Sailing News & More 7 th September 2012 CLUB NEWS Due to a Telkom technical failure, the club has been without email facilities since Tuesday 04 th September. We apologize for any inconvenience that may have been caused by this disruption to our services. We are attending to the problem and hope this service is available shortly. Ron Keytel will be officially retiring from his role as Sailing Administrator at RCYC at the end of this month, and we would like to invite ALL OF YOU to come down to the club on Wednesday 26 th September at 18h00 to wish Ron well in his retirement. Ron has been working at the club for the past 10 years, but started sailing at RCYC in 1995 at the age of 16, when he crewed on Yacht Paragon III with Ivor Jamison. I m sure he has lots of stories to tell. Ron was recently awarded the Charlie Mouat Award, by SAS Western Cape, for his services to yachting in the Western Cape. Way to go Ron! Last week I mentioned the name of our RCYC members who were awarded their SAS Western Cape Provincial Colours for sailing, and there were a few members that were omitted. They were Markus Progli, In MacRobert, Olivier vande Pitte, and Nic Baigrie. Congratulations! Opening Cruise on Saturday 6 th October is a Nautical Theme. Proceedings start at 12h00. Sail Past in the V&A Harbour. FROM THE MARINA Boat owners please ensure that your vessel is adequately tied to its moorings in the event of strong winds and storms. The Club is offering S/Y HALALI (Extended Impact) for sale. The vessel is currently moored on SK18. Offers are to be submitted to the Marina Manager. The condition of sale is that the successful bidder will remove the vessel from the mooring within 14 days of purchase.
FORTHCOMING SAILING Lipton Cup Challenge August 19 th EVENTS -24 th 2012 Our next and Last Cutty Sark Club Race is THIS SATURDAY 8 th An all class start at 14h00, Race 4 in the series. Sign Up on the RCYC Notice Board. Whisky tasting and snacks will be available straight after the race, followed by the Overall prize giving for the series, with prizes for the winners of each class. SATURDAY 15 TH SEPTEMBER Let s go Cruising Our new cruising committee invites all those chilled, social sailors out for a day of rugby, cruising, and a stopover braai at Oceana Power Boat Club, (OPBC). 09H00 Breakfast at RCYC 09h30 Big Screen Rugby SA vs Nz at RCYC 11h30 Leave the club for a cruise to OPBC 14h00-14h30 Anchor in Granger Bay, (Opposite The Grande Café) adjacent to Oceana Power Boat Club Rubber Ducks will be arranged to shuttle you ashore from your boat to OPBC and back to your boat after the braai Bring your braai meat and salads, fires will be provided along with a cash bar from OPBC You are welcome to moor 4 the night if you so wish or head back to RCYC at your whim Sign up on the RCYC Notice Board CAPE POINT CHALLENGE Table Bay to Simons Town Saturday 15 th September. Enter on Line and see Entries to date RCYC in conjunction with FBYC and supported by Pennypinchers Tokai, are hosting an offshore, feeder race to Spring Regatta. 16h00 18h00 Registration open in RCYC Main Hall, skippers tickets & SAS membership must be presented. 18h30 Compulsory Skippers Briefing in RCYC Main Hall All details are on the RCYC website and Notice Boards. INTASURE SPRING REGATTA at False Bay Yacht Club 22 nd 24 th September 2012, Monday 24 th Heritage Day Public Holiday For enquires contact FBYC Club Manager, Billy Leisegang, manager@fbyc.co.za 021 786 1703.
