Dive Section Report for May 2014

Well a few positive things have recently happened with diving. The first is we’ve actually gotten in the water all be it with mixed results but a lot of fun was has and qualifications gained. We have also taken a decision to find some space at the club to put in a compressor and some dive equipment which will be made available to the section members to use and will also be used to generate some revenue for the section by renting equipment out to non members or non section members and charging them for cylinder fills. We will also…

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Sailing report for May 2014

The last few weeks has been fairly quiet on the sailing scene as far  as regattas are concerned. I can however report on our club league. Club sailing  on the 10th of May. A training session was held and Tammy and Sanmarie, Anke and Lea, Marco and Martin and Meike Prenzel were on the water and Rob Holden was coaching them.  An invigorating 15 knot north westerly was blowing. On the 11th we had  a 11 knot north westerly and we had 8 boats on the water. We had a beach start and sailed twice around the island. Also in…

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Boating report – May 2014

As a boating community we are now in our winter recess and did not have any events scheduled during the last month.  We will use the next 3 months to review our boating activities of the last season and also consider the way forward as a boating community. Our AGM will take place in 2 months’ time and it is during this meeting where we hope to get input from our members regarding competitions, affiliations, conservation, and the like. Specific agenda points for May meeting: All coastal’s nationals (July 2014) SA KAMPIOENSKAPPE SENIORS/VETERANE 14- 21 FEBRUARIE 2015 Ons verwag 160-170…

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Sailing report April 2014

Sailing has had quite a busy month kicking off with match racing on the 29th of March. We used 2 Hobie dragoons and divided 20 sailors up in 10 teams and two fleets. Piet Smit and his crew Marco Moolman from Sao Bras ended first in the gold fleet. Second were Tammy Holden with a double crew, Meghann Naudé and Abigail Sweeney. This was a rather special team in that Abigail is only 11 and Meghann is only 7 years old. In the silver fleet Joppie Naudé and Marc von Schutz ended 1st with Juan du Plessis and Reawon ending…

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MBYBC Dive Section Report

With the conditions being so crap at the moment some of us went through to the Cape Town Dive Festival 2014 in Simons Town where they had great conditions except for the cold water. However one of us had a dry suit so it was ok.

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