Wednesday Nite Race 30th October 2013

Late October, one would expect warmer conditions but the day presented NW and W breeze.. Just before the start it started raining and was cold.. with squalls on the water reaching 30knots... Yolo only had 5 aboard so there was concern about being too light on the rail, so the decision was finally taken for the J4.. Good start was had which had Yolo ahead of the faster boats at the first two marks, sailing a beat type angle and a fetch. Thereafter the downwind from NO:2 to Milnerton has Yolo with Poled out J4 messing about with a Spinnaker Class boat... hanging in there as we were taking their breeze and the were pushing us up... this cost us(and them) eventually we saw the gap and gybed away.. rounding a bit behind where we should have been. In the meantime the winds had lightened and there was a sloppy sea.. so after the rounding Yolo struggled for height/speed and power. Suffering for the remainder of the race except in the puffs. The rest of the fleet had opted for larger sails.. so we had made the wrong call and it cost us. Yolo came 4th on corrected time. Everyone enjoyed the race and the different conditions we sailed in. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Sarel and newbie Jason. It was Ian's birthday aboard.

RISK SA- Sat 26th October 2013

This Risk SA is a new concept.. put together by RCYC and Risk SA involving teams made up of insurance companies or related to insurance industry paired up to racing crew on yachts where they can compete against each other. this is a high level event, starting with a Black tie event on the Friday evening and culminating with the prize giving on the Saturday evening.. which took place as a full banquet type event. kudos to Risk SA and the RCYC team. Now back to the Race. The weather was not as predicted, with 25-35knots actually blowing.. with Safety being the name of the game.. most boats opted to be conservative with crews who had little or no experience in sailing. Yolo opted for the conservative route, hoisting a J4 and put a reef in the mainsail.. With the reef in the mainsail, downwind performance would have been hindered as other boats had full mains.. and in fact hoisted their largest jibs for those legs.. Yolo started with an average start, opting to stay out the fray, Hark was the first mark which could be laid on one tack.. after which the Coke can was next. Yolo poled the foresail out.. and work downwind.. but lost some ground due to the smaller main.. on the upwind managed to pick up a place or two.. but not enough to make sufficient time up.. IN fact from the middle of the downwind there was probably no change in overall positions from then to the actual finish on corrected time.. The rest of the race was pretty much standard. Those aboard Yolo had a great time.. and enjoyed a great day on the water. Yolo had a great time, no problems aboard.. Aboard were: dale, Ian and Sieger from the regular crew, plus 5 great people from One financial services..

WED NITE RACE- 16th October 2013

Nice South Easter on the Bay. Winds were mostly in the upper teens. Flat Water.. Bit chilly. YOLO took the conservative start... and race for Paarden Island Mark, getting there as second boat.. On the downwind were challenged my the Farr 38 Freedom which kept trying to climb over Yolo..In the end, Yolo managed to have the inside at the Milnerton Rounding.. and did a good rounding. Freedom struggled to get set up quickly.. which allowed Yolo the additional distance. Thereafter Yolo and Freedom sailed in different breeze to the Harken mark. with Freedom in slightly lighter but lifted so they were able to point higher and make it in one go, with Yolo in a bit more breeze but more of a header which required two more tacks to make the mark. Once round it was off to Number 8 and then the finish. We held our own.. the only boat finishing ahead of our start was Scarlet Sun who was sailing the spinnaker class which they won.. Yolo won it's class on handicap. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sarel, Sieger, Tony and a new recruit for the boat..Jason.

Double Handed Race -12th October 2013

Although Yolo has entered only one race in the series to date and missed 2, thereby taking Yolo out of the final running.. Yolo was back at the start line. A SW wind at the start at around 17knots. Yolo got a good start and made for the first Mark, Landfall. There was a SW swell running.. with the winds gusting at times just over 20 at times.. Yolo rounded 4th, behind the faster boats. the J13.3 and us hoisted kites.. and Yolo blasted, reaching good speeds while catching the swells.. the top wind on the down wind was 30 for a moment. While we were thinking about the gybe, the spinnaker halyard slipped in the spinlock, so we thought it prudent to just drop the kite, which was just as well as we had over standed the mark and once Yolo had gybed, it was a tight two sail reach for the leeward mark. Due to getting the angles wrong, some of the boats without spinnaker passed us.. but just ahead at the mark. In the Mark zone, the winds had abated to around 12 knots... with chop, we decided to work on keeping up the speed rather then the height which the others seemed more focussed on... so we were able to sail through the others very quickly and get ahead.. as the winds started to come back, we started to play the many shifts with Yolo putting in many tacks to make her way to windward. Yolo Can first on corrected time. Aboard were Dale and Ian.

WED NITE -9th October 2013

First Wednesday night of the Season... A great turn out on the water... with just under 50 yachts. This is good for so early in the season. Winds varied between around 14-23knots.. with drifting conditions on he start line. YOLO got a good start, made for Paarden Island Mark, keeping the speeds up and working in the shifts on the beat. Yolo reached the weather mark just ahead of the fleet. NExt Mark was Minerton, the faster boats catching up and Necessity passing. Rounded the leeward mark and almost immediately tacked as there were shifts and we felt we could almost lay Paarden Island again. Necessity did not tack and did the full leg to the beach.. which cost them on the next leg. We managed to just pip them to Paarden Island because of this.. and off to the finish.. Necessity was in the process of passing, far to weather when we all ran into a drifting zone just off the finish mark.. with the whole fleet bunching up on the mark.. eventually we managed to drift across the line. We still managed to win the race by 1 second.. the first few positions were all separated by seconds. It was a good first race for the season and been a while since Yolo was on the water. Aboard were: Ian, Dale, Sieger, Sarel and Tony.

More D Hander Pic -Taken by Marc Bloch

DOUBLE HANDED RACE -Sat 17th Aug 2013

After heavy rains and winter squally weather... Racing still took place. Conditions were cold with winds between 18-30knots on the water with a big sea running and murky water around the Milnerton mark. On Yolo we decided to opt for a full main and a J4, Getting a good start, perhaps a bit high on the line but plenty of speed.. then off to Landfall... slowly falling back on the bigger boats. Big seas at Landfall. NExt to Minerton which was a downwind-DDW. we opted to go left first which the big boats went the other way.. we might have had a bit more breeze as we ended up with about the same distance behind Tenacity with Jacana having pulled away nicely on this leg as they used their kite. Nice windy beat to Number 8 albeit we lot a bit on this leg as we settled down.. then off to Woodbridge. We broke our kicker shackle(the one that is on the mast collar fitting) on the gybe.. we made a temp repair and finished the race. the most enjoyable leg was the final leg from Number 8 to the finish at Number 10. The angle was perfect for a fast flat sail. It was a great day on the water, everyone was pleased to have been out there(those that braved it) We can second in our class. Aboard were: Dale and Ian.

