Welcome home to Ken, Audrey and Fast Forward!!!

Thanks to Roy McBride, always on hand to capture events 

in the marina with his trusty Canon G11.

Ten years away, and a circumnavigation! What a story! Anyway they are back now, right here in the marina, tied up quite close to where they used to be in 2003. They tied up yesterday morning about 10:30 I believe.

No doubt there will be plenty of news as they get time to give interviews etc, and I hope someone persuades them to do a slideshow for us!

By the way, this is one hell of a boat - its a Phil Southwell design - about 62', made in Aluminium, supremenly well equipped. Its for sale too, about 750k AUD I think, that's about R6,7 bar so, see it here.

Art and the Conservation of our Coastal Wealth

THURSDAY 23 MAY at 7pm

A presentation and talk by

KEVIN STANLEY International Impressionist artist in oils on canvas, with a display of his signature 'skyscapes' of the Coast and the Karoo.

AMIR REZAEI Marine Biologist with a special interest and knowledge of our rich Coastal Floral Kingdom and the hidden value in its conservation

NO ENTRANCE FEE – ALL WELCOME

LIGHT MEALS AVAILABLE AT CLUB PRICES – FULL BAR

Call Penny on 073 6111 444

Satphones: Iridium or Inmarsat?

Have you ever wondered which is better? See a good summary here.

Sheer Tenacity is barrelling along through the Pacific now!

See the latest from Rod and Mary, having the sail of their lives as they fly across the Pacific, on a leg of about 4500 n.m.!   Their blog is here.

Sun, Sea, Sky and - uh - a piece of rock......

Click for full size. 

Taken with a Samsung S3 at about 

18:25 on Tuesday 23 April 2013.

Winter Opening Cruise

Savannah, Nandi and  Megafreight

HBYC Youth Sailors, that's a first!

Faraway was really in the spirit of it all!

Future members in training!

It was a perfect day to be on the water, and fantastic to see the young-uns out in the dinghies! Very social at the club too.

See the rest of the pics in the gallery or here:

The Summer Series results were announced too, as follows:

Position	Yacht	Points
1	Faraway No 3	18
2	Aries JML 3	28
3	Savannah	30
4	Megafreight No 3	31
5	Nandi	34
6	Quest	47
7	Aquamania	47

"Sheer Tenacity" now in the Galapagos!

Rod and Mary are now in the Galapagos, having transited Panama, and "living the dream"! There blog is a must for any would be cruisers, or armchair cruisers. See it at http://svsheertenacity.blogspot.com/


Did you Galapagos was Spanish for "Giant Tortoise"! also known as Darwin's Island?

"The Road" arrives in Rodrigues

News just in from Taffy and Shirley onboard "The Road":

Well we made it!!!! The ROAD and crew are safely tied up to the dock in in Rodrigues. 28 days with at least 1000 miles of motoring - no wind, storms, huge seas - we had it all!! Just need time to have some sleep and get our landlubber legs back. Taffy and Shirley with Rubbish the African Grey Parrot hanging by.

Vessel Safety and COF Procedure

Please note the Safety Procedure and associated documents have been updated as of 8 April 2013. For convenience, all associated documents are available in the "Safety" Section in the menu list.

New Committee for 2013

HBYC held the AGM last night, primarily to appoint the new office bearers for 2013. I wasn't there to get the details, but I understand the new committee is as follows:

Commodore: Keith Gemmell (previously the safety officer)
Vice Commodore: Sam Legatt (previously RC Beach Sailing)
Treasurer: Rob Browne (previously treasurer, several times!)
Marina: Charles Moody
RC Sailing: Mark Hainsworth (again)
RC Youth Sailing: Richard Evans
Social: Penny Geyser (again)

Special thanks to the outgoing committee, especially Chris Sutton, Jeremy Nel, Pat West and Rob Browne, who between them have more years of service to the club than most of us could count! Certainly they will be remembered for their tireless service, integrity, and for looking after the diverse needs of all our members. May they enjoy some hard-earned rest! Thanks also to Anne and Alan, who actually run the place!

All the best to the new committee!

Website details for the new committee will be updated in a day or two.