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| On our way to line honours ... |
| 02.28.04 (2:31 pm) [edit] |
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On our way to the finish. You can get an idea of our position on the water... In the far right you can see the turning mark, we are well away, racing for the finish, while AL leads Engel & Volkers down to the last turn. Brilliant race, in perfect conditions...
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| Spinnakers flying, but not close enough! |
| 02.28.04 (2:20 pm) [edit] |
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Engel & Volkers with AL chasing Majimoto to the Woodstock mark
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| PG Racing with Majimoto crew on the rail ... |
| 02.28.04 (2:06 pm) [edit] |
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Brilliant days racing, no mistakes and line honours! Go boys!
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| This one for Ceri's Mum! |
| 02.28.04 (2:03 pm) [edit] |
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Ceri trimming our new PG No1 genoa
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| Whoo Hoo! Majimoto racing with PG Glass, takes line honours |
| 02.28.04 (2:01 pm) [edit] |
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Light conditions, wind coming from the west and cooler overcast skies where the order of the day at the annual Royal Cape Vs. ZVYC team race. Majimoto led from start to finish fending off a concerted attack by rivals Engel & Volkers. After seeing them off with a faultless spinnaker drop - go Mikey! - majimoto was under no real threat right to the end.
The pic above shows Engel & Volkers (Farr 40) and AL (modified Farr 38) hot on the heels of our boat, and of course Lindsay being cheeky!
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| Weekend weather latest ... |
| 02.27.04 (10:54 pm) [edit] |
Sat, 30% chance of showers, Light wind NW 25 K's becoming SW 35 ... Please lets not get caught in the middle!!!,
Sunday: PG Glass team building - 30 S becoming 40 N, No rain, Cloud on Mountain, Temp 25 degree ...
Looking brilliant ...
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| Big Fun Saturday |
| 02.26.04 (10:03 pm) [edit] |
Weather: 30K/mh SE
13:00 at the boat. Two races back to back, looks like a Big Fun Saturday. Start is at 14h30 with lots of schnapps/prizes/snacks etc. Spinnaker racing at it's best. I will use the op to get enough pics for a while (site looking a bit dry???)
See you all tomorrow...
AM (Duh, there are two AM's... Andy M, as opposed to Andrew M ... confusing isn't it?)
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| Stunning, stunning, stunning ... Andrew Thomson's report back from last nights race ... |
| 02.26.04 (12:58 am) [edit] |
Stunning. Stunning. Stunning. 20-30 Knots and PG Glass Majimoto II was flying. We set up with the #3 genoa and full main for the 20-25 knot wind that was blowing at the start. With five of our regular crew missing it was going to be a busy evenings sail. Paul positioned the yacht beautifully for the start with us well to the right and on starboard. With 15 seconds to the gun we reached down the line building boat speed and then hardened up and shot across the line just as the gun went and well clear of the fleet. With such a good start it just had to be a good race.
Up the first beat a few of the bigger boats hauled us in and we rounded well up with AL (Farr 38), Wallbanger (Simonis 38) and our old friends Engel and Volkers (Farr 40) just behind us. A fast run down to Milnerton saw us put a bit of distance between our boat and the chasing pack. Now was also the time to instruct our guests on the boat of the importance of keeping their heads down during the forthcoming gybe at the Milnerton mark. Melvin and Mark, our PG Glass guests for the evening looked snuggly clad in the bright yellow wind breakers that Carl had provided then, and at times were referred to as the "Yellow Guys". Ben and Nathan, visiting students from the States were key in helping with a bit of winching when things got hectic.
The gybe at Milnerton went smoothly, ie no guests in the water and we didn't hit the mark. A tight fetch to No 2 buoy in the middle of the bay saw the wind building to 30 knots. Maji was flying! This is was Wednesday night sailing is all about. Warm wind, flat sea and great friends - "Another tough day in Africa".
We seriously considered putting in a reef, but decided to delay it until we had rounded the mark and had a look at the wind closer inshore. That turned out to be a wise decision as the wind moderated to 20-25 knots and a reef would have left us under powered. A good beat to Woodstock with PG Glass Majimoto II well balanced and having good boat speed allowed us to catch Tenacity (Fast 42) which was very satisfying. Around Woodstock and onto the penultimate leg to No 8. Bringing the beers and cool drinks out brought the smiles on our guests faces who were now looking a little damp and wind blown.
