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Lipton Cup 2019

This year’s Lipton Cup has been hailed as one of the greatest contests on SA waters in many years. The final result was only determined in the last few minutes of the last race after six days of racing on the newly introduced Cape31. Witbank Yacht and Aquatic Club sailing Nitro, co-skippered by Mike Hayton and David Rae, emerged as the winners for the first time in the race’s history after a titanic battle on the last day.
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Sat 31 Aug 2019

Optimist Africans 2019

South Africa’s Sean Kavanagh just missed out on a podium place at the Optimist African Championships in the Seychelles by four points. Sailing against competitors significantly older, the 11-year-old Kavanagh enjoyed an excellent week of results, claiming wins in two of the 10 races, and never finishing outside the top 10.
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Sat 31 Aug 2019

Six-Regatta 2020 52 SUPER SERIES Season will open in Cape Town

The 2020 52 SUPER SERIES season will visit South Africa as the showcase curtain raiser to a six-regatta year, which will also feature four reliable, popular favourites in Europe. The world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit will start with two regattas in South Africa in March and April and return to the Mediterranean for regattas in Scarlino, Tuscany in May, Porto Cervo, Sardinia in June, and Valencia in July before concluding in Mallorca at Puerto Portals in September.
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Mon 12 Aug 2019

Ashwell and Arendse make gold fleet at 420 World Championships

The young South African pair of Matt Ashwell and Rivaldo Arendse from Zeekoevlei Yacht Club put in a creditable performance at the recent 420 World Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal. They claimed three top-10 race results in the under-17 category to make the gold fleet and eventually finished 33rd overall.
Mon 05 Aug 2019

True learning experience at Youth World Championships

Four young sailors represented South Africa at the Youth Sailing World Championships in Poland from 13-20 July 2019. While, they may not have achieved the results they necessarily set out to, they all returned having learned invaluable lessons about what it takes to make it to the top.
Mon 05 Aug 2019

Walker finishes fifth at Optimist World Championships

South African teenager Ian Walker wrapped up a fantastic week of sailing at the Optimist World Championships in Antigua, just missing out on a podium spot. The 14-year-old was South Africa’s only representative at the championships and did the country proud, finishing in fifth place out of 255 competitors. This result ranks as one of the top achievements for South African sailors on the international stage.
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Thu 01 Aug 2019

SA Sailing President Philip Baum's Annual Report

Since my first report to an AGM five years ago, a great deal has been done in South African Sailing (SA Sailing). Occasionally driving up a steep hill it is informative to look back in the rear view mirror and see where one has come from. On reflection, the valley where we started is a long way below yet the top of the hill remains elusive. There have been frustrating diversions and delays, some self-inflicted by at times the federation itself and at other times by the members.
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Wed 31 Jul 2019

Round 2 of the Western Cape Open Team Sailing League a blast

Patric Loydell On Saturday 6 July, the second round of the Western Cape TSL Open League took place at Imperial Yacht Club (IYC). There was a total of 24 sailors on the water that was made up of 4 teams. We had UCT Mavericks, JML Sailing together, Sailing Together Senior Team (Parents of the JML Sailing Together Team) and the 1st Bergvliet Scouts.
TSL News Western Cape
Tue 16 Jul 2019

Meet the Team

From time to time we will be introducing you to someone in the world of SA Sailing, so you can get a better idea of exactly who the driving force is behind the organisation. This month we caught up with: Grant Ekermans
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Tue 11 Jun 2019