Knysna Yacht Club 2015/ 2016 CALENDAR of EVENTS
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Knysna Yacht Club 2015/ 2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTS www.knysnayachtclub.com facebook.com/knysnayachtclub COMMODORE’S MESSAGE The Knysna Yacht Club is one of the biggest, and dare I say, one of the nicest yacht clubs in the country and it is indeed an honour and a privilege to have been elected as its Commodore for the year. Building a club like this does not happen overnight. It takes years of dedication from both Committee and general members. The previous Committee, under Jim Parke’s wing, did enormous amounts of work at the club. I would like to see that we can take it even further. We have had great success over this past year amongst our sailors. We had various participants who were successful in their age groups and we are very proud of what they have achieved. I would like to thank each and every one of them as they proudly continue to represent Knysna Yacht Club. Andrew Finn has done a magnificent job with the sailing and I would, on behalf of everyone at the club, like to thank him for all the hours and the dedication he has put in. It is wonderful to see all the water sports come together at the club - from sailors all the way through to SUP boarders. We have very successful boat and canoe builders in town and prominent sailors as members at the Knysna Yacht Club. It is a place where all these families get together and enjoy themselves. The Canoe section has grown immensely and it is lovely to see all the canoeists and their families on the water on a Tuesday afternoon. Here I would like to thank Paul Dugmore and his committee for all that they have done for the club and on all that they have achieved. This Calendar is for all KYC members. It highlights many of the achievements by members of the club and general information regarding the running of the club but more importantly, it is a guide to all the sailing events for the upcoming season. We have tried to put in as much information as possible. Please come along and enjoy the events with us. For the more serious sailors, there is an ISAF booklet of rules available at the office. The Restaurant is continually trying to keep up with member requests. We have invested in some new equipment and this will hopefully assist us with dealing with the busy days. Our staff, both in the restaurant and behind the bar, are there to assist at all times. If there are any problems, please do not hesitate to contact us anytime or write it down in the book and we will try our level best to resolve the issue. A very big thank you to each and everyone who contributes to the club in his or her own way. It assists us in making our club as special as it is. We have amazing facilities, so lets make good use of them. Regards Albert Lombaard Peace of mind of utmost importance! Lombkor is an independent brokerage, licenced with the Financial Services Board as an accredited Financial Services Provider as well as the Medical Aid Board. We specialize in life insurance, short term insurance (commercial, personal, avaition & marine), Investments, medical aids and property management. By representing most of the larger insurance companies, we are able to offer above average service to all our clients. PO Box 742, Knysna, 6570, South Africa Tel: 044 382 6008 | Fax: 044 382 0040 Albert Lombard 082 882 8159 [email protected] www.lombkor.co.za A KALEIDOSCOPE OF KYC HIGHLIGHTS 2014/2015 A Warm welcome to our Annual Club Calender. History is made: this is the 1st year that our Calender is electronic! Enjoy the literary-cruise through some of the Club’s memorable occasions and some of the many achievements of our Club members during the year as well as other handy Club information for your reference. As part of our annual town’s Oyster Festival in 2014 our Canoe Polo section hosted a very successful CANOE POLO TOURNAMENT and beat the team from Cape Town in the finals. On 27th July 6 of our Junior sailors took part in the 5-day RS TERA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS that Knysna Yacht Club was proud to host at Swartvlei. They each gave a good account of themselves and the international sailing standard and the President of the International RS-Tera Class, with his international panel of judges, enjoyed breakfast at KYC. August saw a young Junior crew sailing under the KYC banner, with John Young as Skipper, in the Lipton Challenge Cup 2014. They sailed under conditions varying from very light winds to 45 knot gusts – great learning curve for these Juniors. The K2 Green Kalahari Canoe Marathon took place on the Orange River - friendly Northern Cape