Virtual Regatta Inshore has been a way for the majority of sailors to get their sailing fix throughout lockdown. The regatta simulator steers towards short courses, with races being between 5-10 minutes long.
Virtual Regatta Inshore is a great way to stay entertained and although sailing takes place online, the rules still apply. Weather conditions and vessel responses are realistic and need to be taken into account while racing. These factors make it a perfect tool for staying sharp while still having fun! As with all sports, there are rules to be followed. The Virtual Racing Rules of Sailing are based off of the standard World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing. Have a look here. For those interested in having a sneak peek beforehand, give this video a watch: VIRTUAL SAILING REGATTA - eSailing Walk Through & Top Tips Let’s go (virtual) sailing! Virtual Regatta Inshore can be found online here. Or on your phone in the App Store. We’d love to hear from members already online and racing!
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Year End Functions
We have had a number of function inquiries for year end functions. Book now to avoid disappointment! Contact Sithembile on [email protected] ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS!
Your Club is in desperate need of funds, and we are therefore embarking on a fund-raising exercise. However, instead of imposing a levy on members we are embarking on a lucky draw with the fantastic prize of the Club L26 B2G2, complete with her road trailer. B2G2 is acknowledged as one of the best L26 yachts in the country. She was optimized for the Lipton Cup Challenge, which she won sailing for your Club in 2013. However, with the recent change of the Lipton Challenge to the Cape 31 class, B2G2 has become superfluous to Club requirements, so we have decided to release her into the Durban yachting fraternity to continue to build on her illustrious pedigree. She comes complete with a full set of racing sails, as well as state of the art equipment for a yacht of her class, and is fully class compliant. It is our intention to sell lucky draw tickets to members in good standing at a cost of R1000 per ticket. Should a second ticket be bought, club members will receive a third ticket free of charge. Ticket sales will be restricted to 600 tickets. Ticket sales will start on the 2nd March 2020, and for the first month will be available to RNYC members only. If we have not achieved our target of 600 tickets by the end of March, then we intend to open up the ticket sales up to members of our sister clubs PYC, BYC, ISC and HMYC. We will also entertain enquiries for tickets from members of other yacht clubs around the country. It is our intention to hold the lucky draw for the winning tickets at RNYC at 18h00 on the Friday 29th May 2020. This is a fantastic prize worth an estimated R80000, and you stand a 1 in 600 chance of winning for the purchase of a R1000 ticket. We acknowledge that not everyone who supports this fund-raising draw by buying tickets may want to own an L26. To cater for that segment of the participants the Club intend to offer a platform for the lucky winner to auction the prize live at the lucky ticket draw on the 29th May. SUPPORT YOUR CLUB AND BUY A TICKET – Contact Sarah or Shaneé at RNYC on 031 3015425 or [email protected] We have had a great season when it comes to Wednesday Night Racing, with just 3 more months to go before our sailors and race officials take a well deserved break!
Individual race results have all been released via Facebook and on the Keeler WhatsApp group, here’s a look at overall provisional “mid-season” results so far: We, as vessel owners, have to pay a fee for having our vessels on the water.
You then receive a Harbour License Discs from Portnet. Even if your vessel is on the hard or trailer this is required. The costs are minimal and the Marina Office requires copies of these discs. I prefer a list of Crafts, owners and port disc numbers to be given to Marina Office to save on photocopying. To receive this disc the vessel owner must present a C.O.F or LGSC that is in date. (Keel and Motor boats) and complete the Disc Application form. Smaller vessels such as Hobie cats just need to complete the required form as they have to conform with the class requirements. Under 9m and less than 15 hp can collect a checklist from the office and complete their own survey. Anyone wanting their under 9m vessel to be surveyed can make an appointment with Gail of Gailforce Yachting who will carry out the survey out. She has been appointed Club Vessel Safety Officer. Members can either pay immediately or have their club account debited. This money HAS to be paid to the Port Office. We have had inspectors checking if your disc is up to date and vessel owners have been fined. All has to be submitted at the end of March or soon after. I hope this assists members and staff in keeping up to date with the process. More information can be acquired from Shaneé or Gail - Gail Dickerson An interesting read from Scuttlebutt
Published on December 5th, 2019 The World Sailing Trust, a global charity to support the sailing community, has released its Strategic Review into Women in Sailing, a report that explores gender balance and makes a case for change to address disparities within the sport. Announced on International Women’s Day 2019, the Strategic Review forms part of the Trust’s Access to Sailing work and focuses on increasing gender diversity across the sport. The document provides insight from 4,500 respondents aged 11-83 from 75 nations with a variety of experience across the sport. Respondents’ backgrounds vary from dinghy and keelboat sailors with offshore and inshore experience to Member National Authorities, Class Associations, Race Officials, volunteers, and event organizers. On the release of the review, Dee Caffari, Chair of the World Sailing Trust commented, “We understood anecdotally and through observation that there are fewer girls and women in sailing then boys and men. Discrimination existed but there was no fact-based evidence to support this claim. “The 4,500 responses backed up our concerns and provided a deep, purpose-driven insight into the issues we currently face with gender diversity in sailing. “The report does not look to replace male sailors with females or compare both sexes against each other. Nor is it for those looking to prove a point or talk about what should have been. “If we want our sport to progress and move forwards then we need to consider 50% of the population otherwise we are going to be left behind. This is for all of us to take forwards into the future with a collaborative and