DOUBLE HANDED RACE-Sat 22nd June 2013

A Chilly S/SE wind of around 11-14knots at the start line.. 20 boats still made it out for the race.Yolo got a good start with clean winds... made for Paarden Eiland, Rounded just behind the bigger boats and immedfiately hoisted the kite. After settling down, gybed in around 15knots of breeze and made ofr Deyang Family Mark. There was a huge swell running SW to NW.. with us trying to punch into it.. with kite up.. which made it difficult to go too deep and kept the kite collapsing as we hit the swells. Eventually we gybed and made for the mark on Stb tack.. with a neat drop just before the mark. It was then a beat back to Number 10.. Although the breeze was seldom above 14 the swells would catch the boat at angles and make her heel excessively.. on the opposite tack the swell would be behind allowing short surfs on the beat.. nice technical stuff. Towards Number 10 the breeze increased to late teens with a few gusts just on 20. ONce Round Number 10, kite went up again..Albeit the boat in our class ahead and behind us chose not to use the kite.. We did two gybes on the downwind... with another neat drop at the leeward.. and a beat to Paarden Eiland. We read the wind well on the beat... NEaring Paarden Eiland it looked quite tight for the final leg so we prepped and hoisted the Code Zero once be began this leg.. It was a good race. We came second on corrected time and first overall for the series. Aboard Were: Dale and Ian. Boat performed well.

Saturday 15th June 2013

The plan was to do a social sail. Winds were very light. In the end it was decided to motor out to watch the youth regatta and thereafter a motor through the Waterfront. A good opportunity to be aboard and consider some of the little jobs that will need attention should YOLO enter the Cape to Rio Race. Aboard Were: Dale and Ian.

Portugal Day Race -8th June 2013

Conditions were Probbably best described as SW, with shifts ont he left side of the bay. lumpy seas.. conditions from around 12 knots with gusts of around 25knots.. This was a pursuit race, we got off the line nice and fast.. and sailed to a laid mark jusst past Moullie Point Light, the seas were lumpy and condtions light at stages giving the benifit to the longer waterline yachts.. Once around the weather mark, we hoisted our kite and made for Woodbridge mark, in the early part of the leg we were able to pick up a few surfs from the swells, but unfortunately we snagged some kelp on the way, which took us some time to clear. The rest of the race was quite mundane with us being chased by the larger boats and us trying to overtake the smaller boats.. In the end we came 10th over the line and third in our class. It was a great race, well attended given the conditions. The boat performed well. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, MArk D, Sarel, Sieger and guest John O Conner.

LAZY SUNDAY -20th May 2013

With the crew committed for most of the weekend, it was decided to do a social sail on the Sunday.. With no wind on the Sunday YOLO ended up anchored at Granger Bay for the afternoon in flat conditions. Very pleasant with a nice warm windless winters day. Aboard were: Ian, Sieger and Dale.

Summer Series -11 MAy 2013

Last Race of the series. Nice breeze, SW 9-11knots. We started alone at the bridge hit on a Port start and promptly were able to clear the rest of the fleet who started on Starboard.. This start basically set it up for the rest of the race. It was a pleasant beat to a laid mark just past Granger Bay. Small shifts which we could take advantage of. Around the mark, we hoisted out light kite and worked our way downwind. Unfortunately we had one of the halyards on the inside of the forestay, but no big issue in the light breeze. Around the breakwater we hotted up.. At the Kling mark we gybed dropped kite and gybed around and made for numbr 4 which involved one tack to lay it.. then around, kite up and to the finish. We were fortunate with our start which allowed us to make some distance.. which took the pressure off for the rest of the race.. We came first in our class and first for the series in our class. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger with guest: Marc Block.

Club Racing -Saturday 20th April 2013

Regular club race and part of a series.. Wind started filling in from the South East and Yolo just made it in time for the start line as she was having her hull dived on to ensure she was clean. We had to wait for the diver to complete. Yolo got a good start and got going with speed managing to almost keep up with the faster boats.. but they were able to hold a slightly higher line.. As we were class two we woulkd be doing another course anyway.. splitting at the weather mark. Yolo got to the weather mark first in class and immediately hoisted the light kite in around 11 knots. A good downwind but Nuthr Witch was coming in slighly faster./ A good drop and gybe made up for some distance.. closing in on Number 10(the next mark) there was a wind convergance zone.. this would be where the race would be won or lost.. we managed to wend our way through the minefields of no wind onlyu stopping a few times and not for long.. round the mark and managed to find the South Easter again which had us sailing again in 11 knots.. the rest of the fleet got caught badly in the convergance zone. We were lucky to have got through it as we did.. We made up a huge lead rounded Paarden Eiland and went for the finish.. this would mean we needed to enter the convergance zone gain.. foirtunately most fo the boats were still in it, so we could see at a distance what was happening.. their wind was slowly coming through so we were able to meet it and sail onto the finish.. We had more then a full leg gap on the next boat.. Line honours and handicap.. in truth, we probbaly were very lucky to have got through the convergance zone. So not a true reflection. Aboard were: Dale and Ian. Boat performed well.

CLIFTON CRUISE Sunday, 14th April 2013

This was a club organized event. The idea being to all meet up at Clifton at midday and fun race back mid afternoon. As it was light upwind, the choice to motor to Cliftom was a logical one.. there was a fog bank just off the coast which dissuaded a few boats. Yolo made good time to Clifton and anchored in the benign conditions there. As most of the boats were more of a cruising nature Yolo motored back and watched the fun race.. Funny, some fo these cruisers are quite competitive... from around Moullie Point light there was fod till the harbour. It was a good day on the water.. Aboard were: Dale. Boat performed well.

