RCYC 1st Team takes the Admiral's Sword!

Div 2 Start snapped from the mark boat.

Yacht "Mwah" - passing us on the mark boat.

Megafreight, posing against the dramatic cloud effects on the Saturday.
Also snapped from the mark boat.

Royal Cape Yacht Club "1st Team" took the Admirals Sword in a great regatta over the past weekend! There was some great sailing over both days, with the usual mix of extraordinary Hout Bay conditions, including a very light day on the Saturday, and some quite bracing stuff on the Sunday! Added to this was a Hobie Cat "regatta" run from the beach, and the club was positively buzzing over the whole weekend! feedback from competitors was very positive, and it seems certain that the Admirals Regatta will again become a permanent feature on the sailing calendar in coming years.

RCYC Team-1 receiving the Sword!

Thanks to Doc for this pic.

A HUGE thank you to Mark Hainsworth and Chris Sutton who put in most of the work regarding the sailing, and to the Social Committee (Taffy, Shirley, Janet at least - and many others I saw working there - Cheryl for instance and possibly others). Also to the bar staff and the club staff, especially Alan Batley who even took to assisting with the mark laying in the wild weather of the Sunday. Also to Derek Sutton for assisting with the mark laying on the Saturday, many thanks!

Full results here.

Trevor Wilkins Photos here.

My own photos here, snapped while operating the mark boat.

Hobie Longhaul coming to HBYC!

Hobie Racing as it used be at HBYC in the 80s!

Event date 3,4 May 2014

Entry Forms

Notice of Race

See the Poster here

See the Press Release here

More Info (incl Notice of Race and Entry Form) at www.hobiesa.co.za (see "Events", "Western Cape" Section) or on SAILING Gybeset website: http://sailing.co.za/gybeset/am_event/hobie-hout-bay-haul/

Admirals Regatta is back in 2014!!

Hout Bay Yacht Club is proud to announce the return of the Admirals Regatta!

3-4 May 2014

For the Regatta details, please see the Regatta Webpage here....

Hout Bay Yachts at the start of the Wednesday night race.

Variable conditions but good sailing and great scenery! 

Faraway took this one, followed by Hot Ice and Aquamaniac.

Cruisers start arriving on the Marina!

 At this time of the year we get a fair number of cruisers stopping at HBYC and other SA Ports, especially since the Suez route is effectively closed due to piracy. I believe the marina is fully occupied for some months now. Thanks to Roy McBride for the pics.

In this pic we have Pete Shaw (of Sparcraft) and Ken Pollard. Peter fitted the original mast of Fast Forward and has come down to inspect it after her circumnavigation. Always something interesting happening down there...

Orphan's Indeed!

News just in:

"ORPHANS INDEED: Members of the Orphans Club, from left, Jimmy Higgins, Reinhard Klose, Henk van t'Hof, Achim Duncker,, Jeremy Nel, Henrie Geyser, Ron Dean and Mike Lundy, all of Hout Bay, admire the selection of fine wines on auction at their annual gather at the Hout Bay Yacht Club last week. The

Orphans, a group of businessmen in small or one man business, gather for a Christmas lunch as their businesses don't traditionally have one. The 26 strong group choose to spend their money on raising funds for fishing pensioners in the Hangberg area. This year they raised more than R17-000 through "fines" and bids which will support a church organised group that supplements  food and clothing for pensioners living on meagre income. The money is enough to support the organising committee's work for a year."

This is an outstanding achievement from a small group of people in the club, and was a purely spontaneous gesture from a bunch of our stalwart members. Makes one proud to be part of HBYC!

(picture to follow!)

Welcome Back to Taffy and Shirley (and Rubbish), aboard "The Road"!

"The Road" enters Hout Bay harbour at 7am this morning. 

Thanks to Roy McBride for the pics!

Tied up right next to the berth they left from twelve years ago!

What an adventure!

I can't help noticing they are tied up alongside the Miura Tenacity, herself with two great loops under the belt. And just over from Fast Forward, also back from a circumnavigation! 

HBYC remains a club of accomplished cruisers and adventurers.

Well done "The Road"!

Angelo Lavranos, Designer of the Lavranos 40 (I think it is) -  and too many other great boats to mention - tells us only five of these were built, and that now three of these have circumnavigated...!

SV "The Road"

For those of you who know Taffy and Shirley (and Rubbish!) onboard "The Road", they will be completing a long circumnavigation soon and arriving back in Hout Bay about late November, weather permitting. They are in the company of another yacht "Pangolin" which can be tracked here - this will give a good indication of where "The Road" is at any time. 

Currently they are in Reunion Island near Madagascar, leaving tomorrow for Richard's Bay -  with a fair little sail ahead of them! wishing them fair winds and a safe passage. Will advise when they have an e.t.a. - it would be nice to have a welcoming party!

Wednesday night results, 16 October

Very close racing! 

A clear lead from Aquamania,  only 3s between Savannah, Megafreight and Faraway, with Hot Ice and JML very close behind them....

 See the results here.

Summer Series Starts again!

Nice start to the summer series with 5 boats on the water. See the results https://www.dropbox.com/s/3mv614b4vqr128v/PHRF%20High%20Points.rtf