will be open daily from 09h30 to 17h00. Entrance to the show is R30.00 pp for adults and R20.00pp for pensioners and children. For more information you can view the website on www.durbaninternationalboatshow.co.za
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By Rob ?Samways
The regatta was sailed this past weekend with Inter-club IRC championships with IRC Div 1 and Sport boats. Also, the Flying Fifteens sailed their Provincials, and the Blue Water/East Coats Experience Race was also sailed concurrently within the regatta with other entrants sailing with IRC Div 1 on the Distance Race.
Rob Samways truly was the Bridge Officer, and on Day 1 we got 4 races in East to NE winds of between 6 – 12 knots. |
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With less than 2 weeks away to IRC Provincials at MSC Week, I trust that you have all got you revalidations in to Donald at KZN Sailing? Please remember, the information has to be sent to the UK…..and nothing happens overnight! Your revalidation can easily take more than a week to do….so leaving it to the last minute will result in your entry being relegated to the Club Handicap Fleet of MSC!
Great news is that SA’s inaugural IRC Sport Boat Provincial fleet is going to happen at MSC. Sandy has donated a beautiful trophy, and as I have mentioned before (probably a 1000 times now), the IRC Provincials put you in line for points for Provincial Colours with Provincial medals (and MSC medals), being a SAS endorsed Provincial Event. The Div 1 & 2 IRC Provincials are also on for MSC, and again I ask, “have you done your IRC re-validations?!”
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Please note that the Caney Sprint Races will be sailed on Sunday 22.06.
Brief details as follows:
Race Officer - Eric Atherstone. Briefing - 0900 22.06 in Charlies Bar. First start - not before 1100. 2 or 3 sprint races set on a windward/leeward course.
Please remember that entries need to submitted to Pat at PYC Reception by 1200 on Friday.
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| This weekend on Sunday is the RNYC hosted Blue Water Series race (East Coast Experience). IRC Div 1Yachts competing in the RNYC 150th Anniversary Inter Club Challenge will also be racing in this event. The race is open to all Category "C" Yachts, with extra requirement being a minimum of a Day Skipper on- board with Jack Stays rigged for the race. |
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 On behalf of the Commodore, committees and members of the Point Yacht Club, I extend a warm invitation to all sailors in South Africa to join us offshore Durban from the Saturday 28th June 2008 till Friday 4th July 2008 for the MSC Regatta 2008.
The regatta is again sponsored by Mediterranean Shipping Company and a big vote of thanks goes to Captain Salvatore Sarno. They have also sponsored the shipping of boats to and from the regatta. Through the efforts of MSC, Transnet have agreed to waive all terminal and handling charges at all ports. A VERY BIG THANKYOU TO MSC and TRANSNET. |
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The IRC Class in Durban intend to measure boats for IRC rating on either Friday 23rd May or Friday 30th May. (Dependent on number of boats to measure and availability of IRC Measurers.)
Should you require an IRC rating to enable participation in the Vasco or IRC Provincials at MSC Week (or for that matter, just to acquire a recognized handicap?) then please urgently contact Donald at KZN Sailing 031 301 3078.
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