Double Handed Race SAT 13th April 2013

Nice flat seas, with around 8-10 knots on the water. Yolo started modestly but quickly settled down and started to work the boat. Arriving second place at the weather mark just behind Neccessity. A quick hoist of the kite and Yolo was off.. Neccessity did not hoist their kite, it still took us quite some time to pass. We rounded the leeward mark in third place with Neccessity not far behind and Nuthr Whitch a few boat lenths benind them.. The breeze was light on the beat with Neccessity sailing a bit faster and closed in on the gap.. but we still managed to round the weather mark first and hoisted the kite for the finish line.. we managed to hold it to the last, with Neccessity and Nuthr Witch getting caught in lighter conditions which basically gave us the overalls on corrected time. Aboard were: Dale and Ian. Boat performed well.

SENIORS RACE 6th April 2013

Gordon Kling was the skipper.. There was a nice 14-17knot breeze with flat seas. It was a pursuit start and Yolo started well.. beating out of the start at full speed making sure her breeze was clear.. opting to duck behind some of the Starboard tackers and keep going fast all the while passing the slower boats quite quickly. She made good time to the weather mark rounded and poled out for the downwind. The rest of the fleet did not pole with some of them going a bit higher. Clean gybe at the wing mark and a race to the finish which had the wind just abaove the beam.. nice sailing but Yolo could not hold off some of the faster boats. Some fo the boats flew additional sails which were not in line with the sailing instructions but there were no protests on the water for this so was not dealth with. Yolo came 11th. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger and skipper Gordon. Boatg performed well.

Wednesday 20th MArch 2013.. Flag Officers Race

This year the club put a lot of effort into the Flag Officers race.. working on the basis that the top two scores in each class would count.. there would be three classes and it would be a spinnaker event. Yolo got off to a reasonable start but had one of the taileneders on the previous class giving off bad wind.. once settled down, Yolo got the the weather mark and hoisted kite and made for the next mark. Unfortunately they had a Farr 38 to their weather taking their wind for the full leg. At the leeward mark rounded just behind the Farr 38(who had the inside) and tacked away.. which gave a benifit. Reaching the weather mark on Starboard had team members coming across on Port and waved them through. Good kite led down to Milnerton getting good speeds but due to a slow hoist, needed to drop early to make the height. Thereafter a noce beat back to Harken and then to the finish. Yolo came third in her Class and the Commodores team came thirds overall. This was a well supported event. Winds were appprox 17knots.. nice seas, a great night on the water. Aboard were: Ian,Sarel, Dale, Gordon and Sieger, Boat performed well. No problems.

Wednesday Night Sail-13th February 2013

Last Wednesday night of the series and the wind was up.. Everyone held back at their mooring expecting racing to be called off, which it was not. So people made their way out on the water with reefed mains and smaller jibs.. the wind was gusting upto 35 at times.. Yolo too it conservately.. starting but quickly getting into the lead of our class and then holding off the distance, the sea conditions were quite flat making it really nice sailing.. It was a bit gusty in the start area but the rest of the course was great to sail in.. In the end Yolo won this race and secured her win overall in her class for the season. Aboard were: Ian, Sieger, Sarel, Gordon, Dale.. Boat performed well, one damaged mainsail slide and a slight rip by a slide..

Wed Nite Race-27th Feb 2013

Nice Westerly blowing at the start.. Yolo managed to get a good start at the lee end of the line tacking away immediately and managed to lay the first mark and clear the yachts still on Starboard. Once Around number 4, it was a downwind sail to Milnerton in varying strenth conditions... On the downwind we had to dodge kelp catching some on the way.. Two boats managed to pass us on the downwind. On the upwind, en route to Number 8, again the kelp was a hazard with us catching some. the breeze was also up and down. In gthe end, we came third in our class. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sarel, Gordon and welcoming back to Sieger who has just recovered from surgery.

RETURN DELIVERY-Mykonos-CT -24th Feb 2013

We departed Mykonos at 05h40 under motor.. putting the main up as we crossed the bay. Sun started rising and found some nice wind off the heads.. As we knew it was localized kept to motor sailing. In the end we motor sailed all the way back to CT. Saw a few whales. Boat performed well. No problems. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, HAns and Kenwyn.

MYKONOS RACE 22/23 February 2013

FRIDAY: Light fickle winds at the start.. We chose a conservative start. Soon after the start it was decided to sail down to Blouberg where we felt we would pick up more breeze. We started off with the Code Zero, later switching to the jib. The boats around us stuck to their course of sailing outside Robben Island, with us opting for the inside. We slowly picked up more breeze on the shore line, with us tacking our way up the coast in the light conditions.. We had taken some room out on the boats that were with us at the start but near Bokpoint some of them closed in on us again with them joining us ont he shoreline.. Conditions got lighter and around 2NM short of Dassen Island(gate) the sun started setting and we realized that it would be unlikley that we could make the cout of time of midnight.. so we retired from the race.. In the end we motored to Mykonos and docked at midnight. A very frustrating day... not many boat completed the course. SATURDAY: Light breeze from the South.. We started on pin(Pursuit Start) with good speed and made our way up the beat, perhpas reading it a bit wrong so lost a few boat lenths on the way, on the downwind we started with a kite but later changed to the Code Zero.. IN the end we probbaly held the Code Zero for too long and could have perhpaps gone back to the Kite.. the next few legs were sailed optimally. In the end we managed a 5th place against the fleet in that Race.. Aboard Were: Dale, Ian, Kenwyn Daniels, Phillipa and Hans and CLarence who came in from Dubai for this event. Boat performed well.. no problems,

WED NITE -13 Feb 2013

With a Westerly wind runnign a bit out of the ordinary.. with 20 knots in the starting area.. a difficult call on the genoa.. but in the end, a bit of local knowledge and downwind legs prompted the call for the J2.. a lot of the fleet had much smaller jibs up.. It was one of those days where one gets a perfect start in a pack.. going at full pace on the gun.. Within minutes we were able to settle down, were to weather with clear breeze and was able to command the fleet. Already we felt our gain to win the race was had at the start... the beat was tricky, we again were able to read it correctly which increased our lead. followed by two downwind legs with the wind just aft of the beam.. Due to the start and the part of the upwond(and most cometitors with small jibs up going into lighter breeze) we were able to pull out and win nicely under handicap.. Aboard were: Ian, Phillipa, Sarel, Gordon Kling, Sophie and friend and Dale. Boat performed well.

