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Laser Nationals and EC Provincial Championships – ABYC Sailors fare well

Our local sailors faced some pretty competition at these two concurrently-held regattas. It was held at Swartvlei, Sedgefield, which attracted many Western Cape Sailors, which certainly upped the level of competition. The Laser fleet (Standards, Radials and 4.7s) numbered 70, and included a number of SAS Race Ahead high-performance trainees being coached by Roger Hudson. Some 40 other dinghies took part in the EC Champs: Oppies, Teras, Dapchicks, 29ers, Sonnets and Darts. On the first three days our sailors had to contend with strong winds over 24 knots, but these were testing conditions for these top sailors.

Our club sailors did well in the EC Champs:

  • Open Fleet – 8th Jenna Bailes & Jemima Baun
  • Teras – 1st Luke Weddell, 2nd Cameron Hills
  • Oppies – 16th Emma Lucas
  • Laser Radials – 11th Sigi Bailes, 13th Charlie Hills, 16th Jordan van Zyl, 22nd Chad Bilsbury

Laser Nationals Results (Radials): 11th Charlie Hills, 14th Jordan van Zyl, 18th Sigi Bailes, 27th Chad Bilsbury

Many thanks to the ABYC parents who helped with the logistics and marker/rescue boats.

Full Laser results on www.laser.org.za

Tikalox leads Centenary Cup

Centenary Cup 2016-2017

ABYC

Centenary Cup 2016-2017 – provisional results

Overall

Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Rating system: TCF, Entries: 8, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Boat HelmName TCF Bart’s Bash
18 Sep 2016 11:31:00		 Race 2
09 Oct 2016 10:22:00		 Total Nett
1st Tikkalox II Rob Smith 0.899 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
2nd Jelly-Baby Sean Wiseman 0.947 3.0 2.0 5.0 5.0
3rd Malgas Milke Cullum 0.938 2.0 9.0 DNC 11.0 11.0
4th Wallbanger John Tudehope 0.995 9.0 DNC 3.0 12.0 12.0
5th Sea-Esta Jimmy Swinnerton 0.88 4.0 9.0 DNC 13.0 13.0
6th J-Sea Charlie Hills 0.947 9.0 DNC 9.0 DNC 18.0 18.0
6th Maricia Joe Schable 0.80 9.0 DNC 9.0 DNC 18.0 18.0
6th Nemesis Tony Bailes 1.066 9.0 DNC 9.0 DNC 18.0 18.0

Bart’s Bash – 18 Sep 2016 at 11:31:00

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place
Rank Boat HelmName TCF Elapsed Corrected Points
1 Tikkalox II Rob Smith 0.899 1:31:36 1:22:21 1.0
2 Malgas Milke Cullum 0.938 1:30:45 1:25:07 2.0
3 Jelly-Baby Sean Wiseman 0.947 1:30:21 1:25:34 3.0
4 Sea-Esta Jimmy Swinnerton 0.88 1:49:05 1:36:00 4.0

Race 2 – 09 Oct 2016 at 10:22:00

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place
Rank Boat HelmName TCF Elapsed Corrected Points
1 Tikkalox II Rob Smith 0.899 4:27:30 4:00:29 1.0
2 Jelly-Baby Sean Wiseman 0.947 4:16:15 4:02:40 2.0
3 Wallbanger John Tudehope 0.995 4:07:07 4:05:53 3.0

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Centenary Cup 2016 Series

The Centenary Cup 2016 Series races will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016 (RRS).

Race dates:

  • Sunday 18 th September 2016 – Skippers at 09h30, start at 10h00 – Races 1 & 2
  • Sunday 9 th October 2016 – Skippers at 09h30, start at 10h00 – Races 3
  • Sunday 6 th November 2016 – Skippers at 09h30, start at 10h00 – Race 4 & 5
  • Sunday 4 th December 2016 – Skippers at 09h30, start at 10h00 – Races 6 & 7

NOTICE OF RACE & SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

Centenary Cup September 2016
Centenary Cup September 2016

Frostbite Postponed

Due to unfavourable weather conditions predicted for Sunday, the Frostbite Race #2 is postponed until further notice.

ABYC is excited to start the formal Wednesday Night Sailing races as of next Wednesday 28th September. For the first three Wednesday’s we are especially encouraging the introduction of people new to sailing to join us. We are particularly encouraging you to introduce your black friends and colleagues to sailing, as part of ABYC’s efforts to transform our sport.

We plan to offer the complimentary boerie rolls again for the first Wednesdays sails. If any persons or companies would like to sponsor these boerie rolls after that, in exchange for advertising opportunities, please contact Alan, Frank or myself.

With thanks

Morgan Griffiths
ABYC Sailing

Could we be eating one of these on Wednesday?

Caramelised onion and exotic mushroom boerewors roll
Caramelised onion and exotic mushroom boerewors roll

Caramelised onion and exotic mushroom boerewors roll recipe courtesy of Pick ‘n Pay:

INGREDIENTS

1 knob butter
1 onion, finely slice
1 cup exotic mushrooms, sliced
45 ml balsamic vinegar
30 ml brown sugar
2 Boerewors
2 Portuguese Rolls
Coriander to garnish

METHOD

Melt a knob of butter in a pan and fry 1 finely sliced onion until golden.
Add exotic mushrooms, balsamic vinegar and brown sugar and stir until dissolved.
Increase heat and cook until caramelised.
Season to taste and spoon onto boerewors.

