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Due to the added pressures of having to start a new job, move to a
different town and find a new place to live I have had to reduce Smooth Sailing
to one issue a week for the time being. I hope to be back up to two issues a
week by the middle of February by which time I should be a bit more settled.
The web site is still being updated constantly though with vital information
like Notices of Race being added as soon as I get them. Keep and eye on it to
see what changes and for the next couple of weeks look forward to getting
Smooth Sailing in the middle of the week.
Salvatore To Speak on AC Campaign
Wednesday Evening Fun Racing In Durban
JJ Giltinan 18-Foot Skiff Regatta
Ellen MacArthur Launches New Trimaran
Our brief article on Salvatore Sarno’s attempts to get a South African America’s Cup Campaign off the ground in the last week’s Smooth
Sailing aroused a great deal of interest. Most of the interest though was
people looking for more information and that, sadly, was something I didn’t
have. More information though is what’s going to be on offer at the Point Yacht
Club this coming Friday when Salvatore himself is going to give a presentation
on his plans. This is definitely a not to be missed event as I am sure that
there are going to be some real gems of information on offer here. Salvatore
will be using the presentation to enlighten everyone as to exactly what his
plans for the cup campaign are and how he has gone about them to date including
his purchase of one of the most up to date AC boats available. The presentation
will take place at the PYC at 17:30 on Friday evening. For more information
contact Pat at the Point Yacht Club on 031-301 4787.
The dates and preliminary information for the 2004 Inhaca Island Race have been announced. This year’s race
will start on Friday the 9th of April off the north end of Inhaca
Island. The race ends in Richard’s Bay with most yachts making the passage in
around 48 hours. The record though is 25 hours and 52 minutes. This was set in
2001 by Guy Goes Jenneau 50 Parole but will be under threat again this year
from several pacey Fast 42s including Goes own Adios. The race is not only for
the serious guys though and also attracts a good fleet of cruisers. Most take
advantage of the opportunity to cruise to and from the island in the company of
others and spend as much time as they can enjoying the island life before the
race. The island life is one of the things that makes this race particularly
worthwhile. With a sensible delivery timetable one can expect to spend a good
few days on the island, catching a tan and enjoying the local beer. The seafood
is also well worth the effort it takes to get there and after all that its
generally a very pleasant sail home! The briefing for this years race will take
place on the evening of Thursday the 8th of April and will include a
good pre-race party with plenty of complimentary beer and seafood on offer. The
Notice of Race is not quite out yet but will be shortly. In the meantime we
have posted the vital details on the Smooth Sailing Notices of Race web page and in our events list at the bottom of
this newsletter.
The 29er class is experiencing a resurgence in the
Western Cape where two boats have recently been sold to top quality sailors.
Malcolm Hall and Dale Hudson have both recently bought boats and should be out
sailing regularly on Zeekoeivlei with Doug Alison who has one of the newer
29ers down there. For anyone looking to get into the class there are still a
couple of good second hand boats on the market in that part of the world. In
KZN six boats turned out for a three-day club regatta at Henley Midmar Yacht
Club two weekends ago. They enjoyed some very close racing in mostly light
conditions but sailed 16 races over the course of the weekend. Gautengers Kyle
and Bronwen Klaas also sailed in this regatta partnering KZN sailors. With any
luck they will have gone back to Gauteng with some enthusiasm for the class and
perhaps will get themselves out on the water on the two boats that are
presently resident up there. With their owners having been on an extended
overseas vacation for the last year these boats haven’t seen much sail at all
recently and as a result the class has been almost non-existent in that part of
the world. Next months Round The Island Race could however provide the catalyst
for some more 29er activity in the area. A strong KZN contingent is once again
expected to travel up to take part in the race. Last year 29ers featured
particularly well in the RTIR with the first corrected time place going to a
29er! For more information on 29er sailing anywhere in South Africa, the
availability of boats or any other related information contact Rob Tarboton at rbt@sai.co.za or
Dave Andrews at david.andrews@ionaccess.co.za.
This year’s Round the Island Race takes place on the 1st of February with
the pre-race regatta taking place on the 30th and 31st of
January. This year’s race is sponsored by the Bathroom Bazaar. The organizers
have adopted and interesting marketing approach. I received in the mail the NOR
for this year’s race accompanied by three ready completed entry forms, each
bearing the details for one of the three boats I have entered in the event in
the last three years. This is certainly a novel approach and one that I haven’t
come across before. While circumstances sadly dictate that I wont be sailing
the RTIR on any boat this year I certainly hope that the organisers approach
gets a good few sailors out of their armchairs and onto the water. Looking at
the fleet on the water at this event it is sometimes hard to imagine more boats
being on the start line but certainly there are always a good number left on
their moorings or in the boat park. This is by far the biggest sailing event in
the country and definitely has the biggest pre-race party of any regatta. This
is definitely not an event strictly for the serious racers, its for everyone
who can get themselves onto a boat and even a few who cant. Don’t miss it. For
more information go to www.ldyc.co.za.
