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TAG YACHTS is situated in the unique & picturesque village of St Francis Bay on the coast of theEastern Cape which boasts its own port ideal for visiting sail yachts & boats, as it is on the sea,alongside a river & has a unique canal system.

TAG yachts was established in March 2007 by like-minded people with a passion for sailing &building high performance cruising catamarans. We have established Tag Yachts as a forwardthinking company, focused on developing the next generation cruising catamaran. We haveengaged the top catamaran designer & put together a team of professionals with complimentarytalents to take TAG Yachts into the future. New technology & techniques have been incorporatedinto all our catamarans to aim towards a sporty look with emphasis on functionality & efficiency.TAG Yachts are currently building the TAG 60 catamaran which has been designed as the ultimateworld cruiser. For genuine world cruising ability, her size is neither too small nor too large. Thiscatamaran can be sailed shorthanded, maintained without a full time crew & yet be large enoughfor seriously comfortable & realistic living while sailing.

The TAG culture is about working hard but still having fun enjoying all that St Francis Bay has tooffer. We have a young, enthusiastic team led by experienced & skilled craftsmen. TAG Yachtsare continuously striving towards uplifting our staff by developing their technical & life skillsthrough various training programs & providing employment & career opportunities in the yachtingindustry to our local St Francis Bay community.

Our future plans are to grow TAG Yachts into a world class boatyard equal to the industriesbenchmarks in France & New Zealand & thereby growing the marine industry in the St Francis Bayarea to become the boat building mecca of Africa. In order to support this we will be establishinga boat building academy with an approved & recognized curriculum as well as opportunities fornew boat & catamaran related businesses in the St Francis Bay area. We furthermore supportsports development in terms of sailing & other water related sports for our community.

A BRIEF DESCRIPTIONThe TAG 60 is an extraordinary design. This concept is very progressive & makes a statement inaesthetics, high performance & practical usages. In the years to come we hope that the TAG 60is seen as a landmark moment in multi-hull design.The TAG 60 embodies many features & concepts that make this design a complete package ineach & every respect. For genuine world cruising ability, the size of this vessel is neither too smallnor too large. It can be sailed shorthanded, maintained without full time crew & yet be largeenough for seriously comfortable & realistic living.

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A Good year, albeit along one...At this time of the year, we are all reminded of “peace on earth”, and“goodwill among all men...”.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers &advertisers a wonderful Festive Season & safe & prosperous year aheadin 2012. We thank everyone for the wonderful support & well - wishingreceived from far & wide for our young publication. We are happy toreport SailPowerSA is rapidly gaining readership & interest like astrengthening breeze ahead of a summer storm...!

By the time many of you read this, the Volvo Fleet will have bade CapeTown “au revoir” en route to Abu Dhabi, – we know everyone will joinus in wishing them fair winds & safe passage.

On a more somber note, I would like to express my heartfelt feelingsof sadness to Gerrie Boshoff & the crew of Wizard. The 56 ft Simonisdesign yacht sank off the South of Madagascar on her return journeyoriginating in Cairns, Australia, to Durban on 04 November. Sadly thiswas the end of a dream that was begun with great hopes & aspirationssome years ago, cut short by an unfortunate collision with asubmerged container. Yet, it was indeed a dream being lived, planshad been put into action and skipper & crew were living theirdream..... It happens sometimes that dreams are interrupted, – tocontinue at another time, another place, another boat, – until thenhold onto your dream...

People all have dreams, some of us are able to live them, & otherssimply dream – which one are you?

Do you have a plan for how your dream will play out or are you hopingone day someone or something will make it all happen for you? Doesyour boating, water sports business run its self or would it be usefulif more people knew what you have to offer and where to find you? –here we can be useful to you, with a regular advertisement inSailPowerSA, many more people will read about your business & findyou on our website in our on line version of SailPowerSA.

The end of a year is a time of reflection & a time to plan ahead. Atime to be open to possibilities, even to alter course to find new andenriching results. A wise saying is... “one cannot keep doing the samething & expect a different result”, yet many of us are creatures ofhabit, we simply repeat our old patterns & wonder why we go roundthe block & end up in the same place!

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The type of items found floating inoceans that are hazardous to yachts.

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Peter Sullivan – former editor of The StarJohannesburg newspaper & veteran ofthe 1993 Cape to Rio yacht race, friend& crew member on “Wizard” wrote thisaccount on Wizards blog, on the “Eyeincident”... preceding the sinking of“Wizard” less than a month later.

To Quote Robbie Burns: “The best laidschemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley. Toleave us nought but grief and pain, fo’promised joy.”

Our well-laid scheme to go to Chagos– apparently a paradise in the middle of theIndian Ocean – went “a-gley”, along withGerrie’s right eye. About three days afterleaving Cocos-Keeling Islands Gerrie’seyesight in one eye deteriorated to theextent that even he became alarmed. Itstarted at Cocos, but being Gerrie the tough

Afrikaner, he didn’t bother until it was almost too late.By the time he realised it was serious, “Wizard’s” medical emergency became the focus

of five countries’ Sea Rescue organisations, a brace of ophthalmologists from Pretoria toVereeniging to Perth were all giving advice, and a doctor friend of Gerrie’s was providing thebest advice of all.

We first contacted South African emergency services to explain the problem, they spoketo the Australians (who for rescue purposes were still in charge of the waters we were in),they asked the British to find out if we could go to Diego Garcia for treatment, the Britsspoke to the Americans at the base who warned us we would only be allowed in if a life orlimb was endangered.... So we eventually decided to go to Mauritius, then the helpfulMauritians told us Rodrigues Island would be closer, so we set sail at full racing speed forRodrigues.

The Australians asked us to report our position every 12 hours.The South Africans con tacted the SA Embassy inMauritius. On Rodrigues theyassembled a bunch of bureaucratsand medical people on the dock, toawait our arrival – Immigration,Customs, Health, Harbour Master. Allin all, the emergency services of SA,Oz, Britain and Mauritius plusRodrigues, were wonderful.

Gerrie was flown post haste to SAwhen we docked & had his detachedretina repaired in Sandton, Jhb.

But what a sail we had – eight daysof flat-out racing day and night, with theprize – our Skipper’s eyesight.

Unlike the blue Atlantic Ocean youcross on the Cape-to-Rio, the Indian Oceanis like Indian Ink: dark, almost black, toppedwith white horses as trade winds blow youever onwards. We sailed west with the sunrising each morning behind the stern, as youwatched the helmsman it would rise behindhim.

At dusk you steered directly into a sunsetting into the sea, usually a bit anxious at thepassing of the light but delighted by the greatsunset view over that inky Indian Ocean. The starsat night were indeed big and bright. On cloudlessnights a fantastic Milky Way stretched across thebeam overhead, Jupiter and her 63 moons directlybehind you, usually the brightest thing in the skyuntil the Earth moon rose.

Unfortunately there was very little moon in ourdash, but a lot of choppy seas, four-meter swells andup to 30 knots of wind to help us race quitedangerously. On the port side (left) the Southern Cross,which features so prominently on the flags of Oz andNew Zealand, was almost dipping into the sea.

Many things take on a new meaning at sea, shorethings like a hot shower on a stable platform, a bed withsheets, a whole night’s uninterrupted sleep, privacy,newspapers, ice cream and a hot croissant. Their absence atsea is compensated by great experiences.

Standing, braced against the rolling of the yacht, under a starry sky with 25 – 30 knotsof wind in the sails, you feel yourself skillfully helming through big swells that sometimesbreak on the boat, you surf them magnificently, and the feeling is so intense it is difficult todescribe adequately.

