1 September 2010

SA Ocean Racing Trust “Skippers Ticket” Bursaries

The South African Ocean Racing Trust is offering bursaries to promising young sailors to assist them in obtaining skipper’s tickets.

The Bursary Scheme

The South African Ocean Racing Trust wishes to invite applications for a limited number of scholarships to deserving individuals in order to assist them in obtaining SAS (South African Sailing) or RYA (Royal Yachting Association) approved Certificates of Competence (“skippers tickets”). The SAORT has allocated certain funds for this financial year for scholarships and intends to obtain the maximum number and quality of qualified individuals from this allocation.

Applications, in writing, should be addressed to The SA Ocean Racing Trust, 429 Helderberg Village, Private Bag X19, Somerset West 7129 and must be received by the 30th September 2010. Applications must include the following details:-

• Name
• Postal Address (and e-mail if available)
• Telephone number
• Date of Birth
• Details of course (name of establishment, approximate dates, description of course) and type of skipper’s ticket to be obtained.
• Details of sailing experience and qualifications to date
• The future intended use of the Certificate of Competence
• Any other background that may be pertinent.
• A letter of support from the individual’s club commodore, school principal or person of similar stature who is able to vouch for the individuals “bona fides” in applying for this scholarship

The SAORT will grant scholarships to individuals who in the Trustee’s sole opinion are best suited to benefit from the scholarship and who hold the best prospects for supporting the SAORT’s objectives of “the promotion and fostering … of ocean and off-shore racing and sailing in any part of the world …”

The SAORT is registered as a Public Benefit Organisation with the registered activity of “Sport” which is defined as “The administration, development, co-ordination or promotion of sport or recreation in which the participants take part on a non-professional basis as a pastime.” Therefore bursaries may not be granted to individuals intending to use the bursary to further a profession or career.

Successful applicants will be required to complete the course and obtain the Certificate of Competence applied for within a 12 month period of the scholarship being granted. Failure to obtain the Certificate applied for may render the applicant liable to refund the scholarship in full. Payment of the scholarship by the SAORT will only be made directly to an established and recognised sailing school or testing facility.

A number of sailing schools have indicated their intentions to make special offers available to SAORT bursary holders and applicants are therefore advised to contact the schools directly to obtain the best offers, so that the Trust’s goals of maximising the number and quality of individuals obtaining their Certificates of Competency can be achieved.

 

 

Notice to All Members- AGM May 2010

 

Please take note that the AGM will take place on 22nd May commencing at 14:00

To read the full notification, including

1. Notice of the AGM to be held on Saturday, 22 May 2010 commencing at 14h00 at the Clubhouse.

2. Nomination form

please click here for more information.

 

R.I.P. Louis Adendorff - Aeternum vale

It is with sadness that I inform you of the death of Louis Adendorff.  He passed away on Monday  4th August at 19:20, with his daughter Rose showing him photographs of her babies and telling him about all the calls she’d had from friends and family.

Although Louis was not gregarious by nature, he was seen around the Club on most days when he was at his home base, Saldanha.  He could be seen tinkering under the trees, with bits for “little Emma”, reading quietly in the clubhouse, standing chatting in the car park, sitting on the stoep, but most regularly on the jetty or on the deck of a boat, answering questions and giving advice, from his stash of knowledge, to sailors.  He loved Emma with a passion and it was a pleasure sharing a cup of coffee on her. His softly narrated stories about his sailing trips a mari usque ad mare , his arrival at SBYC, his diamond mining, his "Rhodesian" days and more, had people hanging on his lips.

Our condolances and best wishes go to his daughters, Rose and Rina, his sons-in-law Steve and Wim, and his grandchildren Roman, Morgan, Emma, Liam and Mark. Rose's address is rose.adendorff@ru.ac.za should you wish to contact her. Donations in lieu of wreaths may be made to the NSRI. Their details are elsewhere on this site.

 

Members please take note of the following: July 2009

If you arrive at the Club and cannot find your boat, do not panic - Patrick and Wynand played Hide and Seek with them this weekend. The request came from the Navy that boats in line with their slipway should be moved. These two energetic committee members managed to move 12 boats on Saturday. Yours may be one of them.

Members are reminded that fees are due in full at the end of July. Your access card will be deactivated and membership may be rescinded should you fail to pay your dues.

 

Notice to All Members- April 2009

Please take note that the South African Sailing AGM will take place on Tuesday 5th May at 18:00 at RCYC

Click here for the Agenda oF SAS AGM.

 

Notice to All Members- March 2009

 

Please take note that the AGM will take place on 23rd May commencing at 14:00

To read the full notification, including

1. Notice of the AGM to be held on Saturday, 23 May 2009 commencing at 14h00 at the Clubhouse.

2. Minutes of AGM held on 31 May 2008

3. Nomination form

please click here for more information.

 

Notice to Dinghy Parking Users - 18 February 2009

 

This notice serves to advise that the committee is in the process of numbering the dinghies.

The committee will, from now on, only allow one dinghy per boat owner due to the limited space available and in order to provide space on the racks for the use of other members.  Those members who have 2 dinghies on the rack are therefore requested to remove one of the two dinghies by the end of March 2009.

Yours faithfully

Sharon Borstlap

Secretary/Treasurer

Sent on behalf of the SBYC committee