FLING REGATTA -+1/2/3 Feb 2013

FRIDAY: First race was a race starting at 5pm on the Friday evening.. Winds were just over 20 knots at the start but quickly built with the highest wind reading during the race of 37knots... We sailed a conservative race using the spinnaker most of the time.. clocking up a top speed of around 15knots.. SATURDAY: Winds were over the 30's in the harbour, race orginzers opted to try and set a course in the lee of the mountain hoping for a Westerly.. Unfortunately this made for tricky flukey conditions but kept the yachts out of the 40 something breeze on the bay.. We struggled in the light winds and choppy seas. SUNDAY: THis time it was blowing hard and again opted to sail in the Granger BAy area where there was a 20-30 knots breeze blowing. We sailed conservatily.. Albeit on the last leg we made a mistake and caused a bit of damage.. All in all, a very heavy wind regatta.. In these conditions sailing gainst the 40 footers in the same class makes no sense.. as we quickly lose range with them. Aboard were: Dale, IAn, Phillipa, Kenwyn, Petrie, Michael and Heidi, Steve White.

HARKEN ROund Robben Island Race -26th JAn 2013

The wind were forecasted to blow.. and this it did. We started with a full main and a J4, with a good start we were in the first few boats at the weather mark.. debate followed whether we should gybe and sail the lighter breeze or sail down the coast line. We decided to go for broke.. with the kite being hoisted it was twisted which we struggled to solve which had us lower to try and sort out.. (all this in 30-35 knots) once done we struggle to rehoist with it taking when halfway up.. almost immediately it power up and ocilatted to our weather side inducing a chinese gybe..(we were heavily powered) we managed to clear away quickly after this on the opposite gybe but the spinnaer was damaged which meant no more kite for the heavy stuff.. We had to be content to sai the downwind without a kite.. close to the island the winds died so we hoisted our light kite and then changed to Code Zero and then to J2.. The winds were light on the other side of the island occationally dropping. We managed well around the island but on the CT side it was still light and fickle with a nasty swell making it difficult to sail.. By this time we had done quite a few more sail changes.. We saw the breeze coming and prepared again with the J4.. Once in it, we realized the intensity and prepared to reef. We took longer then normal for this so it lost us some time. Once reefed the boat was happy again and we had a great sail back to te finish line. Unfortunately we did not fare well in this race.. with us coming mid fleet. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Warwick, Tony, Sarel, William. Boat performed well... Torn spinnaker.

Double Handed Race -19 January 2013

First Double handed race of the new year.. Nice entry but a few missing in Class 1 for understandable reasons. Nice breeze on the bay, as we felt that it would increase we opted for to use the J4. Winds were around 16knots at the start. We chose to start lower down the line, to give us a clean start and we could easily lay Paarden Islend from there. We got going with the only boat to overhaul us from weather was Tenacity with her longer waterline.. She managed to round Paarden Island just ahead of Yolo. Yolo rounded and went deeper and started to hoist her kite.. with Tenacity opting not to use her kite. Yolo got going, but got caught for a while in Tenacity's lee.. after breaking free Yolo make good distance ahead.. winds gusted to around 25 for this leg.. Yolo did a conservative early drop and Gybed for No 8 and fetched across the bay.. Tenacity closed in a bit on this leg. With the beat up Yolo got the lay line just right and pulled out a bit.. using the Spinnaker on the next leg again which allowed further pulling out.. On the next beat Yolo sailed well. NExt leg to the finish, Yolo decided to try kite it.. but unfornately the Sheet came off the kite just before time to sheet so we had to drop the kite again.. Yolo came first on line and first on Handicap.. yay.. However she was the only one in her class who braved hoisiting her kite.. Aboard were: Dale and Ian. Boat performed well.

WED Night Race -16th December 2013

First Race of the year and a new series. Yolo tends to enter the non spinnaker class for Wednesday night racing as we cannot always tell how many crew or ability we will have for a Wednesday night. With shorter races, we find it more fun to compete with no spinnaker. Nice conditions, moat unlike CT. A SE, around 14-20 knots.. bit patchy but flat water and humid conditions with the odd light raain cloud.. Really nice fun conditions to sail. The wind was at it's strongest at the leeward end of the line and it looked like it would head as one progresses up the beat.. most unlike CT.. so we made for a leeward start hitting the line at full speed on the gun.. allowing us to quickly get away and settle in for a good beat to the Harken mark. as the beat progresses those that were to weather of us were feeling the effects of the header and were "bows down" whoch was good for us.. Eventually we tacked on a shift and covered the fleet, tacking again to cover and lay the first mark, with us rounding a few boat lenths ahead. Neccessity was in spinnaker class so they were able to quickly overtake us, with us working hard to try and remain ahead of Touch and Go. Neccessity rounded the wing mark with their assym and gybed but the angle was too tight for them to hold their assym forcing them to bear away and drop losing them time as they still did not have their jib up and they were falling to leeward of the rhumb line.. in the meanwhile Yolo managed to stay a boat lenth ahead of Touch and go at the leeward mark which we gybed at.. With Neccessity struggling to get sorted it did not take long to pass them.. all the while trying to stay ahead of Touch and go, we managed to work the odd gust better giving us an additional boat lenth. We rounded the leeward mark first with the fleet right on our tail.. We had a good beat. Touch and go and Neccessity overstood the weather mark by far, costing them huge distance giving us a easy line honours... rounded the weather mark and to the finish. It was a well sailed race aboard. 1st on corrected time. Aboard were: Ian, Dale, Phillipa, Sieger and Steve White(our guest of Vendee fame) All worked well aboard. We are slowly understanding how best to keep the boat going..

CLUB RACE -12 Jan 2013

With only 4 aboard we were very light for the conditions at hand.. A SE in the South Side of the bay randign between 20-30 knots.. Yolo opted for the J4 at the start and a full main.. A good start was had with only one boat ahead of Yolo at the weather mark by some 4 or so boat lenths.. A conservative hoist of the kite and a conservative sail down to Milnerton mark.. We rounded up the leeward mark still second place.. having pulled out quite a bit on the rest of the fleet as very new had spinnakers up.. We struggled on the upwind as we were light.. So got pushed a bit sideways in the gusts... Rounded the Weather mark and hoisted again, this time goign for Woodbridge.. We got going nicely, only to watch the lead boat do a spectacular chinese gybe, which took a while for them to recover.. allowing us to pass. After rounding up we sailed windward to the weather mark.. with the bigger boat sailing faster in hot pursuit to regain their position. After rounding the weather mark we prepped the kite but the angle was still too tight.. Eventually freeing off with the bigger boat behind us hoisting at the same time with them coming in fast.. We managed to still nip them over the line.. with us finishing first on line, first on handicap. It was a great day sailing. Boat performed well. Yacht Tencity requested a tow back into harbour. Their engine was not circulating and they did not want to use it. Aboard were: Ian, Phillipa, Special guest-Steve White a well know Ocean racer and past competitor in the Vendee and Dale..

