Commodores from the various Eastern Cape Clubs met at the East London Yacht Club on Saturday 27 February 2015 to discuss the proportion of sailing in our region and how to instil greater co-operation between our various entities.
Present at the meeting were: Alan Straton – ABYC, Andrew Finn – SASEC Councillor, Andrew Martin – Redhouse Yacht Club, Brett Harris – ELYC, Bruce Muller – ELYC, Chris Clarke – ELYC, David Grant- KWTYC, Lawrence Haw – ELYC, Louis Coetzer – ELYC, Mike Metcalf – ELYC, Rachel Johnstone – Rhodes Sailing Club, Roy Crossley – BRYC, Wayne Flowerday – BRYC, Wayne Rathbone – Kingswood and Sean Wiseman – SASEC Treasurer.
All clubs present pledged to assist each other and SASEC in the promotion of sailing and regattas in the coming sailing season.
Andrew Finn explained the new structure in SAS where the Southern Region would fall away with Mossel Bay, George Lakes and Knysna Yacht Clubs now falling under the Western Cape. This is all in line with Provincial and National demarcations.
It is envisaged that this will bring sailing into line with the government structures and improve access to funding.
Exciting stuff from the meeting is that soon three travelling training rigs will be available.
Two decisions of record out the meeting were:
- The Eastern Cape Interprovincials will be sailed in conjunction with the Fireball and Mirror Nationals at Wriggleswade from 2 to 6 October 2015
- The SASEC Youth Nationals will be sailed at Wriggleswade from 13 to 18 December 2015.
As you will see from the images below the sailing at Wriggleswade is first class and offers loads of accommodation in a safe environment. Bring all your water toys to Wriggleswade as the dam offers loads of watersport opportunities.
