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RYC opens their Sailing Season

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Redhouse Yacht Club openend their 2016/17 Sailing Season on Saturday 26 August 2016. Here the Class 1 fleet charges towards RYC.

Clubs across the Southern hemisphere are ‘opening’ their 2016/17 Sailing Seasons as Spring approaches.

Port Elizabeth based sailing club, Redhouse Yacht Club, was the first to open their season in Nelson Mandela Bay on Saturday 26 August with two races and a sailpast in idyllic conditions for sailing on the river – a steady 10 knot breeze saw club members and supporters from local yacht clubs enjoy the sailing and salute of Club Commodore Andrew Martin.

In Class 1 the tussle was between husband and wife sailors – Tony and Sigi Bailes who took line honours respectively in races one and two with Sigi on the Laser and Tony sailing a Finn Dinghy.

The East wind made for great reaching down the Swartkops River past the Redhouse Yacht Club and a good start to the sailing season which is jam packed with events.

The next opening of the season sail past is when the Algoa Bay Yacht Club open their season on Saturday 3 September after their Frostbite Series begins.

On 17 September 2016 RYC and ABYC will combine to sail the annual Barts Bash – an event sailed by clubs worldwide in memory of America’s Cup sailor, Bart Simpson.

Persons wishing to experience sailing will be welcome on Wednesday evening 28 September when ABYC hosts it’s first ‘Bring a Newbie’ Wednesday evening sail.

Contact RYC here and ABYC here.

Redhouse Yacht Club
The Redhouse Yacht Club on 26 August 2016

Coca-Cola Inter-Schools – Redhouse Yacht Club 19 to 21 March 2016

Cameron Hills
Cameron Hills

ABYC’s dinghy sailors had to contend with strong winds, racing tides and Monday’s rain, though they managed to get in 8 races.

In the Junior Fleet Cameron Hill took 1st Place for Elsen Academy, Emma Lucas 3rd for Summerwood and Charl Hoogendoon 4th (Joy Homeschool). In the Oppie Fleet, Cameron gained 1st place, Luke Weddell 2nd and Simon Carthew 3rd. In the Senior Lasers Fleet Chad Bilsbury earned 1st Place and Jordan van Zyl 4th, while in Senior Other, Luke Weddell was 1st, Tamryn Bailes 3rd. This all resulted in ABYC sailors winning 1st Senior for Grey High and 2nd for Collegiate High. Full set of results on www.ryc.co.za

The scholars thoroughly enjoyed egging on the ‘old school’ sailors in their Sunday afternoon dash – you know it’s really windy when the Oppie (yes, an Oppie!) Tim Jones was sailing in was planning on the run! A big thank you to the parents who supported their youngsters over the three days and to the well prepared RYC race organisers.

RYC Interclub 2016 – ABYC Juniors take title

After six races sailed on 23 and 24 January 2016, the ABYC Junior fleet emerged victorious to take the Junior Fleet Title.

Four races were sailed on Saturday and two on Sunday.

The Regatta also incorporated the Gypsy Africa’s.

ABYC Sailors acquitted themselves well:

  • Tammy Bailes took 2nd place in the Tera Class
  • Courtney van Wyngaardt received the Optimist Back of the Fleet Award
  • Emma Lucas took 3rd – Optimist Class
  • Cameron Hills 2nd – Optimist Class
  • Luke Weddell 1st – Optimist Class

A hattrick for ABYC in the Junior fleet.

Luke Weddell
First place in the Optimist fleet for Luke Weddell
Tammy Bailes
A second place in the Tera fleet for Tammy Bailes

Our senior sailors, in Gypsies, Lasers and Sonnets took 2nd place overall, a strong performance against the KYS and RYC teams.  All in all a fine set of results for our club, boding well for ABYC Inter-clubs in early April.  A big thank you to all the parents who helped and supported this event.

Other results:

  • 1st Gypsy – Patrick and Andrew Butler
  • 1st Laser – Trevor Kitson
  • 1st Finn – Ralf Hodgen
  • 1st Sonnett – Tim and Bridgett Jones

RYC 24-Hour Sailing Challenge

Some images from the Redhouse Yacht Club 24-Hour Sailing Challenge held this past weekend on the North End Lake.

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The inaugural Redhouse Yacht Club 24 Hour Sailing Challenge was held on the North End Lake on the weekend of 31 October to 1 November 2015.

Seven Sailing Teams and one paddling team (NMMU Paramedic Students) took part.

Over the 24 hours the NMMU Paramedic Students covered a distance of 131.43 kilometres.

The winning sailing team – North Sonnet – on a …………. Sonnet covered a distance of 107.3 kilometres.

The top three sailing teams all sailed Sonnets and only 8 kilometres separated the Top 3.

The East Cape Power Boat Club graciously made their facilities available for the sailors.

Redhouse Interclub Results

The Redhouse Interclub was held on 17 and 18 January 2015.

Contested between Redhouse Yacht Club, Algoa Bay Yacht Club, Settlers Dam and Knysna Yacht Club the weekend was a lively affair with ABYC President, Chris Grylls, remarking that the sailors on their Tera’s sailed like ‘terrors’ on the water on the Sunday.

Sailing for ABYC were: S Hynch and J Bailes in a Mirror, C Hills and C van Wyngaardt in Optimists, B van Wyngaardt in a Tera Pro, C Hills and J van Zyl in a Laser, and in the Sprog Class S Bailes and T Bailes competed against W Schmerzer and D Hayes.

ABYC won the Junior Interclub and RYC won the senior Interclub.