CRUISING -3-5 Jan 2012

With Yolo predominantly being used for racing, it was time to do some cruising in her.... trying to squeeze in a few days to get away being the next big problem.. nonetheless Yolo departed CT at around 1pm on the 2nd JAn.. making for Dassen Island in a nice SW with about 14 knots across the deck making good time for Dassen Island.. the Sail was fast and faily comfortable arriving at Dassen in good time.. We navigated in and set anchor in a good position.. Having just purchased a small rubber dinghy to use as a tender, this was pumped up and launched.. the motor was then taken out.. but had not been used for over 10 years... and well, forgot to frain the old petrol with the result that it had turned all mushy in the tank.. ending our chances of using the new duck...Oh Well.. We watched a beatiful sunset and relaexed aboard.. eventually going to sleep.. During ther course of the night the winds shifted eventually at sunrise with a 20knots NW blowing in with lots of rain.. Not very comfortable and it was decided to depart the anchorage.. With YOLO making for Saldhana Bay our next planned port.. the seas were lumpy and gusty so it was motor sailing which gave us the best way.. With us eventually arriving at Saldhana Bay YAcht Club at around 1pm.. with YOLO mooring Stern to on their Jetty.. The Club  was very welcoming and sociable.. and the Dyer brothers going out of their way.. We Cleaned the boat and enjoyed being at the club eventually going into the town in the evening for supper...
The next morning it was time to go up the lagoon. We set our sites for Oude Pos. We had a good sail across the bay and then we motored into the SE wind into the channel. Neither of us had been up the channel for many years so we needed to be extra careful.. We arrived at Oude Pos and anchored.. We spent the day there, relaxing, sorting the boat out.. Ian swam ashore and went for a walk.. a really beutiful protected anchorage which most people don't seem to use.
That evening we braaied a filet on board..
The next morning had YOLO raising anchor at around 06h30 to make for Dassen.. The trip back was uneventful with a sloppy sea and not much wind causing YOLO to motor sail back.. Nearing Dassen the decision was taken to return to CT. Once back in CT the boat was cleaned.
All in all a very good few days cruising.. the boat performed brilliantly. Aboard were Ian and Dale.

CROCS REGATTA 15/16/17 December 2012

Day 1:
Race 1:Light winds with the Bridge postponing as they were expecting a wind shift.. eventually the decided to hold a race. YOLO got a good start but made a few crew mistakes in the race. When the wind starting shifitng and dying YOLO was on the wrong side of it so lost out.
Race 2: Good start, in breeze gusting in the early thirties. Great downwind sailing. Again some crew hitches that cost us, but good to sail in that sort of breeze.
Day 2:
Race 3: Nice South Westers in the upper teens with gusts just over 20.. Good sailing with team YOLO sailing well.
Race 4: Another good race with team Yolo beginning to find her form, nice close racing with some of the other boats.
Race 5: With a dying breeze, Yolo opted to break from the fleet and was caught without any breeze, so another bad score.

The last days racing was cancelled due to strong winds.
YOLO came 4th overall..

Aboard were(a couple of crew changes during the regatta): Ian, Dale, Dennis, Phillipa, Sarel, LEroy, Kenwyn,Alexander, Sieger//

Boat performed well, no problems.

WED Nite Racing -5th December 2012

Typical Wednesday night weather for this time of the year. A Strong South Easter was blowing. Nonetheless the Race Officer decided to proceed. He set a different course with a downwind start and two laid bouys, taking is in at Granger bay for a part of the race. The winds were in the high 20's at the start with gusts in the thirties... This remained the whole race with the return beat mainly at around 30. We got a good start but the later starters blanketed us, taking some time for us to get clear breeze again.. After this we sailed our own race leaving them to fight it out. Allowing us to sail a more direct course to the leeward bouy.. We then had a good beat into Granger Bay, rouding the mark there and then a sail parrelel to the breakwater and the final beat to the finish. All in all the boat performed well for the conditions. We "straightened" a reef bullhorn on the tack.. The highest wind speed noted was after the race while trasiting Ben Schoeman Dock.. at 37knots. We were please to have raced, giving us the opportunity of testing the boat in those conditions. Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Sarel, Peter, Alex Cassar(newbie aboard) We can first in our class.

Social Sail-18th November 2012

Michael Valcic, one of the Yolo and previous boats regualar crew was in town to give an address at a corporate function.(He is currently Based in Ghana) and came sailing with us on Sunday. The conditions were predominantly a South Westerly.. at around 18knots.. had Yolo sailing around Robben Island taking it to Starboard. A great sail on the bay.. getting close to the city it shifted back to SE, which we did some sailing in. Great sailing conditions. A perfect afternoon of sailing. Aboard were: Sieger, Dale and Michael. Boat performed well.

DOUBLE HANDED RACE: 17th November 2012

There were two converging winds before the start with the SE just getting to the line at start time. Yolo managed a good conservative start.. Rounded the weather mark and hoisted the spinaker. The conditions were around 23 knots at the weather mark.. Yolo then gybed and made for the leeward mark. just before the mark there was a convergance zone with Yolo making a bit more distance into it then the rest and then Yolo stopped while the boats to weather pciked up the Westerlies.. once around the mark the SE came through quite quickly.. with Yolo setting in for the beat.. there were some shifts which had Yolo tacking on the beat. On the end Yolo won the race and the series although Drew on points with Nuther Witch.. The split was taken from the better result in the last race. Boat performed well.. Aboard were Dale and Ian.

PROP CHECK -17th November 2012

On the previous Wednesday, we picked up something on the prop which forced us to shut down the engine and get a tow in.. (cooling was working fine, but prop did not fuction).. So we had it dived. They found plastic wrapped around the prop.. the type of heavy duty plastic that you would wrap a mattress or something similar in.. and the same sort of size. SEE PIC ATTACHED. This was easily removed and all worked well afterwards..

