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Two great ABYC Regattas

This past weekend ABYC hosted two great regattas in the Boardwalk Hobie 16 Nationals and the 505 International invitation.

Both fleets enjoyed the best of the Bays wind, water and weather.

The 2014 Boardwalk Hobie 16 National was the last for the Bay for a while as the regatta will probably move to Durban next year.

The international sailors in the 505 fleet will go back to their respective countries with positive feedback.

Boardwalk Hobie 16 Report:

4 days of sailing and 9 races later Blaine and Roxanne Dodds sailing for Knysna Yacht Club finally clinched the 2014 Boardwalk Hobie 16 Nationals – a title that has eluded them for the last three years of keen competition in Algoa Bay.

The three days of sailing presented a range of conditions but Port Elizabeth saved the best for last.

A mid morning start for bridge and officials saw the support team dotted around the still bay in the windless conditions whilst the fleet waited for the call for the final race which came at 1:30 pm as the promised South South East made it’s appearance over Cape Receife and settled into 9 to 10 knots.

An over eager start saw the dreaded Black Flag being raised for the restart and the slow jostle for the line began – two boats were adjudged over at the start; Andrew and Angela Ward from Algoa Bay Yacht Club and David and Rebecca Scott from the Dar Es Salaam Yacht Club earning them an OCS and maximum points of 31 points each.

The Dodds pair sailed a faultless and conservative race – getting ahead of the second placed William and Lucinda Edwards and covering them the whole course. Belinda and Ryan Hayward slipped in between the Edwards’ and Dodds’ boat to gain second place and a clear winner was apparent with Blaine and Roxanne finishing the regatta on 13 points with the Edwards’ 2 points behind and the Haywards’ trailing a further 20 points behind in third place.

The top Port Elizabeth based boat finished in 4th place sailed by Robert Archibald and daughter Alexa. Despite two OCS’ Andrew and Angela Ward sailed to 7th place in the 30 boat fleet.

The top three finishers overall:

  1. Blaine and Roxanne Dodds – Knysna Yacht Club on 13 points
  2. William and Lucinda Edwards – Knysna Yacht Club on 15 points
  3. Belinda and Ryan Hayward – Fish Hoek Beach Sailing Club on 35 points.
Andrew Fourie and Chad Bilsbury exercise the F words - Fun and Fast at the top mark.
Andrew Fourie and Chad Bilsbury exercise the F words – Fun and Fast – at the top mark – scroll down for more images.

Full Results of the 2014 Hobie 16 Nationals:

Rank

Sail No

Club

Helm

Crew

Nett
1st 888 KYC Blaine Dodds Roxanne Dodds 13.0
2nd 1001 KYC William Edwards Lucinda Edwards 15.0
3rd 109132 FHBSC Belinda Hayward Ryan Hayward 35.0
4th 107669 ABYC Robert Archibald Alexa Archibald 45.0
5th 109154 KYC Douglas Edwards Pippy Edwards 50.0
6th 91067 BYC Ewald Erasmus Mark Teasdale 58.0
7th 91091 ABYC Andrew Ward Angela Ward 63.0
8th 111336 PYC Peter Hall Sarah-Ann Hall 75.0
9th 111319 LDYC Andrew Fourie Chad Bilsbury 85.0
10th 109170 ZVYC Nic Ryall Josh Seilig 98.0
11th 111335 SYC Mark Wijtenburg Amy Fisher 98.0
12th 108651 LDYC Mark Kopel Laura Ilgner 103.0
13th 111344 FHBSC Brent Hayward Charlie Boulle 105.0
14th 75202 ABYC John Mc Gillivray Tim Jones 112.0
15th 109118 SYC Brandon Wijtenberg Todd Fisher 115.0
16th 108907 RYC Klaas de Rooy Tracy Whitehead 115.0
17th 91058 Matt Whitehead Daniel Lawrence 116.0
18th 112489 FHBYC John Ryall Sarah Arnold 120.0
19th 91025 PYC Sean Fennessy Bart Fokkens 121.0
20th 112445 FHBSC Michael Goodyer Jennifer Goodyer 121.0
21st 54460 ABYC Andrew Bosworth Ashley Bosworth 138.0
22nd 91054 Dar es Salam David Scott Rebecca Scott 166.0
23rd 106121 TCC Jordan McQueen Gregan McQueen 190.0
24th 101 ELYC Byron Ravenscroft Peter-Blaine Dodds 190.0
25th 73412 Mark Gale Sigi Bailes 192.0
26th 91076 ABYC Russel Morgan Thea Pretorius 195.0
27th 106198 LYC Wessel van der Merwe Christaan Koegelenberg 204.0
28th 113050 PYC Justin Butler Clint du Toit 205.0
29th 108401 TCC Phillip Miller Alan Miller 220.0
30th 91059 Olifantsnek Chris Petersen Anthony Pearson 235.0