Hardening up around No 8 and the last beat to the finish in the light of the setting sun capped a perfect evenings sailing. Thanks to the crew and guests - see you next week.
Andrew Thomson ... :wink:
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| Realtime weather data 13:00 GMT |
| 02.25.04 (5:33 am) [edit] |
[b]25 February 1300GMT Cape Town International Airport Temperature 25
Dewpoint 14
Humidity 50%
Winddir 170 degrees
Windspeed 17 knots
Clouds NOT AVAILABLE
Weather NOT AVAILABLE[/b]
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| Jackpot! .... Wednesday twighlight race weather update |
| 02.24.04 (7:35 pm) [edit] |
[b]Oh yes ...[/b]
Revised weather for this evening ... Wind SW 25K/mh becoming 30 ...
No rain ... conditions looking absolutely brilliant (If the weather guy is on the money)
[i]Today is Nix birthday .. so in the interests of family harmony I am sitting this one out ... Mark, Melvin will be in the capable hands of Lindsay and the crew.. Enjoy![/i]Andy
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| Wednesday Twighlight racing.. On or Not? |
| 02.23.04 (10:46 am) [edit] |
Wednesday weather update ... Unbelievable... after todays great weather we are back to a forecast of 40 K/mh, no rain for Wednesday, Sunset 19:27
Pleeez let the wind Gods smile on us???
We have Mark and Melvin of MUA with us, hopefully for a race, otherwise for a cruise around the V&A?
Keep you posted, Simon, if you could give us a 'birds eye' from your office on the foreshore as usual on Wednesday afternoon, it would help to give the guy's a bit of advance warning... cheers
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| Yachtsmen in storm over new licences |
| 02.22.04 (8:40 am) [edit] |
[b][i]How ridiculous is this? Many of our skippers at Royal Cape have years of ocean sailing experience under their belts, our own owners, Lindsay and Paul are veterans of several long distance events (including Cape to Rio ...TWICE!) and now they are having to resit exams compiled by (amongst others) ex-harbour officials who are more concerned with local port navigation (lights and sound signals) - information which is available on every chart - than on seamanship. Trust me, I would sail anywhere with our crew - in a heartbeat - before I would risk life and limb sailing with the so-called experts who rarely (if ever) venture past the breakwater... lets hope sanity prevails! ... The full story which appeared in our Sunday Times newspaper today appears below ...[/i][/b]
A row has broken out at the Royal Cape Yacht Club over attempts by the government to bring an end to yacht clubs' certification of seaworthy skippers.
The club's commodore, Russell Vollmer, confirmed this week that his club was "more than unhappy" with the new rules, which will come into force on April 26.
The rules, which will end yacht clubs' right to certify sailors capable of skippering offshore sailing vessels, are being enforced by SA Sailing, an agency authorised by the Department of Transport's SA Maritime Safety Authority.
The rules are required by the new Merchant Shipping (Small Vessel Safety) Regulations, which became law in April 2002.
According to a club member, "these regulations supersede those of 1986, when recreational sailing vessels were given exemption through the then national sailing body, the Cruising Association of South Africa".
A few years ago, the association changed its name to SA Sailing, and now controls all forms of recreational sailing.
In the case of the 2 800-member Royal Cape Yacht Club, the new rules will mean that up to 1 000 sailors will have to reregister, at a cost of at least R60 each.
The rules also affect the yacht clubs at Hout Bay, False Bay, Gordon's Bay, Port Owen and Saldanha, which have joined the Royal Cape Yacht Club in petitioning SA Sailing, Vollmer said.
He said he could not divulge the contents of the clubs' letter, on its way to Brian Sutherland, the Johannesburg-based chairman of SA Sailing, "in the light of trying to improve the general sentiment". However, "it was an attempt to talk with one voice so that the regulations become fair to all [and] that we come out with a constructive result".
He said the SA Maritime Safety Authority had given SA Sailing "the freedom to impose the new rules" without considering any "reasonable or rational" input from the club.
Although Royal Cape's relations with SA Sailing had since improved, the rules had "become quite a hot potato [in sailing circles]," and threatened to bring an end "to a gentlemen's amateur sport by imposing professional standards".
