Keelboat Cruising

If you have an existing website, please would you add the new NSA link to it - www.sailrsa.org.za/Cruising.

Please send your existing Cruising Calendar to Malcolm Osborne, preferably in a MS Word document - malcolmo@telkomsa.net.

Please would you include your Cruise Coordinators contact details in each document sent to Malcolm for publishing on the web page.

I think that this is the easiest way of keeping them up to date.

Cruising Calendar

18 October 2005

Here's the latest combined Cruising Calendar - click HERE (Excel version)

Cruise to DAC on 21st & 22nd January 2006!

DAC are holding their annual King of the Vaal regatta on the weekend of 21st & 22nd January 2006 and the Cruising Fleet is invited to join in on the Saturday night.

Please contact the DAC office on 016 371 1294 to arrange your mooring.

Saturday evening supper and Sunday breakfast will be available at DAC.

Cruising Links	One aspect of Sailing is racing, however this is not everyone's cup of tea. Many enjoy a more leisurely form of Sailing - exploring remote areas of your home waters, visiting other clubs or just going out onto the water to sail around. This is what the Cruising fraternity enjoy. Now this can be done by one's self or it can be done with others - something like flotilla cruises. To this end, many clubs have a programme of such cruises. This web page lists these clubs, with links to their itineries.
PNYC	Cruising News The objective of this page is to promote Cruising on the Vaal by: Providing a single point for communicating all Cruising Calendars Providing a single point for communicating directly with the Cruising fraternity Providing Cruiser's with alternative cruise dates Enabling all participants to choose and plan their calendars/cruises well in advance Enabling Cruiser's to get to know one another and more If you have an existing website, please would you add the new NSA link to it - www.sailrsa.org.za/Cruising. Please send your existing Cruising Calendar to Malcolm Osborne, preferably in a MS Word document - malcolmo@telkomsa.net. Please would you include your Cruise Coordinators contact details in each document sent to Malcolm for publishing on the web page. I think that this is the easiest way of keeping them up to date. Cruising Calendar 18 October 2005 Here's the latest combined Cruising Calendar - click HERE (Excel version) Cruise to DAC on 21st & 22nd January 2006! DAC are holding their annual King of the Vaal regatta on the weekend of 21st & 22nd January 2006 and the Cruising Fleet is invited to join in on the Saturday night. Please contact the DAC office on 016 371 1294 to arrange your mooring. Saturday evening supper and Sunday breakfast will be available at DAC.
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Other Links Seven Seas Cruising Association Cruiser Log Cruising Connections Vivacity	Feedback on the 3-day River-Cruise held in December 2005. (by Russell Bridger) Thanks a mil to Bruce Richards for leading the cruise while I repaired the rudder on my yacht. The cruise got as far as the first weir on the Vaal River but unfortunately the water was too low to get through. Quite a bit of excitement was had as yachts bumped the bottom and got stuck while manoeuvring to anchor for the night. Unfortunately the evening braai on the shore was disrupted by windy weather. WIND … never there when you want it and too much when you don’t (at risk of sound like a farmer complaining about the rain J) . While working madly on my rudder (done while bobbing around on the mooring) I had the opportunity to redirect 2 gentlemen from Mantens in the direction of the departing fleet, promising to bring some beverages to them as soon as the rudder was repaired. Unfortunately this took a lot longer than expected and I ended up sleeping over on the mooring and only chasing the fleet in the morning - please accept my apologies for a dry evening – but maybe just as well as it turns out that they dragged their anchor during the storm that evening and ended up uncomfortably aground. I met up with the fleet on their way back to PNYC where they intended to regroup. At PNYC Bruce and a few others bravely decided to set out for Oranjeville while a couple of yachts, me included, decided to settle in at PNYC for the evening. Another bumpy evening followed and in the morning I was surprised to see Bruce’s H34, Moonpath on its mooring.
	VIVACITY There are many Vivacities scattered about at various locations on Vaal Dam. It is a boat well suited for cruising. Johan Evert owns one of these (Katryn) and as info on this venerable class is scarce, has set-up a website for the benefit of all Vivacity owners, as well as anyone else who wants information on the subject. The link is www.geocities.com/sailingkatryn/great_sailing.html