ROUND ROBBEN ISLAND RACE 13th Jan 2018

Although a Southerly forecasted, the wind had not yet set in.. Firstly misjudging the line and hedging on the wrong side.. and then being well away from the line.. nearly 5min... gave YOLO a terrible start... at the wrong side of the line... with a separation in the fleet.. Yolo was forced to work the right side of the course which started to look good for a while, until a SW started to fill through, giving the advantage back to most of the fleet which were at the West side of the course.. with Yolo sailing up the East side.. With the rest of the race just sailed trying to catch up as best we can, but knowing we were out in the big picture. In the end finishing over line and handical well down the fleet.. but a good day was had on the water.. and to add to this after the finish, we backed up to find we had kelp on the Keel as well.... Oh well... Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Cath, Antonio and Dennis.

FIRST SAIL 2018 6th January

First Sail of the year.. a Nice Westerly with a flat sea.. Departing harbour with a few puffs at 25knots but quickly settling down to 14 or so knots... a great sail to Blouberg and back to the harbour, Sail fish and dolphins aplenty.  Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Cath, Antonio and guest: Marc.

LAST SAIL OF THE YEAR 30th Dec 2017

2pm, Saturday afternoon sail planned on the bay.. Nice weather flat sea.. headed out to a light ten knot South Wester.. and headed in the Granger Bay Area.. Decided to re calibrate the wind instruments(This is a process to ensure that the wind angle is 100% correct on both tacks).. Winds eventually started to die off, so headed towards the Paarden Island area where one could see the beginnings of a South Easter starting to build.. Eventually in the South Easter and spent some time fetching with Yolo returning to port around 5:30. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Antonio and Guest Alan Hughes.