Kieron Moore, the Richards Bay-based counsellor for SA Sailing, said his agency had considered Royal Cape's certification procedures and found them inadequate. SA Sailing had taken note of Royal Cape's objections at a meeting last Friday, and had invited the club to prove that its qualification standards matched those of SA Sailing.
"Until such time as that happens, their skippers will have to get SA Sailing tickets," he said.
One case has particularly angered Royal Cape. SA Sailing turned down one of its most experienced sailors for a skipper's ticket that would have allowed him to sail offshore on overnight voyages.
Andy James, who as the club's safety-at-sea officer was partly responsible for issuing the club's own skipper s' tickets, was given a day ticket only. James said this week that SA Sailing was "not aware" of Royal Cape's sailing curriculum and did not listen to problems that the club had with the new certification rules.
"I don't know where it will end up, but I think we may have to go the legal route," he said.
Unhappiness with the new rules reached boiling point late last year, when an SA Sailing delegation was invited to visit the club to explain them.
According to a Royal Cape member present on December 4, "the meeting was well attended but turned into a slanging match" with rowdy club members hurling abuse at the SA Sailing regional chairman.
According to one Royal Cape member in favour of the new SA Sailing rules, "the worms are slowly coming out of the woodwork as many applicants [for SA Sailing tickets] are being rejected due to insufficient experience or total lack of the ability to navigate".
Vollmer later issued a statement saying that the club "has always enjoyed a good working relationship with SA Sailing and discussions are being held with a view to clarifying what is required by the new laws, which in many respects impose standards considerably inferior to international standards to which amateur yachtsmen subscribe, and which have been in force for many years".
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| Weather update for Saturday... |
| 02.20.04 (11:46 am) [edit] |
Wind: 40 K/mh Southerly
Min temp 20 C and max 28 C
No rain
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| Saturday sailing ... |
| 02.20.04 (11:42 am) [edit] |
Hey all, it looks like the wind is laying down from tomorrow - no racing but might be fun to take the boat out?
Had lunch with Jana & Carl (Jana is with PG Glass in JHB) today at Maestro's (under the lighthouse in Milnerton) and watched two yachts rocket accross the bay in the hectic wind - and then had a quite chuckle as they had a very wet beat into the South Easter to get back ... Excellent lunch guys thank you! oh, and Andrew Marsland ... we have at last found a venue that can mix a proper Margarita Yee Ha...
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| Racing Cancelled 18 February |
| 02.18.04 (8:51 am) [edit] |
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Yup, as expected the the wind is near gale force and tonights Twighlight race has been cancelled. :cry:
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| Day two Mykonos pursuit race ... |
| 02.18.04 (8:43 am) [edit] |
Unbelievably exciting race on Saturday... Check out the two pics below - If you look just under our new No.1 Genoa, you can just see the 54 footer 'Thunderchild' , her transom, barely one metre away - and Phil Gucci's Warrior (Cape to Rio veteran) trucking down alongside us on the second last leg. The other pic shows John Martins 'Fascination of Power' - a FAST 42 - at the finish - we beat them by a nose! (and if you recall it was Fascination that won the NCS Nationals last year) Our new PG Glass sails have made all the difference to our performance, and it is brilliant to be able to hold our own against opposition like this! - The 'Big Guns' only managing to get close on the second last leg of the Regatta.
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| Weather Warning for twighlight race .... |
| 02.16.04 (11:09 pm) [edit] |
Forecast for Twighlight race Wednesday 18th February 2004
Gale force winds predicted upwards of 50 Clicks...
Max temp 27
Min temp 18
PG Glass will be with us again ... cool!... but racing may be blown out. We may have to revert to plan 'B' a cruise through the V&A ....
Sunset is at 19:35
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| Message from Lindsay.... |
| 02.16.04 (3:57 am) [edit] |
What a "lekker" weekend. Thanks to all for the support. And to wives and family.
Great news re Isuzu Week. I have just spoken to Derek Bouwer who is doing the organising in PE who tells me that MSC is providing 10 to 15 berths free of charge on a first-come first-in basis and he will be sending the info to me today via email. He was very informative re their problems with branding which relate to naming such as BMW.
My only problem is that I have been struggling with my connection- it seems to be a common problem at the moment.