THE 2012 RCYC OPENING CRUISE IS TAKING PLACE ON SATURDAY 6 TH OCTOBER. THE THEME THIS YEAR IS NAUTICAL ALL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME! WELCOME SPEECHES WILL START AT 12H00 THIS YEAR A SAIL PAST IN THE V&A WATERFRONT BURGEES ON SAIL FOR R100 Live band, BIG screen rugby and bar available on the Regatta Centre afterwards. 10 th Lion of Africa Ladies Race Saturday 10 th November Good Hope Sailing Academy ghsa@iafrica.com are offering Courses with great discounted Prices for ladies wishing to prepare. Please check our website for details on sailing course specials. ENTER ON LINE NOW Elana Afrika will be broadcasting live from RCYC this year. should be fun! Please let sailing office know if you need crew, if you would like to crew or if you would like to put a team together and don t have a boat, sailing@rcyc.co.za Watch the website for more details. Overnight Race from RCYC to Saldanha Bay. A new event on the RCYC sailing calendar. Friday 2 nd November 2012 In conjunction with Saldanha Bay Yacht Club, RCYC are organising an Overnight Race, NOR and On Line Entries will be on the website soon. Aiming to start from RCYC around 17h00 Afternoon braai on Saturday 3 rd at YachtportSA
FROM THE GALLEY FOR THIS WEEK GALLEY SPECIALS!! The Galley is running a regular Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Special, for the month of September. Every Monday Every Tuesday Every Wednesday Hake & Calamari Combo R 45 Tuesday Hake & Chips Madness R 40 The Mighty Cape Royal Burger, Homemade, with all the Trimmings R50 Live Entertainment & Lucky Draw every Friday Terms and Conditions apply - While Stocks Last SOMETHING INTERESTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT TALK 12 TH SEPTEMBER - 18h00 RCYC MAIN HALL Robert van Rooyen from yacht A-L has kindly offered to present the subject of Boat Preparation, for all boat owners, whether racing or cruising, to understand the thought process and the technical requirements that go into preparing a boat for sea and performance. EVERYONE is welcome!!!! WEDNESDAY NIGHT TALK 19 TH SEPTEMBER 18H00 RCYC MAIN HALL Steven Bentley, Harbour Master of the V&A Waterfront, has kindly offered to join us for a presentation and chat on procedures, safety and everything else you don t know about the V&A Waterfront Harbour. Please come down to the club and meet Steven, who is an avid sailor himself and has been very involved in the harbour control of the Volvo Ocean race both here in Cape Town and in Abu Dhabi. WEDNESDAY NIGHT FAREWELL 26 TH SEPTEMBER 18H00 ALL MEMBERS are invited to come down to the club on this particular evening to join us in wishing Ron Keytel a happy retirement, and hear about some of his escapades over the years at RCYC.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR ALL YACHT CLUB MEMBERS Produce your membership card and pay ONLY R40 entrance fee IT S SHOWTIME! 12 14 October 2012! Come and see the very best South African and International boating brands gathered in one fantastic show. That is more than enough reason to visit the Cape Town International Boat Show! Where: CTICC and V&A Waterfront. Show times: Friday 12 and Saturday 13 October 10h00 18h00. Sunday 14 October 10h00 17h00 Cost: R80.00 includes water taxi ride and shuttle to and from the CTICC and V&A Waterfront and all activities. Yacht, Boat and Angling Club Members pay only R40.00 on presentation of valid club membership card. No charge for children accompanied by an adult. For further information and regular updates visit www.capetown boatshow.com Despite the procedures for SAS membership renewals having been published last year, there seems to be some confusion as to what members have to do to obtain their individual SAS Membership Numbers. Here is the way it works as instructed by SAS: 1. Yacht Clubs will still issue accounts and members will still pay clubs exactly as in the past. 2. The member can then log into the database via the SAS website to complete his/her details and get his/her user name and password. 3. Once the member has done that, the regional administrator will then firstly confirm that SAS has received the membership money and then validate the membership by loging into the database as an administrator. 4. It is at this stage that the administrator completes the date field to indicate from when to when the membership is valid. This date must always be in line with the member s club financial period as in the past. The administrator also completes the type of membership to correspond with the amount received from the member. The administrator will further ensure that all family members are linked on the database. 5. Only once the membership has been validated by the regional administrator will the member be able to log in again and print his/her own membership card which will have his/her photo on if it was uploaded onto the system by the member. 6. Where members don t have access to the internet, the clubs will have to provide the regional administrator with the minimum details required for it to be captured under the bulk processing facility of the database. Minimum details being name, surname, date of birth and an e-mail address. 7. In cases where members can t print their own cards the clubs can be given access to allow them to print the cards. Alternatively the regional office can download and e-mail the cards to the club. 8. It is important to note that nothing has changed as far the way of working with the membership fees to the way it was done last season.