Bart’s Bash/Centenary Cup Races Results – Sunday 17th September

With sunnier weather than the previous day, yachts Malgas, Sea-Esta, Jelly-Baby and Tikalox II sailed an Olympic course in light SE winds.

After some argy-bargy at the start, Malgas, Jelly-Baby and Tikalox II kept a tight pack around the course, with Tikalox II gaining lost ground on the beats when it was able to hoist its spinnaker on the runs.

With just over a minute separating these three contenders, the corrected times were going to be telling. Tikalox II took first from Malgas, who was just 27 seconds ahead of Jelly-Baby. Sea-Esta brought up the rear a few minutes later. Full results below.

Thank you to Harry for taking Lady out as the committee boat and for the crew of Malgas and Sea-Esta for hauling marker-buoys.

ABYC Centenary Cup 2016-2017

Centenary Cup 2016-2017 Race 1 – provisional results

Overall

Sailed: 1, Discards: 0, To count: 1, Rating system: TCF, Entries: 8, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Boat HelmName CrewName TCF Bart’s Bash
18 Sep 2016 11:31:00		 Total Nett
1st Tikkalox II Rob Smith 0.899 1.0 1.0 1.0
2nd Malgas Milke Cullum 0.938 2.0 2.0 2.0
3rd Jelly-Baby Sean Wiseman 0.947 3.0 3.0 3.0
4th Sea-Esta Jimmy Swinnerton 0.88 4.0 4.0 4.0
5th J-Sea Charlie Hills 0.947 9.0 DNC 9.0 9.0
5th Maricia Joe Schable 0.80 9.0 DNC 9.0 9.0
5th Wallbanger John Tudehope 0.995 9.0 DNC 9.0 9.0
5th Nemesis Tony Bailes 1.066 9.0 DNC 9.0 9.0

Bart’s Bash – 18 Sep 2016 at 11:31:00

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place
Rank Boat HelmName CrewName TCF Elapsed Corrected Points
1 Tikkalox II Rob Smith 0.899 1:31:36 1:22:21 1.0
2 Malgas Milke Cullum 0.938 1:30:45 1:25:07 2.0
3 Jelly-Baby Sean Wiseman 0.947 1:30:21 1:25:34 3.0
4 Sea-Esta Jimmy Swinnerton 0.88 1:49:05 1:36:00 4.0

Bart’s Bash Dinghy Results

Round 1 of Bart’s Bash was sailed on Saturday 16 September out of the Algoa Bay Yacht Club, Port Elizabeth. This year the Redhouse Yacht Club and ABYC joined forces to sail the Bash.

Race Officer, Ronnie Baer took the fleet of 16 entrants out of the Port of Port Elizabeth to sail offshore. The overcast conditions presented some interesting challenges for some of the open dinghies in the lumpy sea, 10 knot South South East wind and intermittent drizzle.

Divided into two fleets to accommodate Senior (Fleet 1) and Junior (Fleet 2) sailors the courses sailed comprised a Sausage, Triangle, Sausage for Fleet 1 and a Sausage, Triangle for Fleet 2.

Fresh from sailing in the RS Tera World Championships, Redhouse Yacht Club sailor – Sophie Hynch sailed two bullets in a Laser 4.7 dinghy to emerge triumphant in the 12 strong Fleet 1. In second place with two second places were Colin Benadie and Lauren Hynch on Colin’s immaculate Sonnet, closely followed by Algoa Bay Yacht Club’s Charlie Hills on a Laser Radial. Indicative of the difficult sea state we saw a number of retirees by open dinghies who struggled to keep their boats dry and spent more time bailing than sailing.

Fleet 2 featured the RS Tera boats with Cameron Hills showing the four strong fleet a clean pair of heels in both races to finish top of the leaderboard, followed by fellow Algoa Bay Yacht Club sailors, Luke Weddel and Tammy Bailes in second and third places respectively.

The Bart’s Bash regatta is an annual worldwide event held in aid of the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation (ASSF) and in memory of Olympic Gold medallist Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson (crewing for Iain Percy in the Star class 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing) who tragically lost his life in a sailing accident whilst out training for the America’s Cup in San Francisco Bay in 2013.

Over 355 yacht clubs and sailing venues in more over 58 countries signed up to participate this year with Durban’s mighty Point Yacht Club leading the top clubs leaderboard for entry numbers to Barts Bash this year, on a massive 196 and well ahead of their total last year.

Sailors taking part in Bart’s Bash are raising funds for the Foundation whose very specific objective for 2016 is to promote awareness for, and the further development of, disabled sailing globally.

ASAF’s main mission is to “help young people develop the personal skills that will improve their ability to succeed in life and to improve access to jobs and careers within the maritime sector.”

Point and Algoa Bay Yacht Club’s are the hosts for South Africa’s oldest Ocean Race the Vasco Da Gama Ocean Race which will, for the third time in 2017, be sailed from Durban to Port Elizabeth.

In 2014 with 3,600 boats participating across 768 venues around the world, the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation smashed the Guinness World Record for Largest Sailing Race in 24 Hours (Multiple Venues). Results from yacht clubs around the world will be collated and displayed on the official Bart’s Bash website.

FULL RESULTS HERE

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