News - South African Sailing Association

Natasha Wolmarans honoured with OCC Port Officer Service Award

The sailing community in South Africa has countless volunteers who put in hours of time and effort and make a massive impact on the sport – all for very little recognition.

National Newsletter

Mon 14 Mar 2022

CPUT students get a taste of sailing at Royal Cape Yacht Club

In February the second-year industrial design students had a day of fun and learning at the Royal Cape Yacht Club. The students were welcomed by the Royal Cape Sailing Academy in the morning and were so excited to learn more about sailing and boat building

National Newsletter

Mon 14 Mar 2022

Jeremy Bagshaw – out to conquer the globe

The other South African taking on the Golden Globe race is Jeremy Bagshaw, who will soon be holding a fundraiser auction this month.

National Newsletter

Mon 14 Mar 2022

Behind the scenes with The Little Optimist Trust

As promised, we caught up with the amazing team at The Little Optimist to find out a bit more about their work,

National Newsletter Little Optimist

Fri 11 Mar 2022

Steering the course – Shining the light on all women in sailing

Steering the Course – the global Women’s Sailing Festival – was incredibly successful in 2021. We now need your support for 2022! SA Sailing have already signed up for this exciting event. There are 20 days of sailing activity opportunities for women and girls in 2022 with two festivals: Northern Hemisphere - 20-29 May Southern Hemisphere - 30 September - 9 October

National Newsletter World Sailing

Fri 11 Mar 2022

Kirsten Neuschafer – ready to take on, and circumnavigate, the world

Kirsten Neuschäfer recently arrived in Cape Town after sailing solo all the way from Prince Edward Island in Canada.

National Newsletter

Thu 10 Mar 2022

Introduction to the Sea Cadets

The Sea Cadet movement traces its beginnings back to the port of Whitstable in Kent, England in 1854. Thereafter the movement spread to Australia in 1885 and then to South Africa in 1905. The intervening years have witnessed many changes to the organisation's governors. But sight has never been lost of the essential aim and objectives – that of providing maritime based training to the youth of South Africa. Today there are Training Ships in many places throughout South Africa offering extra- m

National Newsletter Saldanha Cadet

Wed 09 Mar 2022

SA Sailing member of the month

Stand the chance to feature in next month's newsletter as the member of the month. Simply send us your favourite sailing stories, photos or videos and you could be featuring in next month's newsletter. It’s that simple!

National Newsletter

Wed 09 Mar 2022

President's Update

At the end of last year, I tried to impress the importance of volunteers in our sailing family, and the importance of us recognising voluntary contributions.

National Newsletter President-Update

Wed 09 Mar 2022

Regional News

KwaZulu-Natal... Read more... Western Cape... Read more...

National Newsletter Regional news

Fri 11 Feb 2022

World Sailing News

Gold Coast to host first Para Sailing World Championships in 2022 The inaugural Virtus Para Sailing World Championship will be staged in Gold Coast, Australia, 5 - 12 November 2022, for Hansa 303 class sailors from all around the world.

National Newsletter World Sailing

Fri 11 Feb 2022

Performance and Training

The Hague World Championships – test events 2022 Youth Sailing World Championships

National Newsletter performance and training

Fri 11 Feb 2022

Training and Development

National Training Programme For the NTP Pricelist that came into effect from 1 June 2021 Click here Visit our whats on page to register for any courses that have been scheduled.

National Newsletter Training and Development

Fri 11 Feb 2022

SA Sailing updates documents for Sanctioned events

Please see all the information below on a standardised approach to documents for sanctioning of national or regional championships…

National Newsletter

Wed 09 Feb 2022

SA Sailing partners with CPUT for an exciting project

SA Sailing have partnered with the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) this year to collaborate on an exciting project

National Newsletter

Wed 09 Feb 2022

Langebaan played host to Fanatic/Duotone Windsurf Cup

Windsurfing continues to go from strength to strength. Many who hung up their wetsuits years ago are coming back to the sport. The advent of foiling windsurf boards has extended the conditions in which windsurfers can sail and we have already seen exciting competition in the new Olympic IQ Foil Class with racing in light wind conditions that would not have been possible a few years ago

National Newsletter lagebaan

Wed 09 Feb 2022

South African Kirsten Neuschäfer making waves

The four-year wait is finally over and 2022 is the year that the Golden Globe Race will take place. Set for September this year, there are two South Africans among the 25 intrepid sailors who have entered the gruelling, 30,000-mile, non-stop, solo round-the-world race. Kirsten Neuschäfer, who originally hails from Port Elizabeth, remains the only woman to have entered so far.

National Newsletter

Wed 09 Feb 2022

Celebrating 75 years of SA Sailing

SA Sailing is pleased to announce the 75th All Class Celebration National Championships will be held from 16 to 19 December 2022 at the Vaal Dam and selected WC and KZN clubs.

National Newsletter 75th Anniversary

Wed 09 Feb 2022