hospitality, excellent food, nice campsites and KYC Team with Jim Parks: Mzukisi wonderful scenery in August between Upington and Augrabies. The low Mayathi, Aphendule Maneli, Sanele level of the river made it quite technical and saw a number of broken Magqasa, Sakhumzi Funda, JP Kriel, boats. Knysna paddlers Norman Frost and Paul Dugmore placed 3rd in Sara Young their age group. Pictured at the Opening Ceremony (from left): Bruce McCurrach (Team Manager), John-Marc Olivier, Ashleigh Hellstrom, John Young, Sage Pretorius, Seth & Sara Young Lipton last day THE OPENING CRUISE saw lots of action on the water and virtually no space left on the deck to squeeze another body in. Tea and cake was, as always, enjoyed by all, thanks to Mrs Parkes and the Galley staff. Our SPRING PARTY was a huge success with the sounds of DJ Lou keeping us dancing ‘til late! We kept Lovemore very busy behind the bar and enjoyed the fabulous Strawberry Daiquiris. Our visiting French Yachtie regaled us for many months with his delightful repertoire of piano melodies until he left in June 2015. The Breede River K2 Canoe Marathon saw a number of boats damaged and many upturned canoes and swimmers. Only 201 boats finished Hermann Paris and Good melodies to with Neil and Di Steenkamp the top placed Francisco Pedro work by Knysna combo in 76th position. The FOUNDERS TROPHY, our first Sailing race of the Season, had a good fleet of Lasers and Tera’s on the water with the CLUB CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP podium positions contested between David Shilton and Dudley Isaacs – great to see them on the water! THE ANNUAL BARTS BASH, on 21st September, saw 21 South African Clubs taking part, with an international entry of some 20 000 people. It set a new Guinness World Record as the Largest Sailing Race ever held. Bart’s Bash was very colourful to watch from the shore-side and attracted a lot of different sailors to take part for a good cause. THE DEWAR SHIELD was only raced on 1 Saturday due to bad weather – the month of October seeing varied sailing conditions but a busy Restaurant. Cundell Statt and his Adventure School Juniors started sailing from the Club which, together with Mike Pogodin’s Junior sailors, saw a greater fleet of competitive young sailors taking part in the Club Competitions. The Spring weather patterns were not conducive to great sailing on a regular basis and with the extremely high Spring tide our Keelboats were limited to many tacks and gybes between the Pictured from left: Ethan Thorne, Gareth sandbanks! We did see who the hard-core sailors Cairncross, Mike Pogodin, Ryan Steenkamp were - surprising us with their enthusiasm and and Ashley Cairncross who sail on a pure pleasure for the sport! Wednesday afternoon. Our Asche’s Honesty Library grew with a great selection of good novels, sailing books, sailing disciplines and non-fiction travels. Thank you to all who donate to this library. Part of this library includes our Photographic files from our Visiting Yachties and a pictoral History of the Knysna Yacht Club from photos found and donated. The Club Enterprise was refurbished and the Club is the proud owner of a pristine Enterprise – thank you for your dedication Maarten Visser and all who helped you. The inaugural KYC OKTOBERFEST began the month of October and we enjoyed delicious authentic German fair and local craft beers. I do believe the photo’s speak louder than words! Our Club members also held an ART & CRAFT EXHIBITION with a show of art painting, fibre art, bags, beads, organic toiletries, photography and cards. October was a winning month at KYC with both the RUGBY POT and KYC FRIDAY DRAW being won by very happy members. The Southern Regional Championship was sailed at Mossel Bay with Sanele Magqaza being placed 2nd in the Tera Pro fleet and Apendule Maneli 3rd. A relative newcomer, Geoff and Lew at the JP Kriel of the Knysna Sea Cadets, achieved 3rd place in the Tera Sport fleet. beer fest At home the PARKES CUP was enjoyed by the fleet, both on and off the water! Pictured with Mike Pogodin in Mossel Bay: At the back is Bhekumuzi Hani, in the front: Lukhanyo Papa, Magqaza Sanele, Sibusiso Mangolothi, JP Kriel, Maneli Aphenduli. Parkes’ Cup winners The 2014 Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon in October was another exciting race with the river running at a slightly higher level for the 1200 entries - bigger rapids! Our own K3 team of Trevor and Jennifer Niksch and Chris Stubbs’ race ended halfway through Day 1 when they were unable to free their boat trapped by the force of the water and had to abandon it. Ron Godfrey, Greg Chauncey and Kaylie Beers also suffered bad damage to their boats.