2014 Hobie 16 Nationals Images. Photos: Alan Straton.

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Some seriously good sailing this week

Two sailing regattas are being sailed from the Algoa Bay Yacht Club this weekend, so members wil be spoilt for choice and even more spoilt for a good old chin wag around the teak deck as internationally known sailors descend on our neck of the woods.

The Boardwalk Hobie 16 Nationals will be sailed from 20 to 23 March 2014 and promises a spectacle for sailors and spectators on Hobie beach and the Shark Rock Pier.

In addition the International 505 Sailing class is expecting 14 boats and this year’s current world champion to sail in a practise regatta ahead of the hosting of the 505 World Championships in Nelson Mandela Bay. The 505 Regatta will run on a seperate course off Kings Beach.

Two South African Hobie sailing teams recently completed a one-two finish at the recent Hobie 16 World Championships held in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia sailed between 31 January and 10 February 2014.

William and Lucinda Edwards finished in first place and 4 points ahead of second placed Blaine and Roxanne Dodds also from Plettenberg Bay.

Both teams will be returning to Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth to sail in the Boardwalk Hobie 16 National Championships from 20 to 23 March 2014. The keen rivalry between these two champion teams is expected to continue as they finished the 2013 Hobie Nationals also in the same one-two placings.

Local sailor, Andrew Ward has been puting in time on the water and slimming down as he and his crew, Angela Ward look to improve their 3rd place in last year’s event.

Racing starts not before 11:00 am on Thursday 20 March and the Hobies will launch from Hobie Beach to sail offshore yet visible from the Shark Rock Pier and beachfront in front of The Boardwalk.

Racing will continue each day thereafter – weather dependent – until Sunday when the new champions will be crowned.

The Boardwalk Hobie 16 Nationals Regatta is organized by the Hobie 16 Class in conjunction with the Algoa Bay Yacht Club (ABYC) under the auspices of South African Sailing (SAS).

The 505’s have 12 confirmed crews taking part:
  1. Peter Funke RSA – Johannes Tellen GER
  2. Thomas Funke RSA – Carl Wlotzka RSA
  3. Dean Souter AUS – Damien Botha RSA
  4. Jonathan Ham RSA – Warwick Ham RSA
  5. Jari Hamstrom DEN – Antti Salonen
  6. Euan Hurter RSA – Sean Hurter RSA
  7. Grant Ballantyne RSA – Evert Groenewaldt RSA
  8. James Largier RSA – Richard Hutton-Squire RSA
  9. Bronwen Klaas RSA – Angela Stenger GER
  10. Kobus Holtzhausen RSA – Henko Holtzhausen RSA
  11. Andrew Arthur RSA – Andrew Arnold RSA
  12. Albrecht Holm RSA – Willem Deyzel RSA
The start line on the second day of sailing during the 2013 Boardwalk Hobie Nationals. Photo by: Alan Straton
The start line on the second day of sailing during the 2013 Boardwalk Hobie Nationals. Photo by: Alan Straton