Algoa Bay Yacht Club

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Slip Sliding Away

Things just don’t seem to be going too well for the ABYC Lipton Cup Team who have slipped to 16th position in the 19 boat fleet after today’s racing with a 15th place.

Rob Archibald and Andrew Ward sailing for Redhouse Yacht Club had a steaming day with their best result yet – a 4th on the sausage course after being the first boat to round the top mark.

The report by Mathew Thomas below comes from the Lipton Cup web site:

Today, the weather gods must have decided that the majority of the crews hadn’t bathed properly as the heavens opened and the sailors were subjected to a nearly constant downpour for the duration of today’s racing. With two of the three compulsory courses sailed, today’s race course was the final required course, the “sausage”, sailed in SW winds that varied between 6 and 12 knots, with gusts around 15kts.

Right from the start of today’s racing it was a tight battle up front with Rob Archibald, sailing Redhouse Yacht Club’s Orion, first at the top mark, followed by Luke Wagner on PYC Element and Ricky Robinson on RNYC’s Orion B2G2, followed closely by defending Champion Greg Davis on KYC Colorpress, followed by Guido Verhovert on RCYC’s Ells Teeth, Neil Malan on UCT Maverick and Andrea Giovannini & Markus Progli on FBYC’s Team Intasure Marine Insurance.

With the sailors being pummelled by numerous rain squalls and nearly constant rain, it was tight racing that saw the front pack closely bunched around the course as the fought to keep ahead of the yachts behind them, while at the same time trying to pass the yachts ahead of them.  By the end of the race, Ricky Robinson, on RNYC’s Orion B2G2, had managed to work his way into second place, just behind Rob Archibald on Redhouse Yacht Club’s Orion, who had lead from the start. Defending champion, Greg Davis on Knysna Yacht Club’s Colorpress was 3rd.

This epic battle continued till the end, with Colorpress trying to out manouver Orion B2G2, but it was False Bay Yacht Club’s Team Intasure Marine Insurance, sailed by Andrea Giovannini & Markus Progli, who managed to pass everyone and ended up finishing 1st. Ricky Robinson, on Orion B2G2, finished 2nd, Greg Davis, on Colorpress, 3rd and Rob Archibald, on Orion, 4th.

With their win today, this has moved Team Intasure Marine Insurance into 3rd place behind Colorpress and Orion B2G2 who are tied for first place.

Rob and Andrew are lying 8th Overall with the top three places being claimed by:

  1. Knysna Yacht Club
  2. Royal Natal Yacht Club
  3. False Bay Yacht Club

Kiss of Death for AON Challenger

The 2011 Lipton Cup is being sailed in Mossel Bay this week.

Results after Day 2 – ABYC’s AON Challenger is lying 15th with a 14th in the first race and an OCS in the second. Unfortunately an OCS is like the kiss of death in the Lipton as there are NO discards.

Rob Archibald and Andrew Ward on RYC Challenger – Orion are in 9th place with a 10th and an 8th.

Joint first on 5 points apiece are Theeewater Sports Club and hosts Knysna Yacht Club.

SAS Membership Renewal Procedure for the 2011/2012 Sailing Season

  1. Yacht Clubs will still issue accounts and members will still pay clubs exactly as in the past.
  2. The member can then log into the database via the SAS website to complete his/her details and get his/her user name and password.
  3. Once the member has done that, the regional administrator will then firstly confirm that SAS has received the membership money and then validate the membership.
  4. It is at this stage that the administrator completes the date field to indicate from when to when the membership is valid. This date must always be in line with the member’s club financial period as in the past. The administrator also completes the type of membership to correspond with the amount received from the member. The administrator will further ensure that all family members are linked on the database.
  5. Only once the membership has been validated by the regional administrator will the member be able to log in again and print his/her own membership card which will have his/her photo on if it was uploaded onto the system by the member.
  6. Where members don’t have access to the internet, the clubs will have to provide the regional administrator with the minimum details required for it to be captured under the bulk processing facility of the database. Minimum details being name, surname, date of birth and an e-mail address.
  7. In cases where members can’t print their own cards the clubs can be given access to allow them to print the cards, alternatively the regional office can download and e-mail the cards to the club.
  8. It is important to note that nothing has changed as far the way of working with the membership fees to the way it was done last season. Proper records must still be kept by the Clubs of how the payment to SAS is made up.
  9. The only difference this season are the cards – if members want their cards, SAS need the information first.

SAS appreciate the assistance of all our members in this regard and hope that everybody will see the benefit of a well managed member’s database.

The local SAS Representative is Anton Vivier.

Contact Anton as follows:

  • Tel: 041 365 0720
  • Mobile: 083 456 4812
  • Fax: 0866 717 517
  • e-mail: msb[at]mweb.co.za

 

ABYC Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-14

  • Durban Municipality seeks to close Blue Lagoon Radio Controlled Yacht pond – goo.gl/bXZoa #
  • Durban Municipality seeks to close Blue Lagoon Radio Controlled Yacht pond – link to article: http://t.co/EJmd9Lp #
  • Just completed adding ABYC members with e-mail addresses to the closed private network on http://t.co/8FBFHUd #
  • This Nissan can go on the water – http://t.co/YbJs1cU via @SailSearch #

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SAS now Authorised to Issue International Certificate of Competence

The International Certificate of Competence (ICC) was established under resolution No. 40 of the Working Party on Inland Water Transport for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The aim of the ICC is to provide boat owners and people wishing to charter boats with an internationally recognised document certifying their competence to skipper a boat for recreational use.

South African Sailing working with UNECE and SAMSA have obtained the authority to issue the International Certificate of Competence. South Africa is the first country outside the EU to be authorised by the UNECE to issue the ICC.

SAS has been authorised to issue the ICC to South African nationals or residents who hold a SAS Day Skipper Certificate of Competence or a higher SAS certificate of competence.

The ICC comes in two versions – “inland” and “coastal”. At this point in time SAS will only issue the “coastal” version. The “inland” certificate would require examination on the European inland waters CEVNI rules. If there is demand for the inland ICC we will develop the relevant CEVNI exams.

SAS would like to say a big thank you to Mrs Azhar Jaimurzina of the UNECE and Captain Dave Colly at SAMSA for their help in making this possible.

The International Certificate for Operators of Pleasure Craft, more commonly known as the International Certificate of Competence or ICC is widely recognised in Europe and is often requested by charter companies.

The application form for the ICC is available on the SAS web site.