8987 EIDC_Dest_Sail 4/29/16 1:37 PM Page 2 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K SAIL SAIL SAIL ROYAL CAPE YACHT CLUB CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA 2015/16 Racing Season THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION ROYAL CAPE YACHT CLUB CAPE YACHT ROYAL VOL N VOL O 7 | 2015/2016 WWW.RCYC.CO.ZA Composite SAIL WELCOME RCYC hat a season! RCYC has once again provided a broad range of sailing events, made up of a few new-format regattas and some freshly revived older ones. Most importantly, all of Wthese boast a lively and healthy approach to our sport. In this issue of Sail, we’ve dedicated many more pages to our Contents local and club sailing events. These stories show the variety of regattas available along with the extensive social events on offer. In fact, if you look at the sailing calendar (page 58), you’ll see there’s barely a weekend free! The full calendar ensures the RCYC Sailing Offi ce is always busy, and keeps the functions and F&B teams on their feet. These staff are not only on top of their game, they go the extra mile to provide a full and healthy offering to our members. Thank you to all staff, both old and new. RCYC’s fl agship race, the iconic Cape to Rio, which is steeped in history and fanfare, leaves our shores at the end of the year. The 2017 race start takes place exactly 46 years after the fi rst race in 1971, to the date. As an RCYC member, this legacy is something to be truly proud of. To view the digital version, go to www.issuu.com/sailrcyc Ingrid Hale and the Sail team 3 Letter from the Commodore 4 Welcome to Cape Town 8 News and views 14 RCYC Sailing Academy SAILTHE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ROYAL CAPE YACHT CLUB PUBLISHING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ingrid Hale 18 Club racing ART DIRECTOR Piers Buckle (Fresh Identity) CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Toni Mainprize (RCYC) 30 Local sailing regattas COPY EDITOR Deidre Donnelly ADVERTISING SALES Shirley Roos 30 Maserati Cape Town Race Week CONTRIBUTORS Mike Bartholomew, James Blakemore, Simon Borchert, 34 Mykonos Offshore Colin Brown, Shelley Castle, Greg Davis, Ashleigh de Villiers, Neil Gregory, Hylton Hale, Patrick Holloway, Phillippa Hutton-Squire, Christophe Jouany, Lord Irvine Laidlaw, Nick Leggatt, Iain Macluckie, Toni Mainprize, 35 Lipton Cup Liz Matthews, Ray Matthews, Vitor Medina, Gilles Morelle, Fanie Naude, Nick Russell, Gideon Scott, Luke Scott, Derek Shuttleworth, Adrian Spencer 36 Midsummer Fling Jones, Marie Stinnes, Rupert Toms, Trevor Wilkins (cover image), Rob Willcox CONTACT RCYC Tel: +27 21 421 1354 | Fax: +27 21 421 6028 37 RISKAFRICA Regatta Email: [email protected] | www.rcyc.co.za 40 IRC racing FOR LETTERS AND ENQUIRIES Big Blue Media – Ingrid Hale Tel: +27 83 309 3895 | Email: [email protected] 42 Cruising Turkey ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES Shirley Roos Email: [email protected] 48 Royal Capers Abroad BIG BLUE MEDIA 58 Cape2Rio CREATE COLLABORATE CONNECT 60 RCYC sailing calendar Events from July 2015 to June 2016 PRINTING Paarl Media Paarl ©Royal Cape Yacht Club. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be 63 RCYC race results reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or be transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior permission from the publisher. Sail aims to provide accurate and up-to-date information. Information is given in good faith, and is believed to be correct at the time of publication. Features included in SAIL are based on content supplied and are weighted according to the amount of information provided. The Publishing Editor cannot be held responsible for a feature that is not included in the line-up if information was not provided on the regatta/event. WWW.RCYC.CO.ZA 1 SAIL RCYC Letter from the commodore trackers, creating more “ Our sailors once again brought participation for spectators at home. Read more on these great accolades to the club. initiatives in the relevant Greg Davis and Dave Rae sailing reports. I’m pleased to report successfully defended the that for the fourth year in Lipton Challenge Cup, for the a row our membership continued to grow. We now first time in our history.” have in excess of 2 000 members. Most Wednesday the Italian Ambassador’s members and volunteers at evenings see in excess of Race, Risk Africa Regatta and all levels − thank you for his year’s many 600 sailors participating our generous members. what you do for Royal Cape. highlights have on the water. Our sailors once again To the incoming committee, indicated once The Royal Cape Sailing brought great accolades to I wish you well in your Tagain