Vaal Region News
Old Website
I have kept the old Holiday 23 website available for now. I have brought quite a few of the articles from the old site over to the new one, but if anyone notices any relevant content that you feel should be displayed on the new site, please just let me know. Access the old website…
Holiday 23 Masters 2018
The Holiday 23 Masters will be held on the Vaal dam from 27 April – 1 May 2018
Holiday 23 “FUN” Worlds 2017
Results for the 2017 Holiday Fun Worlds held in Port Owen Sail Number Name Owner Class H23 037 Maximillian Kevin Webb Standard h23 005 Sea Mist Frank Stuyck Standard H23 200 Barato Patrick Knobel Standard …
Lucky Touch or Lucky Bast*#rd
I bought my Holiday 23 Lucky Touch a couple of months ago, she was berthed at RCYC and from what I was told she had not been used for the last 5 years, so she was in abit of a state.. Firstly the hull needed to be cleaned as there were so many black mussels…
Brian Cole – Ode by Frank Stuyck
Brian Cole, Brian Cole,the man with a sailors soul.Today you have gone,in the way that was your goal. A mentor to many,you turned over every penny.Often first over the finish line,then to celebrate with a bottle of red wine. You could be obstinate as a mule,at the same time tolerant,you were a real jewel. Few…
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 1945 at that stage there…
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 has the main sheet attachment…
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 ocean Ricardo is a very…
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 een hê en hy het…
GREYLAG is being slipped tomorrow
by Allan Rosenberg This is the second contribution I am about to write and if you read my first article, I’m the guy that got “boom knocked” out the boat in the first 10 seconds of sailing experience. GREYLAG is being slipped tomorrow so I can definitely tell you that I’m about to have a…