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The Southern Charter Spring Open 27 & 28 September 2014

Dear Sailors and Friends

Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club is proud to announce the opening dinghy regatta of the upcoming sailing season, and the only truly open regatta and hometown regatta for Cape Town sailors –

The Southern Charter Spring Open on 27 & 28 September 2014

Incredible features of this regatta, which promises to be one of the best of the season are:
• Beautiful sunny weather and ideal sailing winds (we have ordered this already!)
• Competitive and fun racing with courses tailored to each class’ needs and wishes
• Open to ALL sailors – no memberships or affilations required
• Top SA Race Officer in the form of Doug Alison
• Fantastic food and awesome dinner after racing on Saturday
• SA versus Australia Rugby on the big screen after racing on Saturday
• Free camping at the club, or bring your matrress and crash for free downstairs in the ckub house, no charge! No need to drive home!
• Live Music, disco for the youngsters, table tennis and other entertainment
• Jumping castle for the little ones
• “vantage” supporters area @ UCT Yacht Club with fully serviced bar, tea, coffee and food
• Saturday and Sunday breakfast and lunch available
• The Southern Charter Advantage Buoy: hilst this is going to be a highly competitive fun regatta, we want to have as many boats on the water as possible racing, wasting as little time as possible between races, encouraging non-competitive sailors to learn from competitive sailors, and to facilitate closer racing an Advantage Buoy will be used in the classes that choose to
• Mentorship by some of SA’s best sailors for the more novice sailors
• Participation by top SA sailors

And it gets better!
Entry fee is only R 120 for single-handed classes and R 140 for double-handed classes

Racing starts not before 12h00 on Saturday 27 September and not before 10h00 on Sunday 28 September.

How to enter:

Enter Online Here
Southern Charter Spring Open 2014 NOR

See you on the water! Start dusting off those dinghies for the regatta of the season.

Any questions?
Call Ron or Anna at the Club

Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Best wishes,
The ZVYC Committee and Mgt and Southern Charter Grand Slam Organising Team
Best wishes,
Ron & Anna

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Sail at ZVYC

ZVYC provides training programs for multiple ages and levels – the most popular being the junior courses. To find out more about these programs please contact us.

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