Spring Regatta
We are sending a team of seven sailors to False Bay to sail in the Spring Regatta on the 22nd to the 24th of September. Always Well, one of our Academy boats, is busy being worked on and will be…
Youth Regatta 2017
The Royal Cape Yacht Club Youth regatta, took place on the 24th-25th of June. The competition was tight, we had youth from Hout Bay Yacht Club, Zeekoevlei Yacht Club, Milnerton Yacht club and academy kids from Gugulethu, Khayelitsha, Woodstock and…
Spring Regatta 2014
25 of our academy students have taken part in the Spring Regatta in False Bay and filled various crew positions on a wide mix of boats in all classes. No matter on which boat they were sailing on or which…
IRC Nationals 2014
The RCYC Sailing Academy in the GAC Laser IRC Nationals: Our RCYC Academy sailing team on Regardless got a big nock just before the IRC Nationals, when two of our students announced that they can’t make the regatta because of…
RCYC Summer Regatta 2014
Congratulations to our academy team for winning their class in style during the RCYC Summer Regatta. They also set a new speed record of 14.5kn, running in flat water. This is an impressive speed on a heavy 26ft yacht, especially…
Palermo To Montecarlo Race
Hot of the press from the Palermo to Monte Carlo race 2014 on “Music”, by Harry Brehm. When I was asked to do a SAMSA survey on the Swan 53 "Music" in the Med and to take part in the…
Portugal Day Race 2014
Provisionally we have only entered 3 academy boats for the race, even if we had enough students to race on all 4 boats, knowing that there are always drop outs the last minute. Eventually it came as expected and we…
Lipton Cup 2014
With the Lipton Cup 2014 behind us, nobody can deny that Greg Davis and his RCYC team have earned the cup this year. They have been clinical in their Lipton campaign, their boat preparation was impeccable, the crew selection was…
Portugal Day Race report
Provisionally we have only entered 3 academy boats for the race, even if we had enough students to race on all 4 boats, knowing that there are always drop outs the last minute. Eventually it came as expected and we…
The RCYC Sailing Academy in the Vasco da Gama Race 2014
Tim Dykins, the owner of ‘Southern Storm’, has kindly invited me and 3 of our students to take part in the Vasco da Gama Race 2014. He was willing to cover the basic transport costs to get us to Maputo…