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2026 Eastern Cape Dinghy Regional Championship

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Race Officer Report by Alan Straton, (SAS 2019-0034NRO).

Date Submitted: 02/11/2026
Regatta: 2026 Eastern Cape Dinghy Regional Championship
Venue: Redhouse Yacht Club
Organised by: SASEC.
Start Date: 31/10/2026
End Date: 01/11/2026
Total Races Sailed: 7 over 2 Days.

Day 1:

A total of 24 entries competed in the Eastern Cape Dinghy Regional Championships from 31 Ocober to 1 November 20-26.

Entries were from East London, Gqeberha, Cape Town and George.

Laser – 17 entries consisting of:

9 ILCA 6, 7 ILCA 7, 1 ILCA 4, 3 Youth, 2 Youth Female, 1 Youth Male, 11 Male

Open A Fleet – 3 x Sprog (1 youth helm), 1 x Dolphin

Open B Fleet – 2 x Gypsey

Junior Fleet – 1 x Tera

We sailed a total of 7 races over the two days – 4 on Staurday and 3 on Sunday.

1 Discard.

Conditions on Day 1:

Flat, South Westerley 5 to 11 knots

Day 2: Conditions on Day 2:

Flat, South South West 4 to 12 knots.

Race length averaged out at 50 minutes each.

Results:

ILCA Fleet (Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Rating system: PY, Entries: 17)

Rank Fleet Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st ILCA ILCA 6 144182 ELYC Morgan Rush – 1156 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (2.0) 8.0 6.0
2nd ILCA ILCA 7 208174 ZVYC Alan Keen Legend 1103 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 (4.0) 3.0 1.0 17.0 13.0
3rd ILCA ILCA 7 No Name Brand RYC Warren Harvey AM 1103 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 (18.0 DNC) 35.0 17.0
4th ILCA ILCA 6 160068 ELYC Michael Glenester – 1156 4.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 6.0 (8.0) 7.0 36.0 28.0
5th ILCA ILCA 7 162504 RYC Peter Rist GM 1103 (9.0) 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 43.0 34.0
6th ILCA ILCA 7 191033 ELYC Shaun Gradwell AM 1103 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 (10.0) 45.0 35.0
7th ILCA ILCA 6 160126 GLYC Martin Rostek GM 1156 6.0 (10.0) 6.0 5.0 9.0 7.0 3.0 46.0 36.0
8th ILCA ILCA 6 165610 RYC Bronwyn van Wyngaardt L 1156 8.0 8.0 9.0 (11.0) 3.0 11.0 5.0 55.0 44.0
9th ILCA ILCA 6 153746 RYC Tim Mundy GM 1156 11.0 7.0 10.0 (18.0 DNC) 10.0 9.0 4.0 69.0 51.0
10th ILCA ILCA 6 144225 RYC Courtney van Wyngaardt L 1150 7.0 9.0 11.0 (18.0 DNC) 12.0 10.0 11.0 78.0 60.0
11th ILCA ILCA 7 12336 RYC Andrew Honslow YL 1103 (18.0 DNC) 12.0 8.0 8.0 11.0 14.0 12.0 83.0 65.0
12th ILCA ILCA 4 05 RYC Shella Fick M 1218 10.0 14.0 13.0 10.0 (15.0) 13.0 8.5 83.5 68.5
13th ILCA ILCA 6 11 ELYC Josh Jensen – 1156 (18.0 DNC) 11.0 (15.0) 13.0 13.0 12.0 13.0 89.0 74.0
14th ILCA ILCA 7 16229 RYC Patrick McCarthy – 1103 12.0 (18.0 DNC) (18.0 DNC) 18.0 DNC 8.0 4.0 8.5 92.5 74.5
15th ILCA ILCA 7 144413 RYC Warren Horne GGM 1103 15.0 13.0 12.0 9.0 14.0 (18.0 DNC) (18.0 DNC) 99.0 81.0
16th ILCA ILCA 6 14422 RYC Philip Mitchell Y 1156 13.0 15.0 16.0 12.0 (18.0 DNC) 15.0 14.0 103.0 85.0
17th ILCA ILCA 6 57 RYC Claire Mitchell YL 1156 14.0 (18.0 DNF) 14.0 14.0 (18.0 DNC) 16.0 15.0 109.0 91.0

Open A Fleet (Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Rating system: PY, Entries: 4)