As this 56-foot surfboard you are riding first crests a wave and then plunges down theface of it with a roar, “Wizard’s” 12 tons of aluminium and fiberglass tries to wrestle thewheel from you, so you firmly push your right hand down to correct her, to turn the surfboardat the bottom of the wave.

You note you are doing 13 knots, as she swings straight on course again, just before thenext wave lifts you swiftly up and up like a high-speed elevator, perhaps to get sideswipedfrom a breaking wave abeam the boat, while the wind gusts and lifts you too, yet you keepcontrol, and feel like a surfer successfully coming through the tube.

Again and again and again it happens until you are relieved at the wheel, relieved ofthe responsibility for seven lives and a big yacht but also relieved of the sheer jubilation ofsailing a racing yacht at speed.

When younger it was only thrilling and exciting and wonderful.Now I am also beset by an older man’s fears of making a

mistake at the helm, muttering to myself that old-age prayerseldom heard in church: please Lord, don’t let me f@#&-up.

The excitement is still there. I’d like to think most of theskill. Like an older racing driver ... probably not as sharp, notas instinctive.

And I constantly destroy my own joy by“disasterising”: what if we hit a container in this inkyblackness into which we are sailing blind at such speed?What if this sheet holding our boom against this strongwind just breaks because it is too old? What if I slip – mysandal has lost one clasp already on the starboard sidewhere it takes the most pressure? What if the guy peeingoff the back of the boat falls off in a sudden lurch causedby a freak wave? (Maritime Rescue suggests this is oneof the main reasons yachtsmen fall off and drown, openflies on dead men the evidence.)

In the less frightening morning as “Shin thefishmaster” (and master of most things) expertlyfillets a freshly-caught 11kg Wahoo on the back ofthe boat with “Wizard” heaving and rocking like aroller-coaster car, I want to say “Be careful, myboy!” just as my mother often said to my brotherand I. I am turning into my mother, with all herfears.

Yet, when “Wizard” was powering alongone night in big seas, big wind, no moon or stars,and I kept her on course flying through and overthe waves as if on a magic broom, and my iPhoneplayed Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” at fullvolume in my earphones, I felt in control oflife, of myself, and of this huge racing“Valkyrie”, 12 tons of her, obeying mylightest touch.

Wagner was followed by sublimeballet music, letting the beautiful boatdance gracefully, skillfully, powerfullywith lifts and jumps and turns to makeBaryshnikov jealous. The phone’s shuffleoption seemed to choose music in time to

“Wizard’s” rhythm, which was in time with theancient ones of wind and sea.

We saw a thousand flying fish, every hour schools of 20 or 30 or 40 flying awayfrom this big fish we were steering, sometimes blue flying fish or green ones or even onesover a foot long. We saw spinning dolphins, Brown Boobies flew over us, Wilson's StormPetrels and several other seabirds we didn’t identify, it being too difficult to fetch binocularsand book on a heaving sea.

Rodrigues is worth a story in itself, not a happy one from an environmental view. Weplayed the Backgammon championships of “Wizard” there, won by Shin-the-magnificentin a final against John, a new acolyte of the game.

And here endeth my blogs, for I took a big boat to Mauritius and a jet to Jo’burg as Icould not afford to await Gerrie’s return or extend my wonderful holiday. It has been a greatexperience to share, a rare privilege with friends Gerrie, Sasha, Shin, John, Doug andHettie.”

Wizard in action close up – Wizard in 2008, St Lucia.

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To the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre

Sent: 04 November 2011 01:19 PM

“Wizard 3rd November 2011-11-04”

26deg 46'S - 39deg 51'E

“Wizard” was sailing course of 310 to 330 degrees Magnetic in a 20 Kts

SW breeze, with two reefs in the Mainsail and a Staysail with a boat speed

of six – eight knots.

Change of our three hour watch was at three hundred hours (ships Time)

Myself and Shin Terasawa went off watch, John Brownhill and Rodney

Beresford went on watch.

At approximately 04:20, I was wakened by a loud crashing sound coming

from the front starboard side of the saloon. I jumped up to investigate,

saw excessive water in the heads, immediately closed the head sea cock's

and made sure all other sea cocks were closed, water was rising at a

rapid speed. I switched the bilge pumps to manual and came to the

conclusion that the boat was holed with the amount of water that was

rushing in.

I alerted the crew that we have a serious emergency & water was rushing

in, handed out live jackets & instructed to launch the life- raft & made

May Day calls while Shin was continuing trying to locate the source of

the leak.

After everybody got into the life-raft, Shin and I, went back with a last

hope to save “Wizard”.

We realised there was nothing we could do and returned to the life raft.

“Wizard” disappeared at 09:00.

We were rescued by the tanker “Eva Schulte”.

Thank you for your assistance, it is been highly appreciated by All.

Best Regards, Gerrie Boshoff...”

An email report that no one would wish to have to send, yet these men are

very grateful that with a fully serviced & correctly functional life raft, it

was possible to be rescued and all on board were saved to enable this

email to be sent:

Peter Sullivan – ex-editor of The Starnewspaper.

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army officer and now lives in Australia; Swedish yachtmaster Sasha Jovanovic &Rodney Beresford rear commodore of Lake Denys Yacht Club on the Vaal dam.

Gerrie said that as “Wizard” took on water and began slipping into the ocean, hisonly concern was for the safety of his crew.

“Initially I felt little except for the need to ensure that a distress call wastransmitted and to ensure that my crew were safely transferred to the life raft. It wasonly later while we were safely aboard the life raft that a feeling of profound sadnessovercame me,” he said.

John Brownhill said that watching “Wizard” sink to the bottom of the Indian Oceanwas a heart-breaking moment. “I was part of the crew that left the port of Durban inOctober 2007 for the round-the-world voyage. So watching it sink was a terriblesadness. We all put a lot of sweat into the boat. She was a beautiful boat and I enjoyedsailing on her and I was sad to see her go down. I was really sad for Gerrie. We all did

a lot of work on the yacht. We put in newfridges, new compasses all those things. A lotof money went down with that boat.”

Rodney Beresford told me at a functionheld at Lake Denys Yacht club to welcomehome the sailors, that he never felt as thoughthe five crew eventually rescued were in anydanger & were always confident of a rescue.

As the yacht slipped from view below thesurface of the ocean, Shin Terasawa took outthe camera to document the yacht’s finalmoments, seen here.

John Brownhill said that as they waited forhelp to arrive the crew did not speak much. Hesaid that there was no panic among the crewas they were confident that they would bepicked up.

Approximately eight hours later, a tankerbound for Singapore, the “EVA Schulte” whichhad been tracking the satelite signal of the

EPIRB, found the men, taking them west and dropped them off at Port Louis inMauritius where they were able to get a flight back to South Africa.

“It was a sad journey back,” John recalled. “Things were a bit quiet. Nobodywanted to talk about what had happened. The four years aboard “Wizard” were thebest time of my life. This was the greatest adventure of my life. Everybody should doit.” he said.

I am certain that all readers, whether yachtsmen or women or not, will identifywith the feeling of immense sadness & emotional ache that comes with the loss of

something so dear to ones heart. Sailors theworld over are renowned for their affinity totheir vessels, large or small, racy or Tall. Asailors’ love for a boat is unquestioned, itsimply is.