Wednesday night race: 14th November 2012

Prior to the race the boat was removed from the water, had a spray down, the engine annode changed, the engine and gearbox oil replaced and a few antifoul spots touched up..

THE RACE:Conditions were between 22 to just over 30 knots on the gusts. We decided to take it coservative withe the J4 and a reef. We got a good start just below the 34.7.. the first beat was gusty.. the 34.7 seemed to have a touch more speed on us and maintained their lead with us rounding the weather mark around a boatlenth behind them.. on the downwind this gap remained the same, after the gybe we sailed higher and played the gusts. the 34.7 got over powered once causing them to luff up which lost them ground allowing us to take advantage. We rounded the leeward mark half a boat lenth ahead. they managed a bit more height then us but tacked off earlier into a header, we tacked later. this allowed us to open a gap on them. They caught up a little of this gap on the downwind but we still managed to finish 5o seconds ahead of them. We won our class as the 34.7 was not in our class as we sail non spinnaker and they sail spinnaker class. they did try and hoist in the breeze but after a near broach dropped the kite again. so it was of no advantage. Aboard were: Ian, Dale, Sieger, Sarel, Frederic, Peter M.. Boat performed well.. picked something up on the prop on the way back into the harbour.

LADIES DAY RACE- 10th November 2012

YOLO was entered in the Ladies day race with Phillipa Hutton Squire putting together a crew of capable ladies. Phillipa has recently being doing some of her local sailing on YOLO. The start too place in a light Westerly.. with Yolo perhaps being a bit low on the line. After rounding the weather mark Yolo hoisted the kite and soon after the fleet were becalmed. The new breeze came from the South so those that were ahead or on the South side got it first.. this relegated Yolo to a bad position. Once the breeze came through it was nice sailing with the breeze blowing upto 20 knots at times.. the rest of the race was nice to sail but not enough opportunity to catch up on time. The ladies handled the boat well. It was resolved after sailing that next year they would put some training session in to make it better. Yolo sailed well. 8 aboard.

Delivery-Saldhana to CT -3rd November.

Yolo departed Saldhana in the dark at 5am.. motoring. The sea conditions remained flat and a pleasure to motor in. the winds increased at one stage to 10 knots but from behind, so not worhtwhile sailing in as the speeds would have dropped. At times there was a current pushing us along. We rounded the CT breakwater at 2:30pm. It was a very comfortable delivery. Aboard were: Ian, Dale and Phillipa. Boat perfomed well.

Yachtport Overnight Race 2nd November 2012

Winds were forcasted to be light and fickle with a SE start, moving to the easterlies, then more to the north. We were not convinced. 10 minutes before the start we spoke with our weather forecaster who forcasted 15knots NW for the whole night with Fog on the coast..  We got a good start but needed to tack soon after as a larger yacht interfered with our plans... we then got becalmed and most fo the fleet sailed away with some boats going over the horizon quite quickly.. eventually we got the breeze again and worked to sail inside Robbben Island. The rest of the fleet opted to sail offshore. The breeze freshened and we settled in for a night of upwind sailing. We were tacking up the coast on the shifts, just off Melkbos the fog came in and we spent the next 4 hours sailing in thick fog. The seas were relatively flat which had the boat sailing optimally, fully powered and fast. Yolo sailed just to the outside of Dassen Island and tacked in just after tacking back just below the layline... The sun started rising just before the turn mark. Yolo did a wide rounding of the turn mark(Virtual mark) and sailed direct for the Saldhana heads in ideal conditions. On arrival at the finish we did the early call only to realize that we were earlier then expected. we sailed in and took our own time and docked. We were the first boat in and winner of our class on corrected time. Aboard were: Dale, Ian and Phillipa. The boat performed well.

Double Handed Race --Sat 27th October 2012

A 10 knot NW at the start, the race was sailed in these light conditions with the occational rise to 14knots. nice sailing.. towards the end of the race there was a convergance with a wind change to the South East.. We read this well and maintained our position..(second overall) highlight was a Gybe, hoist, weather drop and mark rounding in similar time to a full crew. We came second overall. Aboard Were Dale and Ian. No problems.

WED Night Race- 24th October 2012-Race 2

Second Wedneday night race of the season albeit the 3rd one in the series. the second was blown out..
Ideal conditions, falt sea, 12 knots blowing.. who could ask for more. A nice course was set.. A minute before the start one of the competitors tried to sail over us so we started to nidge forward to block.. in the end we were both over the start line and had us coming back to restart.. we gyybed, hardened up and tacked=, now at the back of the fleet and startted to try and work back intot he fleet. As there was lots of dirty wind we tacked back and sailed to clear our air and tacked again.. we then tried to catch up ont he fleet chasing the puffs and sailing in clear breeze. At the weather mark we were still quite far back in the breeze. On the downwind we struggled for speed.. probbaly a bnit light for us without a kite(non spinnkaer race), We lost a posiition on this leg, the next leg being a tight fetch in fresh breeze had us take back two positions. In the end we came 4th on corrected time. It was a great evening on the water. Aboard were: IAn, Sieger, Frederic(From Jenneau), Hugo(a newbie) and Dale. No Problems.

Round Robben Island Race - Sat, 20th October 2012

With a Black South Easter Blowing, the fleet was reduced as most sailors chose not to race. Nevertheless we decided to take it on.. At the starting area there were gusts in the 30 odd knots.. It was a downwind start, pursuit race.. We started with a full main up, on time, lay off and hoisted our kite. It was a good hoist, we started to sail as we quickly tried to settle the boat down. We were sailing quite deep and must have got a gust in the late 30's with a lot of South in it.. this caused us to Chinese Gybe in style. It took us a long time to recover and recover the kite. We assessed our damage and realized we could not use the kite again. so we two sail reached our way down the course. We rounded Robben Island and tried to look for a SWesterly on the other side of Robben ISland with winds around 17-20knots which we picked up but then it swung back.. the final part of the beat had it gusting upto 35 knots again.. We ended up midfleet.. Aboard were: Ian, Sieger, Riaan Brits and Dale. We broke our windex, Spinnkaer pole fitting and bridle, blew a barbour hauler block and tore the kite.

Wednesday night race- 10th October 2012

First Wednesday night race of the season and the start of the Puma Twilight Series, Winds were ranging from 18-23knots.. We were short handed so took it conservataly and hoisted the J4. We got a good start which had us in the lead of our class a the weather mark.. We managed to maintain the lead throughout the race with only the Sports boats ahead of us(spinnaker class) On the upwind leg the boats behind us were giving each other dirty airs which assisted us in pulling away.. Aboard were: Ian, Sieger, William,Phillipa and Dale. the boat performed well. We came first in our class on corrected time.

