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DOLPHYN DIARY #469 | 17 October 2023

"We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough"
Helen Keller

Photo credit: Clipper Round the World

EVENTS AND SPECIAL NOTICES

EVENTS

Fundraising Event: Download the registration form HERE>

SPECIAL NOTICES

Colin Weir

6 October 2023

Dear Members

We regret to inform you that Colin Weir passed away on 6 October 2023.

We extend our condolences to his
Family and Friends

ANGLING

SADSAA Protea Nomination Call:
2024 EFSA Big Game Tournament

Please take note:

Request for SADSAA Call for Nominations for 2024 EFSA Big Game Tournament from 6th -10th May in Hout Bay.

Ensure you complete the latest SADSAA -PROTEA Nomination form (2023 V5). Kindly submit your nominations with your payment of R250 (SADSAA Nomination Fee) to WP Secretary no later than the 16th November 2023.

NB: No late nominations will be considered.

SADSAA Protea Nomination Form v5 >

Nomination Call >

Small Vessel Surveyor for Power Driven Vessels

Brent Miller is a SADSAA appointed Small Vessel Surveyor (Sport & Recreation vessels of less than 9 meters in overall length).

Contact details: Brent Miller
Mobile: +27 711437454
E-Mail: brent.southernskippers@gmail.com

Sale of ice tickets

Please note that the FBYC General Committee agreed to cease the sale of ice tickets to non-members.

Only FBYC members may purchase ice tickets and may take a maximum of 5 bags of ice per boat, per day.

Anglers please take note

Do to the lack of availability of the fishing licence application forms at the few Post Offices that are still open, you may download and print the form, and take it along with you to increase your chances of success.

Fishing Licence Application Form

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

Wednesday 4th October – THE SCONE SHACK Spring Twilight Series One, Race 6.
This race was cancelled.

Overall results for THE SCONE SHACK Spring Twilight Series One.
1st Jasper, 2nd Firefly and 3rd Bonita

Saturday 7th October – Double Handed Series, Race 3. This race was cancelled.

UPCOMING RACING

Wednesday 18th October – THE SILK PURSE Spring Twilight Series Two, Race 2. Start time 17h30.

Saturday 21st October - Commodores Challenge, has been postponed to a later date.

Wednesday 25th October – THE SILK PURSE Spring Twilight Series Two, Race 3.
Start time 17h30.

Sunday 29th October – Medium Distance Series, Race 3. Start time 11h30.

Pier 23 will be offering the following specials on Wednesday night racing:
2 X Jack Black Draught R 80.00
2 X Castle Light Draught R 60.00
2 X Windhoek Draught R 70.00

You will still receive your 10% members discount over and above these prices.

Please check out the Full Sailing Calendar on the FBYC Webpage.

SPONSORS OF FBYC SAILING

UPCOMING EVENTS

Clipper race – The Clipper Round The World Race will stop in Cape Town around 6th to 16th November. FBYC has been offered a limited number of tours of the boats, between 12th and 14th. Please let the Sailing Office know if you are interested.

Mark Gibson’s son Ryan is the Skipper of Dare to Lead. You can follow the race at clipperroundtheworld.com.

Ocean°Globe°Race – The yachts will be arriving in Cape Town over the next few days.

Boatica 2023 – FBYC has partnered with Boatica again this year. This will take place 27th to 29th October at the V&A Waterfront. FBYC has been given a few complementary tickets, which will be handed out soon.

SAILING NEWS

Friday 13th October – Jeremy Bagshaw very kindly gave a small presentation and answered some questions on his Golden Globe Race. This was well attended, and everyone enjoyed the time spent with him. Jeremy introduced the members to Aida, whom many will remember from her interviews with the competitors.

SAFETY AT SEA

Philip Lamb, Paul Dennett, and Jeremy Walter are qualified and available to do SAS (COF) surveys on sailing boats. They can be contacted through the Club.

Please contact SAS directly if you require a LGSC.

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.

ROWING

CCRC has enjoyed a series of extra special weeks in the company of many international rowers.
This includes seven of our Dutch visitors from de Laak Rowing Club in the Hague.

Their first tour visit since 2018, saw a well-planned and successfully executed tour up the West Coast. Organised by our teams of dedicated rowers, who on this side diligently prepared boats, trailers, budgets, accommodation, transport, towing, routes, weather, menus, wine stash, and more.

Always a challenge to better a previous tour, the highlight of our guests’ second southward trip this time, was an away tour to a different part of the Cape West Coast they had never seen before.

Visiting new territory took the group up to the historic Kersefontein Farmstead on the Breede River, about 30km from Velddrif. As always, our host Julian Melck, pulled out every stop to accommodate the party in the old Cape Dutch farm cottages among sheep and cow sheds. The arrival of a little lamb entertained our youngest guest, suitably occupied with feedings and all things farming.

The famous traditional Saturday night historic talk and dinner treat in the classic old dining room, filled with art and family heirlooms, was preceded by a sundowner tractor-trailer ride to view this massive farm, in perfect light of a breathtaking sunset.

A team of 13 rowers in one quad and four doubles rowed up and down the Berg River from Veldriff to Port Owen to view the magnificent bird life, to Laaiplek Harbour, and along the coastline to St Helena Bay.

The most exciting part for us all was to explore new water, with lots of beach swims and picnics, from there to Shelley Point, around the point of Cape St Martin, to Paternoster Rock Islands.

Probably the most spectacular part of our row was the hidden and not so hidden reefs, magnificent rocks, and beaching for an idyllic swim just before Paternoster main beach to pack our trailers for the return journey.

Our West Coast tour alone totaled 150 rowing km and many more during several False Bay rows, finishing off with 50 km on the Cape Point journey at the end, more to follow on this.

So many to thank for making this tour such a brilliant success! From our home base at FBYC, to Kim and team at the Boatyard Company, and Carl and Sean with their team at Pier 23, who as usual provided a splendid traditional SA braai for their farewell dinner.

Thank you teams CCRC and FBYC for always making us proud to receive visitors from around the globe, and especially this year following the World Master’s Regatta.

Last but not least, is that CCRC also had the privilege of entertaining our biggest number of visiting rowers within a couple of weeks following the World Masters Rowing Championships in Pretoria. We rowed with many impressive masters athletes from Germany, Australia, Canada, and India. Not only did they experience our pristine coastline, but generously filled our maintenance coffers with record sales of orange club T-Shirts and our ever in-demand white Penguin caps.