Rank Fleet Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st Open A Sprog 900 RYC Ruan Labuschagne Riaan Labuschagne 1120 1.0 1.0 1.0 (5.0 DNF) 1.0 1.0 1.0 11.0 6.0
2nd Open A Sprog 950 RYC Carl van Wyngaardt Natashia van Wyngaardt 1120 (2.0) 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 13.0 11.0
3rd Open A Sprog 922 RYC William Pierce-Jones Tanya Cummins 1120 3.0 3.0 3.0 (5.0 DNC) 5.0 DNC 5.0 DNC 5.0 DNC 29.0 24.0
4th Open A Dolphin 107 RYC Steve Arnold Debbie Arnold 1120 (5.0 DNC) 5.0 DNC 5.0 DNC 5.0 DNC 5.0 DNC 5.0 DNC 5.0 DNC 35.0 30.0

Open B Fleet (Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Rating system: PY, Entries: 2)

Rank Fleet Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st Open B Gypsy No Name Brand RYC Rob Prideaux Levi Wakefield 1245 (1.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 7.0 6.0
2nd Open B Gypsy 420 ELYC Lawrence Haw Jennifer Haw 1245 (2.0) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 14.0 12.0

Junior Fleet (Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Rating system: PY, Entries: 1)

Rank Fleet Class SailNo Club HelmName CrewName PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett
1st Junior Tera 1830 RYC Nicholas Parkin – 1452 (1.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 5.0

Signed by: Alan Straton on 02/11/2026

SAS Reg. No.: SAS 2019-0034NRO

2026 DF95 Nationals

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Race Officer Report by Alan Straton, (SAS 2019-0034NRO).

Date Submitted: 25/09/2026
Regatta: 2026 DF95 Nationals
Venue: North End Lake
Organised by: PERBC.
Start Date: 24/04/2026
End Date: 26/04/2026
Total Races Sailed: 15 over 3 Days.

Day 1:

23 entrants with 7 local and 16 from out of town.

Racing took place in wind from the NNE swinging ENE in light conditions.

Course number 2 was first up.

First heat started just after 12h30 and racing continued until 17h30 after 6 races of 2 heats each.

Day 2: Saturday dawned with perfect weather for sunbathing.

When the wind arrived from the NW racing got underway.

Windward Leeward course.

A few course changes for Course 2 were made during the afternoon as the wind swing through to the SW and settled on around 8 gusting 12 knots.

Day 3: Sunday dawned with glass clear water and the big wait for some wind.

Fleet separated in Gold and Silver and the regatta was on.

Standard Windward Leeward course.

The dying wind made for challenging racing as yachts started on a beat for the last few races only for the wind gusts to introduce a lot of challenges for some of the fleet.

The silver fleet sailed a last race with a reaching start.

Day 4:

Day 5:

Results:

DF95 2026 Nationals Results

Signed by: Alan Straton on 25/09/2026

SAS Reg. No.: SAS 2019-0034NRO

2026 DF95 Eastern Cape Regionals

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Race Officer Report by Alan Straton, (SAS 2019-0034NRO).

Date Submitted: 26/01/2026
Regatta: 2026 DF95 Eastern Cape Regionals
Venue: North End Lake Powerboat Club
Organised by: PERBC.
Start Date: 23/01/2026
End Date: 25/01/2026
Total Races Sailed: 24 over 3 Days.

Day 1:

27 boats entered – 9 from PERBC and 18 from the rest of South Africa.

Racing started just after 12:00 pm and continued to 17:30 pm.

Wind was from the South West and Course 3 was sailed.

The fleet was split into two heats per race.

A total of 7 races were sailed.

Day 2: Saturday started at just after 9:30 am and was sailed in an east south east ranging from 4 to 12 knots over the course of the day.

The fleet continued in their split fleets up until the end of the day at 17:30.

Course 1 was the course sailed.

A total of 12 races were sailed.

Day 3: Sunday presented with glassy water and no wind.

The fleets were split into Gold and Silver after a grueling session of 19 Qualifying races each consisting of two heats to make 38 starts up to this point.

The wind teased from the North East – not ideal conditions.

Then the wind settled from the east and Course 1 was laid again.

The Gold and Silver fleets sailed Five final races each up until 12:55 pm.

The final Top 3 results:

Gold:

1. Roy Gardener (CRYC)
2. Des Fairbank (MRYC)
3. Bruce Schnel (DRBC)

Silver:

1. Justin Dent (PERBC)
2. Denny Mofatt (DRBC)
3. Norrie Taylor (DRBC)

Images: https://straton.org.za/index.php?/category/180

Results:

Signed by: Alan Straton on 26/01/2026

SAS Reg. No.: SAS 2019-0034NRO

2025 East Cape Provincials

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Race Officer Report by Alan Straton, (SAS 2019-0034NRO).