The upside of this story (and there alwaysis at least one), is the fact that although greatmaterial loss was incurred, there was no loss oflife. With every life experience presented toeach one of us, the question is always: – whatis the lesson offered to me here?, and for whatdo I have to be grateful...? And how can myexperience be useful to others.

I am certain all of you will join as atSailPowerSA when we offer Gerrie & allassociated with “Wizard” a warm welcomeback to dry land for now, and every successwith future sailing adventures of which we aresure there will be many.

By Jenny Smith.

This story began in 2006 when GerrieBoshoff, a long-time, fellow Vaal Dam L26owner & sailor purchased the Simonisdesigned 56ft yacht “Wizard” to begin thejourney to realise a dream adventure.

I met Gerrie in the mid ’80s sailing hisL26 “Eliminator” out of Deneysville AquaticClub, Vaal Dam. Then secretary of theTransvaal region of the L26 class association,& sailing as a crew on the L26 ”Winesong”, itwas my task to help motivate the L26 sailorsto race. Gerrie didn’t need much encouraging

& always made a plan to participate & thoroughly enjoyed his racing, bringing alongwilling and able crew to join him.

It became evident that Gerrie was not going be be confined to inland sailing whenhe also purchased a Gitana 43, later named “Sunday Star” which he raced in Durban& sailed in the Vasco da Gama race from Maputo to Durban amongst other offshoreraces, including a 5th place in the 2003 Cape to Rio race won by another Vaal Damsailor, Alex Shon, sailing Baleka now owned by Herbie Karolius also a Vaal Dam sailor.

“Wizard” was purchased in 2006 with the intention of sailing her around theworld on a 15-month world yacht rally, (ARC) (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers).

On 23 January 2008, “Wizard” crossed the start line of the rally in St Lucia, flyingthe Royal Natal Yacht Club burgee and the South African flag, as a dream began.During the voyage, “Wizard” visited numerous countries and ports including Cristobal,Transit Panama Canal, Galapagos, Society Islands, Bora Bora, Tonga, Fiji and Vanuatu.Crew members Gerrie, Peter Sasha, Shin, John, Doug and Hettie.

However, later in July 2008, “Wizard” ran into trouble and was dismasted 700nautical miles from Australia. With a jury rig, & extra diesel supplied by fellowyachtsmen the crew proceeded to Cairns in Australia and arrived there on 1 August.

For the next 32 months, “Wizard” would remain in Cairns while Gerrie battledwith insurers to pay for the cost of repairs. During this time, “Wizard” survived fournamed cyclones!

A new mast was finally installed and the yacht resumed its journey on August 12this year, sailing to Bali, Christmas Island, Cocos Keeling Islands, & en route to Chagos,an emergency divert to Rodrigues Island on September 24, 2011 when Gerriedamaged his eye. He was forced to divert “Wizard” to Rodrigues Island, from wherehe was flown to Johannesburg fortreatment.

The last leg of “Wizard’s” journeyfrom Reunion to Durban, sadly wasindeed her final journey as she hit asubmerged container in the early hoursof the morning in early November, 2011causing her to sink in the Indian Ocean,south of Madagascar.

All five crew on board who wererescued included Skipper & yacht ownerGerrie Boshoff, Vanderbijlpark resident &business man; John Brownhill, who wasborn in the UK, & has lived in Boksburgfor the past 15 years; Shin Terasawa, aJapanese national who’s home is inIndonesia; Doug MacLeod, born in theUK, served as a British and Australian

No amount of magic could save “Wizard”...

Japanese national Shin Terasawashowing his fishing skills.

Gerrie Boshoff – Owner & skipper of “Wizard”.

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Sasha Jovanovic is a Swede witha Yachtmaster certificate.

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Doug McLeod – member of the originalcrew, not on board when “Wizard” sank.

John Brownhill on the helm of “Wizard”.

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Rodney Beresford.

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SAMSA (South African Maritime Safety Authority)has announced its sponsorship of the 2012 biggestSouth African sailing event in sheer numbers. The‘SAMSA Round the Island Race 2012’ will be the54th anniversary of the regatta.

Tebogo Modibo, SAMSA’s Head of Marketing andCommunications explained, ‘SAMSA’s responsibilityis ensuring safety on all of the county’s waters, bothinland and offshore. Our active participation in thisevent offers us a great interaction opportunity toeducate sailors and visitors alike on aspects of watersafety and encourage compliance around properusage. We also hope to encourage water sports as ahealthy lifestyle activity and tourism to these areas inthose pursuits.’

Host of the annual event, Lake Deneys Yacht Club(LDYC), are also delighted to announce that GuinnessWorld Records ™ has approved the club’s applicationto officially challenge their record awarded as “Themost yachts to finish an inland yacht race was 389 atthe Sanlam Round the Island Race at Lake DeneysYacht Club, Deneysville, Free State, South Africa on4 February 2007.”

The Race Restructured LDYC has also taken a long, hard look at the profileof regular participants. They have identified thatalthough Keelboats and Micro-multihull participationquotas have been fairly steady, the numbers of

dinghies and cats has been steadily diminishing overthe years. LDYC’s Commodore Tielman Burgerelaborated, ‘To encourage them to come along, therace has been restructured into 3 starts instead of 5.The first will be the Ultra Class, a maximum of 50boats with a handicap of 1.00 and higher racing thefaster boats of other classes, followed by keelers andmicro-multihulls in the second start. The third startwill be for all cats and dinghies. All these boats willsail in very similar wind conditions in 20 minutesinstead of 40 minutes apart. This will smooth thewaters so to speak and make it easier for thesecompetitors to go up against each other.’

Another change is the addition of 4 more trophies forwhich the entire fleet will be split into 4 new handicapcategories in which boats of the same or similarspeeds compete. This adds another enticing facet tothe competition.

The weekend will again feature a big screen on whichlive footage of the start and finish will be watched bythe onshore crowd. The usual bar, catering and top-notch entertainment on Friday and Saturday nightsand great prizes in a draw at a price of R50 a headover 16 years of age for the entire weekend isunbeatable value for money. Prizegiving has also beenmoved a week later than usual to Friday 17th, andpromises to roll out in a refreshingly entertaining newformat designed to speed up the proceedings andmake the evening thoroughly enjoyable.

To download entry forms visit www.ldyc.co.za or www. samsa.org.za. LDYC 016 371-1393

29 Mistrals were entered in the Mistral Nationals, - skippers & crew werehunted down, coerced, pleaded with & some simply told they would besailing by Mistral Class Chairman & DAC rear commodore, NoelAbendroth. Noel did a masterful job of discovering & reviving Mistralsin all conditions from the strangest of hiding places to ensure the largestfleet possible would be sailing in this memorable regatta. J22, Hunter,Stadt & L26 sailors, from Witbank, TYC, LDYC, DAC, VCA & PSC notusually seen on Mistrals were encouraged to participate.

On the first Saturday of the regatta, D.A.C was bustling with yachtiesmaking last minute adjustments & fitting missing items to the Mistrals,some kindly loaned to available skippers by owners unable to participate.The start time of 1pm gave everyone the opportunity to prepare & offer

others last minute time to becomefamiliar with never having sailed aMistral before. All were fully present &accounted for when the Race officer,Brian Sutherland set the first course ofthe regatta.

With the wind playing the game nicely,eventual regatta winners RandolphVerheij, & crew sailing “Bumbo”- Lizabegan the way they would finish, bystamping their proficiency on the fleet.Randolph had a great committee boatstart advantage, which he held to win the1st race comfortably, followed by NoelAbendroth on Freude & Peter Hodgsonon Chihili.

