CLUB NEWS LETTER
17th October 2013
Ahoy Club Sailor!
A number of salty sailors mentioned counting more than sixty yachts on the water for the Twilight
Race last night. Wow, that is outstanding...and equates to about 500 people at the club!
Another couple of members said that they felt a really good gees in the club afterwards. That is also
top drawer...and the burgers sold out in double quick time.
What I experienced was a warm welcome from the Lufthansa Hostesses, a lekker evening on the
water, and nice catch-up with a couple of mates in TC corner...but I was somewhat surprised that
the bars emptied out quite quickly between 10-10:30pm. Have we all grown up and stopped being
a drinking club with a sailing problem? It seems the tables have turned...maybe that is an
awareness of drinking and driving, or maybe just the boppers wanting to catch the last few mincing
moments of the Rihanna show? Or maybe the club could be looking for just a little bit more variety
in the front of house offering?
Anyway, I hope we all continue to enjoy the Lufthansa Twilight Series, and brace yourselves and
your yachts for a lot of action in the upcoming four Saturdays: Round Robben Island Pursuit Race
with Harken; RiskSA team regatta; One-Eighty Ladies Race; Yachtport Novamarine Overnight Race.
You can already enter the super fun Crocs Summer Regatta 14-16 December, and...wait for it...the
Mykonos Offshore Regatta Notice of Race will be posted on 1 November 2013, and entries will
open on that date.
Come Sailing!
Click here for Lufthansa Twilight Race 2 results
A Letter from Teddy Kuttel to the Sailing Office
Jerrold Salaman
Jerrold has been a member of RCYC longer than any other. Having
become interested in sailing at a very early age, he joined the Royal
Cape Yacht Club in 1944. He had to wait until he was 16 to become a
junior member. He is still sailing as a very active crewmember aboard
“Spilhaus”. That is an amazing sailing career of 73 years.
His first crewing position was on “Viking”, a very beautiful Bermudan sloop
designed by Knud Reimers and built in Sweden for the New York boat
show. After that he bought his own yacht and has owned quite a number:
 “Caprice” – 39 foot Gaff Cutter
 “Windward” – 42 foot Gaff Cutter designed by N D Ross,
built by Louw and Halvorsen in Cape Town
 “Active” – 50 foot Bermudan cutter built in Austalia
 “Cirrus” – RCOD
 “Fun”- RCOD
 “Assegai 1” – 1 tonner designed by Angelo Lavranos
 “Assegai 2” – 2 tonner Designed by Angelo Lavranos
Jerrold contributed a lot to sailing. As Secretary of Sailing he introduced many very successful
ocean races, which were sailed for a long time. Sadly this side of our sport at the Cape has died in
recent years. He was a shareholder in Robertson and Caine Yachts which built so many of our
yachts and was particularly responsible for developing the “Holiday 23”
Jerrold is a member of the RORC and has competed in many of their events in the UK. He has been
sailing on “Spilhaus” for the past ten years. “Spilhaus”, also built in Sweden and designed by Knud
Reimers, is sailed a lot, usually twice a week, and always takes part in the Mykonos Regatta and the
Spring regatta. We have won both of them a couple of times. Jerrold is very much part of this, in
fact I have problems in keeping him off the foredeck.
In the last month or two Jerold has missed a couple of days sailing as he has a health problem. We
are hoping that he will overcome this soon.
Teddy Kuttel, Cliffie Leih, Julien Pells, Dieter Koenen, Jennifer Webb.
There definitely seems to be a guardian angel looking over this fleet.
Saturday's weather was pretty nasty in the morning, but a very pleasant
window opened up after lunchtime as the wind backed from west to
southwest over the afternoon. There was a fair swell and a variable breeze
with the upper limit in the mid-twenties. 14 yachts made it to the start... click
here to continue reading the article. RESULTS
Wrong Sails, Dirty Bottoms
“If you think a dirty bottom slows you down, imagine what is does to your yacht…!” – Anonymous.
Have you ever wondered what difference it makes having a clean bottom?? If so… click here to
find out.
Upcoming Sailing Events
Round Robben Island Pursuit Race with Harken - Sat 19th October
 First start not before 11h00! Sign up on the notice board or online.
 Provisional Start times will be up on the Notice Board and on the website on Friday
afternoon, and confirmed start times up by 10h00 on Saturday morning.
 Harken bow stickers to be on to get a result! Sign up in the reception
on Saturday morning.
 Special RCYC triple decker breakfast sandwich will be available
during the morning R40.
Lufthansa Twilight Series – Race 3 on Wed 23th October
Sailing Committee invites any member to join the team of course
setting.
 Each member will must collect a Lufthansa Twilight Series
Passport, to be stamped on arrival at each race night.
 At the end of the two series, all passport holders that have 70%
or more participation in the series will go into the draw for two business class tickets to
Germany.
 Overall Lufthansa prize giving in March
 NEW addition to members, child minding upstairs for any mums wanting to get out on the
water.
RISKSA Regatta – Sat 26th October
 Entries now closed.