Date Submitted: 17/12/2025
Regatta: East Cape Provincials
Venue: Wriggleswade Dam
Organised by: ELYC.
Start Date: 18/10/2025
End Date: 19/10/2025
Total Races Sailed: 7 over 2 Days.

Day 1:

Two fleets sailed on Saturday.

Fleet 1 – 9 entrants
Fleet 2 – 3 entrants

Saturday was sailed in a South West wind of around 15 knots with gusts reaching 26 knots. Sea state was lumpy.

Fleet 2 did not sail at all.

Fleet 1 saw 5 finishers in Race 1, 4 finishers in Race 2 and 3 finishers in Race 3.

There were a number of breakages across the fleet.

Day 2: Two fleets sailed on Sunday.

Fleet 1 completed 4 races.

Fleet 2 completed 4 races.

Sunday was sailed in a West wind ranging from 5 to 7 knots. Sea state was calm and flat.

Fleet 1 saw 7 finishers in Race 4, 8 finishers in Race 5, 7 finishers in Race 6 and 6 finishers in Race 7.

Fleet 2 saw 3 finishers in Race 4, 2 finishers in Race 5, 1 finishers in Race 6 and 0 finishers in Race 7.

Results:

Monohul | Sailwave results for at 2025

Signed by: Alan Straton on 17/12/2025

SAS Reg. No.: SAS 2019-0034NRO

DF95 East Cape Provincials

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Race Officer Report by Alan Straton, (SAS 2019-0034NRO).

Date Submitted: 11/02/2025
Regatta: DF95 East Cape Provincials
Venue: Eastern Province Power Boat Club, North End Lake, Gqeberha
Organised by: PERBC.
Start Date: 24/01/2025
End Date: 26/01/2025
Total Races Sailed: 37 over 3 Days.

Day 1:

The DF95 Eastern Cape Provincials hosted 20 entrants – 19 male and 1 female.

In 5 of the 37 races, all 20 boats successfully completed the races.

On Day 1 we had wind speeds averaging 5 knots from the south east for the duration of the afternoon.

Course sailed was number 2 (tight reach start)

The first race started at 12:05 pm

The last race started at 16:34 pm

A total of 13 races sailed.

The finish times for the first finisher ranged from 6 minutes 3 seconds to 9 minutes 50 seconds

Day 2: Saturday was a good day for sailing with wind speeds ranging from 5 to 12 knots.

Sunny with the wind from the South East the fleet managed to complete 20 races.

The first race started at 09:49 am

The last race started at 16:33 pm

The fleet sailed 5 races, broke for 15 minutes (30 for lunch) and then continued.

Day 3: Sunday dawned breezy – touching 28 knots in the south east gusts.

4 Races were sailed with the first starting at 11:22 am

After a break for the wind to settle the next three races were sailed on smaller rigs,

The last race started at 12:51 pm

The times for the first finisher ranged from 7 minutes 42 seconds to 9 minutes 53 seconds.

Over the three days sailing the wind speed ranged from 4 to 28 knots and from South East, to East.

For the majority of the second day sailors competed on Course 2 which included a tight reach start.

Racing was close and the introduction to the reaching start saw a number of general recalls as sailors adjusted to the conditions.

The bulk of the races were sailed on the second day with racing finishing after 5:00 pm.

The third day saw winds over 20 knots and a delay to the start before completing three races to close off a successful regatta with the Top Three places as follows:

  1. Des Fairbank
  2. George Winter
  3. Gerhard Ras

Results:

Results: 2025 Dragonflite 95 Eastern Cape Provincial Championship

Signed by: Alan Straton on 11/02/2025

SAS Reg. No.: SAS 2019-0034NRO

2024 Youth Nationals

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Race Officer Report by Alan Straton, (SAS 2019-0034NRO) for the Optimist, Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleets

Date Submitted: 07/01/2025
Regatta: 2024 Youth Nationals Optimist Fleet
Venue: Wriggleswade Dam
Organised by: East London Yacht Club under the Auspices of South African Sailing.
Start Date: 16/12/2024
End Date: 19/12/2024
Total Races Sailed: 13 over 4 Days.

Day 1:

There were 6 entrants in the Mirror Fleet and 6 entrants in the Topper 5.3 fleet. These fleets started together before the Optimist Fleet.

There were 30 entrants in the Optimist A Fleet and 4 entrants in the Optimist B Fleet. Both fleets started together.

The Optimist Fleet completed 12 races and the Mirror/Topper 5.3 Fleet completed 13 races over the course of the regatta.