RCYC OPENING CRUISE- 6th October 2012

With the Opening Cruise, Yolo went out to partanke in the opening cruise which had the sailpast in the V&A waterfront. Over 70 boats took part. Yolo dressed up in full colours(full alphabet flags) South African Flag on Stern and club burgee flying. Of the regulars aboard were: Ian(skipper) and Sieger plus guests making 8 in total.

Delivery-Simontown to Cape Town -2nd October 2011

With a weather window opening with light winds and no winds forecasted we opted to deliver the boat back to Cape Town during the week. We set off rounding the bullnose just after 8:10am under motor, hoisiting the main as we went. False Bay was very flat with us motoring. We rounded Cape Point where there was some swell and Motor Sailed Northbound passing fishing boats catching fish as we went. At one stage the winds rose to 11 knots for a short while on a beat and then died down to 5 again. We reached the Cape Town Breakwater at approx 4:20 making for quite a quick passage. Aboard were Sieger and Dale. Boat performed well.

SPRING REGATTA -22-24 September 2012

Racing Season had begun with Spring regatta taking place in Simonstown. We raced in IRC (IRC provincial championship)ass 1 devision which had us sailing against 40 footers with us having the slowest rating in the fleet. Quite a challenge.
Day 1: 3 races sailed in a good breeze with lots of oscilations in the breeze.
Day 2: 2 Races Sailed in breeze gusting in the early 30 knots.. boat performed well. A few boat decided not to race and some retired.
Day 3: A meduim distance race. We were able to read the wind conditions which allowed us to hang in with he bigger boats for most of the course. We won this race.

Overall we came 2nd. This was good especiually considering that this was our first proper regatta with the boat. Aboard were: Ian, Dennis, Sieger, Sarel, Phillipa, Hans(from Dubai) and Dale. Boat performed well.

DELIVERY RACE -CT to Simonstown

Weather forecasts were varied.. with most Grib sites forecasting light conditions but the SA weather service talking about 25knot south easters.. We decided to race in any event.. the race started at 9:10am, with us getting a cracker of a start, we immediately went to kite hoist but the kite had a wrap which lost us some time while we sorted it out.. then followed some light conditions eventually dropping the kite and started beating. Around a hour and a half into the race we decided that the conditions would not improve and if we carried on it could take 24 hours plus to finish the course. We therefore elected to retire and motor the rest of the way.. We were first to do so, the rest of the fleet started to do the same around an hour after us.. The conditions were very pleasant to motor in.. making for a great day on the water.. We made the Simonstown breakwater at 18h20.. with Ian supplying the lift back to CT. Aboard were Dale and Phillipa.

Random pic 2..comp. M Bloch

RANDON PICS comp., M Bloch

Sail - 14th July 2012

With the Youth Regatta being sailed, there were no club events. We decided to sail out and wath the YOuth Regatta. Conditions were cold, with a 18knots Southerly blowing. We tried out a different mainsheet arrangement which seems to work quite nicely. Sailing was good, with us being conservative with a full main and the J4 up.. Aboard were: Ian, Sieger, Marc Bloch, Dave Gerrad and Dale. Boat performed well.

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Double Handed Race -23rd June 2012

Last race of the series... Light breeze. We got what we thought was a good start, not realizing we could lay the first mark lower down the line.. that was our downfall.. as we got to the weather mark the wind shifted making us put two quick tacks in. We did very well on the fleet on the downwind pulling though all but the A35 who held us off. We needed to put in two speedy gybes with the kite up to avoid a ship.. the breeze freshened towards the end of the downwind giving us nice sailing for the rest of the race.. We came 2nd in this race and 1st place for the series. Aboard were Dale and Ian. Boat performed well.

Portugal Day Race -9th June 2012

Unfortunately we were short on crew, but we still decided to race. We took a very conservative approach. There was a good course to sail and good conditions to sail in besides the pockets of light winds during the earlier part of the race. We hoisted the brand New Code Zero for the first time and was very impressed. In the end we placed 13 out of 57. Aboard were: Dale, Dennis, Sarel and Sieger.

Club Racing, Saturday 2nd June 2012

It was supposed to the IRC and Club racing racing as one giving both club rating and IRC results afterwards to allow the fleet not to be diluted. Anyway, light wind start, we were stuck above the line trying to sail downwind in the light stuff, so started about two minutes late.. quickly caught up as we sailed the catspaws... the conditions were split between the 12knots South Easter and a light NorthWester and the convergance zone.. We sailed well to weavethrough most of the lighter stuff and kept up with bigger boats, but the lower rating boats ruled supreme in that weather.. Towards the end once we were in good winds the Race Officer shortened the Club class, which meant we had to make a choice.., We opted to race with the bigger fleet and finished with club in line with previous races that we have already competed in for the series. Aboard were: Dale, Sieger, Dennis, Sandy, Walter and Leroy. Boat performed well.

Double Handed Race -26th May 2012

Start was in about 11knots.We managed an OK start with us rouding the in the back of the front bunch.. We immediatelty gybed and hoisted the spinnaker, the rest of the bunch delayed and then did a slow hoist.. Neccessity did not even use their kite.. Once we got going we gybed to a puff which allowed us to gybe under the fleet and give us a nice lead.. the wind started dying off to 4 knots.. which barely had us going. We rounded the leeward mark in first place, with us struggling on the beat to keep going with th elight breeze which allowed a J27, a class 2 boat to do a wonderfull catchup job on us. They were revelling in the lighter conditions and we were struggling in it... The fleet caught up with us a bit but we maintained our lead to the weather mark on the CLass 1 boats with the J27 pipping us there, we had a good downwind leg allowing us to pass the J27 but they had a shortened course so they could carry their kite past the mark and we needed to drop for the mark, so they passed us there again. We managed to pull out a bit on the next leg.. In the end we won our class.. Aboard were Dale and Ian.

PPS Challenge 19th December

This is a social race sponsored by PPS between all the industries. We sailed with the Legal guys... to make the numbers up, 3 regualr crew, namley Ian, Sieger and Dale plus 5 legal guys. The day had 46 entries.. light wind with lumpy seas and a wind the regressed slowly over the race.. Nice sailing and fun to be out racing, unfortunately we did not fare well. Boat performed well.