Race two began with many skippersneeding emergency “McGyver” typerunning repairs to hang in there. Thewind had no plans to pack it in yet either,playing right into the experienced handsof 1st race winner, Randolph & Bumbo-Liza, who won again, with Chihili 2nd &a Harties sailor Werner Hautmann &Nixe in 3rd spot.

Race 3 showed that some of the less regular Mistral sailors were nowbeginning to become more at home on this little boat that has beenaround for so many years, even though the results of this race were fairlysimilar, Bumbo winning again, Chihili 2nd closely followed by Freude.

“Saturday night Live!” - raffle draw - winner of the Spinnaker sponsoredby North Sails & the Mistral Class Association was Sharon Richmond

Vaal Dam winds are known to be unpredictable, yet who could haveimagined up to 30 / 35 knots for 2 weekends in a row? The strong windsexcited the more experienced yachtsmen & women, yet at times theconditions tested even those familiar with Vaal Dam busters. Menoverboard, masts coming down & broken fittings were causing havoc inthe fleet. Some spectacular broaches & spinnakers flying out of controlfrom the top of masts were fairly commonplace, providing greatentertainment for other crews, onlookers & cameramen.

ABOVE: Start line action!

RIGHT: “Chihilli”. Skipper, Peter Hodgson &crew Dave Hodgson & Linda.

BELOW: “The Bumbo Boys on a beat!”. SkipperRandolph Verheij, Dave Martinsen, FrancoisBuitendach & Nicolas Prinsloo.

who very generously donated to back to the Mistral Class to be used byfuture ladies teams. Winner of the Genoa sponsored by Supa Sails & theMistral Class Association was the Herrero family.

Day Two race one, and the breeze held up to 30 knots for most of the day,dismasting the Mistral Zepherus shortly after the start of the 1st race.Bumbo with Randolph & crew sailed another perfect race to helpthemselves to yet another win, chased by Noel & Freude.

Day two, race two – another mast came down, this time Roger Saunders& Goofus (recently also lost a mast sailing a Kidd in Keelboat week). Theflawless record so far held by Bumbo & crew was still in tact with anotherwin over Freude & newly in third spot, Passat & Gerry Aab, who managedan improvement in the third race of the day to bag a 2nd spot, withBumbo still out in front, & 3rd to Chihili.

By the time the 4th race was started, the wind had strengthened andbattered boats & crew were feeling the bruises. Many retirementssignificantly shrunk the fleet to a group of “survivors”. At this time afew J 22 sailors were a little to keen on the start line & were all OCS,

Handing 2nd place to Passat with Chihili snatching another 3rd andwithout saying, Bumbo bagged another win.

The skippers could hardly believe it when hard working race officer BrianSutherland chose to sit tight & run a 5th race, even Noel was seen to bepleading with him to allow us to return to the shore & leave the wind toblow itself to sleep. Was not to be & yet another race got battering racegot underway, giving the Bumbo boys yet another opportunity to showtheir superior sail handling skills, leading from the front. This time ahard fought tussle for 2nd spot was going on between J22 sailor, Trevor

Hulleman on the helm Mal de Mar & Steve Thysse skipper of La DolceVita, with Trevor winning in the end, & Steve taking 3rd, bringing toclose a hard week-end of exhilarating racing.

And then ... - there was more! - the 2nd week end, believe it or not, thewind that bashed & battered the sailors the previous week-end, was backwith reinforcements! Stronger than ever to greet the fleet as the coursewas set for the 9th race of the regatta. A testament to the toughconditions, Passat became the third yacht to lose her mast. Despite thecontinued punishing conditions, the Bumbo boys kept up their winningperformance, now win number 9. With still strengthening winds, race10 provided yet another win for Bumbo & Randolph Verheij & crew, withChihili 2nd & Freude 3rd.

The Mistral Class 40th Anniversary Dinner function proved to be a reallywell supported event with great entertainment offered by the comedyduo “Abbot & Crabb”. Guest speaker Lex Raas & wife Carol brought outfrom the USA. Lex is son of the original Mistral designer & builder FredRaas. He presented a wonderful history of the Mistral yachts, much to thedelight of all present, sharing old family stories & photos from way backwhen. Other invited guests included SAS secretary Daphne Kasselman,Russell & Lorraine Dowse, Rosemarie & Julien Girard, Mick & JoRichardson, class sponsors Original Cocktails Beverly & Brian McCullen.Letters of well wishing were read out for all to hear.

The final day dawned without any respite from the tireless wind, it justkept blowing, to the absolute delight of the Bumbo boys who reveled inthe freshening conditions & completed their superior sweep of all 12races by winning the final three.

The Prize giving was well attended by all competitors to witnessRandolph Verheij (TYC) & his crew Dave Martinson (WYAC), (remind meto give u other 2crew names) being crowned the 40th NationalChampionship winners. Runner up by a single point over 3rd place wasNoel Abendroth with crew Kevin Lovell & Darryl Paiva, & stand in PeterLambert. 3rd by only a point was Chihilli & Peter Hodgson, with crewDave Hodgson & Linda.

Interclub trophy was won by TYC with a win, a 4th & a 5th.

1st Bulb Keel – won by Greg Outram with crew Aysha &Graham Genhold.

The Mistral Class awarded the trophy for the “Most dedicationto the Mistral Class” - to Daphne Kasselman.

Spectacularbroaches were

commonplace inthe strong winds

& testingconditions.

“Freude” crew,showing that if younot living on theedge you’re takingup too much space!

Two of theyounger crew(from theHerrerofamily), on“Rumbo”– clearlyenjoyingthemselves,one of theseyoungstersalso took aswim over -board, but wasunhurt, albeit a little wet! The familyrefurbed theboat together.

Rank Tally Boat SailNo HelmName CrewName R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Total Nett

1st 14 Liza 113 R Verheij D Martenson, F Buitendach 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 10

2nd 13 Freude 101 N Abendroth K Loufl, D Paiva 2 28.0 OCS 3 2 2 5 4 4 7 3 3 2 65 30

3rd 8 Chihili 59 PC Hodgson D Hodgson, Linda Lee 3 2 2 4 5 3 3 5 28.0 DNC 2 4 3 64 31

4th 26 La Dolce Vita 102 S Thysse R Watson, R Boower, H Kruger

11 7 9 5 10 7 7 3 3 4.5 2 4 72.5 51.5

5th 3 Nubee 26 G Outram G Genloud, A Genloud 12 10 11 11 8 10 28.0 OCS 8 5 7 6 7 123 83

6th 25 Moonraker 2 J Smith P Thompson 14 16 17 15 13 12 8 6 4 4.5 5 5 119.5 86.5

7th 15 Pegasus 97 S NewbyFraser

R Tolfts, A Tolfts 17 12 13 19 17 11 6 7 2 6 7 8 125 89

8th 20 Bullet 78 K Harvey R Havey, A Son 5 6 8 8 9 6 28.0 DNC 10 6 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 170 114

9th 10 Doc Jones 104/58 D Martinson T Clack, M Clack 13 11 28.0 DNC 20 15 28.0 OCS 9 12 8 11 9 10 174 118

10th 7 Rumbo 115 C Herrera I Harrera, C Herrera 18 17 14 14 22 28.0 DNC 2 11 28.0 DNC 9 10 9 182 126

11th 12 Noumea 109 M vd Walt Deon, Dominic, Megan Van Der Walt

9 8 4 7 7 8 5 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 188 132

12th 16 Mal De Mer 3 T Hulleman L Woods, Amanda 6 4 5 6 14 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 2 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 205 149

