Durban
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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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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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Right: Yachts competing in the pre-World series are silhouetted against the Durban skyline. |
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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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With all sails set and the wind in her teeth, Red Pepper in the Mainstay Durban to Richards Bay race. Skipper Bertie Read displays the Navy yacht's red, white and blue spinnaker. |
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Spinnakers fly at the start of the 1978 Richards Bay to Durban ocean race. |
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S.A Navy's Storm-Cocks: Voortrekker's tired, but jubilant, crew after they had fought their way to victory round our storm-beset southern coast, to get into Simonstown half a day ahead of the next boat. |
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Bertie Reid(left) and John Martin aboard Voortrekker. They are preparing for Saturday's big race. |
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From teenage Transvaal run-away to a world-rounded man - Tony Blondell (born Van Niekerk), with his yacht Wayward Wind 2 |
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Mr Dave Cox (right), owner and skipper of Magic Carpet, fills in his entry from for the race watched by Mr. John Cookson, R-Cdre (Keelers) for the Point Yacht Club and chairman of the organising committee. |
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Yachtsman Charles Reynolds who is in an unassailable position in the Flying Fifteen selection regatta with five wins in five races and only one still to be contested. |
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The skipper of Assagai, Terry Clarence, hopes to repeat last year's win. |
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National Flying Fifteen champions Mike Wright (right) and Richard Crockett display their trophies presented at the Royal Natal Yacht Club last night. |
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The former Rear Commodore of the Royal Natal Yacht Club, Mr Richard Crocket (centre), has launched his new Flying 15 yacht in Durban harbour. The 'Financial Folly', was named by the wife of Mr Crockett's partner in the yacht, Mr Mike Wright (right). |
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Gordon Neill...64 and still racing |
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Yachtsman Mark 'Slim' Cawdron catches the Christmas spirit and cools off as he plays with a mini boat in a Durban swimming pool...dreaming of January 12 when he will be crewing the Wesbank in the Cape-to-Uruguay race. |
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Ready for the Vasco da Gama yacht race (from left):Peter vsn Dam, Chris Bonnet, the skipper of Appletiser 1, and Dave Vinnicombe |
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The season's over, but the memory lingers on. And moments such as this are sure to be discussed by Durban's deep-sea racing skippers and crews when they gather at the Point Yacht Club tonight for the annual prizegiving ceremony. |