Month: Mar 2017

DOLPHYN DIARY NO:  31st  MARCH 2017 – 200 Read your Dolphyn Carefully for all the – Sailing & Club events on the Calendar. SAILING CALENDAR The reduced velocity of the wind on Sunday. (Did someone mention that autumn must be on the way?) led to the decision to adopt a shorter (and slightly different) course for the Medium distance race. Fortunately, one of the octopus trap buoys placed at the entrance to Fish Hoek bay  offered the ideal opportunity to set a longer course than normally used for our Round-the-Cans races, without having to run the risk of minimal wind in the middle of FalseRead More →

DOLPHYN DIARY NO:  199 – 21st MARCH 2017 Read your Dolphyn Carefully for all the – Sailing & Club events on the Calendar. SAILING CALENDAR For a change, the weather forecasts look somewhat more friendly than they have been for the past couple of weeks with lower to mid-teens Southerly winds expected on both Wednesday and Sunday. That means that there is no justifiable excuse (even if you prefer to call it an explanation) for not spending time on the water. Whilst I need to check my arithmetic, I think that we finally achieved the elusive 20 different skippers since the beginning of February lastRead More →