IMG_6423.jpg: Benji Daniel and Chad Stevenson racing on
their 29er during the Bart’s Bash – The Second Sail held in Durban hosted by
Point Yacht Club, this image appeared on the front page of the Yachts and
Yachting Souvenir Programme in the United Kingdom.
IMG_6493.jpg: Jethro Brophy-Tintinger sailing on the Hobie
14 and Luke Wagner helming Southern Storm, both sailors appeared on the
Bashboard of this year’s Bart’s Bash – The Second Sail that took place in the
bay hosted by Point Yacht Club.
Pic by Sophie Thompson
Point Yacht Club
Bart’s Bash Results
Harbour: Sunday 20 September
The Bashboard has been tallied and Durban sailing and Point
Yacht Club feature six times on the leader board on the biggest global
sailing event, Bart’s Bash – The Second Sail that took place on Sunday 20
September.
South Africa had the second largest turn out on the water
on the day out of 62 countries that took part, the United Kingdom walked away
with first place. 365 South African sailors ventured out onto the water on the
day, and doing the country proud, the South African team of Alex Schon and Marc
Hiles were crowned overall winners of Bart’s Bash – the second ever edition of
this event.
Competing on their Nacra F20 under the Lake Deneys
Burgee, Schon commented, “This year we had winds of 35knots and with a short,
sharp chop this made for a wild ride, with our Nacra 20 at times launching
itself right out of the water. We had a fantastic ride and took a somewhat
conservative approach. With only Marc out on the wire, we managed to keep our
beast upright. I think that the tough conditions prevented more people from
attending, but I really believe that this event needs to grow and that the
great work that is being done needs to spread throughout the world, in
particular throughout Africa.”
Most venues around the country reporting strong winds on
the day preventing the youth to come out in force on the day. Despite the
strong conditions, Point Yacht Club’s Jethro Brophy-Tintinger from
Umbilo who took top honours on the day, came sixth overall in the category of
winds over 18knots, with Gavin Wadsworth from Durban North placed tenth.
Brophy-Tintinger placed 39th overall.
Luke Wagner from Hilton got a top ten finish with his eighth
place in the category of Adult Skipper and Tim Wickham helming Ithebe finished
seventh in the category Buddy Sailor. Point Yacht Club scored an
impressive ninth worldwide, the top finishing South African yacht club, in the
category of Biggest Fleets with 123 competitors.
A total of 14,357 sailors participated this year
globally, with 472 venues hosting the event. On the day 7,578 boats were on the
water in the 62 countries.
Commodore for the Point Yacht Club and Clipper
Round the World skipper, Craig Millar stated, “The figures, although down from
last year’s phenomenal feat and Guinness World Record, are still absolutely
mind-boggling! A total amount of 38,266,938 meters were sailed, which is almost
the equivalent of sailing around the world once. Sailing around the world took
me a year, but it was achieved in a day by over 14 thousand sailors! Out of the
7,000 boats, there were a total of 624 classes competing. But, what for me is
the most fascinating stat is that a total time of 486 days was sailed on the
day; that is a long time to be on the water.”
The dates for the third Bart’s Bash were launched this
week with sailors around the world diarising Saturday 17 and Sunday 18
September 2016.
For more info visit www.bartsbash.co.uk
or www.pyc.co.za
Results
Keel and Dinghy
1 Catalyst (Jethro Brophy Tintinger - Hobie 14), 2
Therapy (Gavin Wadsworth), 3 Zing (Gavin Smith), 4 Southern Storm (Luke
Wagner), 5 So Basic (Stuart Ritchie), 6 Skitzo (Nigel Milln), 7 Caversham
Caprice (Jimmy Melville), 8 Bandit (Sean Jones), 9 Neptune’s Nymph (Phil
Downing), 10 Bellissima (Vernon Goss), 11 Container World (Brenden Humphreys),
12 Alkistis (Greg Donkin), 13 PYC Challenger (Florence Marshall), 14 Crazy
Diamond (Wayne Smith), 15 Shiloh (Tracy Bowman), 16 Deo Volente (Neville
Bransbury), 17 Ithebe (Tim Wickham), 18 Mafuta (Robin Hulley), 19 Big Blue
(Rory Simpson), 20 Vent de Cap (Andrew Pavid), 21 Hobbit (Sean Koegh) 22 Sea
Witch (Vikus), 23 Magenta (Ricky Piper), 24 PGMT Clipper (Bernard Bussy)
Offshore: Sunday 20 September
Kitesurfers
1 James Lea, 2 Byron Watt,
3 Rossco Walters, 4 Alec Lanham-Love, 5 Bruce Gayham,
6 Craig Allsopp,
7 Leighton Moody, 8 Tim Green, 9 Neil Bell, 10 Ian Ferguson,
11 Cameron Carey, 12 Cameron Townsend, 13 Alex Jordaan, =14 Saleem Jonke, =14
Rob Chrystal, 16 Daryl Massey
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