News - South African Sailing

Lipton Cup – RNYC are back-to-back winners

Report from: Liptoncup.com Winning the Lipton is never easy, but winning it twice in consecutive years certainly places skipper Davey James firmly in the category of a "Lipton Legend".

National Newsletter Lipton Cup Challenge

Wed 07 Sep 2022

WasteSharks – Taking a bite out of water pollution

The state of the planet, and particularly our bodies of water, is becoming of greater concern every day. Some estimates are that one million plastic bottles are sold every minute across the globe, many of these ending up in waterways.

National Newsletter

Wed 07 Sep 2022

President's Update

I do believe that we had a very professional and successful AGM. I hope you were impressed by the quality of the offering presented by our staff. Personally, I was very proud to be able to present our federation to the membership and to the outside observers in such a positive and professional manner.

National Newsletter President-Update

Wed 07 Sep 2022

Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2022

Nominations for the Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2022 are now open. The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, September 7.

National Newsletter

Wed 07 Sep 2022

Latest World Sailing News

World Sailing Extraordinary General Meeting unanimously backs Governance Reform proposals Click here World Sailing appoints Koray Ezeras Head of International Development Click here

National Newsletter World Sailing

Fri 05 Aug 2022

Training and Development

The National Training Programme continues to grow find out more on the following : -

National Newsletter Training and Development

Fri 05 Aug 2022

SA Sailing Inland & Offshore Update

A REMINDER… Please note that the new process to apply and pay for Certificate of Listing to obtain an approved marking (COL), Certificate of Fitness (COF) and the Hull Inspection Certificate (HIC) must now be done via the SA Sailing website: click here

National Newsletter Inland and Offshore

Fri 05 Aug 2022

Performance & Training

• Selection Notice for South African Team: 2023 Youth Sailing World Championship

National Newsletter performance and training

Fri 05 Aug 2022

Regional News

Click on the respective links below to find out more about what's happening in your region.

National Newsletter Regional news

Fri 05 Aug 2022

Call for Bids: SA Sailing Youth National Championships 2023

Each year Youth Nationals is rotated between the different regions in the country and next year, this prestigious event is heading to KwaZulu-Natal. Clubs in KZN are being invited to host the event scheduled for December 2023.

National Newsletter Youth National

Fri 05 Aug 2022

SA Sailing 75th Anniversary Celebration

Dear Sailors Most of you have had sailing touch you in many ways. The old proverb that “in giving, you will receive” holds true, especially in our sport. I can give many examples but I’m sure your stories make mine pale into insignificance.

National Newsletter 75th Anniversary

Fri 05 Aug 2022

Nominations for position of President of SA Sailing

A call has been made for nominations for the position of President of SA Sailing as per item 11.22 of the SA Sailing Constitution.

National Newsletter

Fri 05 Aug 2022

SA Sailing National AGM

It’s been a busy year for SA Sailing with plenty of action both locally and internationally and the Council and staff hard at work to making important changes to the sport in making it more accessible to all.

National Newsletter

Fri 05 Aug 2022

Clipper Race reveals new South African race partner which will focus on empowering rural communities

Hugely exciting news is that the Clipper Race has announced that the Bekezela Community Foundation (BCF) has become the newest Host Port and Team Partner to its 2023-24 and 2025-26 editions

National Newsletter

Fri 05 Aug 2022

Congrats to Team Ubuntu

Congrats to our very own Team Ubuntu who qualified for the Star Sailors League Gold Cup with a race to spare! They then topped that off my wrapping up an impressive qualifying campaign with victory in the final race.

National Newsletter Team Ubuntu

Fri 05 Aug 2022

Youth World Championships 2022

Six young South African sailors recently returned to South Africa after representing the country with pride against 68 other nations at the Youth World Championships in the Netherlands from 8-15 July.

National Newsletter Youth World Championships 2022

Fri 05 Aug 2022

Use it Again the Legendary Trimaran Boat

Royal Cape Yacht Club recently had the pleasure of welcoming Romain Pilliard at the club - he is the skipper of the famous trimaran 'Use It Again!' and has been attempting a Round the World Record in reverse since January 4, from Lorient.

National Newsletter

Fri 05 Aug 2022

President's Update

And, just like that, we have reached the end of another term of office. I need to thank each of you for your support, and the generosity of spirit with which you have accepted my attempts at steering this organisation through the past year.

National Newsletter President-Update

Fri 05 Aug 2022