13th 17 Nixt 1113 W Hautmann M Houtmann, R Gurney 7 3 7 9 11 9 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 214 158

14th 11 Passat 66 J Aab A Van Zyl 4 5 28.0 DNC 13 3 2 28.0 OCS 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 223 167

15th 5 Zephrus 1101 Y vd Vyver S Kemsley, A Foden 23 15 22 22 28.0 DNF 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 9 28.0 DNC 8 8 6 225 169

16th 19 Lady Anne 74 G Baker Shaun Gurnel, Nevam Lucas 10 28.0 OCS 10 10 4 4 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 234 178

17th 18 Rhusus Alpha 1 D Scorey V Henry, S Richmond 8 28.0 DNF 6 3 6 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 247 191

18th 9 Borderer/Geenmeilie

123 D Myles Mathet, D Myles Jnr 28.0 DNC 20 18 23 20 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 10 11 11 253 197

19th 4 Mclallie 25 K Magill G Magill 15 9 12 12 12 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 256 200

20th 2 Sunchaser 23 F Spies M Visser, D Boniface 16 18 19 16 16 14 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 267 211

21st 21 Nunu 62 P Lambert J Close, R Henderson, M Gruar

25 28.0 DNC 20 17 19 13 10 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 272 216

22nd 6 Joy Ride 75 T Cronix J Coninx, G Smit 22 13 16 21 18 15 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 273 217

23rd 24 Goofus 81 R Saunders L Saunders, W Saunders 21 14 15 18 28.0 DNF 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 292 236

24th 23 Fleuret 10 S Du Toit S Knight, 20 21 23 24 21 28.0 DNF 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 305 249

25th 27 Spirit 76 A Pearson 0 19 19 21 25 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 308 252

26th 1 Verdante 21 D Spykerman V Spykerman, D Spykerman 24 28.0 DNF 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 332 276

27th 22 Easy Rider 96 K Mcgill I Skinner 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 336 280

40th Annual Mistral NationalsDeneysville Aquatic Club – Vaal Dam

Final results – Sailed: 12, Discards: 2, To count: 10, Entries: 27, Scoring system: Appendix A

LEFT: Lady Skipper trophy winner, JennySmith (LDYC) with crew – the experiencedPaul Thompson (DAC) & Arthur Betts –sailing “Moonraker”, kindly loaned to theclass by owner Mike Fonda.

RIGHT: “Bumbo” – Liza showing her class.

Many yachtschose a moreconservativeapproach tocope with theblusteryconditions.

RIGHT:“Passat”

showing theblustery

conditions thatbattered &bruised &

broke the fleet– she lost hermast shortly

after this photowas taken ...

The Mistral 40th Anniversary dinner was a lovely eveningenjoyed by all. Mistral wives – Padi, Sue, Carey & Cilla assistedLiz Brae (DAC) with the table and room decorations.

Second place: “Freude”, Noel Abendroth & crew. Noel alsowon the “King of the Mistrals” award.

Left to right: Lex Raas, son of original Mistral designer & builder, with Mistral class Chairman Noel Abendroth & First Lady Skipper, winner of the Daphne Kasselman trophy,Jenny Smith – skipper of “Moonraker”.

Winning crew “Bumbo Boys”, with the Championship trophy.Randolph Verheij (TYC) holding the trophy, with his delightedcrew, Dave Martinsen, Francois Buitendach & Nicolas Prinsloo.

1st Lady skipper inaugural trophy donated by Daphne Kasselman waswon by Jenny Smith, sailing “Moonraker”, helming a Mistral for the 1sttime with crew Richard Sprawson & Arthur Betts on the 1st week-end &replacement crew Paul Thompson on the 2nd week-end.

Most improved Skipper prize was awarded to Junior Dominique v/d Walt.

“King of the Mistrals” trophy was awarded to Noel Abendroth.

Race officer Brian Sutherland was presented with a gift of a weekend fortwo at Hotel Numbi, Hazyview, for his contribution to the success of theregatta, a lovely touch by regatta organisers.

This is theview the rest

of the fleet gotused to seeing

– the transomof “Bumbo-

Liza”, winnerof all 12 races.

Thank you’s must go to the sponsors: Original Cocktails, KTHProperties, Klinger SA, Davidoff Cool Water, Supasails, NorthSails, Carl Bechem Africa, 1st Car Rental, Hotel Numbi-Hazyview,David Myles, Quarterdeck Restaurant and Aquaboating Supplies.

And to all those generous owners who loaned their boats to helpmake this a memorable regatta.

Not forgetting the mark laying expert, Andrew Brown & the shorecrews who run the bar & kitchen contributing to the overall successof the event.

A special mention must be made of the dedication & commitmentshown by Mistral Class Chairman, and DAC rear commodore NoelAbendroth, who worked tirelessly chasing sailors & Mistrals formonths to the extent that his family thought he had left them!, –to ensure the success of this regatta – it was all worth it !

By Lex Raas, son of Fred Raas, picturedabove.

2011 dawned as an interesting one formyself, I was signed on for a 1 yearsabbatical in my career, first time I was notworking since I turned 15. That makes it 41years of being honored to have beeninvolved in some of the best boating brandsin the world, Beneteau and more recentlyleading “The Moorings” and “Sunsail”teams globally. Prior to joining theInternational arena I was also honored tohave built many boats in SA for example:The Mistral class, Sweet Pea class, L26class (under license in the Cape), Stadt 23class (under license in the Cape), Archangel(second in World One Ton Cup), ThreeSpears (winner of many SA races), Charger33 class, Fuel Free (Lipton Cup Winner),Royal Flush (World Champion Quarter TonCup) amongst many other boats. I was trulyhonored and proud to have been part of theSouth African sailing scene and to this dayextremely honored to have been awardedSpringbok colors for the South Africanteams effort on Gwaap in 1976. Morerecently I was also very honored to havehelped build the Robertson and Cainecompany into a global player for producing

amongst the best catamarans in the world.In summary I look back on my associationwith the South African yachting industrywith pride and accomplishment, I really didlearn the ropes of the industry in SA andwas lucky enough to have been able to jointhe International arena.

Back to my sabbatical, it was onebeautiful day here in Florida earlier thisyear when I received an e-mail from NoelAbendroth inviting my wife Carol andmyself to attend the Mistral 40thCelebration. It was just one of those invitesthat I did not have to think very hard about.Here was the opportunity to visit the VaalDam where my career started and meet theincredible folks that keep the Mistral classthriving. A couple of calls and e-mails later,Carol and I headed out to SA and then on toDeneysville. It would be approximately 25years since I delivered a boat to the VaalDam which was the First Class 8 fromBeneteau. Carol and I sold over 50Beneteau’s to various folks in SA between1980 and 1985. We successfully raced theFirst 345 First Lady in Durban and CapeTown during this period.

Forward 25 years and, quite clearly, thedam had changed from what I remember, araised wall and a nearly full dam greeted

us. Those roads that went around the edgeof the dam where I used to charge almostout of control on my Yamaha 400cscrambler motor bike were no longer there,disappeared under water. Many roads hadnow been tarred and I was older, a lotolder... We drove over to DAC so that weknew how to get there on Saturday morningand then headed over to Rosemary andJulien Girard where we had booked to stayfor the weekend. What a delight to see themboth. Julien and I worked together at TritonSailing Center for a couple of years. We allenjoyed trading stories of the early days atthe Dam and the Mistral class.