After what seems to have been a slightly extended
Christmas break Wednesday Evening Fun
Racing gets underway again in Durban this
week. The first of the season’s races will be hosted by the Royal Natal Yacht
Club. The race starts at 17:30 out on the bay and will be followed by the
traditional party on the lawns at RNYC. Durban’s real scorching summer weather
only really seems to have kicked in in the last day or two. A good evening out
on the bay should be the perfect end to a sweltering hot day!
Then on Thursday there is more evening sailing, this time of the radio
controlled type at the RC Laser Summer
Series continues at the Durban Radio Boat
Club. The first of this year’s Thursday regattas took place last week and the
series will continue until the evenings become too short for any meaningful
sailing to take place. Last Thursday saw 15 boats racing down at the pond and I
am sure that provided the weather holds out there will be as many again this
week. The results and the series leader board as well as a mountain of
information pertaining to RC Lasers can be found at www.rclaser.co.za.
The annual JJ Giltinan Trophy Regatta for 18-Foot
Skiffs took place on
Sydney Harbour last week. Twenty-two skiffs from Australia, England, the USA
and Canada took part in what is the most prestigious of the 18-foot skiff
regattas. South African Clynton Wade-Lehman, who has been skippering and 18 in
Sydney for a couple of seasons now finished 13th in the event which
was won by a British crew. Defending champion Howie Hamlin from the USA only
managed to finish 9th this time round. The Australians wont have been
too happy at having been beaten in their own event again. The regatta takes
place annually at the same time and venue so they really should have a huge
home ground advantage. For the last few years they haven’t been able to convert
this into success though. While second place went to an Aussie boat the Brits
won comfortably and really seem to be setting the standard in this type of sailing at present. For more
information visit the 18 footers web site at www.18footers.com.au.
Ellen MacArthur’s New 75-foot Trimaran, B&Q, was launched in Sydney last
week. The new boat is 75-foot long and 56 foot wide yet she weighs only 8.3
tonnes. She has been purpose built for solo sailing and with her Ellen plans to
take on several races and make some record attempts. The boat does not fit into
the popular Orma 60 class however is said to be a lot safer than those are. In
particular she has a lot more buoyancy in the bows, which should make the risk
of nosedives and pitch poles somewhat less than it might be. Ellen will shortly
be setting off to New Zealand on board her new boat, although she will have a
full crew with her this time. There they will put the boat through a rigorous
set of trials before heading north on a long trip to the UK. More details and
some exciting pictures of the new boat can be found on the web at www.teamkingfisher.com.
The Sailing
On TV Schedule for the
next week is as follows:
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Wednesday 14
January |
Watersports World |
Supersport 2 |
13:00 |
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Thursday 15 January |
Watersports World |
Supersport 2 |
06:00 |
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Thursday 14 January |
Watersports World |
Supersport 1 |
12:00 |
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Saturday 17 January |
Watersports World |
Supersport 1 |
18:00 |
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Sunday 19 January |
Watersports World |
Supersport 2 |
03:45 |
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Monday 20 January |
Watersports World |
Supersport 1 |
21:00 |
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Tuesday 21 January |
Watersports World |
Supersport 1 |
03:00 |
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Tuesday 21 January |
Watersports World |
Supersport 1 |
15:00 |
Our Notices of Race page on the Smooth Sailing has all the NOR’s available to us. If you
have a regatta coming up and would like to make the NOR available online then
e-mail it to hethcot@iafrica.com and it will be posted and
listed in this newsletter. To get your copy simply click on the name of the
regatta you are interested in below:
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Regatta |
Venue |
Dates |
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Point, Royal Natal & Zululand
Yacht Clubs and Club Naval, Maputo |
December 2003 to July 2004 |
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Pretoria Sailing Club |
24 & 25 January |
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Pretoria Sailing Club |
24 & 25 January |
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Denysville Aquatic Club |
24 & 25 January |
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Port Owen Yacht Club |
25 January |
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Lake Denys Yacht Club |
30 January to 1 February 2004 |
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Glendee Yacht Club |
1 & 2 February |
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Mykonos Regatta |
Club Mykonos, Langebaan |
13 & 14 February |
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Sterkfontein Dam |
14 & 15 February |
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Henley Midmar Yacht Club |
21 February |
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Milnerton Aquatic Club |
28 & 29 February |
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Point Yacht Club |
20 to 22 March |
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Zululand Yacht Club |
9 April |
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Hoedjiesbaai Beach, Saldahna Bay |
9 to 12 April |
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Algoa Bay Yacht Club |
24 to 30 April |
The Classifieds has been updated on the Smooth Sailing web site. Take a surf past to see what is for sale or sought after in the wanted column. To place an ad, e-mail the details to andrew@smoothsailing.co.za.
FOR SALE
505
In sailing
condition.
