| South African Sailing Newsletter March 2023 |
Dear Sailors
Welcome to this, the 65th of the monthly newsletters.
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President's Update
My return to reality after an amazing crossing of the Southern Ocean started slowly. It took time to change gears from the truth and beauty of that exceptional place to the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, but as, one by one, I engaged the gears of reality, so my life just got crazy!
Thousands of messages and emails needed to be opened and dealt with. All the action that had happened while I was away needed to be absorbed and understood. Obligations relating to this office needed to be attended to. From the moment that I plucked up enough courage to turn on my computer, my calendar started filling up – and I have been going like a rocket ship ever since... Read more...
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SA Sailing Awards Nominations
Nominations for the SA Sailing National Awards are open!
South African Sailing invites you to submit your nominations and motivations for the 2022 awards covering the period of 1 January to 31 December 2022.
Please note nominees must be bona-fida members of a SA Sailing-affiliated yacht club and hold a valid SA Sailing membership number. Nominees for the youth award must be under the age of 19 in the year for which the award is made (2022). Nominations must have a motivation attached.
Click here for SA Sailing Awards nominations criteria
Click here to submit nominations
The nomination process closes at midnight, 31 March 2023 following which the SA Sailing Council will review and confirm a list of qualifying finalists for each award.
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SA Sailing strategic update
SA Sailing’s main mission is to enable sailing for life across all sailing disciplines for all South Africans along with broadening our base and consolidating our constituency and in the process increasing our relevance and Council.
This requires much planning and strategic implementation. Click here to discover how SA Sailing are going about achieving this mission.
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Daring to follow your dream – catching up with the crew of Nahoa
For many, leaving it all behind and sailing around the world is merely a wild dream, never to be realised. But in 2015, Canadians Ben Brehmer and Ashley Stobbart decided to make that dream a reality.
Having sold all their possessions, the duo bought a 41-foot catamaran and set off from Florida, USA, headed to the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, across the Pacific, down to New Zealand, through Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Asia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand, and across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar. Eight years, a Covid pandemic, and two children later, they have arrived in South Africa where they’re spending a month working on their boat, Nahoa, in Cape Town before setting off again for St Helena, Brazil and back to the Caribbean to complete their circumnavigation...Read more...
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What are the benefits of being an SA Sailing-affiliated organisation?
There are numerous benefits to becoming an SA Sailing-affiliated organisation. To make it all clearer, we’ve created a posted to list the many advantages…
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Regional News
Click on the respective links below to find out more about what's happening in your region.
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Training and Development
The National Training Programme continues to grow find out more on the following:
National Training Programme - New pricing effective 1 February 2023
Please click here for the new pricing for the National Training Programme
Upcoming courses
In recent weeks, a number of course dates have been finalised under both the Instructor and Race Officials Programme. Details on these can be found on our website using the course finder tool. Courses | South African Sailing
This nifty tool brings together all Recognised Training offered by either SA Sailing or its recognised organisations. Details on Learn to Sail courses scheduled around the country can be found here too.
Be sure to keep checking back as courses are scheduled based on demand throughout the year.
World Sailing accreditation renewal taking place – Recognised Training Centre Inspection & Renewing of Certifications (Centres & Instructors)
World Sailing will be coming to South Africa this year to conduct their inspection of the SA Sailing National Training Programme. The inspection process will include a visit to the SA Sailing office and a minimum of two visits to selected RTC centres around the country. Centres are requested to please do the necessary to prepare for the audit:
- Ensure the venue and training programmes run are ready to be reviewed in line with the SA Sailing Recognition Guidelines and centre SLA
- Expect, if selected, that World Sailing will be looking to inspect while training is underway
- Accreditations of individuals needing to be renewed can be done via this link
It should be noted that centres who did not renew their RTC status before 31 December 2022 have been removed from the SA Sailing RTC list until such time as they make application again. As such, they will not be considered for the World Sailing visit.
RTC status is renewable each year before 31 December. Click here to renew.
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Performance & Training
- Olympic Games Paris 2024
The 2024 Olympic Games will take place in Paris, France from Friday, 26 July to Sunday, 11 August 2024 SA Sailing recently published its selection policy for these Games. Any sailors or officials wishing to campaign towards these Games, should read and understand the selection and eligibility requirements and note their Expression of Interest with SA Sailing as soon as possible. The link to lodge Expression of Interest is included within the policy document: Click here.
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2023 ANOCA World Beach Games: Selection Policy & Expression of Interest
The second edition of the ANOC World Beach Games will take place in Bali, Indonesia on 5-12 August 2023. Wingfoil sailing has replaced kitefoil on the programme for the Games.
Continental qualifiers for Wingfoil will take place in Egypt in May.
Wingfoil joins open water swimming, aquathlon, beach handball, beach soccer, beach tennis, 4x4 beach volleyball, beach water polo, beach wrestling and individual kata, air badminton, beach sprint rowing, 3x3 basketball and surfing on the programme for the 2023 World Beach Games.
- Take a sneak peek at what the venue for this year’s Youth Sailing World Championships in Brazil from 8-16 December has to offer
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Latest World Sailing News
- World Sailing is excited to share with you a new free resource from Starboard – Windsurf Kids.
Windsurf Kids is an interactive guide, to give younger children all the tools to become a Windsurf Kid.
The guide is free to access and covers 6 main topics:
- Windsurf Safety
- Getting on the Water
- Windsurf Adventures
- Ocean Plastics
- Being a Healthy Windsurfer
- Ambassador for the planet
You can access this free resource here.
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SA Sailing News - Past Editions
Past editions of the monthly newsletters can be found here
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