It was at this point that I looked backon how the Vaal Dam sailing and moreimportantly for this occasion how theMistral evolved and what made this such agreat boat that it is still raced actively 40years later, one can travel the globe but itis only on rare occasions that one will seethis. Amazing!

In the early 60’s, I was at boardingschool in Vereeniging when my father FredRaas started the Triton Sailing Center, firstas a sailing school and then into a smallboat yard. It is interesting to recall thatfolks like the Lanham-Love boys, GerardAab and many others started sailing at

Mistral, the Yacht that has stood the test of time.

Mistral, the Yacht that has stood the test of time.

Fred Raas, Mistral designer/boat builder with the first mould of a Mistral yacht.

Triton. Fred started building various oneoffs first, the Waarschip which was really aJOG (Junior Offshore Group) which wasthe forerunner of the Quarter Ton Class. Acouple of Piver 27 ft Trimarans. It was atthis point that Fred started dabbling withthe design of the Mistral, a few modelswere built and eventually the design wassettled on. In the meantime, for variousreasons, I dropped out of school (at 15...sail, build boats or study?) and attended theUniversity of Deneysville majoring insmall town politics and Orange Free Statecommerce first hand.

The amount of keelboats on Vaaldamcould be counted on one hand, there wasone electric light on the dam wall and thephone system was the wind up one on aparty line and you heard “nommerasseblief”. On other occasions, the heavybreathing or the barking dogs of other folksin town could be heard over the phonesignaling bored folks eaves dropping onescalls. Really made for interesting businessdiscussions and a perfect way to pass onbad information. Yes, this was a small townin the OFS with all the drama andinteresting folks one would expect. Toname a few, Ron Steward, YnzeSchrauwen, the Gargetts, the leNobles, the

Bakkers, the Raas’s and so it went on. To recall some of the interesting boats

on the dam in the early days, there wasDiana, 30 ft trimaran owned by FrankWheeldon, Julien reminded me of theconverted second world war rescue boatthat was owned by Aubrey Sussons, BillDonelly and his Bucanneer. And so it wenton, the boats were as interesting as theirowners. I can go on and on about the boatsand characters but I will jump to the veryfirst production sail boat in South Africabeing the Vivacity. These were introducedby Gargett and built by son in law RonSteward.The first ten were sold by Fred andthen there was a bust up between EI Marineand Triton Sailing Center (more preciselyGargett and Fred). This is what probablydrove the Mistral to fruition.

Ponjaart was the prototype Mistralcompleted by Fred and myself and was outthe box a rocket ship astounding everyone.Winning overall the Round the Island Race,I crossed the finish line with a Soling sailedby Don Ord. The Mistral was born and in afew months production was in full swing.The Mk1 Mistral was molded by DickManten in Boksburg and then transportedto Deneysville for completion. The Mk 2soon followed when the entire boat was

molded and built at Triton Sailing Center(now known as Manten Marina). This wasa family affair. Designed by Fred, boat,keel and rig built by myself and a smallteam, one of the most interesting facets wasthat the sails and all cushions were made byPatricia Raas right at Triton Sailing Center.Yes a true one stop shop for the Mistral.What was amazing was that at one stage aMistral was produced every week, startingout for the Mk1 at a princely price ofR1 999. The boom of sailing at Vaaldamhad kicked in. While visiting Julien lastmonth we calculated that in the early 70’s,between Triton Sailing Center, EI Marineand Henry Vink Boatbuilders there was onaverage 15 brand new boats being launchedevery month on the dam. In total about 140Mistrals had been built between 1971 and1977 which is when I moved to CapeTown. It is fair to say that between theBakkers, Tommy Grootjans, Petro Jonker,Ryan Smolderen, Gerard Aab, vanRooyens, Coblenz’s, Steve Meek, myselfand various other folks, Mistrals won everysingle regatta and race on Vaal Dam,normally taking the full podium of topplaces.

With a team of Jurgen Coblenz, GerardAab and myself we traveled to Cape Town

Mistral, the Yacht that has stood the test of time.

Celebrating 40 years...

and won Class 2 Rothmans Week. This wasprobably the first ever inland entry to win aregatta in Cape Town. The Mistral was thefirst boat to sport rod rigging (the CapeYachties referred to it as fence wire....)however this was one example of how Fredpushed us to innovate and be creative.Mistral 50 travelled to Sweden for theWorld Quarter Ton Cup. I was not part ofthe crew however Fred, Patricia, GerardAab and a few others made a greatshowing. For Fred and Patricia, just beingthere was an accomplishment in itself. Itwas unbelievable for the Int competitors tosee a boat designed, built including rig,sails etc by a family. The race committeeawarded Fred the Viking Trophy for hisspirit of adventure and perseverance. Thisbrings me to mention how Fred ended upin South Africa, having been a youngster ina Japanese prisoner of war camp inIndonesia, the family relocated to Hollandat the end of the war. On completing hisstudies, Fred and my mom decided to finda place similar to Indonesia in Africa.Travel the conventional way... not a chancefor Fred! He bought a convertible FordMercury (two-wheel drive) and headedSouth from Holland. Taking two yearscrossing the Sahara and the rest of Africahe ended up in the Transvaal. In 1952 thiswas unheard of but, was accomplished,quite a celebrity appearing on the frontpage of many car magazines around theworld.

Back to Deneysville last month...Saturday dawned and Carol and myselfheaded over to DAC, we were greeted byNoel and many other friendly faces, alleager to get out racing on their Mistrals. AsI wandered around the Mistrals thememories came flooding back, the keeldesigns, the deep rudders, the aero dynamicmast section designed by Fred, the narrowbut flat run off aft, the fittings that we madeat Triton still working. I even saw somesails that Patricia made. A sense of pridewas setting in, I had never thought back onthe Mistral as I did that morning and howmuch they taught me, how advanced ourthinking and execution had been for theearly 70’s. I remembered the numerousarguments at Yacht Club pubs wherepundits claimed that keel boats could notplane downwind. The Mistral planed offthe wind back in those days as did theRCOD. However the challenge waskeeping the Mistral pointed in the rightdirection and not wiping out. Clearly,anyone that could sail a Mistral in strongwinds with the chute up was anaccomplished yachtee and would be able tohold their own at high levels of sailing. Thiswas not for the faint at heart.

Noel had kindly offered us a chase boatto be able to watch the racing, I was sopumped, I could get out there and take picsof these wonderful small keelboats, butmore importantly I could get pics of thewonderful folks that sail the Mistral today,this was a real treat. We were treated withsome strong winds and it soon remindedme how these boats sailed with a good crewcould really get up and go. We were alltreated by Randolph and his excellent crewto a perfect down wind run, popping on tothe plane in the puffs and managing to saildeep without broaching. Randolph and hiscrew were a joy to watch making theMistral perform at its best.

That evening Noel and his Mistral teamarranged for a wonderful dinner, there werevarious speeches, incredibly touching to mewere the letters written by various leadersin the industry about the Mistral class andthe Raas family. Thank you to Rick Nankin,Rob, Richard Crockett and a few others thatrecalled the early days of the Mistral andthe impact this little boat and those thatsailed on her had on sailing in South Africa.The Mistral is a class steeped in history,pride, innovation, trail blazing and aboveall character, this was all on display thatwonderful evening as the spirit is intact.

I thank the Mistral folks as I washonored to represent the Raas family at this40th Anniversary, I know that all thosefrom the Raas family across the globe,Patricia, Marjolein, Andrew and Moniquefrom Australia shared the pride with Caroland I. Fred passed away in 2006 and I alsoknow he was looking down on everyonethat evening with a big smile on his face.

