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Welcome to the Smooth Sailing Records Page. Here we post details of all South South African Sailing records, times for passages, speed attempts or any other sailing related trivia. These are not official records but just a means of publishing details of the exploits of sailors and their boats. Feel free to e-mail us details of any record or record attempt for posting on this page to hethcot@iafrica.com. Please be aware that while there are no limitations as the the size or types of yacht that can make record attempts, that some passages, such as the Richard's Bay Durban Passege below do require port clearance and all safety regulations must be adhered to. While we will publish the details of any existing records please note that in order for the subsequent record to be recognised Smooth Sailing must be advised in advance of any record attempt.
DATE: 1989
PASSAGE DETAILS: Record set on the 1989 Beachcomber Mauritius to Durban Race.
DATE: October 1990 PASSAGE DETAILS: The time for this passage is recorded from the time that the yacht crosses the line of the Harbour Mouth in Richard's Bay until the time that she crosses the line of the Harbour Mouth in Durban. The line of each harbour mouth in both cases is the line between the north and south breakwaters. Crew member Peter Morgenrood recalled that the time could have been even quicker had they not missed the gybe into Durban and had to spend 15 minutes tight reaching with the pole on the forestay. TROPHY: The Ivor DeBeyer Memorial Trophy, originally donated as a prize for the first Durban yacht to finish the Mauritius to Durban Race, is to be awarded to the current record holder and will be passed on to the yacht which breaks this record. In order to be eligible for this trophy and for the record to be recognised Smooth Sailing must be notified in advance of any attempt on this record.
DATE: October 1990 According to Peter Morgenrood the boat was delivered to Richard's Bay with only two crew members in a howling westerly after club racing had been cancelled one Sunday.
DATE: 20 & 21 July 2006
PASSAGE DETAILS: This record is specific to the Vasco Da Gama Ocean Race. The course is from the official start line in Maputo Bay to the finish line between the north and south breakwaters of Durban Harbour. The course distance is approximatly 300 nautical miles. This record can only be broken during the official running of this race.
DATE: May 1996
PASSAGE DETAILS: This record was set when the race started in a fresh north easter which built through the night before a westerly came through at around 06:00 in the morning. The final 30 odd miles of the passage were sailed upwind.
DATE: April 2001 PASSAGE DETAILS: This record was set during the 2001 Inhaca Island Easter Race. The race started in a fresh north easter of around 15 knots. When 'Parole' was off St Lucia she sailed into a 30 knot southwesterly and faced a stiff beat home. Doubtless is the northeaster had held up the record would have been even lower. |
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