I'll keep you all informed but the work will only start inearnest when we have confirmation and then it's all hands to the tiller!
See you all on Wednesday
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| Our new human kicker... |
| 02.16.04 (3:10 am) [edit] |
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The shackle holding our kicker failed near the end of the pursuit race... This is Andrew Marsland (Yes, of Captain Morgan fame) gamely trying to tension the boom
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| What would sailing be without Captain Morgan |
| 02.16.04 (2:46 am) [edit] |
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How lucky are we that our genny trimmer, Andrew Marsland, works for Diageo ... Importers of the Captain Morgan rum brand in South Africa. It's after many a cold and wet race that we have toasted the 'Captain'
Here Carl Raikes (PG Glass) warms Annemarie (also from PG Glass) after a particularly cold sail ... :wink:
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| Friday 13th race from Cape Town to Mykonos... |
| 02.15.04 (12:03 pm) [edit] |
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[i]Drying out spinnaker the next morning [/i]
Mist and fog were to plague us for nearly 13 hours on Friday. A good start had PG Glass Majimoto – our Farr 40 - trucking along near the front of the pack of 50 yachts entered in the 2004 Mykonos regatta. Half an hour into the race we were enveloped in a thick fog that saw visibility drop to barely two boat lengths. The fog also ended the breeze that had worked so well for us at the start. With zero visibility, an eerie silence broken only by the slap slap of water against the hull (and the bellow of distant foghorns) came over the boat. The crew kept their eyes glued to the B&G instruments, willing the breeze to pick up as the compass spun in lazy circles. Wind speed: 0.00 Knots.
The fog brought with it other dangers. We were still very close to the busy shipping lanes of Cape Town harbour. Lindsay broke out the sound signal device and hastily assembled and hoisted our radar reflector.
The sound of very large screws churning water (And seemingly headed directly for us in the fog) will live with me for a long while!
As eerie noises go, nothing beats the sphincter tightening reaction we all experienced when suddenly we were deafened by a loud engine beating directly towards us. It sounded just like a helicopter – but it couldn’t be – the sound was coming off the water, and then – out of the gloom, a military chopper broke through the fog traveling barely 50 metres above the water. (And just 35 metres above the top of our mast).
The mist soaked our sails. It was only when fine droplets of water started showering us that we realised a puff of breeze was gently shaking the condensation from the sails.
Soft, slight adjustments, a roll tack and the boat started moving again. Another hour of agonisingly slow progress ensued, as Maji slowly started to pick up speed. By now we had absolutely no idea where we were in relation to the rest of the fleet. We kept on tweaking sails, watching instruments and tip-toeing around the deck until the numbers on the large backlit boat instruments started to tick up slowly, .5 of a Knot, 1 Knot, 3 Knots….
When the fog lifted briefly at Yzerfontein we watched a dozen spinnakers popping up over the horizon behind us. At least we weren’t at the back of the fleet! The mist closed in again and only allowed a brief glimpse of ocean when it opened up at Dassen Island. We were startled by the sight of three yachts all very close to us.
When night fell we had yet to enter the large inland waterway at Langebaan, with it’s tricky sandbanks and tiny islands. We eventually finished at 21:30 after rocketing along the narrow channel - with zero visibility - and averaging 7 Knots … 13 hours of racing and we were one of three boats that finished within a minute of each other!
We were disappointed to learn from the results board that we finished in second last spot, The fog and difficult conditions forcing many retirements – the high rate of attrition saw only one class two boat finish and a spate of DNF's in class one meant we were right at the back of the fleet that did finish.
We fared a lot better in the pursuit race which was held on Saturday… check the next blog’ for that story
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| PG Glass racing with Majimoto - The crew |
| 02.15.04 (11:51 am) [edit] |
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[i]From left: Lindsay, Simon, Andrew Marsland, Andy Mark, Mikey, Andrew Thomson, Cerie and Paul - Missing from pic: Carl Raikes (who sailed with us on Friday) and Paul Mare (who sailed with us on the Mykonos Pursuit race on Saturday)[/i]
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| Final weather update before Mykonos start tomorrow ... |
| 02.12.04 (10:24 am) [edit] |
Weather is looking wonderful, stiff breeze for the run down down to Mykonos (SE anywhere between 40 - 50 K/mh - hold on to your hats) Sunburn factor rated dangerous, Max temp 28 degrees Celsius.
