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The boat was conceived by Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw as a "highly technical" boat to boost the Cape Town, South Africa yachting community. The boat was intended for production there and was designed to entice young sailors to get into keelboat sailing. [4][5] The Cape 31 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre and carbon fibre.
Website. www.rcyc.co.za. The Royal Cape Yacht Club is one of South Africa’s most active and oldest yacht clubs. Located in Cape Town, the Club plays host to many important national sailing events, including South Africa’s premier ocean yacht race, the internationally renowned Cape to Rio.
Specifications. Length. 50 feet. Voortrekker is a 50-foot (15 m) racing yacht that became famous for placing first on handicap in the 1968 Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race and for placing second in the BOC Challenge in 1982/83 [2] when it was 14 years old and had been considered obsolete. [3]
This race is the longest continent-to-continent yacht race in the southern hemisphere. The total length of the race is around 5,800 kilometres (3,600 mi) across the Atlantic Ocean. After leaving Cape Town, participants head north-west towards the island of Ilha Trindade, and south-west from there towards South America. As they near the coast ...
Coordinates: 29°23′41″S 30°58′33″E. The Royal Natal Yacht Club is located in Durban, South Africa, and was established in 1858. [1] It is the oldest yacht club in Africa. [2] and southern hemisphere.
A yacht broker is a specialist who serves yacht or boat sellers and/or buyers as a representative for the sale or purchase of a yacht or boat. The yacht broker is paid an agreed commission by the seller to market the yacht for sale, field interest and inquiries from buyers, handle negotiations, attend inspection and water trial and ultimately, if successful, to attend delivery.
S. Sailing yachts built in South Africa (2 P) Categories: Science and technology in South Africa. Sailing yachts by country. Ships of South Africa. Sailing in South Africa. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
The Algoa Bay Yacht Club was established on 14 September 1959 and currently has around 245 members. [1][2] The ABYC Founder Members were Paddy Goodall, Scotty Pearson, Mike Morgan, Harold Kohler, Charles Allen, Graham Packer, Jerry Cullum, and Stompie Macdonald. ABYC incorporates the Zwartkops Yacht Club, which was previously named the ...