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DOLPHYN DIARY #511 | 26 AUGUST 2025

EVENTS AND SPECIAL NOTICES

REMINDER TO MEMBERS:

A reminder that the 67th FBYC Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 28th August 2025 at 18h00 in the Crow’s Nest.

FBYC ANGLING WHATSAPP GROUP

Please contact the Club Office on 064 621 3180 or email admin@fbyc.co.za to request to be added to a group.

SAILING

RACING RESULTS

Sailing Report 20 August 2025

Racing Results:
Wednesday 16th July – Diverse Trailers Winter Frostbite Series, Race3. 1st Alegria, 2nd Hooligan and 3rd Panashe.

Friday 18th to Sunday 20th July – GBYC Gaul Regatta.

Wednesday 23rd July – Diverse Trailers Winter Frostbite Series, Race 4. 1st Elwing, 2nd Hooligan and 3rd Alegria.

Wednesday 30th July – Diverse Trailers Winter Frostbite Series, Race 5. This race was cancelled.

Wednesday 6th August – Diverse Trailers Winter Frostbite Series, Race 6. 1st Jabulani, 2nd Panashe and 3rd Genesis.

Saturday 9th August – Ladies Helm Race.
This race was cancelled.

Wednesday 13th August – Diverse Trailers Winter Frostbite Series, Race 7. 1st Alegria, 2nd Jabulani and 3rd Hooligan.

Saturday 16th August – Double Handed Series 2025 / 2026, Race 1. This race was cancelled.

UPCOMING CLUB RACING

Wednesday 20th August – Diverse Trailers Winter Frostbite Series, Race 8. Start Time 17h30.

Sunday 24th August – Medium Distance Series 2025 / 2026, Race 1. Start time 11h30.

Wednesday 27th August – Diverse Trailers Winter Frostbite Series, Race 9. Start Time 17h30. This is the last race of the series.

Wednesday 3rd September – No Racing.

Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September HBYC Admirals Regatta. No Racing at FBYC.

Wednesday 10th September – Spring Twilight Series One, Race 1. Start Time 17h30.

Saturday 13th September – FBYC Opening Cruise. Start time 12h30. No Racing at FBYC.

Wednesday 17th September Spring Twilight Series One, Race 2. Start time 17h30.

Friday 19th, Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st September – FBYC INTASURE Spring Regatta.

Wednesday 24th September – Spring Twilight Series One, Race 3. Start time TBA.

Friday 26th to Sunday 28th September – MAJESTIC CUP Agulhas Race 2025.

Wednesday 3rd November – Spring Twilight Series One, Race 5. Start time 17h30.

Saturday 4th November – New Helm Race. Start time 14h30.

FBYC Sailing Calendar July to December 2025

This is the calendar for the second six months of 2025. Please note that changes may apply.

RACING REPORTS, SAILING NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

GAUL REGATTA 2025

Gordon’s Bay hosted their annual regatta from the 18th to 20th July. Our Youth team, with skipper Nico Liebenberg represented our club and placed fourth. Well done to them.

CLOSING CRUISE

The Closing Cruise took place on Saturday 2nd August was well attended.

LIPTON CUP 2025

This prestigious regatta started on Monday 25th August with the opening ceremony. Racing started today and will continue until Saturday 30th August. Richard Wiederhold, Morgan Evans, Matthew Breedt and substitute Ryan Leatherby will be representing FBYC. Bianca Gericke is the team manager. We wish them all the best.

OPENING CRUISE 2025

Welcoming the new committee. This will take place on Saturday 13th September. Start time 12h30. This is guaranteed to be a festive occasion, with prizes for the best dressed crew, see the poster.

SPRING REGATTA 2025

Our organising committee is hard at work organising the event. We are hoping for lots of entries and a fantastic regatta.

AGULHAS RACE 2025

Our organising committee is hard at work with plans for the organising of the event. We have secured a very good sponsorship for this event, which will hopefully boost entries.

COF’s:

Jason Mills and Paul Dennett are qualified and available to do SA Sailing Hull & COF surveys on sailing boats.
Paul Dennett can now do LGSC surveys for private sailing yachts.
They can be contacted through the Club.

SAILING WHATSAPP GROUPS

We have the following three 'Sailing' WhatsApp groups:

FBYC Sailing
FBYC Club Racing
FBYC Classifieds

Visit https://fbyc.co.za/fbyc-sailing/whatsapp-groups to find out more about each group.

Please contact the Club Office on 064 621 3180 or email admin@fbyc.co.za to request to be added to a group.

CAPE COASTAL ROWING

Recent highlights and developments at CCRC

This month at Cape Coastal Rowing we’ve welcomed new faces, launched new boats and marked a few milestones worth sharing.

AGM: Growth and Change

At this year’s AGM we noted steady growth: membership has moved from 51 to 59. Encouragingly, several younger rowers have joined CCRC and FBYC, which bodes well for the future of our sport (and gives the veterans someone else to carry the boats).

New Committee

We thanked outgoing commodore Estelle Wiid for her service and welcomed Pete Goosen as CCRC commodore. Sasha van der Krol takes over as club captain with Harriet Hoets-Turner as vice captain. Dave Marrs, Vanessa Nucci, Derrick Read and Jamie Ingram continue in their roles, ensuring some ballast remains in place.

Boat Naming: Seekat and Skipjack
We used the AGM gathering to christen our two new quads, Seekat and Skipjack. This increases our capacity to 46 seats, comprised of 6 quads, 6 doubles and 4 single sculls.

Lawhill Rowing: Ten Years On
Our partnership with the Lawhill Maritime Trust reached its tenth year and is going from strength to strength. We now have 23 grade 11 and 12 rowers and another 23 in grade 10. Coaching sessions run on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings – either outdoors, weather permitting, or indoor ergo sessions up at the school.

Coastal Rowing on the Olympic Stage
Coastal rowing has been officially recognised as an Olympic sport, and for the first time, the sport has representation with Rowing South Africa (RowSA). This opens up inspiring pathways for our younger members to compete at the highest levels and for our club to play a role in shaping the future of coastal rowing in South Africa.

Together, we row further.

GENERAL NEWS

NSRI Station 10:

FBYC wishes to congratulate Station Commander Simon McDonnell and his crew at Station 10 on winning the best Class One NSRI Station award for 2024.

Also present when receiving the award was the Stations three Crew Coxswains Darren Zimmerman, Sharon Crowther and Andre De Kok.

Closing Cruise:

The Closing Cruise was held on Saturday 26th July. Many boats came out to close the 2024 / 2025 season. Thank you to Bruce Travers-Phillips for accommodating the Commodore on his beautiful yacht “Lello”. The fleet congregated in the bay, and the procession was then led by the Vice Commodore onboard Jabulani.

Thirteen yachts and three rowing boats then passed the anchored Commodore followed by the Rear Commodore Sailing onboard “Serendipity” bringing up the rear.

The crews then met up in the “Crow’s Nest” for a fun afternoon.

Thank you to Simon McDonnell for being our photographer for the day.

CLUB NOTICES

Notice to Members:

We would like to inform you that the DOLYPHN DIARY will now be a monthly publication. Going forward, it will be sent out at the end of each month.

Thank you for your continued engagement and support.

FBYC WhatsApp Group

We have created a new FBYC Noticeboard WhatsApp Group. The purpose of this group is to keep paid-up members updated on events and functions happening at the club. Please inquire at the Admin Office for further details.