Boating report February 2015

It’s with great pleasure that I can say that we have hosted the South Africa Light Tackle Boat Nationals this past week and it was a success. 103 Anglers took part and 52 boats. Our Senior Team ended 3 overall and the Veterans team second. The Lady and Junior SA’s will be held in April and we hope that this will also be an event to be remembered. On the down side like always we had some members that were not happy that the club was reserved for the National and wanted to know how much and if SALTBAA has…

Boating

Sailing report December2014 / January2015

In December a number of sailors took part in the 2nd Southern Charter Grand Slam at Theewaters Kloof Yacht club. Our sailors did very well at this event and a lot of fun was had by all. MBYBC sailors received 2 gold medals, 4 silver and 5 bronze. Some of our junior sailors went up to the Vaal dam in mid December and took part in the youth Nationals. We also had our first Mossel bay Summer Holiday Series. The series drew disappointing numbers of sailors but a lot of fun was had by the guys who did take part.…

Sailing

Mooring report December2014/January2015

December was the “perfect storm”  Passenger liners During the busiest part of the season we had hundreds of passengers disembarking on the moorings. Air Births We find that more and more Mooring Right Owners are using Air births. This has the effect that we have less births available for rentals. Even if the owner is not using his birth, we cannot place a rental on the birth as the Air birth is there. Dirt Bins Even though we have placed a notice to the effect, people are still throwing bait boxes and pieces of fish in the dustbin. This is…

Mooring