Interesting Stories
Jerrold Salamon
Passed away on 25th December 2013 a day before his 85th birthday .I think most of you do not know this gentleman, shortish guy little to no hare and my guess is that he is in his 70’s plus. He is a member of the Royal Cape Yacht Club since...
Holiday 23 Kariba Style
BED IN THE COCKPIT We sail on Kariba which is generally hot and we sleep better outside - it is cooler and we love to sleep under the stars. The cockpit is a difficult space for an adult to sleep in – benches too short and narrow and the floor...
Cymru: From Harties to Mozambique
Earlier this year Ricardo Oliveira bought Holiday 23 "Cymru" at Hartbeesfontein dam and then took her to Maputo, Mozambique. He had a new trailer built at ± R30k to solve the transport problem. After lots of TLC she was ready to be sailed in the clean waters of the Indian...
From Club Mykonos to Cape Town via Robben Island
Wat ‘n lekker en LANG dag. Mossie Basson is ‘n goeie vriend en die rede dat ek vir Annie (my H23) het. Sien, my eerste seil (as passasier) was ‘n rustige een op sy H34 van Mykonos tot by Slipway in Saldana en terug. Ek MOES ook...
Denaming and renaming
I have being reading with great interest the names of all the H23’s you have been publishing. Well now it is my turn. Well, as you know my Holiday23 (Sail # 124) is called “About Time”. It’s a bit of a long story but I’ll keep it as short as...
WEST WIND MADNESS
On one of my sailing trips to Port Owen I invited two friends to join me and my brother. We left Gordon’s Bay about 01h00 on a Saturday morning in a howling South Easter. The plan was to round Cape Point at day break, but with the strong South Easter...
LAUNCH: BLISS H23 SAIL NO 69
I attended the launch of “BLISS”, previously “Fast Fish”on Saturday 22nd August 2009. Peter von Bredow and Helga are the new owners of “Bliss” which they bought at Manten Marina. One of Peter and Helga’s old friends Johan Hartman (owner of Fat Cat, Port Owen) said that he knew Peter...
Ancient Mariner
By Rob Le Roux Mike Cave and I were about to bring "Ancient Mariner" back from Port Owen to RCYC last weekend. The whole week we were looking up the weather pattern on Windguru and other sites. We decided that the best days were the Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th.We...
BREAKING TIME RECORDS
PORT OWEN TO GORDON’S BAY 25 & 26 APRIL 2009 BREAKING TIME RECORDS. SAILING IN THICK FOG. LEARNING A FEW LESSONS. We left by car on Friday afternoon by 15h30, Charl Cilliers and Ernie Kleynhans joint me. Ernie recently bought himself a Holiday 23 and I invited him to join...
Pee Dee Q sailing to Port Owen
Pee Dee Q sailing to Port Owen for the Easter Holiday 23 “Fun Worlds” I called Cape Town Port Control on Ch 14 and asked if they had any traffic coming in or out of the harbour, the reply was that there was one vessel coming in but...
James Walker, Blue Bay Mauritius
13th January 2009 Email from James Walker, Blue Bay Mauritius. Hi Coenie Just enclose some pics from the sky of Celine where we slept over for the weekend at Ile De La Passe, an island about 8 km from mainland Mauritius. The water temperature is about 28 c and the fishing is great. ...
These were the best times of my life
By Frank Stuyck Hallo Coenie Die eerste keer toe ek met my twee seuns geseil het ± 1998 het die boot 'n furler op gehad en die romp was baie vuil. Daar was ligte wind en ons kom toe laaste van al die bote in 'n race. My oudste...
Peter Morris (Zimbabwe)
Coenie has asked me to give more information about getting to Kariba and to describe a recent trip with photos. First, some information. Driving distances are 550 km from Johannesburg to the SA/Zimbabwe border post at Beit Bridge, 600 km from Beit Bridge to Harare and 370 km from Harare...
Phillipe Pringiers – Umoya
Phillipe Pringiers recently bought a Holiday 23. The boat was previously owned by Roger Burrows and was called "Jolly Roger". Phillippe renamed it to Umoya. In the recent Spring regatta hosted by FBYC Phillipe crewed for Gordon Fitzimons on his H23, Smidgen. Gordon and Phillipe ended 7th in this tough...