Point Yacht Club
Inter-Varsity Match Racing Champs
Harbour: 1 – 3 July
Sailing into July, the Point Yacht Club will be hosting
the inaugural Inter-Varsity Cup taking place in the harbour of Durban from 1 –
3 July.
Nine varsities will be taking to the water this weekend,
with six of the teams entered shedding off their winter woollies and travelling
from Western Province and Gauteng to compete in warm Durban waters.
Participating varsities are Rhodes University, University
of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University, two teams from the University of
Witwatersrand, Tuks with a combined team from the University of Johannesburg
and University of Pretoria. The local teams comprise of University of Kwa-Zulu
Natal Howard Campus and Durban University of Technology.
Match racing in sailing is when two teams go head-to-head
against each other. The programme for events has been drawn with seven rounds
of competition happening for the eight teams. Each round consists of four
races. A famous example of match racing is the America’s Cup.
Competing on the same class of boat, each team consists
of six sailors racing on an L26. The course set by Race Officer, Kevin
Bingham will be an upwind, downwind course with the possibility of either one
or two laps. The start finish line will be set below the bottom turning mark,
extending the first beat and final run to the line.
Team captains are Peter Marsh from UCT, Jonas Vijerberg
from Rhodes, Alexander Ham from Stellenbosch, Kyle Boman for the combined team
of UJ and Tuks, DUT will be led by Thokozani ‘DeaJay’ Latha, UKZN by Florence
Marshall and Alison Bradfield and Ryan Robinson for the two Wits teams.
Officiating will be South African sailors, Ricky Robinson
and Trent Bingham.
The Inter-Varsity Match Racing Champs is the precursor to
the annual MSC Week, hosted by the Point Yacht Club, that takes place from 4 –
8 July offshore of Durban.
For more info visit www.pyc.co.za
or contact the club on 031 301 4787.
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