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Class Update

October 3rd, 2009 by Geoffrey Posted in General | 2 Comments »

Hi All

Just a bit of news about what has been going on in the Extra class recently…

The Southern Spars Spring regatta kicked the season off with 14 entries. It was mainly a light wind regatta which mixed things up a bit. Sunday morning came with a bit of breeze which meant that by lunch time some of us were pretty tired. Luckily, the wind eased & the afternoon race was quite manageable.

The weekend after that, three Extra teams entered the MAC 12hr event. Once again , the wind was light which allowed two Lasers to get away & about a lap ahead. When the breeze did eventually fill in, the Extras were definitely the fastest boats on the water – apart from the Moth! It would have been really interesting to see an overall standing, but unfortunately, the results were split up into classes.

Next on the calendar is the Voelvlei Points Series (17 & 18 October) – 2 weeks time! We will be doing a phone around again – please say “Yes, I will be there..!” Here is a weather link: http://www.yr.no/place/South_Africa/Western_Cape/Voëlvlei_Dam/ for those interested. Cheap camping, cheap food, cheap… umm…beer & of course, good sailing.

The next sponsored event at ZVYC is on the 1rst of November (North Sails Regatta) – another date to diarise…!

Thursday evening sailing is also back on the cards, now that the evenings are getting longer. Generally, there will be some of us down there if the weather is good enough – another link: http://www.trax.co.za/zeekoevlei_weather.htm

Keep an eye on it!

& Lastly, welcome to Thomas Sutherland who has bought Stephen’s X845. Also, Francois Korver (X829) who was sailing the MAC 12hr, Albert Geiger (X864) at TSC & Dave Oldham (X897) in the Eastern Cape.

Cheers~

Ian MacRobert

Mac12 2009

September 28th, 2009 by Geoffrey With the Tags: mac12 | Posted in Event Reports, Photos | No Comments »

After the event was expanded to allow for Extras, Milnerton Aquatic Club’s 12 hour regatta saw three Extra teams sailing from 6.30am-6.30pm. With roughly 3-5 sailors in each team the turnout wasn’t bad – and the event was far more manageable (and enjoyable…) than the 24 hour variety – so hopefully we’ll see a even stronger turnout next year.

Below are a couple of photos from the day, you can also see some by Craig Leslie here.

General Photographs

September 28th, 2009 by Geoffrey Posted in Photos | No Comments »

This post will be updated in the future with more general photographs. Thanks to Stephen and Jane du Toit for these.

General Update: boats for sale, Intasure & Voelvlei Points

September 22nd, 2009 by Geoffrey With the Tags: classifieds, points series, sponsors | Posted in General, Organisation | No Comments »

Boats for sale: The classifieds page has been updated with 3 boats currently for sale.

Intasure: Intasure has recently got involved in sponsoring a few sailing events, such as the Simonstown Keelboat Spring Regatta & a team for the Lipton Cup. It is really refreshing when a company steps up to the plate like these guys & decides to support some local sailing events. Give these guys a call if you are looking at insuring your boat or anything else & show your support for someone who supports your sport…!

The Extra Class supports all sponsors of sailing and will publish brief write-ups by class members who are sponsored while sailing, subject to approval by the Committee

Next Points Series: The next points series is on the 17^th & 18^th of October at Voelvlei. Check it out http://www.vyc.co.za/This is one of the nicest places to sail: clean water, lots of space, cheap camping etc. Please consider sailing this event. It will be really good to have some decent numbers attending. Let’s keep up the momentum that we have gained…!

Spring Regatta Results

September 20th, 2009 by Geoffrey With the Tags: spring regatta, zvyc | Posted in Event Reports | No Comments »

ZVYC’s Spring points Regatta over the weekend of the 12th and 13th of August saw a strong 15 boat Extra fleet (making us the largest senior class…).

After much waiting around day 1 allowed just one race before the wind died again. The second day was an improvement, although suffered from fewer boats after a number of sailors were scared off by the morning’s rain…

You can read ZVYC’s report on the event here, class results are below and take a look at Angela Gray’s great photos here and here.

View results here

Mac-12

September 2nd, 2009 by Geoffrey With the Tags: mac, mac12 | Posted in Organisation | No Comments »

This year sees Milnerton Aquatic Club’s Mac-12, now in its 2nd year, accept entries from the Extra Class along with the already present Lasers and Dabchicks. The event differs little from the club’s popular 24 hour race and runs from 6.30am to 6.3pm on Saturday the 19th of September.

So far we have two teams entering: Thomas van der Ploeg and myself are sailing with a couple of non-class members, in an effort to convert them, and Ian Macrobert, Markus Progli and Stephen du Toit are entering as Team Intasure.

It would be great to see a strong Extra contingent at the event. Take a look at the event webpage for more information and get in touch with the committee to let us know if you are sailing or are looking for a team to sail in.

Sailing at Simonston Update

June 12th, 2009 by Geoffrey With the Tags: simonstown | Posted in Organisation | No Comments »

Ok, a lot of guys are sailing the GBYC regatta. So, we will be sailing on Saturday the 20th out of Simonstown Yacht Club – weather permitting. The club is pretty congested, so they have asked if we can take our boats home with us afterwards. Also, once we have offloaded, we need to move our trailers outside, out of the way.

Dave Rae will be coaching Lasers & 420’s. The idea is to sail in their vicinity, but not interfere. We will lay one or two marks & sail a few windward / leeward courses or whatever else we feel like…

Also, once again, please confirm if you will be sailing so that I know who to contact if the weather looks too rough to sail.

Kind regards,

Ian MacRobert

Sailing at Simonstown

June 1st, 2009 by Geoffrey With the Tags: simonstown | Posted in Organisation | No Comments »

Hi All

We are still looking to sail extras out of FBYC on Tuesday 16^th June (Youth Day). What I need from you guys is a yes or a no as to whether you can make it on that day or not. It is the last day of a keel boat regatta in Gordon’s Bay, so a few guys will not be able to make it as it is. If we don’t sail on the 16^th, we’d like to sail on Saturday the 20^th – it is also FBYC’s closing cruise. Please indicate if you can make the Saturday or not. Unfortunately, we can’t leave our boats at FBYC as space is limited, so we’ll have to trail them home with us…

Thanks!

Ian MacRobert

Extra Nationals 2009

May 28th, 2009 by Geoffrey With the Tags: nationals, zvyc | Posted in Event Reports, Photos | No Comments »

After a number of years of relative inactivity, the Extra class finally held a national championships at Zeekoei Vlei Yacht Club – and in so doing, proved that the years since the last nationals have not resulted in a dwindling of numbers.

Excellent organisation by the likes of Stephen du Toit and Ian MacRobert saw almost every local boat on the water, along with a number from Durban – resulting in an impressive 32 entries for the three day regatta shared with the 420 class.

Strong winds on day one gave way to a light wind regatta characterised by competitive, close races throughout the fleet with the leaderboard changing often, heavily contested mark roundings and no less than six different race winners. Consistency helped Gareth Blackenburg to win an impressive first position, while Ryann Collins beat Dave Rae to second by just one point. Just behind them were Stephen du Toit, Andrea Giovannini and Rick Nankin.

During the class AGM a commitment was made not to allow a return to the recent period of inactivity; the new committee is organising winter sailing in Simonstown and will be promoting specific regattas over the next year to build momentum for the next nationals. Cape sailors also plan to travel to Durban for a regatta there should their numbers grow as hoped.

Further information about these plans can be found on the new class website – www.extrasailing.com – and the committee can be contacted for help in getting involved in the class.

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This report was written for Sailing magazine.

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