RNYC MONTHLY CLUB DRAW
THE ‘100 CLUB’ From 1 November 2019 we are reverting back to the old 100 Club format and only 100 tickets will be available for R100 each per month. The prize structure will change as follows:- 1st Prize - R1,000.00 If in attendance then additional R500 – Total R1,500 2nd Prize - R500.00 If in attendance then additional R500 – Total R1,000 3rd Prize - R300.00 Bottle prize Red Wine White wine Leg of lamb NEW – quarterly attendance prize valued at over R3,000.00 For example dinner for 2 at Oyster Box, wine pairing lunch for 4 at Summerhill Estate, a meal at Chef’s Table or something comparable. This prize will not carry over and if winner drawn is not present then another ticket will be drawn. All your 100 club numbers will be entered into the quarterly draw every time you are in attendance. The first quarterly attendance draw will take place on Friday, 31st January 2020. SPECIAL DRAW If large carry over prize of R6,750 is not won in October, there will be a special draw for it in November . The 1st white ticket drawn then will win the amount which will be paid into their club account.
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Cork300 will celebrate Royal Cork Yacht Club’s 300th anniversary, where it all began, and Cork’s maritime haven, with a series of events next summer. In 2020, the Royal Cork Yacht Club in Crosshaven will celebrate its 300th anniversary with an exciting series of events on and off the water across Cork harbour, called Cork300. Founded in 1720, by a group of 25 pioneering individuals, the Royal Cork Yacht Club is the oldest yacht club in the world, and its tricentenary celebrations will take a look back at the origins of ‘where it all began’, which is attracting significant international interest from thousands of yacht clubs across the globe. Sailing communities throughout Europe and as far as Australia, Hong Kong and San Francisco are expected to attend the Cork300 celebrations – which will take place primarily during the months of July and August 2020 – to participate in the exciting variety of competitive and non-competitive nautical and on shore events scheduled, many of which are also open to the public. As part of the celebrations, communities across Cork harbour will host a vast array of sailing, racing, food, and entertainment events, along with a number of talks, ensuring Cork will be the only place to be in Summer 2020. The Cork300 summer celebrations, which will be preceded by several other events including European Maritime Day and Seafest in May, will centre on three lead events: The Great Gathering of cruising yachtsmen and yachts from around the world in July, Three Championship Weeks of competitive dinghy sailing in August, and The Club At Home Regatta for all fleets, also in August. Highlights over the summer include an eye-catching Classic Yacht Regatta; the historic Kingstown/Queenstown feeder race from Dun Laoghaire to Cobh; the world-famous annual Volvo Cork Week Regatta, an International Powerboat Championship Festival which will take place in Ireland for the first time; a Wild Atlantic Way sailing ‘cruise in company’ for visiting yacht clubs; the Royal Cork Fleet Review which will be a fantastic parade of sailing craft in Cobh.and a Gathering of Naval Ships in Cork City. The prestigious Morgan Cup, awarded by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) will also come to Ireland for the first time as part of Cork300. The Royal Cork Yacht Club have also just received confirmation that His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, has graciously donated a specially commissioned trophy for a unique race from Cowes, in the UK, to Cork to celebrate the Royal Cork Yacht Club’s tricentenary celebrations and the special relationship that exists between our two countries and sailing communities. The trophy will be awarded to the line honours winner of the Morgan Cup race in 2020, which forms part of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Season Points Championship and starts from the historical Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes. Commenting on the Cork300 events series, Chairman of Cork300 Colin Morehead said, “I am incredibly proud to be Chairman of Cork300 – this is probably the most significant historic milestone that the Royal Cork Yacht Club and the sailing community worldwide will see in our lifetime, so it truly is an honour to be part of … and to share where it all began. “Everyone, everywhere around the world, is invited to join in the celebrations and be part of the Cork300 crew. We have a really exciting events series planned with lots of more news to announce over the coming months. “We are especially delighted to hear of His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales’ support this week. This truly is an honour.” “Cork300 will promote community, international friendship, sustainability and the role of sailing worldwide. We want to inspire and motivate future generations to sail and we hope to leave a legacy for sailing and Cork harbour, Ireland’s maritime haven, into the future.” “Of course, Cork300 is made possible only by the support of our partners – AIB the premier partner, Volvo, Port of Cork, Cork County Council, Cork City Council and Heineken, so we would like to sincerely thank them for their generosity.” Also commenting, An Tánaiste Simon Coveney T.D. said, “Cork300 is a momentous event for the Cork region. In my view, it will be the most significant maritime event in Ireland in our lifetime. Cork300 is already attracting significant international interest and will firmly position Cork as a maritime haven and must visit destination for anyone involved in sailing worldwide. The committee have put a huge amount of work into planning what looks like an amazing schedule of events across Cork harbour in summer 2020, and I would encourage everyone to get involved – be part of the crew.” Colin Hunt, Chief Executive Officer at AIB, the premier partners for Cork300, said, “AIB is delighted to be sponsoring Cork300 and helping bring what will be a momentous event to the city next summer. As a bank, we have deep roots in Cork and have been part of the community for well over 100 years which is why we are proud to be backing something which brings communities from all over the globe together in one place.” For more see www.cork300.com – in partnership with AIB (premier partner), Volvo, Port of Cork, Cork County Council, Cork City Council and Heineken. As many of our members and patrons have seen, we have had our NSRI pink rescue buoy bright and ready to go on our Ndongeni Lawns for a few months now.
