Category Archives: General

Anyone want to make a Dabchick training week during the holidays, where everybody comes to Mac and stays with a nearby friend (Unless I can organize that we can camp there) and set up a few private training exercises like … Continue reading →

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Need a way to spiff up the ol’ homestead? Well, alrighty then. You are in luck.  Here is a nice marble Laser shaped bathtub.  I wonder what it’s Portsmouth rating would be…?  

  Note the Drill Bit…………..

Two people are out sailing when suddenly a hand appears in the sea. “What’s this?” asked the skipper, “It looks as if someone is drowning!” “No,” explained his crew, “It’s just a little wave.”   An old sailor was having … Continue reading →

Where To Start? There are different levels to racing sailing dinghies; from the smallest club racing with a couple of people turning out each week, to typical club racing with anywhere from 10-30 boats a race, larger clubs with 40+ … Continue reading →

Bearing away Altering the boat’s course away from the wind Blanketing Positioning your boat between your opponent and the wind, to reduce the wind available to him. Camber The curve or belly in a sail. Committee boat The boat which … Continue reading →

OODER FORM CLICK HERE 2012vfinal    Dear All   Not sure who is administering the various pages and websites devoted to the Dabchick class, but please could you advertise and load the attached order form for urgent completion by anyone … Continue reading →

Hi Dabbie sailors and parents TRAINING Aeolians 10th (Ricky RObinson) and 17th Nov (Brennen Robinson) TRAINING CAMP 24-25th Nov – Steve Du Toit Please let us know by return mail which you will be attending. SAS YOUTH NATIONALS SWARTVLEI 8-14 … Continue reading →

A salty cruising boat pulled in to dock, and a stunningly beautiful woman stepped off with a parrot on her shoulder.   “Where did you get that?” asked one of the dock workers.   “Met her online,” replied the parrot.