The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber publishes a quarterly magazine that is distributed to members – What! Are you not a member of the NMBBC yet? (Click on any of the images below to be taken to the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber web site to apply or HERE.)
ABYC featured in a double page spread of this quarters’ Infocom magazine – see below.
The blurb reads:
The Algoa Bay Yacht Club (ABYC) is based in the Port of Port Elizabeth and exists to; “Foster an interest in sailing” All the facilities to meet this objective are provided by an active sailing section, marina, youth sailing development programme, hosting of local, regional, national and international regattas, a convivial pub and excellent restaurant (The Chartroom).
ABYC is internationally acknowledged as one of the friendliest sailing clubs – rather apt as we find ourselves in the Friendly City.
Competitive sailing takes place every weekend throughout the sailing season and social Wednesday Evening Sailing is open to all who want to; “try before you buy”.
Membership is open to all who express an interest and active participation in sailing and offers many benefits.
The sport of sailing is essentially one that is fuelled by volunteers who unstintingly give of their time and money in promotion thereof. Volunteer members excelled themselves this past season – which saw us hosting the 60th SAP 5O5 World Championships, the finish of the Vasco da Gama Ocean Race from Durban to Port Elizabeth, our premier annual regatta ABYC Week and numerous inter club and internal regattas. ABYC’s annual inter club dinghy regatta takes place on the North End Lake in the shadow of the iconic Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
The coming sailing season is jam packed as we will see a number of 5O5 sailors from Europe return to train in Algoa Bay – acknowledging that Algoa Bay offers one of the best sailing areas in the world, the Vasco Da Gama will finish in Port Elizabeth with an increased fleet of ocean going yachts, ABYC will host the prestigious IRC Nationals with approximately 30 boats travelling to compete (IRC Nationals attracts the top big boats in South Africa) at the same time as ABYC Week and we will round the season off with the Laser Nationals which will see around 60 boats competing.
Our sailors compete in the highest levels and have acquitted themselves well on a national and international level.
ABYC is conveniently situated within the precincts of the Port Elizabeth Harbour just north of the National Sea Rescue (NSRI) and Port Elizabeth Deep Sea Angling Club (PEDSAC).
