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Vasco Da Gama Ocean Race Live Tracking

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Track the entrants in the Vasco Da Gama Ocean Race as they tackle the treacherous Wild Coast from Durban to Port Elizabeth. The race starts at 12 midday on 26 April. Three yachts from Port Elizabeth are entered in the fleet: Wallbanger (with the MyPE Editor onboard), Nemesis and Chinook. You can also follow on your phone - look for 'Yellow Brick' or 'YB Races' in your favourite App store - for free. Tracking courtesy of Port Elizabeth based, GIMCO. Get a sense of the weather … [Read more...] about Vasco Da Gama Ocean Race Live Tracking

Vasco Da Gama Ocean Race – the long term forecast looks…. interesting

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The annual Vasco Da Gama Ocean Race from Durban to Port Elizabeth sets off from Durban at 12:00 midday on Thursday 26 April. This is the fourth time that this ocean sailing race will end in Port Elizabeth's Algoa Bay. Hosts this year are the Royal Natal Yacht Club and the Algoa Bay Yacht Club. The Algoa Bay Yacht Club has entered three yachts in this years race: Wallbanger - a Simonis 35 with only 4 crew onboard, skippered by John Tudehope; Nemesis - a Fast 42 skippered by Tony Bailes and … [Read more...] about Vasco Da Gama Ocean Race – the long term forecast looks…. interesting

Incredible Commitment from local yacht – Wallbanger

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The 2017 Vasco Da Gama Ocean sailing race was remarkable for two things - A complete downwind dash from Durban to Port Elizabeth and every single yacht in the fleet completed the course within the record time of 2 days, 6 hours and 1 minute set in the 2015 Vasco. John Tudehope's Wallbanger - a Simonis 35 has now completed three Vasco Da Gama Ocean Races from Durban to Port Elizabeth. Wallbanger is only able to sail with 4 crew making for a gruelling race down the coast. Accompanying Tudehope … [Read more...] about Incredible Commitment from local yacht – Wallbanger

Historic First for Durban to PE Sailing Race

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What a brilliant day to go sailing down to Port Elizabeth's Algoa Bay Yacht Club (ABYC). The Vasco Da Gama race started at 12:00 midday on Thursday 27 April 2017.   The 2017 Vasco Da Gama Ocean Sailing race will go down in history as THE RACE when EVERY SINGLE yacht competing finished within the record time set by Nicholas Mace on Gumption in 2015. That record was 2 days, 6 hours and one minute.   #abycpe #durban #sailing #oceanracing - Taken by the Editor whilst wandering … [Read more...] about Historic First for Durban to PE Sailing Race

Port Elizabeth prepares to welcome 2015 Vasco da Gama Ocean Racers

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On Saturday 25 April 2015 sixteen yachts, ranging in size from 35 to 75 foot, will embark from Durban on what they wish will be a downwind dash with the Agulhas current to the Port of Port Elizabeth 400 Nautical Miles away. Jointly organised by Durban's Point Yacht Club and the Algoa Bay Yacht Club the racers will return to Port Elizabeth in 2016 and 2017 all seking to claim line and handicap honours in this prestigious and longest running ocean race in South Africa. One of the great … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth prepares to welcome 2015 Vasco da Gama Ocean Racers

Vasco Da Gama – SA’s oldest coastal ocean race to end in Port Elizabeth

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The Vasco da Gama Ocean Race is the oldest coastal ocean race on the South African sailing calendar. Next year it will be sailed for the 44th time. Originally a race from Maputo to Durban in the late '60s and early '70s, politics forced the race out of Mozambique and into a race from Durban to East London. After 24 races to East London and renewed friendships between Mozambique and South Africa, the race reverted to Maputo in 2002. For the next three years the race will once again go south … [Read more...] about Vasco Da Gama – SA’s oldest coastal ocean race to end in Port Elizabeth