cohesive approach to make the sport stronger.” Of the 4,500 respondents, 80% of female and 56% of male respondents believed that gender balance is an issue in sailing. This belief intensified with age and is prominent globally. The key trends identified by the respondents include issues around a lack of female participation and support for women and girls as well as a poor perception about women in sailing, particularly racing. Insightful experiences of discrimination were shared by respondents and it was found that 59% of females and 14% of males had experienced some form of discrimination within the sport. These ranged from isolation and harassment, being treated as less competent, not receiving the same opportunities and level of support as male sailors, and being stereotyped by gender. Supported by Andrew Pindar OBE DL, the survey, run by Qualtrics and supported by SAP, was offered in five languages – English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese. Alongside the 4,500 responses, nearly 40 one-on-one interviews were conducted to provide a deeper and richer insight into discrimination within sailing. Furthermore, case studies from Badminton, Golf, Cycling, Rowing, Rugby League, Rugby Union and Football were explored. Authored by Vicky Low, the report brings together all of the findings and is supplemented by discussions and interviews with numerous stakeholders within international sailing and sport. To address the disparities within sailing, the report also identifies nine recommendations to balance the playing field. These recommendations include: • Diversity and inclusion working group • Gender Charter • Equality policy • Increasing participation and creating space for women to compete • Gender equality for officials • Gender design working group • Female coaching programme • Fast track leadership programme • Women’s mentoring programme Outlined in further detail within the report, these recommendations will be put forward to World Sailing, Member National Authorities, Class Associations, and the global sailing community. “With 70 million global participants in sailing, we are committed to supporting women in sailing and achieving gender equity,” said Kim Andersen, President of World Sailing. “However, we know that the playing field isn’t as equal as it could be. We welcome the World Sailing Trust’s report and its recommendations and look forward to working with our partners across the sailing community to enhance female participation.” For the full Women in Sailing Strategic Review… click here. Alongside the report, the Trust has produced a Starter Toolkit (click here) designed to help clubs, associations and events to think about their gender diversity and how it might be improved. For further information and queries, contact World Sailing Trust Head of Fundraising, Hannah Hoare. This past Sunday, 08th December, was the Trafalgar Pursuit Offshore Race.
Traditionally, this race would follow the rather effervescent Trafalgar Dinner, however the weather and timing of it all did not see it go ahead at that time. Thus, the sailors took to the waters this past Sunday. The enthusiastic skippers and their crews who went out racing in the rain, and their finishing positions are as follows:
Thank you to all who participated, as well as those on Bridge and Race Support Vessels - Rob Samways, Alec McNamara, Patricia Kilburn, Alan Tintinger, Chris Parry, and Lindo. Not forgetting Sandy Samways and Shaneé who held down the fort on land. From 11 to 14 June 2020, Hamburg, Germany will be teeming with hundreds of female sailors from around the world. The time marks an annual sailing event, the Helga Cup, a ladies only regatta! The event is a popular tourist event in Hamburg, having been named as one of the “Top 10 Events of the City of Hamburg” and attracts professional teams from around the world as well as courageous and enthusiastic recreational competitors seeking new waters to conquer in their endless pursuit of water-borne joy.
The Helga Cup, which takes place on the Alster Lake in central Hamburg, is a one design event, which is competed on the popular 22 foot J/70 class of boat. The boats and sails are provided by the organisers for all competing teams, which makes the event attractive and feasible for teams from further afield. The patron of the Helga Cup 2020 is Kristina Vogel the former Olympic medalist in track cycling who since a training accident is bound to a wheelchair. She will personally sail as part of the Helga Inclusion Cup which in 2020 will for the first time be organized additionally in a separate race area parallel to the standard Helga Cup regatta, marking the 2020 year as an important one for the event. Royal Natal Yacht Club invites ladies who wish to participate in the event under the RNYC banner to make contact with RNYC club manager, Meleney Cunniff, in the hope that an entry by RNYC into the Helga Cup 2020 can be achieved. Participation, as one expects, comes with some hefty costs which participants will need to find funding for. Willing sponsors for this worthy cause are also requested to make contact with Meleney to see how the club and the enthusiastic female sailors can offer brand value in return for sponsorship contributions to the costs of participating in this exciting event at which club and sponsors will be proudly represented. RNYC has over the past few years invested a great deal of time and effort into ladies’ sailing and the fairer crews can often be seen taking to the waters in the club’s Pacers or participating in local and regional events, including the Brighton Beach and Back race which the RNYC ladies won, and the Royal Natal Regatta. A club burgee is ready for delivery to the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein by a team representing RNYC...Help us make the delivery possible! - Written on behalf of the club by Ursula Schei, RNYC Member and Ladies Team sailor This past Friday, 15th November 2019, our Vice Commodore and Yeomen of Signals, Mr Steve Cawdron, hosted a Nautical Trivia Quiz in the Britannia Room.
The night was filled with fun banter and great sportsmanship from all the members who participated! The team positions were as follows:
Here’s a tidbit of Nautical Trivia from the quiz for you: Q: Where would you use a pig stick on your yacht? A: At the top of the mast Confused? The pig stick is used to fly your yacht club burgee. The pig stick is designed to be hoisted by a small halyard to the maintop so the burgee flies above the mast and is free to rotate to show the direction of the apparent wind. Keep an eye out for more Nautical Trivia in our upcoming issues. |
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