SAILING MATTERS
by the Rear Commodore, Gregg Dobson

~Trio Regatta - 12; 13; 16 June
This exciting regatta begins on Saturday, so if you have not entered you had better do so now! It has the following components:
* IRC Provincials - for the serious racer
* SAS KRS - for any of the Wednesday night boats that would like to enjoy some fine offshore sailing.
* Flying 15 Nationals
Come and support your club and enjoy hopefully pleasant Durban winter conditions without having to take a day off work - Saturday 12; Sunday 13 and Wednesday 16 June.
If you have not entered yet, or cobbled a crew together, it's time to do that! There is a Melges 24 coming up from Cape Town for this regatta, and a bunch of Pacer 27s from the Vaal, and rumours of at least 6 clubs competing in the inter-club component. So it should be a great event.
Bronwyn will send you the info. Just call her on 031-301 5425 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

~Richards Bay to Durban Race
Many thanks to the Commodore and staff of ZYC for hosting the 3 yachts that participated in this year's Durban to Richards Bay and back events. Whilst no racing took place the 2 monos, Cape Smoke and Spindrift, got in some seatime. Cape Smoke reported stunning sailing conditions yesterday.
Zululand YC Secretary Fiona Strydom is a mine of useful information and has come up with the perfect way to file a flight plan. You simply complete the necessary documentation and once she is happy with it, Fiona sends it to Port Control. No more schlepping through the port to get revenue clearances. Thanks Fiona!
Zululand Yachts Club is a great place to visit. The laid back atmosphere and excellent facilities make this an ideal spot that is only 88nm up the coast.
At the time of writing Bandit was getting ready to leave Richards Bay for the return trip to Durban. Lets hope she can break the record!

~Crew Service
Struan Campbell has created a crew mix and match group on facebook for skippers who need crew and crew who need boats. It is open to anyone so if you need a person or a boat then put a wall post up advertising yourself. Hopefully we can start building fleets by making it easy for skippers and crew to connect. Put videos, photos - whatever you want - up there for all to see.

See the link at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112468105452262

~Durban International Boat Show
 On TV Coverage of the show and the Simply Sailing Regatta will be on Supersport as follows:
07/06/2010 12:00:00 SuperSport Six
07/06/2010 12:00:00 SuperSport Six Africa
08/06/2010 08:00:00 SuperSport One
08/06/2010 08:00:00 SuperSport One Africa
10/06/2010 11:00:00 SuperSport Six
10/06/2010 11:00:00 SuperSport Six Africa
11/06/2010 21:30:00 SuperSport Six
11/06/2010 21:30:00 SuperSport Six Africa
12/06/2010 13:30:00 SuperSport Five
12/06/2010 13:30:00 SuperSport Five Africa
15/06/2010 20:00:00 SuperSport Five
15/06/2010 20:00:00 SuperSport Five A