Below is an interesting article released by NSRI following their World Conference on Drowning Prevention: Sea Rescue presented our NSRI Pink Rescue Buoy emergency flotation project at International Lifesaving’s biannual ‘World Conference on Drowning Prevention’ (WCDP) Conference in Durban last week. NSRI’s Drowning Prevention manager Andrew Ingram addressed delegates from around the world explaining where the idea originated from, how it has been funded and implemented and that to date the Pink Rescue Buoys have been used to save the lives of 46 people who were in grave danger of drowning. “There is a strong focus from the international lifesaving community on bystander rescue equipment and it was a pleasure to be able to share our success with this project with them,” said Ingram. “We launched the Pink Buoy project in November 2017 following the WCDP in Vancouver after seeing that in a similar initiative Hawaii reported 150 successful bystander rescues with no harm to the untrained rescuer being reported in any of these rescues." “Later we heard about a similar initiative in Ireland that was started in 1971 and has also had phenomenal success in getting emergency flotation to a drowning victim while emergency services are responding.” “An observation from similar projects that are happening around the globe is that untrained people are going to the aid of someone who is in danger of drowning despite being advised not to. Our Pink Rescue Buoys use simple graphics to explain that it is better to throw the float to someone and call for help. But if someone does go into the water despite the danger, they have a much better chance of survival if they take flotation with them,” said Ingram. “Sea Rescue has the support of many municipalities to put this emergency flotation in drowning hot spots. Each Pink Rescue Buoy costs R1500 and is privately sponsored which means that there is no cost to the municipalities,” said Ingram. We currently have 463 Pink Buoys at drowning hot spots around the country. With generous support from individuals and companies we hope to expand the placement of the Pink Rescue Buoys into many more municipalities that would like to partner with us to save lives,” said Ingram. Our annual traditional, gentlemen only, Trafalgar Dinner took place this past Friday, 18th October 2019, and was once again a night to remember! Sherry, wine, Chef Charlie's mouth-watering canapés and four-course meal, port, cigars, witty (and some not so kosher) banter and much more! We are unable to disclose the details of the festivities that took place behind the closed doors of the Trafalgar Room, we can, however, give you a sneak peak at the deliciously delectable meal the gentlemen had the pleasure of devouring! Chef Charlie Lakin certainly impressed! Chef Charlie will be gracing us with more of his mouth-watering culinary delights on Wednesday 30th October at 7pm, with a set menu at R285.00 per person. For bookings, please contact the office at 031 301 5425 or email Shaneé at [email protected].