Saturday, pursuit race: Cloudy, becoming partly cloudly,
No rain... Wind SW 30 K/mh
Min Temp (Degree Celsius) 18, Max temp 30 K/mh
And... - how cool is this - Stiff (40 K/mh) NW for a run back home on Sunday... Be warned though, it will rain on us before we get home 50 % chance of showers later
There IS a God, and SHE loves us, ha ha
Get a good nights sleep everyone - we got a busy day tomorrow. Start is at 08:00, be at Majimoto between 06:30 and 07:00 latest. If any crew is going past Andrew T in the early hours tomorrow on the way to the club, please give him a call. He needs a ride.
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| Lindsay pointing out sights in the Waterfront, Cape Town |
| 02.12.04 (3:25 am) [edit] |
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| PG Guests having fun |
| 02.12.04 (3:21 am) [edit] |
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| Andrew Marsland ... Damn, racing blown out again! |
| 02.12.04 (3:07 am) [edit] |
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| Gordon, Annemarie and Carl - all from PG Glass Western Cape |
| 02.12.04 (3:06 am) [edit] |
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| Carl, invigorated... |
| 02.12.04 (3:05 am) [edit] |
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| Mykonos race weather update... |
| 02.11.04 (6:11 pm) [edit] |
40 K/mh South Easter, partly cloudy, no rain... temp Min: 19; Max: 27
Meet at the Yacht 06:30 - 07:00 latest ...
Yesterdays race DNS (Wind gusting 40 Knots plus) Pleasant cruise through waterfront. Great pics taken - will post later... Thanks all for great evening
Andy
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| Our mountain from the sea... and other things |
| 02.10.04 (1:50 pm) [edit] |
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Latest weather shows forecast unchanged for tomorrows race... and the longer range forecast shows moderate North Westerly for Sunday - great for the homeward bound sail ...
Fridays forecast shows fun and games for the Mykonos race - 'Fresh' South Easterly ... and we all know what fresh means... :wink:
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| Mykonos Regatta - fun in the sun! |
| 02.10.04 (6:27 am) [edit] |
MYKONOS OFFSHORE RACE
Date : 13/2/2004 - 15/2/2004
Venue : Royal Cape Yacht Club to Club Mykonos
Tel Num :021 421 1354
An expected fleet of 50 yacht entries and 400 eager sailors will take part in one of the main regattas on the Royal Cape Yacht Club’s sailing calendar for 2004. The “downwind dash” starts in the Mother City on Friday morning at 08h00 from RCYC and depending on the wind and weather, most of the fleet should be in Club Mykonos before midnight. On Saturday morning the boats will assemble off Club Mykonos for the start of a 25 mile pursuit race around the Bay, finishing at approx 16h30, in time for the crews to get cleaned up and in a party mood for the Prize giving and huge party bash on the Marina Terrace at 18h00 with live music to rock the night away.
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| Wednesday 11 February Twighlight race update |
| 02.09.04 (1:53 pm) [edit] |
Maji is coming out of the water tomorrow, to get her hull cleaned in preparation for the Mykonos race. We still have one more twighlight race to go before Mykonos, and we welcome Gordon and Annemarie of PG Glass who will be joining us (probably to see where their hard earned money is going!) After the blistering heat of the past few days it looks as if Wednesday will see a welcome respite - but be warned - bring foul weather gear to keep the rain off: the forecast looks like this:
Wind: South West 30 K/mh
Day temp: 24 degrees Celsius
Partly cloudy with evening showers... Andy Marsland - dont forget the Captain Morgan!
Sunset is getting slightly earlier at 19:42
We are all looking forward to another wicked event ... BTW Ceri, How was the river rafting last weekend??
I have finalised the artwork for the PG boom decal and sent through to Wesley, we are also trying hard to have the new gear printed in time for the weekend - I will keep you posted: Andy
See you all Wednesday!
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| Majimoto in action and (inset) Majimoto in front of Lions Head mountain |
| 02.08.04 (3:10 am) [edit] |
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| WE GOT NAILED! ...but we'll be back |
| 02.08.04 (2:19 am) [edit] |
We got beat! ... Engel & Volkers, the only other Farr 40 in the team race, together with our yacht Majimoto, romped around the course yesterday, seconds seperating the two white Farr 40's. We started pretty well in 15 - 20 Knots of breeze and held pace with the fleet down to Woodstock mark. The 'other' Farr doing all it could to get by us.
