Algoa Bay Yacht Club

ABYC - Port Elizabeth's Friendly Sailing Club

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Noordhoek NoR

NOTICE OF RACE & SAILING INSTRUCTIONS NOORDHOEK RACE

SUNDAY 22 MAY 2016

1. RULES

1.1 The race will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016.

2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS

2.1 Notices to competitors will be 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 09h00 on the day it will take effect, or otherwise conveyed at the Skippers Meeting at 09h00. Any postponement due to weather, to Sunday 29 May, will be announced at the Skippers.

4. RACE REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Valid COFs required.
4.2 Familiarization of Chart SAN 1024 is advisable. Boat Nav-instruments (depth) will be a big asset.

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 ? mark off Noordhoek Skiboat Club (set in >10m water at approximately 34°2’42”S 25°38’45”E) ? to pass Thunderbolt Reef to port ? Hobie/Shark Rock Pier 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 not be before 09h30. Dependent on shipping movements.

7. THE FINISH

7.1 An extended centre line of Hobie/Shark Rock Pier, within a hundred metres from the end of the pier. 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).

9. ENQUIRIES

9.1 Race Convenor: Morgan Griffiths, 072 4175793, morgan_griffiths@yahoo.co.uk

Join in with the Bring and Braai on Sunday Afternoon.

Noordhoek Notice of Race – Sunday 24 May 2015

Join us for a sail out of the Bay this Sunday, around Cape Recife lighthouse to Noordhoek, and back again.

The Noordhoek Skiboat Club has kindly offered to lay the turning mark (set in >10m of water at approximately 34°2’42”S 25°38’45”E).

Skippers at 09h00, start at 09h30.

Click here for NOR: Noordhoek Notice of Race 2015.

Contact: Morgan @ 072 4175793

Up-coming Events:

  • Doubled-handed around St Croix – Sunday 7 June
  • Legends of the Bay – 16 June (Youth Day- provisional)
  • Closing Season Sail Past – Saturday 20 June
  • Annual Prize-giving – Saturday 20 June
Noordhoek Skiboat Club Aerial
Aerial view of the Noordhoek Skiboat Club

2014 Noordhoek Race Results

The start of the Noordhoek Race at 10:00 am on Sunday 18 May 2014, saw 4 boats jockeying for position on the start line off the Shark Rock Pier. With light north wind the fleet had spinnakers up early and flying to the turn mark off Noordhoek Ski-boat Club (again thanks to their assistance).

A pleasant beat back to Cape Receife for the homeward stretch, where the fleet were becalmed for a considerable time before the wind started to fill in from the east.

Again the spinnakers made for a glorious run to the finish off Hobie Beach’s Shark Rock Pier where a large raucous crowd cheered the boats across the line in a very close finish.

RESULTS:

Rank Boat Class HelmName TCF Elapsed Corrected BCR Points
1 Tikalox II Muira Rob Smith 0.89 5:26:14 4:50:21 0.89 1.00
2 Struan Stadt 34 Andrew Blaine 0.897 5:35:31 5:00:58 0.865 2.00
3 Jelly Baby J27 John Tudehope 0.947 5:23:22 5:06:14 0.898 3.00
4 Take Six Holiday 34 Doug Stannard 0.90 DNS 7.00
4 Malgas L34 Tony Bailes 0.95 DNF 7.00
4 Sea Mole Sadler 32 Anton Hautmann 0.860 DNS 7.00

Noordhoek Race Results

19 May 2013 – another perfect winter’s day and, true to the axiom that Port Elizabeth only has wind in every month with an R in it, the fleet started in none to one knot of wind. Some boats took all of ninety minutes to clear the harbour mouth and another thirty to clear the harbour wall before finally reaching the breeze just in line with Cape Reciefe.

From there it was a broad reach and then a short downwind leg to the Noordhoek buouy kindly laid by Morven Maclean followed by an agonising series of tack to beat past Cape Recife and back to the harbour.

Final Results:

  1. Tikalox II, Muira – Rob Smith. 5:11:27 (Elapsed) and 4:40:00 (Corrected)
  2. Watoo, Astove 31 – John Tudehope. 5:44:25 (Elapsed) and 5:03:05 (Corrected)
  3. Odelisque, Sigma 33 – Roger Cady. 5:45:00 (Elapsed) and 5:15:41 (Corrected)
  4. Skybird, Cape 28 – Joe Schable. 6:33:00 (Elapsed) and 5:20:18 (Corrected)
  5. Hlangana, Woods – Leon Naude. 6:25:00 (Elapsed) and 5:27:15 (Corrected)
  6. Seralon, Peterson 33 – Jerome Putter. DNF
  7. Lady, Astove 30 – Harry Lamprecht. DNF

Noordhoek Notice of Race

  • Date: Sunday 2 December 2012
  • Skippers: 09h00
  • Start not before 09h30

Anticipated conditions:

After 5 days of non-stop E ESE with Saturday expected to be a blast, sea state on Sunday could be interesting (take pill). Wind will be “shifty” light to moderate NE backing to SSW as day progresses. Rain is forecaste so don’t forget the brollies.

Tactics will be the order of the day, familiarization of Chart SAN 1024 is advisable. Boat Nav-instruments (depth) will be a big asset.

Have a great sailing weekend.