Vaal Region News
SAS75 Celebration – Langebaan
All boat owners and crews met for a breakfast briefing with far more gees than experience. Thank goodness for Heidi and her years of experience to keep us going in the same direction(most of the time) over the radio. With a solid 30 kts the sail wasn’t without its fair bit of drama, a few…
Fine-Tuning the
Roller-Reefing System
Todays headsail-reefing/furling systems are extremely reliable. Failure is rare and is usually the result of improper installation or incorrect use. Halyard wrap. A halyard wrapped around the forestay can jam the system or, worse, break the stay and result in a dismasting. Problems can occur when the swivel has been mounted too low on the foil…
Vaal Dam Masters 2018
by Marlize Rossouw This is the time of year that all the H23’ers look forward to as the Holiday 23 Masters brought a total of 18 boats together in the racing and cruising divisions. This event surely did leave room for racing, having fun and getting to know all the owners of the H23’s. With…
Short messages
15th August 2010 Hello, I’m Owen BEATTIE, I moved to France with my parents in…..1982 with my parents. My parents owned “Papillon”, the lovely Holiday 23 number 21 that they shipped over to France. Before coming to France, Papillon was in “Port Owen”. We had a great time on her and she was based in…
HOLIDAY 23 FUN WORLDS 2022 REPORT
By JC Knobel As everyone knows, a worldwide pandemic hit us two years ago & pretty sure it is a swear word by now known as COVID, it was decided back then that it won’t be feasible to plan an event for the future as nobody knew for sure what the future will hold for…
Charlie’s Brewhouse H23 Fun Worlds 2022
We are pleased to announce that Port Owen Yacht Club will be hosting the Charlie’s Brewhouse H23 Fun Worlds over Easter weekend 2022. (15-18 April) In the meantime, we would like to arrange a group sail for H23’s from GBYC, FBYC, HBYC and RCYC to Dassen Island. We would all meet at RCYC where I will…
Vaal Dam Holiday 23 ‘Spring Villiers Cruise’
Hats off the H23 ‘Vaalie’ fleet. These guys and gals really extract the maximum value out of their lovely boats.Rod Alport, the man who has taken the reigns of the Vaal Dam H23’ers, has not let the weeds grow under his keel. Over the past long weekend he organized yet another very successful Spring Villiers…
2021 HOLIDAY 23 MASTERS – VAAL DAM
By Allan Rosenberg Today is the 28th April 2021. One day after the Holiday 23 Vaal Dam Masters event, and I have empty nest syndrome, after a 3 months build up to one of the best annual sailing events on the dam. This year we had 20 boat entries and 48 hungry mouths to feed.…
Looking forward to being able to arrange another H23 Worlds
Looking back at the Holiday 23 Fun Worlds 2011
Charlie’s Brewery Fun Worlds 2019
We are very happy to announce that the legendary Holiday 23 Fun Worlds 2019 entries are now open. This year sponsored by Charlies Brewery in Port Owen, the event is officially called the Charlie’s Brewery Fun Worlds 2019. Download the NOR & entry form below. Entries close on 5 April. We would however greatly appreciate getting entries…