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…
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…
Academy news 07.08.2014
First I have been asked to lay marks for a proper sail training for our RCYC Lipton team and our RCYC team heading for New York to sail…
Academy news 31.07.2014
The winter in Cape Town can be very unpredictable. Cold fronts can pass through on very short notice, with very strong NW winds and rough seas. We had…
Sail Training 19.07.2014
We are so lucky that we have missed the cold front last week. Thursday and Friday we have seen heavy rain and gale force NW, but luckily all…
Club Newsletter 17th-July-2014
Ahoy Club Royalty The most important subcommittee in the club met last night, and decided on a couple of critical pointers for the way in which its business…
RCYC Academy news 09.07.2014
Last week we cancelled our sail training as we had one of the worst cold fronts coming through this winter. This must have been the only Saturday that…
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…
Youth Regatta 2014
Fantastic weekend of youth sailing to celebrate Youth Day at RCYC. Read on for a race report from the Race Chairman, Harry Brehm. Day 1: You can plan…
The Mykonos Race – it’s a wrap.
Another full weekend of sailing is behind us and it was not just plain sailing. In the right conditions you can point your bow in a northerly direction…