The Algoa Bay Yacht Club hosted the ABYC Interclub on the North End Lake out of the EP Powerboat Club premises on the weekend of 21 and 22 April 2018. 15 Sailors from Redhouse and Mossel Bay Yacht Clubs contested. Winds were light and clocked the better part of the compass offering North East right through to South West and made for some good practice for Bridge and mark laying crew along with testing sailor's skills at reading the course. Race Officer Ronnie Baer had the pleasure of christening ABYC's new (ish) bridge boat and was ably assisted by his merry bridge crew. Results per . . .
Red Jellybaby Anyone?
With not a Red score (DNS or DNF) in 5 races Sean Wiseman's J27 - Jellybaby - is showing that consistency wins the day. Five races have been sailed and Jellybaby boasts 2 bullets and 3 third places with one discard to be on 8 points, followed by Nemesis with one bullet and two seconds on 11 points. Saturday's race was sailed on a long course with harbour start, leaving the PE Safewater mark to Port, the Nqura Safewater mark to Port, back to the PE Safewater mark to Starboard and a harbour finish. Fairly consistent South west winds ranging between 10 and 16 knots made for interesting . . .
Jellybaby Leads Scimitar Cup Series
Races 3&4 of the Scimitar Cup Series were sailed on Saturday afternoon 3 March 2018. As can be seen from the results, consistency always wins the day. Next Saturday 10 March will see Races 5&6 of the series. Scimitar Cup 2018 ABYC Results are provisional as of 03/04/2018 Overall Sailed: 4, Discards: 0, To count: 4, Rating system: TCF, Entries: 6, Scoring system: Appendix A Rank Boat SailNo HelmName TCF R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Nett 1st Jelly Baby 3 Sean . . .
NOR Scimitar Cup Race 3 & 4
The Scimitar Cup Race 3 & 4 will be sailed at Algoa Bay Yacht Club on 3rd March 2018 NOTICE OF RACE 1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2017 - 2020. 1.2 The Organising Authority is the ABYC, under the auspices of South African Sailing. 1.3 The Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS) 2017 – 2020, the Class Rules of the participating classes, the Notice of Race and these Sailing Instructions will apply. 2 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY 2.1 In accordance with the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Regulation 19 (Eligibility Code), . . .
ORC Measurment – Keel Boats
On Saturday 17th February 2018 between 08h00 and 12h00 ORC Measurement for keel boats will take place on the ABYC lawn. Please bring your Biggest Main, Biggest Foresail and Biggest Spinnaker to the lawn for measurement. If your boat is sailed with a bow sprit, then this must be set-up for measurement as well. NO COST. . . .
Vasco da Gama Ocean Race 2018 Announcement & Dates
It is with great pleasure that I can advise you on behalf of the Royal Natal Yacht Club and the Algoa Bay Yacht Club, that the 2018 Vasco da Gama Ocean Race, a 400 nautical mile race from Durban to Port Elizabeth, will start on Thursday 26 April 2018. After the success of the past 3 races to Port Elizabeth, it is hoped that a record fleet will make the start line in 2018. The RNYC now take control of this race for the next 3 years and have committed themselves to the race being run between Durban & Port Elizabeth. The race course South has struck a chord with South African . . .
Scimitar Cup 2018 Results
The Scimitar Cup was sailed on Saturday afternoon 3 February 2018 in a steady South East breeze of around 12 knots. The course was a windward leeward laid along the beachfront with the top mark almost in line with the Shark Rock Pier and bottom mark out from the Port of Port Elizabeth western wall. Two races were sailed of around 45 minutes each with Jellybaby as the most improved yacht in the second race. Scimitar Cup 2018 Results ABYC: Results are provisional as of 03/02/2018 Overall Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Rating system: TCF, Entries: 4, Scoring system: Appendix A . . .
NOR – Scimitar Cup Races 1 & 2
The Scimitar Cup Race 1 & 2 will be sailed at Algoa Bay Yacht Club on 3rd February 2018 NOTICE OF RACE 1. RULES 1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2017 - 2020. 1.2 The Organising Authority is the ABYC, under the auspices of South African Sailing. 1.3 The Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS) 2017 – 2020, the Class Rules of the participating classes, the Notice of Race and these Sailing Instructions will apply. 2 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY 2.1 In accordance with the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Regulation 19 . . .
Nemesis Double Handed St Croix Results
The Nemesis St Croix Double Handed was sailed on Sunday 17 December 2017 in near perfect weather on an almost soldiers course. A South East wind greeted the six yachts contesting the Nemeis Double Handed, a low sea mist hid the islands from yachts exiting to the bay from a harbour start. Most contestants made St Croix in a single tack, St Croix to port and then the chase back in a rising wind that peaked at around 17 knots. Three welcome additions to the fleet were Proteus, with Chris Cox at the helm; Zula, sailing her last hurrah with Rod and Jimmy - Rod left this morning for Brazil; . . .
Nemesis Double Handed Race 3 – St Croix
The Nemesis Double Handed Race 3 – St Croix will be sailed at Algoa Bay Yacht Club on 17th December 2017 NOTICE OF RACE 1. RULES 1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2017 - 2020. 1.2 The Organising Authority is the ABYC, under the auspices of South African Sailing. 1.3 The Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS) 2017 – 2020, the Class Rules of the participating classes, the Notice of Race and these Sailing Instructions will apply. 2. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY 2.1 In accordance with the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) . . .
