News - South African Sailing Association

President's Update - 2021 is going to be a special year for sailing in South Africa

It has already started, with Peter Sherlock attending his first meeting as Councillor representing the interests of the Cruisers in our community. The Ocean Sailing Association of South Africa (OSASA) is now officially a discipline of South African Sailing, and this association is going to transform the way in which we view our sailing community.

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Wed 10 Feb 2021

POSTPONED: SA Sailing Open National Masters Championship 2020

Postponed - Dates to be advised in due course

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Tue 15 Dec 2020

December Regional News

Dec updates from the SA Sailing regions

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Mon 07 Dec 2020

SA Sailing Open National Masters Championship 2020

The inaugural SA Masters Open National Championships takes place at Midmar Dam from 27 – 30 December 2020 Message from HMYC Commodore: Tony Cockrill

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Mon 07 Dec 2020

SA Sailing Office Closure

Kindly note that the SA Sailing office will be closing at noon on 24 December and will reopen on Monday, 4 January 2021. We wish all our sailors and their families a wonderful festive season and prosperous 2021.

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Mon 07 Dec 2020

2021 Youth World Selection Criteria Updated

For more information on the event and selection criteria,

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Mon 07 Dec 2020

Celebrating Sailing's Giving Spirit

Numerous clubs around the country are getting into the festive spirit and organising special Christmas regattas and arranging charity projects to benefit the communities around them. Here are just a few of them

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Mon 07 Dec 2020

SA's Philip Baum Elected as World Sailing Vice President

We caught up with Philip to find out more about the position and his plans going forward.

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Mon 07 Dec 2020

The Story of the HBYC Hunters

The story of the Hunters at Hout Bay Yacht club is one to inspire any club – it’s one of success, bringing joy back to sailing, attracting more (and younger) members to the club, and building a vibe like never before. Commodore of HBYC Paul Tomes filled us in on how it all came about…

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Mon 07 Dec 2020

President's Update - Closing Out the Year

As we reach the end of what has been a very interesting and challenging year, I have had occasion to consider what makes this sailing community tick. It is a complex mix of passion, freedom and people - and one of the essential components in the mix, is that group of people that just keep on making things happen.

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Mon 07 Dec 2020

SA Sailing Open Masters National Championships Entries are open

are you 35 or older, then this events for you

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Thu 12 Nov 2020

75 years of sailing together

75 years of sailing together A Notice to Disciplines for 75th Anniversary SA Sailing 75th Anniversary All class Nationals December 2022, incorporating all SA Sailing discipline classes and youth Nationals. Venue â€“ Vaal Dam An exciting festival of sailing

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Fri 30 Oct 2020

Vasco 2021

Start making plans! Organised by the Point Yacht Club and Clube Naval, under the auspices of South African Sailing, the always epic Vasco da Gama International Ocean Race from Maputo, Mozambique to Durban will get under way on Thursday, 20 May 2021.

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Fri 30 Oct 2020

SA Sailing Open National Master Championship 2020

The countdown is well and truly on and excitement building ahead of the first ever SA Sailing Masters Championships, to be held at Midmar Dam in KwaZulu-Natal this December.

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Fri 30 Oct 2020

Recreational Sailing â€“ Bartâ€™s Bash

Bartâ€™s Bash is a global sailing race taking place at 100s of venues, with 1000s of sailors in 100s of different classes of boat around the world. Founded in 2014, the event was verified by Guinness World Records as â€˜The Largest Sailing Race in the Worldâ€™.

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Fri 30 Oct 2020

Sailing Wins Big at Wits Sports Awards

The future of sailing is clearly in good hands â€“ judging by the recipients at the annual Wits Sports Awards. The sport celebrated several major accolades, including Michaela Robinson being named as the universityâ€™s Sports Woman of the Year. Adding to that massive achievement, the Wits Yacht Club walked away with the Social Media Award while five sailors were awarded Full-Blue Cum Laude colours usually reserved for student athletes who have achieved senior national colours...

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Thu 29 Oct 2020

ZYC â€“ Leading the Way in Effective Transformation Strategies

Jackie Smitâ€™s is a name that has become synonymous with transformation in sailing. She has been on the Executive Committee of Zululand Yacht Club for six years. Smit initially joined the team as the Entertainment Officer. In 2016 she became the first female Vice Commodore at ZYC, and is now Commodore. ...

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Thu 29 Oct 2020

President's Update - The Value Proposition

And, as was no doubt inevitable, I was asked about a â€œvalue propositionâ€ for South African Sailing. Of course I had to Google the concept, to be sure that I did not embarrass myself in the subsequent discussions, and as my knowledge grew, so I became more and more convinced that the formally defined â€œvalue propositionâ€ was not where the real value of a membership of SA Sailing lay. My thought process went like this:....

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Thu 29 Oct 2020