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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This past Sunday, 17th November 2019, we had a few crews of visiting International sailors attend an informative presentation by Club and Sailing Committee Member, Roy Cook on sailing Southern Africa: East to West.
The presentation is based on Tony Herrick’s Southern African Cruising Notes (East to West). A few notes from Roy: It was a successful presentation in which we were able to inform the visiting yachtsmen of the dangers of the coast as well as explaining how to obtain safe passage on their journey down the coast. Special thanks go out to Gilber Goor for assisting with the presentation. Gilber has just recently sailed the coast-line and his experience and knowledge was greatly informative. Thanks also go out to Deon Myburgh for putting together the presentation. As the visiting international yachtsmen continue to make their way to our Harbour, we will be reporting on a few of their adventures in upcoming Newsletter articles. |
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