by zvyc | Oct 30, 2015 | General
Dear Sailors and Friends, LAST WEEKEND Western Cape Rowing Regatta The club was humming last Saturday with over 500 visitors watching the WP Rowing Regatta. We are still awaiting details of the results. Junior Training Many of this terms novices sailed to No. 3 buoy and back by themselves! Well Done! Spring Series Racing- Rnd 6 Laser Radials – 1st Patrick Jackson Laser 4.7 – 1st Kai Leslie Sonnet – 1st Roger Klein “O” Class (Europe) 1st, Alex Falcon Optimists – 1st Hamilton Slater, 2nd Sebastian Lanz, 3rd Joe Groenhof Overall Results are on the website. THIS WEEKEND Saturday, 31st October 2015 We will not be screening the Rugby World Cup Final due to a wedding starting at 15h00. Sunday, 1st November 2015 Junior Training resumes from 09h30 Club Racing: Spring Series Round 7 – Start Time 10h30 The tuckshop will be open from 09h00 and the Galley will be open for lunch on Sunday with delicious meals available from 12h00 prepared by Rochelle (meals from R20). Let’s support our caterer! FOR YOUR DIARY October 30th, Friday: Upper Deck hired for private Member function 18h30 October 31st, Saturday: Club House hired for private wedding 15h00 with East Lawn(members have access to the outside change rooms, boat parking, sailing and pool area) November 7th, Saturday: Club House hired for a private wedding 15h00 with East Lawn (members have access to the outside change rooms, boat...
by zvyc | Oct 22, 2015 | General
Dear Sailors and Friends, PARKING AT THE CLUB Members: Please park your cars diagonally down both sides of Governors Walk. This enables more parking places to be used especially on our busy weekends. Please do not park in the spaces provided for the Commodore, Secretary & Caterer. BOAT PARK NOTICE We have started to move unidentified boats out of the boat park to the Bene Bibi plot. Beginning with boats which are the most derelict boats (see the pictures below). Please would the owners come forward and identify your boats with management, and make arrangements to either remove them from the club property or comply with the new boat park regulations. Boats not identified after a 6 week period will be sold off to cover costs of arrear boat parking fees. Pictures of these boats will also be posted on the club notice board. If you have not yet completed the new boat park form and placed stickers on the transom of your boat and dolly, please attend to this as soon as possible. The Club need’s the cooperation of all members in the drive to put proper controls in place for the boat park, which is to the benefit of all members. This applies to the Covered, Open, Dabchick and Optimist boat parks. Please let the next set of pictures not include your boat! ROGER HUDSON & ASINATHI JIM have qualified South Africa for a place for the 470 Racing Dinghy at the Olympics next year. Also speaking of Olympics, Lance Burger, has been selected to serve on the International Jury for this event. The full stories can...
by zvyc | Oct 15, 2015 | General
Dear Sailors and Friends, LAST WEEKEND EXTRA NATIONALS This past weekend the Extra Nationals were held at Zeekoevlei and hosted by UCT YC. 17 Boats contended for the title but after great sailing over the 3 days, Markus Progli walked away with the Title Extra National Champion 2015. SPRING SERIES RACING A couple of boats sailed the Spring Series Round 3 and the results are on the website. THIS WEEKEND Saturday, 17th October 2015 RSA VS WALES Big Screen TV, upper deck open from 16h30 and kick-off is at 17h00! Rochelle will be serving Welsh Lamb Cawl R50 (lamb & veg stew); Burgers R35; Boerie rolls R20. Sunday, 18th October 2015 Junior Training to resume from 09h30 Club Racing: Spring Series Round 4 – Start Time 10h30 The tuckshop will be open from 09h00 and the Galley will be open for lunch on Sunday with delicious meals available from 12h00 prepared by Rochelle (meals from R20). Let’s support our caterer! ~~ Grilled Hake w Lemon, Capers & Mash Chicken filled w Tomato, Basil & Mozzarella w Butternut Mash Lentil Cottage Pie ~~ OTHER NEWS AFRICAN OPTIMIST CHAMPIONSHIPS Congratulations to Jemima Baum on her 2nd Place (Silver) in the African Championships. Well Done! We await a report from Philip Baum in due course. Matt Ashwell finished 28th in the Gold Fleet! SAS MEMBERSHIP A quick way to check the status (active/inactive) of your club SAS membership is to follow the link: sasms.sasailing FOR YOUR DIARY October 17th, Saturday: RSA Rugby TV at the Club October 18th, Sunday: Junior Training & Spring Series Racing October 23th, Friday: Bishops Sailing Bring & Braai, Upper...
by zvyc | Oct 8, 2015 | General
Dear Sailors and Friends, At least 50 Members and Vleibours rolled up to the club to watch the rugby last night, enjoyed burgers from Rochelle, and left the club much later, feeling better than they did after the Japanese game! “Go Bokke!” THIS WEEKEND ALFRED ROWING CLUB EVENT – V&A WATERFRONT – Saturday 10th October 2015 On Saturday, 10th October, starting at 10h45 there is an exciting sprint regatta happening at the V&A Waterfront. It has been organised by the Alfred’s vice-commodore and club captain in association with Western Cape Rowing and Cape Town Boat Show organisers. Crews from Alfred’s, Grassy Park, Cape Coastal, Maties (Stellenbosch), Somerset College and Grey’s will be racing on a 250m course from the Clocktower into the Albert Basin in Coxed 4’s, coxed quads and yolettes. There will be a knock-out format, and will be fast and furious! The program will be over by 14h00. Nigel SUNDAY, 11TH OCTOBER 2015 No Junior Training – School Holidays Club Racing: Spring Series Round 3 – Start Time 10h30 The tuckshop will be open from 09h00 and the Galley will be open for lunch on Sunday with delicious meals available from 13h00 prepared by Rochelle (meals from R20). Let’s support our caterer! ~~ Broccoli & Blue Cheese Soup Beef Lasagne w Salad Chicken Enchilada w Salad Creamy Prawn & Dill Pasta ~~ See you down at the club this weekend! Best wishes, on behalf of ZVYC, Anna, Kathryn &...
by zvyc | Oct 6, 2015 | General
Dear Sailors and Friends, South African Sailing Western Cape at the Cape Town International Boat Show South African Sailing Western Cape will be exhibiting at the Cape Town International Boat Show at the CTICC and the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town from 9 to 11 October 2015. We are very excited about this and will be using this event to raise the profile of the sport of sailing across all sailing disciplines and to attract new and past sailors into the sport that we love. Our Stand B4 in the Main Hall and on the Marina will feature the following: Selection of dinghies, multihulls, kiteboards and windsurfers at the stand State of the art IRC keelboats, Vulcan and Nitro, will be available for walk on visitors Video presentation of sailing action on a large TV screen Chance to test your skills on the Harken coffee grinder Chat to sailors and South African Sailing council members On the Saturday and Sunday, Fergies Sailing School will run a Learn to Sail with boats available on the water to introduce people to the sport of sailing. Watch the RCYC opening cruise from the V&A Waterfront on Saturday Yacht club and South African Sailing adult members are offered a 50% reduction on their entrance fee on presentation of membership cards. The Show opens at 10:00 daily, closing at 18:00 on Friday and Saturday, and at 17:00 on Sunday. South African Sailing is not about the committee members that volunteer to run the Organisation, but rather the sailors who participate in the sport. This is your chance to help grow this very special sport. ...