 Crew lists and RSVP’s should be in by today or no T-shirt and no spit braai.
 Minimum number of guests on board to be 40% of your COF/total crew.
One-Eighty-Degrees Ladies Day Race – Sat 2nd November
Good Hope Sailing Academy has offered all Ladies a 25% discount on all
Competent Crew & Day Skipper courses during September& October.
 Sign up online with your boat and team, contact the sailing office if you
don’t have a boat yet
 All ladies welcome
The Overnight Race – Fri 8 – Sat 9 November
 Notice of Race on the website.
 This is part of the Club Championship Series
 Class splits the same as club classes
 17h00 Race Start from RCYC on Fri 8th
 3 Virtual Marks, one for each class, as per last year
 Lunch time braai awaiting you at Yachtport
The Italian Ambassador’s Perennial Trophy – Sat 23 November
A new and exciting annual event on our Race and Social calendar
 A community project to bring the youth of the RCYC Academy and
Izivungu sailing school together with the business, diplomatic,
governmental and yachting community, to share seamanship.
 All boat owners will be invited to a Gala Party at the ambassador’s
residence on Fri 23rd Nov.
 All crew are invited to the Italian pasta supper and prize giving after racing.
 Great sponsors and prizes from the Italian community.
CROCS Summer Regatta – Sat 14 to Fri 16 December
Refocusing on bringing the event back to an “Antigua Week” style regatta to
have fun and good participation with full SAILING and CRUISING activities, this
year is not to be missed!!
 Friday evening Race Registration, cocktails and sundowners
 Saturday racing and cruising with a lunch time braai stop, and long bay race, followed by
Doc Crocodile Braai
 Sunday racing and cruising with a lunch time stop. Afternoon bay race with V&A stop over
party
 Monday racing and cruising with a different lunch time stop early finish with prize giving.
Mykonos Offshore 2014 - Entries open at noon on 1st November 2013, when the NOR will be posted
on the RCYC website.
Commodore’s Wife’s Charity High Tea - Saturday 16th November
Ladies book this date in your diary, invite your friends and email
Tiffany to book a table of 10 or a couple of tickets to this very
special afternoon.
R100 per ticket.
14h30 Start with a welcome glass of bubbles
A specially prepared High Tea menu by Executive Chef Paul
Special guest speaker Monique Strydom, (kidnapped by Al
Quaeda Rebels in Malaysia in 2000 and kept hostage for 4
months)
 GREAT Raffle prizes
 Bring along a school supply for our chosen charity
 Keep an eye on the website for updated details.
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Less than 80 Days to the 2014 Cape 2 Rio
Yacht Race.
With 28 confirmed entries!!
TP 52, Scarlet Runner, is a arriving on Sunday! She is the first foreign
Cape2Rio yacht arriving in Cape Town.
Read the latest news from Race Headquarters, as there is a hive of
activity going into setting up the new Rio Lounge and Race Office.
As October draws to an end, the first finishers of leg 2 of the
Clipper Round the World will be arriving in Cape Town after
3400nm at sea. The race will restart in November.
RCYC will be hosting an open boat day and at talk at the
club on October 31st.
IT’S A ROLL-OVER: NEXT DRAW R6, 000.00!!!!
Celia Bassi was the lucky member drawn last Friday night in the Club 500.
Unfortunately she was not present to collect her cash! The cash prize of R6
000 rolls over to this Friday 18 October.
You have to be physically present at the Club with your membership card
at the time of the draw to claim your prize
Unclaimed prizes will be held over and accumulate the following week, increasing the Prize
amount.
A MESSAGE FROM SAFETY AT SEA
To receive a result in a race, all yachts must have a
valid COF, Insurance declaration & be in good
standing with the club. It is illegal to sail a yacht without
a valid COF.
Please take note of VESSELS CONFINED TO HARBOUR
LIST:
These do not include those in the last 30 days.
HENNION
RV
MRA
NOOK
MORRIS
J
MRA
MOONCHILD
MORRIS
J
MRA
MERIT
BLUMENTHAL
N
MRA
BELUGA
KAMP
J
TMF
ISIS
DYKINS
T
MRA
SOUTHERN JAZZ
COLLINS
JACOBS
D
F
MRA
MRA
BROAD REACH
LE TROUBADOR
MODENA
K
MRA
MINSTREL
T
MRA UNZIPPED
Please remember that without a valid COF no boat DYKINS
should be leaving the marina and certainly no results
will be given if the boat is racing without a COF. It would be wise to make sure that a copy of your
current COF is with the marina secretary.
Latest club merchandise now in stock.
RCYC caps = R 70
Ladies Jacket - Red and Navy s-xl = R560
- Red and Navy 2xl - 3xl = R600
Mens jacket - Red and Navy s-xl = R 590
- Red and Navy 2xl-3xl = R610 Ladies Golf shirt - R200
Mens and Ladies body warmers S-3XL = R 350
Mens powder Blue shirt - R 260 RCYC
Buffs - around the neck - R 200
Thursday 31st October Rotary will host their annual wine auction.
Contact Richard Burnett 083 628 2511for more information.