Please join us in wishing the Algoa Bay Yacht Club members below all the best on their birthdays this month:
Please join us in wishing the following ABYC members many happy returns in May 2018:
03 May – T Smit
06 May – D Tenner
07 May – L De Vries
09 May – P Putziger
10 May – J Putter, A Bosch
15 May – R Llewelyn-Williams
16 May – J Espinoza, L Edwards
18 May – J Seinbach
21 May – H Birch, M Harvey
25 May – P Dymond
Please join us in wishing the following members a Happy April Birthday:
01/04 – J Waller
05/04 – G Divaris
06/04 – CR Baer
09/04 – N Lottering
14/04 – C Francis, L Bilson
16/04 – R Morgan
22/04 – P Hurley
23/04 – C Tutton
24/04 – B Wittaker
25/04 – S Lear
27/04 – T Wwilm, A Rump
28/04 – K Laskey
On Friday morning 2 March 2018 the Transnet Ports Authority (TNPA) evicted the 60 year-old Algoa Bay Yacht Club (ABYC) from premises they occupied within the Port.
Effectively the club administration moved to other temporary premises whilst The Chartroom Restaurant and Pub ceased to exist.
A long standing dispute over unfair rental increases led to the eviction.
During 2009 ABYC laid a formal complaint with the Port Regulator over TNPA’s unfair treatment. The long standing dispute led to TNPA charging a higher rental whilst ABYC paid a lower rental.
TNPA have not taken ABYC to court over the disputed rental – the rental determination is still to be heard by the Port Regulator during March 2018 at a hearing in Durban for the 2009 complaint.
In a Facebook post announcing the eviction ABYC said;
Our thanks and love to everyone who has supported us through this long and oftentimes bewildering time.
Of course we are left with more questions than answers and some of us have taken this very hard.
Please bear with us as we chart our way through these rocky waters, regroup and give thanks for the respite from having to ensure that we had enough money in the bank to pay our rent and other obligations.
Freed from the undue pressure to run a ‘commercial venture’ we are happy to report that we are now in a stronger position to foster, promote and administer sailing in line with our obligations to South African Sailing and sailors in general.
THE FUTURE:
The future holds some promise for members and the sport. We have received a number of offers from concerned citizens to accommodate our members and club. We are still the link between sailors and South African Sailing, we still administer Boat Licenses and Safety Inspections, we still have the ability and manpower to run regattas and continue to showcase our Algoa Bay as a fine sailing venue.
Please join ABYC in wishing the following members all the best on their birthday.
03/02 – HF Thornton
05/02 – E Lombard
07/02 – H Van Der Weele, M Dawson
08/02 – R Clements
09/02 – I Littlejohn
10/02 – C Haukohl
11/02 – J Lochhead
12/02 – K Garner, W Bonnage
13/02 – L Donaldson
14/02 – A Ward, R Cassem
15/02 – B Wesson
18/02 – KP Rademan, C Botes
20/02 – A Blain, J Bean
22/02 – JC Smit, R Pothier
25/02 – A Adler
26/02 – M Terblanche
27/02 – C Hoogendoorn
28/02 – P Webb
Join us in wishing the following members all the best for their January Birthday:
01 – J Erasmus
03 – H Freaker
06 – S Hansen
07 – V Giles
09 – B Hickson
10 – R Smith
11 – A Striglia Bilsbury
16 – T Bielby, PJ Murray
18 – A Straton
21 – G Collier, R Brown
27 – M Van Wyk
29 – R Cady
31 – P Deyzel
