HBYC New Committee

The AGM was held last week, and a new committee inaugurated. 

President: Chris Sutton
Commodore: Paul Dalton
Vice Commodore: Taffy Bowen
Treasurer: Mark Hainsworth
RC Keelboats: Paul Tomes
RC Youth Sailing: Greg Townes
Social: Dee Wallace
Safety: Athol Allenby
Marina: Peter Roeloffze

Its a great complement, and I think the first time in some years we have had every position filled, and with great candidates at that.

Many thanks to all who have made themselves available to serve the club another year or two!

The contact details have been updated here.

Admiral's Regatta - 25, 26 March 2017

 Admiral's Regatta - 25, 26 March. 

Admiral's Regatta Website.

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Forthcoming Club Events

Sat October 29 - Dick's Wine Tasting

How does it work? – Each person participating in the tasting is required to bring  one bottle of any type of wine of less than R80 in value – (the club must be paid R20 corkage for each bottle brought onto the premises.)These bottles will all be placed on a tasting table together.

Each person/couple to bring enough snacks for themselves. These will all be placed on a communal table for everyone to enjoy

At exactly plus or minus 17h30??? Upon command ---ALLTHE WINE will be opened at the same time

Whereupon everyone is then entitled to taste ANY wine they like until it is all gone!!!!!!!

Any further drinks must be bought from the HBYC pub

When ? –    Saturday afternoon   29 October 2016

Where ? –    In the pub (wif music)

Time?-          17h00 for 17h30???--- For all corks/caps off ----may the tasting begin!!!!!!!

5,6 November - HBYC Keelboat Champs 

12,13 November - Dinghy Regatta

18 November - Keelboat Prizegiving Dinner @ 18h30

Venue: Hout Bay Yacht Club

Dress: Smart Casual/Team Gear

Yacht crews are advised to book tables.

R150pp.

• Booking Essential:
• Email bookings and proof of payment to hbyc@iafrica.com
• Please indicate if you would like to book a table or be seated on the “large table” as well as the number in your
• party.
• Payment can be made to:
• Account Holder: Hout Bay Yacht Club Bank Standard Bank Constantia
• Branch code 025309 Account 271601574
• Reference: “PG2016[your surname]”

Big Screen

SAT 5^TH       - BARBARIANS vs S A at 17h00

SAT 12^TH     - ENGLAND vs S A AT 17h00

SAT 19^TH     - ITALY vs S A AT 16h00

SAT 26^TH     - WALES vs S A AT 19h30

Galley will be open

Sunday Race Results

Following are the detailed race results for Sunday 28 August:

1. Race 1 
2. Race 2
3. Race 3

(For some reason the results show the races numbered as 4,5,6. If this matters, and if anyone can explain it, please let me know!)

HBYC Entry second overall in Lipton 2016!

We are very very proud of Theo Yon and his team for coming second in Lipton this year! As often the case, the event was won by Greg Davis driving for RCYC, a long time veteran winner of this race. We are equally proud of Lorenzo Yon, driving the old JML-3, for coming in at 11th! You guys have done us proud, and it is a very rewarding result to the years of work that have gone into the HBYC Junior Sailing Programme, starting about 12 years ago. Well done to all who sailed, all those who raised the money, and many thanks to our sponsors.

The full results can be seen here.

Regrettably I don't have photos of the Hout Bay entry at time of writing - however there are many of the regatta on Trevor Wilkins site. 

Cancelled: Lipton Cup Auction Friday 1 July 2016

UPDATE: Due to unforseen circumstances this auction has been cancelled for 2016.
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Venue: Hout Bay Yacht Club

Time: 6:30 onwards

Great Food at great prices!

All proceeds to fund the HBYC 2016 Lipton Cup Campaign

All goods donated for auction very gratefully received.

Be there and bring your wallet please!

Sunday Race Results, 5th June 2016

A light but steady Southerly, very calm sea and pleasant conditions. Nice to see "Reaction" back on the water, complete with fishing line in tow etc!

1. Megafreight (pipped Faraway by a few seconds!)
2. Faraway
3. Aquamaniac
4. Reaction

Sunday Race Results, 29 May 2016

A very pleasant race around Vulcan, in light but steady conditions. Welcome to a new L34 "Windrush"!

1. Megafreight
2. Faraway
3. Windrush
4. Aquamaniac

Hout Bay Dinghy Regatta, 14-15 May 2016

HOUT BAY YACHT CLUB DINGHY REGATTA

Hout Bay Yacht Club is holding a dinghy regatta this coming weekend, 14-15 May 2016. Participants invited to contact Theo Yon on 072 448 3235 or email him at theoyon@gmail.com.

The prize-giving will be on the Sunday at 5 p.m. Last Race will be held at 4 p.m. weather permitting. Queries to the club at 021 790 3110.

Attache below are the Poster, Nor, Registration form and Sailing Instructions.

All invited to come down and watch!

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!

Poster
Notice of Race
Registration
Sailing Instructions

First 40 takes the sword!

RCYC Entry "First 40" wins LTI Admiral's Regatta 2016!
A beautiful boat, well campaigned, with great people!

Regatta Series Results Overall:
1. First 40
2. LTC Phoenix
3. Faraway
4. Hot Ice
5. JML 3
6. Megafreight
7. JML 2
8. Skebenga

John Coles Sprint: ahem - you guessed it, First 40 as well!

Full Results follow here.

Despite very challenging weather conditions, LTI Admirals Regatta 2016 was very successfully held over the past weekend, with good tight racing right inside Hout Bay. The fleet was significantly smaller than previous years due to the extreme weather and storm that was predicted about a week earlier. This storm in fact materialised on the Friday before with winds exceeding 60 knots, uprooting trees and the like. Even the skippers briefing on the Friday was hard to get to. And then suddenly it was gone  -  leaving absolutely no wind for 36 hours and a *huge* lumpy sea, with swells of seven metres on the Saturday morning. Sailors all duly arrived, and spent a pleasant but frustrating day on the marina waiting for any trace of wind. Beer drinking started quite early if I say so myself. I managed to go out and watch the big wave surfing at Dungeons which was absolutely spectacular. In the afternoon we fortuitously had the benefit of Super Series Rugby to watch, with a nice win for the local Stormers against the Reds. The organisers produced some very nice Prego rolls and salad which were very popular and kept the crowd going for a good festive evening at the club. I must commend the sailors for surprising good humour in the frustrating conditions.

Local yacht Faraway chasing up to the start.

Sunday started with very light airs again, but a small bit of pressure started building in the entrance to the bay from the west. Race officer Tom Ambrose set a course from under Chapmans Peak out towards a mark in the direction of Tafelberg reef, and by 11:30 we managed to start the first race  in about 8 knots of wind. The second attempt at this race had to be abandoned because the wind simply died again. However, as is often the case in Hout Bay Westerlies, the direction swang a bit North and soon we had a useful draft coming through the bay right near the beach. We were able to set a decent Windward-Leeward right under Chapmans Peak drive and were able to run a good series of tight races there for the remainder of the afternoon. In my opinion this was really good racing, with the fleet sailing in close quarters, good sea conditions, steady breeze, and the beautiful backdrop of Chapmanspeak and Hout Bay! Certainly great for the spectators. And so we managed a total of five good races, including even the customary John Coles Sprint. It really was a case of "all's well that ends well"! - and the mood was very buoyant as the crews packed up and went to the clubhouse for the prizegiving. 

Well done Richard and team!

Following is a link to a selection of pics snapped from the committee boat: