irishmark
New member
anyone know anything about any sailing schools in south africa...thinking about a week or two in the sun.....
any ideas?
mark
any ideas?
mark
Sailing Schools in the South africa
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Doug_Stormforce
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check the RYA site south africa training centres section
http://www.rya.org.uk/Map/default.asp?ma...5&postcode=
Good luck
DOUG
http://www.rya.org.uk/Map/default.asp?ma...5&postcode=
Good luck
DOUG
tworeefs
Member
Ocean Sailing Academy also have a base in Capetown. They had a stand at LIBS and at the end of a long day I took advantage of a seat there and chatted to the Principal, Robbie Dove. It sounded like a great place to sail and I was impressed. Details of the Capetown school can be accessed through the link that Stingo provided. Have fun!
alisdairs
New member
Stingo - do you have personal experience of the Sunsail SA School, or just a downer on Sunsail in general ?
BrianJ
New member
Suggest you talk to Tony Herrick in Durban at ...worldsail@mweb.co.za
Tony has a great reputation assisting international sailors visiting SA.. ... You wont regret it.
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Tony has a great reputation assisting international sailors visiting SA.. ... You wont regret it.
BrianJ /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Stingo
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Stingo - do you have personal experience of the Sunsail SA School, or just a downer on Sunsail in general ?
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Yep, a bad deal with Chris & Libby Bonnet who are the principals of the Sunsail outfit in South Afirca. And I've have heard enough bar talk to never deal with them again - be it their school or brokerage.
Stingo - do you have personal experience of the Sunsail SA School, or just a downer on Sunsail in general ?
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Yep, a bad deal with Chris & Libby Bonnet who are the principals of the Sunsail outfit in South Afirca. And I've have heard enough bar talk to never deal with them again - be it their school or brokerage.
ongolo
New member
Henton Jaabak is the best in SA. He is running anything up tp yachtmaster ocean. He has excellent course material in print or on CD. I have his yacht master course.
The sunsail out fit in a way pulls a bluff. They say the train you and you have then a ticket. This is wrong, you have to be examined by somebody else, henton jaabak for instance.
I would go only to Henton Jaabak, who is also the sailing and safety instructor for the cape royal yacht club.
You can mail him at :
skipper@yachtmaster.co.za
and his home page is;
www.yachtmaster.co.za
Check it out
hope it helps
ongolo
The sunsail out fit in a way pulls a bluff. They say the train you and you have then a ticket. This is wrong, you have to be examined by somebody else, henton jaabak for instance.
I would go only to Henton Jaabak, who is also the sailing and safety instructor for the cape royal yacht club.
You can mail him at :
skipper@yachtmaster.co.za
and his home page is;
www.yachtmaster.co.za
Check it out
hope it helps
ongolo
CodStewart
New member
I did a course with Ocean Sailing Academy. Great instructor. Only bummer is that they never got back to me with regards a good sailing jacket that I left on the boat. B*stards!
irishmark
New member
thanks guys
will e-mail then this morning
mark
will e-mail then this morning
mark
DERF
Member
RNYC
Make sure you drop into the Royal Natal Yacht club in Durban..... tell em Derf sent you.
Make sure you drop into the Royal Natal Yacht club in Durban..... tell em Derf sent you.
irishmark
New member
Re: RNYC
never been up to durban actually...must do that
never been up to durban actually...must do that
DERF
Member
Re: RNYC
If you do want to go PM me and I'll get you in as a guest.
If you do want to go PM me and I'll get you in as a guest.
DaveNTL
Well-known member
Cape Town courses
I've done the day skipper theory and practical and coastal skipper / yachtmaster theory and practical at Ocean Sailing Academy in Cape Town and cannot recommend them highly enough.
There are lots of great day sails from Cape Town whether it's to Robben Island and back, or a day to Hout Bay and a day back.
Cannot comment on any other schools except to say Sunsail only opened up recently (since I was there in 2003).
The weather is superb for sailing and I don't mean just the sun I mean the wind. You havent been blown till you've been blown in Cape Town! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
To get RYA approval to do the Yachtmaster theory courses schools need to have a discernable tide and many spots around the world struggle to get approval because of this. I believe Cape Town only got it after much effort from Robbie Dove by using Langebaan (about 90 miles north of Cape Town) as a tidal port - it's more of a lagoon really and the tidal part, to me, is quite tenuous but it's great that they got the approval this way. This is where the YM theory tests are done.
My understanding is, if you want to do YM including the exam you can't do it in Durban.
Apart from all that, Cape Town is the best place in the world and everyone should go there at least once in a lifetime, but I'm biased, I used to live there.
With reference to Henton Jabaak, yes, he was one of two examiners there when I was there. Stern chap but a good one.
I haven't got your jacket CodStewart. Honest. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
I've done the day skipper theory and practical and coastal skipper / yachtmaster theory and practical at Ocean Sailing Academy in Cape Town and cannot recommend them highly enough.
There are lots of great day sails from Cape Town whether it's to Robben Island and back, or a day to Hout Bay and a day back.
Cannot comment on any other schools except to say Sunsail only opened up recently (since I was there in 2003).
The weather is superb for sailing and I don't mean just the sun I mean the wind. You havent been blown till you've been blown in Cape Town! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
To get RYA approval to do the Yachtmaster theory courses schools need to have a discernable tide and many spots around the world struggle to get approval because of this. I believe Cape Town only got it after much effort from Robbie Dove by using Langebaan (about 90 miles north of Cape Town) as a tidal port - it's more of a lagoon really and the tidal part, to me, is quite tenuous but it's great that they got the approval this way. This is where the YM theory tests are done.
My understanding is, if you want to do YM including the exam you can't do it in Durban.
Apart from all that, Cape Town is the best place in the world and everyone should go there at least once in a lifetime, but I'm biased, I used to live there.
With reference to Henton Jabaak, yes, he was one of two examiners there when I was there. Stern chap but a good one.
I haven't got your jacket CodStewart. Honest. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
kds
New member
"yep - a bad deal"
Stingo,
Sorry to hear that. I am sure they started the Sailing Academy in Durban and they sponsored a RCOD for use by ex-pupils at very low rates in Durban. Their help was much appreciated me and by schoolboy sailors from Michaelhouse for some years in the 80s.
If you go into Royal Natal - don't mention me.
As for Henton Jaaback - what a man - I respected him for his leadership in Rhodesian forces and later for the determination he showed to master all aspects of seamanship. I would recommend him to anyone. Lovely wife, too.
Ken
Stingo,
Sorry to hear that. I am sure they started the Sailing Academy in Durban and they sponsored a RCOD for use by ex-pupils at very low rates in Durban. Their help was much appreciated me and by schoolboy sailors from Michaelhouse for some years in the 80s.
If you go into Royal Natal - don't mention me.
As for Henton Jaaback - what a man - I respected him for his leadership in Rhodesian forces and later for the determination he showed to master all aspects of seamanship. I would recommend him to anyone. Lovely wife, too.
Ken