On behalf of the Raas family I want tothank every owner of a Mistral for their

efforts, these are old ladies of the dam andneed their care and attention. Thank you allso much, it is only because of all of you thatthe Mistral has stood the test of time!

There are so many goals that we ashuman beings strive to achieve in life, oneof the most important is to leave a legacy, Iam so proud of my Dad that he has trulycreated a Legacy that has already stood thetest of time.

Go Mistral, see you all at the 50th!

Mistral, the Yacht that has stood the test of time.

The late Fred Raas, fondly rememberedby family and friends.

The first Mistrals sailing on the Vaal Dam with Triton sails & all!

First mould of a Mistral yacht.

Position Boat Name Skipper Sail # Type Club

1 — M Vijverberg 808 M23 PNYC

2 Azzurii 505 M Biaggio 7493 505 PSC

3 Agattu T Burger SIN700 JS900 LDYC

4 Sea Quill D Reeve 1170 S34 PNYC

5 Free Spirit R Boyes — K23 PNYC

6 Dream One I Harvey 2284 VIVACITY SPYC

7 Bayete M Schutte 194 J27 PNYC

8 Tarka R Baines 9 S22 PNYC

9 Sting J Opperman 69 Microsail PNYC

10 DNF Sophia G Williams 18 Nimbus PNYC

10 RTD Catcha Booga G de Vries SA3586 Carribea 28 PNYC

Third place (& Keelboat winners): Tielman Burger, Alet Smith and Henk van der Walt.

Above: First overall (&Catatmaran winner):Michiel Vijverberg withdaughter Eline and sonJonas Vijverberg.

Right: Second place (& Dinghy winners):

Mark Biaggio and crew,Duncan Stevenson.

The annual PNYC Endurance Race took place on15th October 2011, hosted by Pennant Nine YachtClub.The course was a long one. Starting in the middle of the ‘PNYC’ Bay,then the Game Breeders fixed mark, PNYC mark, back through the gate(start line) on to Big Bend, (also a Vaal Dam fixed mark), back throughthe gate. All marks to be left to Starboard. This course was repeatedfor the duration of the race.

There were 11 entries including a JM23 Trimaran, a 505, JS9000 &seven other keelboats. The Trimaran completed nine laps of thecourse, skippered by Michiel Vijverberg, she went flying along in thegood breeze & lapped all the other boats early in the race.

The forecast was 10 – 12 knots gusting 14 – 16 knots, winds of 7 – 14knots were measured, gusting up to 26 knots, with relatively clear skies.Later in the afternoon some threat of thunderstorms emerged butregular communication with NSRI (Dicky Manten) indicated that theywould be intermittent and localised.

The 505, Azzuri, skippered by Mark Biaggio, had an exiting but roughsail at times, enduring (sic!) three capsizes in the gusts but werenonetheless determined to fly their spinnaker. Great perseverance wasshown by Mark & crew Duncan Stevenson as they were intent upongiving the sports boats some competition, eventually showing in theresults despite their unplanned dips in the drink!

Catchabooga, skippered by Graham de Vries, suffered a casualty. Theysaw the gusts coming and prepared to reef their mainsail. A wildsquall hit them from nowhere and their genoa wasripped beyond repair. They sensibly chose toreturn to shore, to sail another day.

Another casualty was skipper Greg Williams aboard the NimbusSophia. Right after the start, he tugged a little to hard on a sheet andpulled his shoulder out of joint. (a very painful injury indeed). Sophiasadly had to retire, fortunately Greg’s shoulder was alright, yet he wasstill suffering the after effects.

The race time limit was set at six hours, reasonable for an Endurancerace. The October winds were very generous, no one could havewished for any better. Skippers and crews were surely felt that theyhad sailed a full day, in doing a minimum of four laps over a longcourse (±3,5 miles per lap), in gusting conditions.

The experienced race officer, Martin Smit, was a little concerned whenthere was lightning in the air and the wind strengthened, gusting up to25 knots and more. He made a sensible decision to call the last lapafter the leading boat, the Trimaran, had completed nine laps in a timeof four hours and 26 minutes, with consideration for the rest of thefleet, some of whom were averaging an hour or so per lap, as theywere still to come home within the time limit.

The last boat, Sting, skippered by Jake Opperman, completed 5 lapsin five hours and 39 minutes, coming in just before the six hour cutoff.Having had a great race all round, Jake was unfortunate when herounded Big bend for the last time, coming down to the finish, whenthe wind suddenly died. He was left drifting around in a hole for awhile until the wind picked up sufficiently to bring him home safely.

The Trimaran proved too fast for the JS9000 sports boat and the 505,– the three of them were in a race all of their own for line honours, inthe three different classes.

Thank you all the competitors, race officer Martin Smit and to Grahamde Vries who put a lot of hard work into the organising the event.Many thanks to to everyone who assisted behind the scenes to makethis event a huge success for PNYC.

Results of all the yachts taking part

Boat name Sail # Class Club Skipper H'capElapsed Time Elapsed Time Corrected

Time Position Pointshrs mins sec secs

Race 1

Bonaventure 54 Bucc. PNYC J Edwards 0.785 1 40 52 6052 4751 1 1

Sofia 18 Nimbus PNYC J Smith 0.860 1 38 30 5910 5083 2 2

Genevieve 27 S23 PNYC Erica Chiappero 0.880 1 40 28 6028 5305 3 3

Lazey Daze 17 K'wyn PNYC L Webb 0.735 2 4 0 7440 5468 4 4

Unruly 11 P27 DAC M. Gibson 1.080 1 24 48 5088 5495 5 5

SA267 29er M de Pontes 0.935 1 43 38 6218 5814 6 6

Tarka 9 S22 PNYC J de Lange 0.850 1 55 43 6943 5902 7 7

Sea Quill SA1170 S34 PNYC R. Reeve 0.930 1 47 17 6437 5986 8 8

808 M23 E Vijverberg 1.220 1 22 49 4969 6062 9 9

Catcha Booga 1 Carr.28 PNYC N de Vries 0.840 2 3 35 7415 6229 10 10

PENNANT NINE YACHT CLUB, Saturday – 26 November, VAAL DAMby Martin Smit.

Thank you to Martin Smit for sending SailPowerSA this article, and results. Notonly did Martin do this for his club, he did the briefing, ran the bridge singlehanded. Presented the prizes, and sent us the photos as well, taken by commodoreVince Chiappero.

The annual Pennant Nine Yacht Club Ladies Race was held on 26 November 2011with an improved entry list of nine entries from previous years, with seven local(PNYC) entries, one of which was skippered by the only LDYC visitor, Jenny Smith,and three visiting yachts.

The visitors were the regular Pacer 27, Unruly, from DAC, with Margie Gibson onthe helm, the M23 of Michael Vijverberg, helmed by daughter Eline Vijverberg,and a 29’er of Jonas Vijverberg, helmed by novice Marian de Pontes.

PNYC yachts included Catcha Booga (Carribea 28) – Nancy de Vries, Bonaventure(Buccaneer) – Judith Edwards, Sofia (Nimbus PNYC) – Jenny Smith (LDYC),Genevieve (S23) – Erica Chiappero, Lazey Daze (Kelkiewyn) – Lesley Webb, Tarka(S22) – Jo-Anne de Lange, and Sea Quill (S34) – Renata Reeve.