The Woodstock mark was a gybe mark and we allowed Engel and Volkers to slip inside us when our kicker refused to budge - and so wouldn't let the Main come around - helmsman Paul Mare nearly wrenched his shoulders out of their sockets as the tiller refused to respond. Then we played catch-up. Engel and Volkers were having a serious tussle with John Martin's Fast 42 'Fascination of Power', with Majimoto breathing down both their necks.
By the next turn we were right up there with them and then the fun really started - the boats hustling along at over 10 Knots and so close to each other that at times Maji's boom cast a black shadow over Engel and Volkers deck! - a brilliant tack - if I can be so modest - around the top mark saw us edge into the lead and then the two boats chose differing courses back to the Woodstock mark, for the second lap.
Our entire crew waited with baited breath to see which yacht had made the right call. As the two different tacks converged at the mark it was evident that we had found more breeze and our call was the right one. On our port side Engel and Volkers was screwing up and pinching to try and make the mark but it was clear they would have to put in an extra tack. Majimoto's crew - having recovered from that horrendous first lap gybe - was in good spirits as we romped away on the last leg. The starboard side car (The fitting controling the angle of the genoa sail) had come free on one of the tacks. Andy Marsland tried gamely to get some shape into the number 1 genoa but the errant car wouldn't play ball.
With our headsail looking a bit like a pregnant woman Engel and Volkers crept up behind us. Again we were neck and neck around the top mark and the race was on to the finish. Tuning the sails to every gust and windshift Maji stood on for a fraction too long before we headed for the finish line. With both yachts racing neck and neck in breeze that had built up to 30 Knots, Engel and Volkers pipped us at the finish.
Well done Danny (Father of Olympic yachtsman Gareth Blanckenberg) - but next week is the Mykonos regatta - and we're coming for you :wink:
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| Briefing from Lindsay for Flag Officers team regatta... |
| 02.06.04 (5:59 am) [edit] |
Maji guys
FYI
I have a special GenCom meeting tomorrow am which should be finished in time
but I would vm appreciate you getting the boat ready. Pse have the deck
washed and unnecessary sails put in the back of my Isuzu.
See you asap after but feel free to attend the sb.
Hi all
There will be a short skippers briefing on Saturday in the Main Hall at 13h15. Please get your team flag from your Flag Officer except for the following teams (as you should all have these on your boat already)Commodore's team will fly "C" flag, Vice Commodore's Team will fly "N" flag, others handed out at briefing. It is understood that this will be a non spinnaker event.
From Lindsay
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| Saturday 7th February: Flag Officers Race |
| 02.05.04 (2:24 pm) [edit] |
Odd day expected Saturday for Flag officers race... Boiling hot day Min 22 C Max temp 31 C
Wind 35 K/mh building to 60K/mh at Cape Point - Direction SE Tides: High, 04:06 & 16:18 Low, 10:12 & 22:23
No Rain...
Majimoto racing with PG Glass crew to be at yacht by 13:00. Our team includes yachts Ariel, Apricot, Beluga & Naledi. Start is 14h30
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| Sailing Blown out... Wednesday 4 February |
| 02.04.04 (12:53 pm) [edit] |
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One day I will get this weather thing... The 30-40 Kilometre per hour breeze forecast was a tad inaccurate - more like 40Knots and building. The only yacht that was seen leaving the club was Thunderchild - and she brought back an exhilirated (if wind swept) crew and a slightly tattily folded main (Not so easy in a gale huh?) Still our guests and sponsor enjoyed a splendid meal at the club and plans were laid to reschedule when the weather blows a little more respectably! Thanks all for an excellent evening... :cry:
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| Weather Update for sailing Wednesday 4th February |
| 02.01.04 (8:42 pm) [edit] |
[b][i]Wind speed 35K/mh
Direction: S
50% morning showers clearing later, minimum temp 17 Maximum temp 23
High Tide 02: 33 and 14:39
Low tide 08:35 and 20:50
Sunset will be at 19:48[/i][/b]
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Majimoto II racing with PG Glass
PG GLASS MAJIMOTO in action
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