Charlie Hills Interclub
Charlie Hills Interclub. Photo: Darryl Garner (Click on the photo to see more images from the RYC Interclub)

All the Results below:

Redhouse Yacht Club Interclub Regatta & River Championships 2015 inc. Gypsy Africa’s – 17 & 18 Jan 2015

Laser Class

Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Ratings: PY, Entries: 4, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo HelmName CrewName Club PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st Laser Plastic Bag Laser 160123 C Hills ABYC 1087 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (5.0 DNC) 1.0 2.0 12.0 7.0
2nd Laser Intimacy Laser No Name Brand F Collier RYC 1087 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 (5.0 DNC) 2.0 1.0 16.0 11.0
3rd Laser Catch Me if you Can Laser 80881 K Drake RYC 1087 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 (5.0 DNF) 5.0 DNC 23.0 18.0
4th Laser Don’t stop the Music Laser 6 J van Zyl ABYC 1078 (4.0) 4.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 24.0 20.0

Gypsy Class

Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Ratings: PY, Entries: 7, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo HelmName CrewName Club PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st Gypsy Gypsy 311 P Butler A Butler RYC 1245 (8.0 DNC) 4.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 17.0 9.0
2nd Gypsy – Gypsy 186 B Badenhuizen A Mc Cluskey RYC 1245 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 (8.0 DNC) 2.0 2.0 19.0 11.0
3rd Gypsy Shenadoah Gypsy 184 J Theron W Shiel Settlers Dam 1245 (3.0) 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 19.0 16.0
4th Gypsy – Gypsy 402 C Jackson A Jackson RYC 1245 4.0 3.0 4.0 (8.0 DNC) 4.0 5.0 4.0 32.0 24.0
5th Gypsy Roaring 40’s Gypsy 303 A Baxter D Moore Settlers Dam 1245 (8.0 DNC) 8.0 DNC 8.0 DNC 4.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 40.0 32.0
6th Gypsy – Gypsy 524 P Butler A Butler RYC 1245 1.0 (8.0 DNC) 8.0 DNC 8.0 DNC 8.0 DNC 8.0 DNC 8.0 DNC 49.0 41.0
7th Gypsy – Gypsy 272 R Waters R Waters RYC 1245 (8.0 DNC) 8.0 DNC 8.0 DNC 8.0 DNC 8.0 DNC 8.0 DNC 8.0 DNC 56.0 48.0

Finn Class

Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Ratings: PY, Entries: 4, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo HelmName CrewName Club PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st Finn Finn 540 R Hodgen RYC 1069 (1.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 7.0 6.0
2nd Finn Finn 304 A Martin RYC 1069 (3.0) 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 16.0 13.0
3rd Finn Serafin Finn 300 W Pierce- Jones RYC 1069 (4.0) 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 23.0 19.0
4th Finn Finn 13 P Senn RYC 1069 2.0 2.0 (5.0 DNC) 5.0 DNC 5.0 DNC 5.0 DNC 5.0 DNC 29.0 24.0

Sonnet Class

Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Ratings: PY, Entries: 3, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo HelmName CrewName Club PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st Sonnet Padme Sonnet 559 T Jones M Jones RYC 1150 (1.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 7.0 6.0
2nd Sonnet Solid Air Sonnet 518 C Benadie L Hynch RYC 1150 (3.0) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 15.0 12.0
3rd Sonnet Sun Seeker Sonnet 18 J Harth P Martin RYC 1150 2.0 (3.0) 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 20.0 17.0

Sprog Class

Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Ratings: PY, Entries: 2, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo HelmName CrewName Club PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st Open Sqifi Sprog 1007 S Bailes T Bailes ABYC 1120 (3.0 DNC) 3.0 DNC 3.0 DNC 3.0 DNC 3.0 DNC 1.0 1.0 17.0 14.0
2nd Open Serene Sprog 1037 W Schmerzer D Hayes ABYC 1120 1.0 (3.0 DNC) 3.0 DNC 3.0 DNC 3.0 DNC 3.0 DNC 3.0 DNC 19.0 16.0

Mirror Class

Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Ratings: PY, Entries: 1, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo HelmName CrewName Club PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st Open Emmelbee Mirror 70410 S Hynch J Bailes RYC 1385 (1.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 7.0 6.0

Optimist Class

Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Ratings: PY, Entries: 2, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo HelmName CrewName Club PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st Optimist Kep Optimist 1329 C Hills – ABYC 1648 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (3.0 DNC) 1.0 1.0 9.0 6.0
2nd Optimist Bella Optimist 1244 C van Wyngaardt ABYC 1648 2.0 (3.0 DNC) 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 14.0 11.0

Tera Pro Class

Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Ratings: PY, Entries: 5, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Fleet Boat Class SailNo HelmName CrewName Club PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st Tera – Tera Pro 1426 S Funda – KYC 1390 (5.0) 2.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 15.0 10.0
2nd Tera – Tera Pro 1819 L Papu – KYC 1390 (3.0) 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 16.0 13.0
3rd Tera – Tera Pro 1410 A Maneli – KYC 1390 (4.0) 4.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 3.0 19.0 15.0
4th Tera Pro Teraiffic Tera Pro 2192 B van Wyngaardt ABYC 1390 2.0 3.0 4.0 (5.0) 5.0 3.0 4.0 26.0 21.0
5th Tera Pro Tera Pro 1785 J Kriel KYC 1390 1.0 (5.0) 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 29.0 24.0

Diarise the upcoming Interschools at Redhouse Yacht Club on 7 and 8 March 2015.