Sailors gear up for week-long regatta
The early bird entry list is looking impressively competitive, with 24 boats registered.
Eager sailors will follow this year’s MSC Week’s slogan of ‘Live, Love, Sail’ to the letter as they take to the water offshore of Durban from 1 to 5 July, hosted by Point Yacht Club.
The week-long regatta will have aquatic athletes competing in a variety of competitive classes, such as the L26 nationals, J22 and ORC regionals and an open class for keelers and multihulls. Each day, race officer Dave Rushton will set a variety of courses allowing boats to either stretch their legs on a few long hauls or test their skills on a few short bursts around the cans. Rushton will fire the first signal daily at 10.55am and get racing underway at 11am.
The early bird entry list is looking impressively competitive, with 24 boats registered all ready and another 20 showing keen interest. Currently a small fleet of Js have registered but a late surge of entries is expected. Next year the international J22 fleet will head to Durban to participate ahead of the J22 World Championships. Durban played host to the J22 Worlds in 2007 where 38 boats were on the water from America, Holland, Zimbabwe and the Caribbean.
Ahead of the action and as a warm-up, sailors will have a gentle amble around the bay on Sunday, 30 June in the afternoon in the Commodore’s Cup Race. For more information, visit www.pyc.co.za or like the club’s Facebook page.
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