On Saturday 25 March Dinghy High Performance Coaching will take place from 12h30 to 16h30.
Later that day all dinghy, duck and yacht owners are invited to take part in a Sail Past followed by a fireworks display. Braai Fires will be available.
On Sunday 26 March all are invited to take part in Short Course Yacht Racing from 09h30 to 12h30.
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Racing will take place from 1st to 2nd April 2017, hosted from the ABYC Clubhouse, with racing taking place offshore and within the Port Elizabeth Harbour.
The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2017-2020, The Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS) 2017 – 2017, the applicable Class Rules, this Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions.
Notice of Race & Sailing Instructions – 2017 St Francis Bay Frolic: 18-19 February 2017
Sailing Instructions for the St Francis Bay Frolic:
1. RULES
1.1 The race will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020.
2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
2.1 Competitors required to enter with Race Convenor by Friday 17 th February, 15h00. Notices to competitors will be emailed to skippers and posted on the official notice board located at the ABYC Clubhouse.
3. CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
3.1 Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted before 08h00 on the day it will take effect being Saturday 18 th February, or otherwise conveyed at the Skippers Meeting at 08h00 Saturday 18 th February.
4. RACE REQUIREMENTS
4.1 Valid COFs required.
4.2 Familiarization of Charts SAN 1024 and 125 is advisable. All yachts must have suitable working navigational equipment and a GPS, preferably with a Chart Plotter linked to GPS.
4.3 Open to all keelboats with a qualified skipper on board. Skippers holding only a Day Skippers license to liaise with Eugene Lombard or Phil Rademan for vetting; which needs to be confirmed at the Skippers meeting.
5. THE COURSE
5.1 The course is: Harbour Start ? Cape Recife (CAUTION: new wreck site, Baratz, at 34°01’0.14”S 25°43’0.3”E) ? to pass Thunderbolt Reef to starboard ? to GPS turning mark off Port St Francis (34°09’454”S 24°53’18”E. Set in 25m water. This turning mark is where the Flashing (4) 10s buoy marked on SAN 125 used to occur.) ? to pass Thunderbolt Reef to port ? Harbour Entrance (outside) Finish.
6. START
6.1 Harbour start: the start line will be between the General Goods terminal and the Ore terminal. The start warning signal will be at 08h25 (dependant on shipping movements – refer to notices).
7. THE FINISH
7.1 Harbour Entrance (Outside) Finish: the finishing line will be the 100m extended transect line of the Port Control Tower to the port entrance light, 100m from the end of the breakwater. In this way shipping movements should not delay finishes. Competing yachts to record their elapsed times (to hours, minutes and seconds); and SMS these times to the Race Convenor.
8. SAFETY REGULATIONS
8.1 Check-Out and Check-In Procedures, sign in and out as pet normal, and additionally you must enter you boat name on the day of sailing with the Race Officer.
8.2 A boat that retires from a race shall notify the Race Officer as soon as possible via cellphone (provided at Skippers Meeting).
8.3 Yachts are strongly advised to carry Life-rafts.
9. ENQUIRIES
9.1 Race Convenor: Morgan Griffiths, 072 4175793, morgan_griffiths@yahoo.co.uk
Three races were sailed on Sunday 5 February 2017.
The first race involved a harbour start, starboard rounding of the seaward mark, port rounding of the landward mark and a finish back at the seaward mark – close racing saw Malgas and Wallbanger finish with a second of each other and Malgas ahead on corrected time.
The second race was characterised by the introduction of a Rabbit Start with the rabbit (Fling) sailing on a broad reach away from the pin for 2.5 minutes then returning to the pin to open a gate on the five minute gun. I recall hearing that this version was chosen to minimise the chances of Fling being T-Boned. Well, as they say in the classics; “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry!”
On the five minute Wallbanger was well placed to cross the (small and slowly opening) gate but wide eyes were observed on the Sadler 26 as louder and louder cries of “starboard” were directed towards the Cape 28 sailing gaily on Port tack astern of Fling. Collusion avoided and a great start for Wallbanger just squeezing through the gate.
Some messing around with the asymmetric spinnaker cost Wallbanger and, we suspect that Malgas throttled back a bit to allow Wallbanger to cross first – “Something to do with the first finisher having to pick up the top mark, Mike?”
With a steady breeze on the course the fleet decided to sail a third and final shortened race which saw some close racing on the first beat – Malgas and Wallbanger almost hugging whilst Fling and Skybird passed sugar and coffee across to each other almost neck and neck the entire way.
With a bit of thought we could try the 5O5 Dinghy rabbit start next – that method could help make the wide eyes less wide!
| Rank | Boat | Class | HelmName | TCF | R1-5Feb17 | R2–5Feb17 | R3-5Feb17 | Total | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Malgas | L34 | Milke Cullum | 0.95 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| 2nd | Wallbanger | Simonis 35 | Joh Tudehope | 0.995 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| 3rd | Fling | Sadler 26 | Paul Martin | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| 4th | Skybird | Cape 21 | Joe Schable | 0.815 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Rank | Boat | Class | HelmName | TCF | Elapsed | Corrected | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malgas | L34 | Milke Cullum | 0.95 | 0:41:45 | 0:39:40 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Wallbanger | Simonis 35 | Joh Tudehope | 0.995 | 0:41:46 | 0:41:33 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Fling | Sadler 26 | Paul Martin | 0.8 | 0:57:47 | 0:46:14 | 3.0 |
| 4 | Skybird | Cape 21 | Joe Schable | 0.815 | 0:57:00 | 0:46:27 | 4.0 |
| Rank | Boat | Class | HelmName | TCF | Elapsed | Corrected | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malgas | L34 | Milke Cullum | 0.95 | 0:42:28 | 0:40:21 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Wallbanger | Simonis 35 | Joh Tudehope | 0.995 | 0:42:43 | 0:42:30 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Fling | Sadler 26 | Paul Martin | 0.8 | 0:56:01 | 0:44:49 | 3.0 |
| 4 | Skybird | Cape 21 | Joe Schable | 0.815 | 0:56:13 | 0:45:49 | 4.0 |
| Rank | Boat | Class | HelmName | TCF | Elapsed | Corrected | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malgas | L34 | Milke Cullum | 0.95 | 0:19:41 | 0:18:42 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Wallbanger | Simonis 35 | Joh Tudehope | 0.995 | 0:19:32 | 0:19:26 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Skybird | Cape 21 | Joe Schable | 0.815 | 0:31:20 | 0:25:32 | 3.0 |
| 4 | Fling | Sadler 26 | Paul Martin | 0.8 | 0:33:12 | 0:26:34 | 4.0 |
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The Great Circle Race takes place from 28 to 29 January 2017. The race will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2017- 2020.
Competitors are required to enter with the Race Convenor by Thursday 26 January 2017, 16h30. Notices to competitors will be emailed to skippers and posted on the official notice board located at the ABYC Clubhouse.
This year’s Scimitar Cup format will be short races around the Bay furniture and cans with the possibility of 1 medium distance race. Courses will be announced at the skippers meetings, dependent on wind direction and shipping movements. Organisers are aiming for 1.5 to 2 hour race courses.
