x3 good ones can do the job,…kill all and bring your family back..

No talking or negotiating,…action only.

That made the decision for me. An easy SMS to make a donation, and I still believe I did the right thing under the circumstances by contributing.

Regards
Dave

It’s a very full day of sailing action. I normally leave the mooring at PNYC at dawn to cover the 22km to the start.

The start line is always way too small for the fleet and always results in collisions. It’s one of the permanent gripes about the way this race is organised. Another is the fact that despite entering online months in advance, you are obliged to go to LDYC to ‘register’ on the Saturday. In order to get access into LDYC, every occupant of the car has to pay R50 each so that the skipper can go and stand in a queue to sign on, after which you can drive away again R200 lighter for a car of four or two-thirds of the entry fee. That is a rip-off of note.

Anyway, the race itself is always very enjoyable except for those years (like in 2011) when the wind doesn’t blow and the RTIR becomes a human braaivleis. Last year it took us five hours just to reach the island and like hundreds of other boats, we bailed and headed for home. I think there were about 23 finishers last year from three or four hundred starters.

Hopefully this year the wind will blow and we will complete the 30km course, finishing mid afternoon and starting the long cruise home again to pick up the mooring in the late afternoon feeling tired and satisfied. It’s a 75km round trip for the day which, for most of us, is the longest distance we will cover in a day all year.

As with most sailing, it’s all in the lap of the wind gods!

Thanks

Clive sails for Theta can be made by Rob of Supa Sail 011 465 8448…

Happy sailing.
Kn

By Airwaves Staff Writer Elizabeth
The J22 East Coast Championship was canceled in the early part of September. It had to be rescheduled for a later date due to a “lack of interest”. Four years ago, the J22 class, at least in the Annapolis area, was one of the strongest fleets. But just a few weeks ago, before a major event was to be held in Annapolis, only nine boats had registered, even with the deadline looming. However, this dropping off in numbers at regattas has not only been seen in the J22 fleet, but in one-design fleets around the country.
I am sure at some point in everyone’s sailing career, you have sailed an event and were disappointed by the attendance. Or you have participated in the phenomenon of: I’ll sail if everyone else does. But everyone else is thinking the same thing, no one signs up, and then no one sails. The more boats that sail a regatta the better the competition. The more boats that sail, the more fun everyone will have…..
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