Two races were sailed on the first day in light race start winds ranging from 2 to 6 knots from the east clocking to east south east for the 2nd race.

Course 4 was the first course sailed for the first race.

Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 11:44 in 4 knots of wind and first finisher time of 12:03. Sea State: Flat.

Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 11:49 in 4 knots of wind and first finisher time of 12:05. Sea State: Flat. 2 DNS’s

Course 5 was sailed for the second race.

Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 12:48 in 6 knots of wind and first finisher time of 13:21. Sea State: Flat.

Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 12:43 in 4 knots of wind and first finisher time of 13:21. Sea State: Flat. 2 DNS’s

Day 2: 3 Races were sailed on Day 2. Race start wind speeds ranged from 3.5 to 7 knots whilst the wind clocked from south west to south east.

Course 5 was the first course sailed for the 3rd race.

Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 11:35 in 3.5 knots of wind and first finisher time of 12:10. Sea State: Flat.

Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 11:40 in 5 knots of wind and first finisher time of 12:08. Sea State: Flat. 2 DNS’s

Course 5 was sailed for the 4th race.

Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 13:58 in 7 knots of wind and first finisher time of 15:12. Sea State: Flat.

Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 14:14 in 4.5 knots of wind and first finisher time of 15:40. Sea State: Flat. 2 DNS’s and 7 NSC’s

This was the longest race of the regatta.

Course 4 was sailed for the 5th Race.

Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 16:00 in 5 knots of wind and first finisher time of 16:26. Sea State: Flat.

Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 16:13 in 5.5 knots of wind and first finisher time of 16:38. Sea State: Flat.

This was the first race which all Optimist A Fleet entrants completed.

Day 3: Day 3 was a very productive day with the Mirror/Topper Fleet sailing 6 races and the Optimist Fleet sailing 5 races.

Race start wind speeds ranged from 5 to 10 knots clocking from west south west to south south west.

Course 4 was sailed for the 6th Race.

Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 11:33 in 6 knots of wind and first finisher time of 11:49. Sea State: Flat.

Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 11:38 in 6 knots of wind and first finisher time of 12:04. Sea State: Flat.

Course 4 was sailed for the 7th Race.

Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 12:14 in 8 knots of wind and first finisher time of 12:34. Sea State: Flat.

Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 12:32 in 10 knots of wind and first finisher time of 12:55. Sea State: Flat.

Course 4 was sailed for the 8th Race.

Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 12:51 in 9.5 knots of wind and first finisher time of 13:18. Sea State: Flat.

Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 15:37 in 5.5 knots of wind and first finisher time of 16:00. Sea State: Flat.

Course 4 was sailed for the 9th Race.

Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 15:42 in 5.5 knots of wind and first finisher time of 16:03. Sea State: Flat.

Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 16:29 in 8 knots of wind and first finisher time of 16:52. Sea State: Flat.

Course 4 was sailed for the 10th Race.

Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 16:18 in 7.5 knots of wind and first finisher time of 16:38. Sea State: Flat.

Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 17:19 in 8 knots of wind after two restarts and then a black flag start with the first finisher time of 17:49. Sea State: Flat.

The Mirror/Topper 5.3 Fleet managed to sail their Race number 11 – Course 4 with a starting Signal at 17:04 in 8 knots of wind and first finisher time of 17:28. Sea State: Flat.

Day 4: Two races were sailed by each fleet on the last day with wind speeds ranging from 4 to 7 knots and wind mainly steady from the south clocking south south east for the last beat to finish.

Course 4 was sailed for the 11th and 12th Races.

Race 12 – Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 09:16 in 4 knots of wind and first finisher time of 09:41. Sea State: Flat.

Race 11 – Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 09:40 in 5 knots of wind after two restarts and then a black flag start with the first finisher time of 09:58. Sea State: Flat.

Course 5 was sailed for the 12th and 13th Races.

Race 13 – Mirror and Topper 5.3 Fleet: Starting Signal at 09:52 in 6.5 knots of wind and first finisher time of 10:08. Sea State: Flat.

Race 12 – Optimist Fleet: Starting signal at 10:15 in 7 knots of wind with the first finisher time of10:56. Sea State: Flat.

Results:

Topper 5.3 2024 Youth Nationals Results | Optimist B Fleet 2024 Youth Nationals Results | Optimist A Fleet 2024 Youth Nationals Results  | Mirror 2024 Youth Nationals Results

Signed by: Alan Straton on 07/01/2025

SAS Reg. No.: SAS 2019-0034NRO

Joshua Keytel from Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club (Sail no. RSA 1480) crosses the line first in the last race of the regatta.
Click HERE to see many more images from the 2024 Youth Nationals.