With the wind forecast at a good 6 – 7 knots north-west to westerly, it promisedto be ideal winds. A triangular course was laid to accommodate the variation inboats competing and sailing angles and everything set to go, and the race started.

The Vaal Dam wind Queen decided that it was time to switch wind directions,with a lull before slowly switching to a light to non-existent north-easterly thatsome competitors battled to cross the start line. The Nimbus Sophia & the Pacer27 were the first to cross the start line & take advantage of some invisible breeze.

Thankfully the breeze filled in a bit, more from a northerly direction, and the tailenders were also able to get going.

The steady 6 – 7 knots forecast was never really there, with the wind fluctuatingbetween 2 – 6 knots at best, eventually steadying to 5 – 6 knots towards theend. This prompted the bridge to shorten the race to two laps in order to finishbefore dusk.

The faster, lighter weight M23 and Pacer 27 had a really good ding-dong aroundthe course, predictably finishing well ahead of the other yachts, with the M23taking line honours by just a couple of minutes. The 29’er with rookie Marian dePontes on the helm finished a good third place over the line.

Meanwhile, the rest of the fleet yachts were having their own race, spinnakers &gennakers flying, with the Nimbus, Sofia owned by Greg Williams & skippered byvisiting lady sailor, Jenny Smith from LDYC, finishing two minutes ahead ofGenevieve the Stadt 23, sailed by Erica Chiappero, in turn pipping Bonaventure &Judith Edwards by seconds.

As usual, the results on handicap reflected a totally different picture! The lighter,faster boats could not quite pull it of with the initial light and variable windsexperienced, and the final result on Handicap was as follows:

First: Judith Edwards – Bonaventure (Buccaneer) & crew – husband, NormanEdwards (PNYC).Second: Jenny Smith (LDYC), Sofia (Nimbus PNYC), & crew – Greg Williams(owner), Glen Parry & Richard Sprawson (VCA).Third: Erica Chiappero – Genevieve (S23), (PNYC) & crew – husband, VincentChiappero.Fourth: Leslie Webb – Lazey Daze (Kelkiewyn), (PNYC).

Fifth: Margie Gibson – Unruly (Pacer 27), (DAC).

A scrumptious dinner consisting of liver paté & melba toast/biscuits, fillet steakwith garlic roast potato & salads and ice cream & chocolate sauce was preparedby Commodore Vince Chiappero & wife Erica, the steak was grilled to order bySafety Officer Eddie Wiffler and Vice Commodore Graham de Vries, followed bypleasant social evening.

A big thank you goes to all the sponsors, including the private sponsors, as wellas the competitors for their sportsmanship, and Gordon Hewitt with the marklaying.

Footnote: This race is great fun to sail in, and the folk at Pennant Nine put in a lotof effort to make visitors feel welcome, hopefully next year we will see many morevisiting yachts support the event. – Ed.

Martin Smit – PNYC Rearcommodore, also multi-

tasking Race Officer.

Nancy & Graham de Vries –Treasurer & Vice Commodore

sailed “Catchabooga”.

Third: Erica Chiappero &crew (husband) Vince,Commodore of PNYC.

First: Judith & crew husband, NormanEdwards (PNYC).

Second: Jenny Smith (LDYC)& crew – boat owner, GregWilliams (PNYC), Glen Parry(first time racing) & RichardSprawson (VCA).

First place: Fastboys – Mike Giles, Alistair Fraser & James Hellstrom.

A total of 17 races were completedwith the final results as follows:

Second place: The Lemon Party – Marcus Proglie, Shane Elliot

& Kelly Godfrey.

F-up trophy: The Heavies – Don Tain, Hein Bruwer & Christ Rimbault.

Best Dressed Team: KYC Chiefs – RosieFinn, Andrew Finn & Chic Ramsay.

F180’s turnslow ... into fast!by Nikki Smit

The small town of Sedgefield in theGarden Route may have recently beenawarded slow town status, but there wasnothing slow about the F180 matchracing which took place at the newlyrefurbished Pine Lake Marine resort onthe banks of the Swartvlei Estuary.Under New ownership, Pine Lake marina proved tobe the perfect venue for a weekend of fast competitivesailing where tactics definitely seemed to be the orderof the day. Sailors and family members were greetedby perfect weather as they readied themselves for aweekend of jam-packed action. The great valueaccommodation, fabulous restaurant and safebeaches, made it a weekend that the whole familycould enjoy.

Friday saw teams registering as well as giving thosewho so wished, a chance to acquaintance themselveswith, and to practice their skills on the F180, prior tothe race start on Saturday. 12 teams attended thebriefing which took place in the beautifully locatedCutty Sark Restuarant overlooking the course onSwartvlei, which was later rounded off with awonderful braai at De Vette Mossel Restaurant atPine Lake.

Saturday dawned a perfect day for sailing. Once theSkippers briefing was dealt with, the first race of theday kicked off at 10am. Competition was fun, butalso fierce with crews trying to outsmart the opponenttactically before even crossing the start line, supplyingthe spectators with nonstop action and enter tainment.It also gave competitors with less experience in theMatch racing scene, a chance to sharpen up theirskills and knowledge of not only the rules, but theclever tactics used by the more experienced boats!

Crews were ferried to and from the race boats byrubber duck making the turnaround time betweenraces, fast and efficient as well as making it very social.The winners of the Round Robin pool Races were asfollows: 1. The Lemon Party, Pool A.2. Fast Boys, Pool B.3. Mountain Goats, Pool C.4. Knysna Rescuers, Pool D.

The Semi-final was held between The Lemon Partyvs Mountain Goats with The Lemon Party taking thewin and the second race between Fastboys vs KnysnaRescuers with the Fastboys victorious. The final wasset to be a hard but exciting race with the winnertaking the best of three races.

The first race was won by The Lemon Party but thenthe Fastboys proved to be just too fast taking the nexttwo races and therefore earning themselves the topstep of the podium.

Race organiser James Turner would like to extend histhanks to the following for help and contributions tothe race:

Knysna Yacht Club, Pinelake Marina, Cutty Sarkand De Vette Mossel for the wonderful venue, anduse of their boat for the race umpire. To DesFitzhenry Umpire boat, to all the sailors that helpedout on Umpiring, Dudley Isaac for the course, IanPrice and Kevin Reed for Bridge Duty, and MartinEls for operating the transfer boat. In the office,Drienie van Heerden, for acting as race secretarywith Don Tait as race officer.

The F180 match racing event was made possible bythe following sponsors: Fluid Yachts, Pine LakeMarina, Cutty Sark and De Vette Mossel restaurants,Harken, North Sails, Rip Tide Motors, Paragonscreen printing, BOATBIZ and Crystic Resins.

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Nimbus 29 foot. Year: 1980. In very good condition,priced for a quick sale. Well-maintained andincludes many improvements such as electrictoilet, new cd player, braai and refurbished in2009 (new windows, all wood re-varnished, cabinpainted). Includes great sailing boat for Vaaldam. Instruments need some work. R85 000.Shaun 082 455 1334. Jhb.

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Saddler 26 ft “Carousel”. R140 000. Steve Botes082 871 5066. PNYC, Vaal Dam.

Hobie Cat 16 foot. Sails and trailer included.R15,000 neg. 076 331 7047.

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Hookon 176 Bass Boat. River Ranger 176 with 150V6 Yamaha. Tournament ready. R115 000.082 921 3923. Jhb.

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Heavy-duty (twin) jet-ski trailer. Black. R12 000.Jacques 082 574 4613. Pretoria.

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