that Royal Academy continues to stand the club. Greg Davis and Dave endeavours. And to the Cape is the foremost yacht out as a beacon to our Rae successfully defended members of RCYC, it’s club in Southern Africa. members and the local the Lipton Challenge Cup, for a pleasure to have served Last year, I reported that sailing community as we the first time in our history. you. Thank you for your the seasonal southeaster embark on a programme to Special mention must be overwhelming support. seems to blow longer and transform our sport locally. made of our cruising section, Yours in sailing, harder. This year, the pattern Harry Brehm’s blend of sail led by Alan Haefele, which continued unabated, with training and life-skills has had a very active year Ray Matthews many regattas affected by coaching has allowed our visiting sailing clubs in the RCYC commodore wind. But since our sailors students to bring a youthful Western Cape and making up are a hardy bunch, this didn’t vibrance to the Club. a fiercely competitive class stop them from participating The academy fielded two on Wednesday evenings. in our multitude of diverse teams for Lipton 2015 and Socially, the monthly Jazz sailing and social events, performed well. In our fleet on the Deck and the weekly which cater for the varied of five L 26s and a newly club draw events remain needs of our members. acquired sport boat, the immensely popular. We tried some new teams train on Saturdays and The club requires experiments this year: Sundays and partake in club a dedicated professional staff the summer regatta was sailing events. Many students − and even more so with our expanded to a week-long now hold South African increased efforts to grow our event called the Cape Town skipper tickets. All this function income this year. Race Week, and during Fling wouldn’t be possible without We remain thankful for their Regatta dual scoring was the generous contributions contribution. To the elected introduced to test the ORC of our sponsors, Jewish committee members − TREVOR WILKINS TREVOR rating system. All yachts Maritime league (JML), the president, trustees, taking part in the Mykonos the Ozinsky estate, our flag officers, committee Regatta were also fitted with anonymous donor, Lotto, members, subcommittee PHOTOGRAPH: WWW.RCYC.CO.ZA 3 SAIL RCYC DAVID ABROMOWITZ & ASSOCIATES “We believe in our products and we’re passionate about them. We’re continually sourcing boats to sell to our discerning database of yacht buyers from our international network.” SOLD BY US SOLD BY US Cape Town SOLD BY US welcomes you ur local coastline has long been part of seafaring Corby 49 – Nitro Leopard 46 – Blade Runner 2 legends, from the beautiful scenery as seen from GP42 – Vulcan “Many thanks, Rob and David, for making Two time IRC1 Summer Series Champs. Mike the water to the challenging haul around the Cape Two time SA IRC1 Champions - 2014 and the purchase of our yacht Blade Runner 2 a Hayton bought Nitro from Irvine Laidlaw. smooth and pleasurable process – especially of Good Hope. Professional sailors and amateur 2015! Bought by Hylton Hale and Johnny Nitro has enjoyed a successful few seasons O Cullum in 2009, she has raced under Puma considering we were on one side of the world enthusiasts alike enjoy nothing more than scudding around with legends David Rae and Dave Hudson and you and our dream yacht were on the and now HH and Durbanville Hills. at the helm. the bays, inlets, harbours and open oceans that surround the other. We’re so thankful for the outstanding Mother City. This sailing culture is part of our heritage, and it service which enabled us to purchase our yacht via email and phone communications. contributes signifi cantly to our tourism economy. You couldn’t have made it any easier for us, Whether you’re here on a quick stopover on a cruise or as part so thank you − we love her!” Robbie xxx and of a leisurely journey across the globe, chat to locals. They’ll tell Neville xxx, owners of Blade Runner 2 you where the best restaurants, attractions and experiences are. I’d recommend a township tour in Langa just as much as I’d encourage you to enjoy the views from the top of Table Mountain. At Kohler, we are guided by a singular purpose: In 2015, the South African Ocean Festival held at the V&A your experience. Those quiet moments when you Waterfront provided exposure to a variety of ocean sports and forget your generator exists. That’s why our new activities, and it was a drawcard for local tourism. Many living in marine generators are exponentially quieter with the city and its surrounds haven’t ventured out to sea to explore even less vibration. The most advanced, most our precious marine environment.