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Largest TSL Participation to Date in KZN

Team sailing on Sunday, 13 October, saw the biggest participation yet for the KZN Team Sailing League with 36 people taking part, plus volunteers who ran the racing and the jury/safety boat crew. Firstly, we say a huge thank you to P. Trimborn agency for sponsoring fuel for the rescue boats for Team Sailing in KZN, and to the KZN Department of Sport and Recreation for sponsoring the entry fee and transport for a development team. Thank you too, to Lotto for sponsoring the TSL14 boats.
Thu 31 Oct 2019

TuksYachting host Inter Varsities TSL

After less than a year of establishment, TuksYachting was ready to host its first regatta. Our home base, PSC (Pretoria Sailing club) at Rietvlei dam would be the venue for our first inter-varsity event. All hands were on deck by the TuksYachting committee to get the event under way. The event drew 30-plus students from various universities, these being: UP, Wits, UKZN and NWU
Thu 31 Oct 2019

TSL Launches in Eastern Cape

The inaugural South African Sailing East Cape Team Sailing League Regatta sponsored by Coca-Cola took place on 12 October 2019 in the port of Port Elizabeth and was sailed from the Port Elizabeth Deep Sea Angling Club (PEDSAC). Alan Straton put together this report
Thu 31 Oct 2019

Team Sailing League Takes off

Since its launch in 2017, the Team Sailing League (TSL) has been enjoying great success around the country. The chief aim of the TSL is to draw in new participants who in the past would not have given sailing a go, while also reigniting the passion in our current sailors by introducing the competitive team element.
Thu 31 Oct 2019

SailAfrica sends all-girls squad for training in Spain

Marine Inspirations Programme in Palma, Spain Four Sail Africa girls from the ‘Train to Win girls’ team’ were invited to go to Palma in Spain for a 10-day experience of the Super-yacht industry, sponsored by Marine Inspirations. Marine Inspirations is a charitable mentoring programme established to introduce the prospect of a maritime career to youngsters from disadvantaged or less-advantaged backgrounds. The girls put together this report
Wed 30 Oct 2019

Toppers Worlds 2019

The three sailors that attended the Topper World Championships 2019 are back and at their desks, catching up on their homework. What a privilege it was and an experience they will never forget. Bradon Kretzmann said: “It was an amazing experience meeting old and new friends. I manage to end up in the silver fleet and I learned a lot through the competition.”
National Youth News Newsletters Events Press Release
Tue 01 Oct 2019

PYC come out tops in Bart's Bash

A massive effort from Point Yacht Club saw the Durban club emerging on top of the pile of global participants in this year’s Bart’s Bash. The event 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 ‘The Largest Sailing Race in the World’.
National General News Newsletters Bart's Bash
Mon 30 Sep 2019

Youth National Sailing Championship 2019

SA Sailing Youth National championships which will also incorporate the Optimist and Dabchick Class national championships will take place at Theewater Sports Club from 14-20 December 2019. It’s always a fantastic family event to finish off a jam-packed sailing year, so do not forget to get your entries in on the SA Sailing website: https://www.sailing.org.za/events/41876/
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Mon 30 Sep 2019

2020 Youth Match Racing World Championship

The 2020 Youth Match Racing World Championship, which will be hosted by Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) will take place on Waitemata Harbour, in Auckland, from Tuesday 25 Feb - Sunday 1 March 2020. Up to 14 skippers will be invited by World Sailing. World Sailing's Member National Authorities (MNAs) may apply for an invitation for up to two skippers of their nationality
National General News Newsletters World Sailing News Match Racing News
Sat 31 Aug 2019

Qingdao DCAS WC Exchange Programme

The SA team recently returned from the 12th Qingdao International Sailing Week and Qingdao International Marine Festival 2019. This is their report from a successful event… To encourage fairness and transparency, an invitation was presented to the Chairperson of WC Optimist Association who in turn invited all of the WC members to participate by submitting a short CV. The submissions were sent to the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport who made the selection of the team
National Youth News Newsletters Events Press Release
Sat 31 Aug 2019

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.
National Youth News Newsletters Events
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