Saturday Sail -5 May 2012

With no club activity over the weekend, we decided to take the boat out for a sail anyway. Wind was around 12 knots South Wester, with a running swell... the Sail was good with the self steering doing most of the work. We got to do some reefing practise. Sail was good. No problems aboard. Aboard Were Ian And Dale.

SATURDAY SAIL -28 April 2012

With no racing on the calender planned, we decided to take a sail int he bay in any event.. the wind was a North Wester with just a little chop running and for the most of it a steady 14 knot wind.. We decided to mark off the following bouys on our GPS to ensure accuracy.. Landfall, Blouberg, Milnerton, Woodbridge and Paarden Island. A good sail was had.. Aboard were: Ian, Sieger and Dale. Boat performed well. No problems experienced.

Double Handed Race..21 April 2012

The conditions were foggy with the bridge only aggreeing to start if they could site the full start line.. they ran a postponement..There were a quess of about 20 entries. THe fog started clearing and they started in 12 knots of wind... We got a cracker of a start, allowing us to reach the weather mark first, ahead of the larger boats... We hoisted the kite and set off in the fog getting overhauled by the faster boats.... The fog was quite thick with us having to navigate.. we ended up about 50m too low for the mark with a quick strike and sailing the 50m with the main only while we set about sorting out the deck... allowing for a faster downwinder to get through as they made the mark dead on.. We rounded the mark and started on the new leg which was almost a full beat.... a few minutes later we were called on the radio by a fellow competitor as they were expereincing difficulties and they asked us to assist, so we radioed Race control advising them.. and left the race course to assist a fellow yacht. All was quickly sorted. Boat performed well, we picked up something before the start on the prop so we had very little power and no reverse thrust... Aboard were Dale and Ian.

CLUB BAY RACE 14 April 2012

Winds were around 10 knots at the start, a NW and a slight build up on the open water.. We got a good start and did fairly well but decided to duck the stb 34.7 who was on stb at clsoing in on the mark.. we did well on the downwind and sailed a technically good upwind pulling on the 34.7, again on the downwind we went a different route to the 34.7 feeling that the wind was shifting and it would help us, which it did, we pulled out some good distance, on the beat we sailed conservatively.. and did well to finish 2nd on corrected time. We found out speeds very similar to the 34.7, our main gains came from reading the shifts differently. Aboard were-Ian, Sieger and Dale. Boat performed well.

DELIVERY-Simonstown to Cape Town Easter Monday.

We departed Simonstown at 07h30.. with a light Southerly., We were expecting around 15 knots later in the day so we were hoping for some nice spinnaker sailing. We motored to Cape Point, At Cape Point the seas were confused and large after the large frontal system over the previous days.. Due to this we headed all the way to Bellows rock before turning due to the large breaks off South West Reefs.. The swells were forecasted at 4 metres. We then motor sailed all the way down the coast line. Some of the crew catching up on sleep or eating. We completed the passage in 9.5 hours. No sailing as there was only wind in the final approach to Cape Town. Aboard were: Leroy, Dennis, Steven and Dale. Boat performed well.

Easter Regatta -FBYC Simonstown

Some of the metal collected..

SAT:
Due to the Two Oceans Running race and all the pending road closures, we made an effort to get to Simonstown before all the closures with some of the crew opting to arrive later. There was a North Wester blowing.. We got an OK start, with us immediately Chasing the Simonis 35 Our Dianne, they had a touch of speed on us, with the extra waterline etc.. We sailed to Castor where we hoisted our spinnakers for Whittle Rock.. Our DIanne kept pulling on us, putting the pressure on us to gybe and keep with the wind, with them covering from below. As Whittle Approached rain squalls of 26knots started coming through.. Our Dianne led at the mark with some margin... we rounded up in the strong breeze seeing Our Dianne ahead, they were overpowered with their sail choice... they soon tacked off and we carried on sailing to break out of the squall and then tacked on their weather hip as the wind dropped to just below 20knots. The wind lifted and we pulled through Our Dianne with quite a margin as there was a big separation... We both sailed to the coast and then tacked up the coast with us placing the cover tack.. they were steadily closing the gap with speed. As we got closer to Glencairn they started to work higher to make the mark, on the face of it, it looked like they were through us, but with our local knowledge we also knew that it would head at the mark, so we kept up speed to take the knock, which did happen, we were then able to tack immediately and lay the mark whereas Our Diaane effectively needed to sail into the knock.. allowing us to maintain and increase out lead. In the end, we were over the line first and first on HAndicap.

Sun:

This race was in a predominant South Wester with fluctuations. We got an excellent starts.. and hoisted Spinnaker, but Our Dianne just had more speed and was soon able to pass us. They were ahead of us at Castor and again they were ahead and Glencairn.. then the long spinnaker run to Seal ISland.. at one stage it looked like we had chosen the right side of the shift but as we neared the island squalls came through which favoured their angle and we lost out.. the highest windspeed was 30knots.. we still had the kite up.. We rounded the island a few minutes behind them but after rounding the island the wind had died and we struggled to make headway.. while Our Dianne had found and stayed in more wind, allowing effectively for them to do a horizon job.. we eventually did get back into the wind and did a long take to the Surf break of Sunrise beach and then got lifted to Glencairn.. We were looking like we were recovering as initially they did not get the lift but it just kept on lifiting with us having to crack off and they got lifted to the mark. They were first on line and first on HAndicap.

The overall event was calcualted by putting the times of both races together and applying corrected time.. So we won the full event. Aboard were: Dale, Sieger, Leroy, Assaf, Dennis, Steven, Mark. Boat performed well.

Delivery to Simonstown 31st March 2012

Pic of Siger Rounding Cape Point.

We delivered the boat in preparation for the Easter Regatta, a club event which takes place in Simonstown...
Left Cape Town after 7:30am.. winds were Southerly 16 knots.. motored the first section in the lee of Sea Point..,.. Off Llandudno the winds were 20 knots with it settling down to about 9-11 knots by the time we reached Slangkop... We ended up motor sailing to Cape Point in a very slopppy sea with big swells.. After Cape Point we hoisted kite with the breeze increasing to the early 20's.. with the boat sailing nicely... We reached Simonstown roughly 9.5 hours after chucking off lines in CT. Aboard were Sieger and Dale. Boat performed well.