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Posted by Geoffrey Kilpin on April 15, 2009 · Filed under General











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  1. Angela Gray said,

    May 14, 2009 @ 9:24 am

    Hi All

    It was a fantastic weekend. The dabbie sailors were so hyped. Thanks to all who arranged the event, it was well managed & ran like clockwork. Well done to Perry, Lorna & thier team. I know how much work these regattas are. Thanks to the Dabbie association for the fantastic dabbie prizes, it was so nice to encourage the youngsters by giving them all prizes. I am so pleased the Dabbie fleet is growing. I can already see a lot of competition & rivalry growing in the fleet as talent is devoloping in the younger group, especially at MAC. Watch the likes of Joshua Banks, Jaque Louw & Jason Gray – they are only 13 & they will be achieving great things in the future if they continue sailing like they are. It was a great pity Joshua was unable to sail in this regatta – he had to go on holiday with his family, but he has promised to be at the next one.

    My only negative comment is regarding camping at Saldanha Municipal camp site: I would never consider it due to theft & worst of all extremely loud music coming from all directions. The camp site has no control over this & it is extremely unpleasant. I recommend they implement some control over the loud music. At times I felt like I was in a Mad Max Movie. Some folk need to learn about consideration to others & the camp site needs to arrange a firm set of rules & regulations.

    Once again thank you for a great regatta.

    All the best
    Angela Gray
    (MAC Sail Committee Secretary)

  2. Geoffrey Kilpin said,

    May 14, 2009 @ 2:51 pm

    Hi Angela

    I’m not sure which the other music you heard was, but the music being played in the regatta tent is an important part of the regatta as a whole. This year’s Saldahna regatta wasn’t cheap and so for most there needs to be a greater motivation than simply the sailing to attend – generally that translates into a bit of a party.

    In past years some form of a noise curfew has been tried but it simply made sailors unhappy and proved ineffective. Perhaps when booking accommodation close to the tent one should be warned of it – but in terms of the bigger picture, especially when you are talking about encouraging youth to give up everything back in town to sail in a regatta, it would be unwise to restrict what people do in the evenings.

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