Lock Down 17 June 2020 Dear Sailors, It has been a confusing few weeks, or at least the way I’ve been reading things. The SAMSA Marine Notice 31 of 2020 stated we are allowed to sail, but with the caveat that it must be approved by the Department of Sport and Recreation. Here I [...]
RETURN TO SAILING IN A COVID SAFE ENVIRONMENT SAILINGPE, ALGOA BAY, PORT ELIZABETH Dear Yachties, Please see below protocols which are to be strictly adhered to prior to, during and following any sailing activity. → Practice good hand hygiene before and after sailing. → Avoid physical contact between participants. → Arrive dressed and ready [...]
ForewordSailing PE has identified a lack of compliance regarding the safety and governing regulations of sailing yachts in the Port of Port Elizabeth. The Port Authorities have also noted the problem. We are striving to get our house in order and comply with the SAMSA/SAS and TNPA Port Regulations before it is too late.We are [...]
Dear Members, SailingPE has had a very positive start to life as an officially registered SA Sailing Club. As we know SailingPE was represented at Lipton 2019. The regatta was a success for the Lipton, the first of the Cape 31 Lipton Cup. Though the boat is seen as high end and expensive for [...]
Forward Sailing PE has the responsibility of ensuring compliance regarding the safety of sailing yachts in the Port of Port Elizabeth. The Port Authorities are aware and concerned of non-compliance by many of our vessels. We need to get our house in order and comply with the SAMSA and TNPA Port Regulations. Legal We [...]
September 2019 Dear Members, SailingPE has officially begun its first sailing season. As with last year the GPS virtual courses are proving to work well with the few boats that have so far entered races completing the courses well on GPS. Please remember to click on the following link to register for racing: https://sailingpe.co.za/sailing-event-registration/ We [...]
Dear Members, Sailing PE is now officially SA Sailing affiliated and is now in a position to pay SA Sailing memberships on members behalves. Due to this, Sailing PE have also taken over the administrative duties of ABYC for keelboat sailing in Port Elizabeth. We will now be applying for Port Licenses, assigning PEYS [...]
Dear Yachties, The 2018/19 prize giving for ABYC was held last weekend. We thank all of you who turned out to support the event and all yachts men and women that contributed to making the season one of the best in several years. Special thanks goes out to Sigi Bailes who drove the prize [...]
Sailing PE has officially entered the Lipton Cup Challenge for 2019. Thanks to the generous sponsorship from Phil Gutsche we have a great team entered. They will be sailing a Cape 31 - Vivaldi, SA 31004 and Skippered by Andrea Giovani, crew by Rick Nankin, Bruce Keytel, Peter Shaw, Nicoli Biakoff and Richard Hutton-Squire. [...]
Adios a Fast 42 recently purchased by John & Gillian Tudehope, bring a enhanced sailing experience to PE. Adios is the sister ship to Nemesis, and will add to the race dynamics in the coming sailing season. Adios arrived 2 weekends ago from East London. She is currently out on the Hard Standing under-going [...]