The Lipton Trustees published the article below through via multiple media platforms on Monday 14th October:
Breaking News: Dates & Venue for Lipton 2020 Announced: Witbank Yacht & Aquatic Club and their “Nitro” sailing team led by Mike Hayton and David Rae, winners of the 2019 Lipton Challenge, have announced that they will defend the Cup against all-comers on the waters of Saldanha Bay and its coastal surrounds between the 9th and 15th of August 2020. As the thousands of sailors who’ve raced in the Mykonos Regatta over the past 30 years will know, Saldanha offers a whole range of really challenging racing areas. From the seven-kilometer-wide mouth of the Bay, open to the South Atlantic swells and the prevailing winter South Westerlies, to the more protected race tracks inshore of Jutten Island, there are options for all weather conditions. One thing is for certain - tidal currents here will play a much greater role in race strategy than in any of southern Africa’s other coastal sailing waters. The 2019 Lipton Challenge attracted by far the most experienced fleet of SA yachtsmen in this country’s sailing history. Next year’s contest, to be raced again in Cape 31 One-Designs, promises to raise the bar even higher. The 2020 Challenge will be hosted by Witbank Yacht & Aquatic Club in partnership with Langebaan’s iconic Club Mykonos. For those who don’t know Club Mykonos, it’s one of the jewels of the West Coast. A relaxed Agean style resort built around a beautiful marina - it’s a superb regatta venue! Having hosted successfully many international and local sailing events over the years, including two World Championships, an African Continental Championship, numerous SA National Championships and two previous Lipton Challenges, Club Mykonos undoubtedly knows the ropes. The 2020 Lipton Challenge promises to be something special. Original Document: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WlZFhbXLNpSbxlDY8nswrvHwJb-rWMwC Lifestyle piece by Corlia van Tonder Sailing Committee Member 2019/20 When you think of a RS Tera, with her fun little orange panel in the sail, you get the feeling of a calm slow vessel, who surely doesn’t capsize as often as people say she does...Boy, was I wrong! On Saturday, 12 October 2019, our little aggregation of RN sailors (Coert Grobbelaar, Phrankè Nel, Corlia van Tonder, Ursula Schei and Taigen Lindeque ) set off to visit Zululand Yacht Club, to participate in their Mike Leigh Memorial Relay, set to take place on Sunday, 13 October 2019 from 9 am onwards. The relay event was founded by the late Mike Leigh and Renier Greyvenstein to promote interest in fun sailing. What is the relay about you ask…? Well – in teams of four, sailors line up for the race at the top of the lawns, down a beer and leg it down to the tera, which is being held in the water by the balance of their team. They set sail around the short course in the bay, whilst trying not to 1) capsize or 2) lose your little pink pool noodle, both of which we mastered failing at. The RN delegation arrived the day before, as none of our team (other than a rather seasoned Coert) had ever seen an actual Tera, let alone sailed one. Couldn’t be that hard, right? I was the first to capsize on the day! Much to our amusement, the Richardsbay NSRI Station 19 where out practicing in nearby waters - and promptly zoomed to my rescue being delighted at the opportunity of action!! I, however, (and much to NSRI’s disappointment) uncapsized my vessel and they were visibly deflated at a lost opportunity, turning around and tuck-tucking away with me soldiering a second attempt at mastering this little demon of a boat. Gerrit Smith from ZYC, who has been running an exceptionally successful junior sailing division invited us to stay on his old, elegant cruiser, Sugarbush. We were nothing short of spoiled rotten, with our evening beginning with the most beautiful pink, blue and orange Zululand sunset skies, a handful of amazing humans from ZYC and a cruise, with some beers and music, setting the stage for an incredible weekend! Sunday morning greeted us with winds gusting at 25knots and overcast skies – nevertheless… race on! Geared in our Raymarine RN Regatta sponsored shirts, boasting the RNYC Burgee, we dived into the race. Coert was elected to handle the first sprint, considering he has the most sailing experience. Although the downing of the beer was slightly longer than our Zululand counterparts, Coert completed the course like a ninja zooming past all the competition in that leg. Second up was our beloved RNYC ladies racing team Jib trimmer, Ursula. The howling gusts, in conjunction with the wild-child Tera, decided that she preferred the company of the other yachts and Ursula graced us with a few (notable) examples of reverse mooring a Tera. Needless to say, tears streamed down our faces as we laughed out loud at this debacle. Next up – Me! After a successful push off from my team, I succeeded in educating the crowd on how to accomplish multiple donuts in and around the first mark. As well as how a vessel can move when facing the wind head on – BACKWARDS! Last to the grindstone was Phrankè for the final lap, running down the slipway after being cheered for her beer downing abilities. Sailing through the course with sheer determination, and refusing to give up, she capsized while rounding the windward mark, then uncapsized the Tera in 3 seconds flat and continued on to complete the course, much to the amusement and roar of the ZYC crowd. Taigen volunteered to assist with one of the ZYC teams who needed another sailor. They proceeded through several rounds of the race, making it to grand finale, with Taigen flying the RN flag high finishing second –very closely on the tails of Kirsten Schroeder, Ian Eaton and Haden and lastly, James Leigh, son of the late Mike Leigh - who claimed the victory lap. Upon mooring the Tera, Taigen realized he had lost the pool noodle during the most recent capsize. Bearing in mind that the pool noodle is an essential ingredient to completing the race, Taigen frantically hunted around the bay in search of the lost item. The crowd roared and pointed when we spotted the pink noodle floating between two yachts, which drove determined young Taigen back into the water, fighting against the wind to retrieve his loss. Imagine the feeling of sheer pride when James Leigh, on his final lap to claiming victory, tacked his little vessel, sped back to the start line collecting the noodle along the way and graciously passing it back to Taigen, before returning to his final lap.