Plenty of
sails(incl. tape drives)
On road
trailer
Kerwood Hull
PRICE: R8000
o.n.o.
Or
Swop for a
good Sonnet or Sprog.
Contact: Dale
Kushner
Cell: 082 552
4533
Ex auberge
Foot +- 4.5m
Leech +-13m
Luff +-12.7m
Might fit an
l34 good for use as race training main or just a strong cruising main ,in fair
condition
4 fractional
battens one batten missing
north sails
R
2000
Contact:
Jimmy Kruger
Cell: 082 261
1765
Richards Bay
Due to
irreversible partial blindness, it would be sensible for me to sell my
beloved "Sandawana".
Designed by
Julian Baring Gould (grandson of the author of "Onward Christian
Soldiers'), she was intended:-
a) To solo
around the world, so is very easy to handle on your own.
b) Designed
within the South African Road Traffic Act, she can legally be towed on any of
the South African
National
Roads, without escorts.
Glass
Reinforced Plastic (GRP) which gets stronger all the time.
LOA 30
feet
Beam 8
ft 4 ins
Draft 3
ft 3 ins (One metre)
Dispacement 5
tons, of which 2,5 tons of real lead are in the keel.
Licenced for
eight, sleeps five, but two couples is nice.
First
launched (on Lake Chivero) in January 1975.
Ketch
rigged, canoe sterned, shoal keeled, standing headroom,
towable sailboat.
Main
Mast 10 metres
Mizzen
Mast 8,15 metres
Main
Sail 8,6 metre leach, 3.4 metre foot
Mizzen
Main 6,6 metre leach, 2,7 metre foot.
Big
Genoa 9,9 metre leach, 5,4 metre foot.
Rear
Foresail 4 metre leach, 3,5 metre foot.
Mizzen
trisail
Yes, I can
raise five sails at once, or six if I use the second forestay for another
Genoa, whisker poled out.
A very pretty
sight.
I changed the
Baring Gould sail plan by stepping higher masts, and adding 35% to the
basic sail area, to allow for the thin density-altitude air in the heat
of Kariba.
Two burner
meths stove, on gimbols
Two built in
ice boxes.
Two built in
fresh water tants
Marine type
deep sink
NASA Marine
Digital Echo Sounder, with alarm.
Nav Lights/
spot light/Brass clock
Danforth
Anchor + chain + Sampson Post
Auto Pilot
self steerer
GPS
Garmin 12, plugin or own batteries with all important Kariba
waypoint installed.
Low hours
Yanmar IGM 10 Marine Diesel Motor, with 35 amp alternater, electric or
manual start.
Instrument
Panel, with engine temp, oil pressure, and not charging buzzer and
lights.
Hand bilge
pump
Stern Gland
Greaser
Old means
Seiki Walkie Talkie
52 lockers
(so don,t forget where you stowed something!)
Simpson=
Lawrence Marine SL400 Toilet
Log/masthead
wind direction indicator/ Lightening protector
Dalton
Compass, on gimbals
Tape Deck
Sandawana has
her own four wheeled trailer. Because of the shallow shoal keel, right in
the stern, she is towed backwards. (The advantage of a keel in the stern is
that you can moor right up to a Kariba shoreline.)
The advantage
of a canoe stern is that you can run comfortably with a storm, rather than
having to bash your way into it, or risk being pooped.
I also still
have the moulds for Sandawana, in case anyone wants to build another one.
Five boats have already been built from these moulds.
Sandawana is
moored at Lake Safaris, in Andora Harbour.
She would
cost about SA Rand 100,000. to build today, but I am looking for offers.
Contact: John
Hensman
Phone: Harare 883461
In racing trim for sale.
Condition excellent, made by Stephen du Toit.
Kept permanently indoors and seldom sailed in past few
years.
R9500
Includes spare sails, dolly and cover.
Contact: John Sibbald
Work Phone: 021-762 5067
Home Phone: 021-786 3012
Cell: 082 658 2490
Glass hull
Recently resprayed.
2 mainsails,4 jibs all in fair condition.
With boatcover and
dolly
On roadtrailer
In good condition
R5 500-00 neg.
Cell: 083 277 4763
Phone: 031-313 4500
E-Mail: fernleigh@telkomsa.net
Needs a good home.
Cheapest price of all.
Contact: Julian
Cell: 082 891 7118
Very good condition
With cover, mast base, carbon fin and
centreboard.
In Port Elizabeth.
Contact Michael
Cell: 082 726 2417 in Port
Elizabeth.
WANTED
To buy or hire
From DBN to JHB
Suitable to
carry 505
Contact: Graham
Elson
Cell: 082 339
0809
In good condition
Full set of sails,
tender, trailer, motor etc
+-R20 000-00
Cell: 083 277 4763
Phone: 031-313 4500
E-Mail: fernleigh@telkomsa.net
Andrew Heathcote
Mobile: +27 (0) 83 783 8805
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