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Royal Natal Yacht Club |
The calm before the storm...a Durban keeler cruises gently on the Bay, giving the crew a short respite before heading out to sea for a though-as-nails race. |
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The Royal Natal Yacht Club is 125 years old- the oldest club of any type in South Africa and the oldest yacht club in the Southern Hemisphere. |
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Royal Natal Yacht Club |
Competitors in the Castle Catamaran Regatta being held off Durban were frustrated by near windless conditions yesterday. |
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Royal Natal Yacht Club |
The 125th anniversary of the Royal Natal Yacht Club- the oldest of all clubs in South Africa and the oldest yacht club in the southern hemisphere- was celebrated at a cocktail party for the Press. |
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Royal Natal Yacht Club commodore Guy Reynolds (left) and Richard Crockett, rear- commodore and chairman of the race committee. |
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Wet weather did not deter yachting enthusiasts seen here taking part in a Hobie Cat race off Durban yesterday. |
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Mr Brian Tocknell (third left) snd his crew share a bottle of champagne which Mrs Tocknell pours into the silver goblets before the victorious crew toast themselves as winners of the 100-mile yacht race held to mark the 125th anniversary of the Royal Natal Yacht Club. |
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Nautical Escort: A small flotilla of yachts, dwarfed by a big cargo ship. escorts yachtsman Anthony Steward into Durban harbor |
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Royal Natal Yacht Club |
A civic reception was held in Durban last night as part of a series of functions to mark the 125th birthday of the Royal Yacht Club. |
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Curious onlookers gazed in awe at the unusually clad crew aboard the 67 year old 'peace ship' which arrived in Durban this week. |
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Royal Natal Yacht Club |
As part of the celebrations held to mark the 125th birthday of the Royal Natal Yacht Club at the weekend, a 125-mile ocean yacht race was staged for IOR-class yachts. |
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Senior Natal MEC Mr Frank Martin (left) unveiled a plaque at the weekend to mark the 125th birthday of the Royal Natal Yacht club. |
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Ant Steward at Pago Pago...he's lucky to be alive |
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Sailor Anthony Steward with wife Suize on board the yacht NCS Challengerin which he is attempting to sail single-handedly around the world |
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Raring to go: Anthony Steward aboard NCS Challenger, shortly before he set sail from Durban yesterday afternoon on the final leg of his round-the-world voyage |
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Left: With his wife Sue steering the boat, solo sailor Anthony Steward holds a red flare aloft and swings champagne to the cheers of thousand s of well-wishers at Cape Town's waterfront. |
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Right: Yachts competing in the pre-World series are silhouetted against the Durban skyline. |
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Solo yachtsman Anthony Steward and his wife Sue |
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The opening cruise of the summer yacht racing season was staged on Durban Bay at the weekend with its traditional water fight between the passengers and crews of participating yachts. |
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HE's at it again: Intrepid roud-the-world yachtsman Anthony Steward launched his new yacht, Spirit of Durban, at the Royal Natal Yacht Club |