The race was one for the books showing commendable sportsmanship and camaraderie! With Tera’s capsizing left, right and center, sailors lapping back to ensure everyone was safe before continuing. Tacking and gybing is a feat in 25knots gusting – lest we forget, this all on a Tera with most sailors being adult enough to make for a very tight fit under the boom when doing so. James and his team took the trophy and the RN team was awarded the ‘Club Carrot’ by Commodore Jackie Smit, for our sportsmanship, team work and in appreciation of the participation and support of the RNYC at their memorial race event. Exhausted from fighting the wind, late night chats, so much laughter and happy hearts - our team of sailors hugged and bid farewell to our new friends at the ZYC, late on Sunday afternoon, to begin our journey back home. A heartfelt THANK YOU to Gerrit Smit, Kirsten Schroeder, Jackie Smit and all the members of the ZYC family for the incredibly warm hospitality and welcome. This weekend will not soon be forgotten and I’d strongly recommend that the RNYC members make the trip up to visit the ZYC in Richards Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming lifestyle piece, on women in leadership in sailing, by Phranke Nel in our next newsletter. For the full album on facebook To our RNYC members,
A reminder that our annual Trafalgar Dinner will be held this Friday, 18th October 2019. This is a formal dinner for gentlemen only where we commemorate Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. This event is open to RNYC members and their guests. In keeping with the Club’s longstanding tradition our guest speaker for the evening will be Mr. Manuel Sousa who will give us the Portuguese perspective of the Battle of Trafalgar. Our host for the evening will be Honorary Commodore Mr. Willy Vandeverre. Trafalgar Dinner always provides a wonderful opportunity to meet the many talented members of our diverse community and this year is no exception. Of course the evening would not be the same without a sumptuous meal prepared again this year by our well known celebratory chef Charlie Lakin. Bookings are limited - BOOK NOW! Click here, email [email protected], or call 031 301 5425 to secure your seat. Each year the Club, together with most other worldwide Royal Clubs and Commonwealth navies, we celebrate the Battle of Trafalgar and for the Royal Natal Yacht Club the commemoration forms the highlight of the club’s social calendar. With a men only black tie event taking the format of a formal Naval Mess Dinner the evening is filled with tradition and a certain amount of pomp and ceremony which to the uninitiated might appear a little daunting and perhaps even a little over the top but it is probably Durban’s last remaining formal dinner hosted on an annual basis. This year our celebrity Chef, Charlie Lakin, is set to produce, yet again, an outstanding meal fitting for the grandeur of the occasion.
Here is a link to an article by Britain Magazine entailing who Lord Nelson was, what happened during the Battle of Trafalgar, and various celebratory events. We are now celebrating the 214th Anniversary of the Victory of Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar and hope to see our Royal Natal Gentlemen in fine form for the celebratory evening. Members may book here or by contacting the office on 031 301 5425 or Shaneé on [email protected] |
AuthorThe Royal Natal Yacht Club is the oldest yacht and sports Club in Africa and the oldest yacht club in the southern hemisphere. Read our Newsletter to find out more! Archives
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