National High Performance manager at Sailing South Africa, Belinda Hayward is encouraged by the future of the sport in South Africa.
Sailing
By Mark Etheridge in Maputo
Our sailors are expected to bring home a whole flotilla of medals from their base at the Clube Maritimo Desporto here at the All Africa Games that are currently underway .
The South African flag flew on the south coast of England last week as the SA sailing team won the 14th and final race of the 2011 Laser SB3 World Championships.
Cape Town's SA Olympic sailor Dominique Provoyeur and Durban's Luke Wagner have qualified for the ISAF Nations Cup Grand Finale to be held at Sheboygan, Wisconsin on Lake Michigan in the United States in September this year after a fiercely contested four-day international match racing event held in Table Bay, Cape Town.
Experienced Polish yachtsman Dr Tomasz Chamera will facilitate a coach and sailor development clinic in Durban early next year.
A South African crew placed fourth overall in the annual Rolex Regatta keelboat event in New York.
Royal Cape Yacht Club Pacers dominated the 2009 Pacer 27 Sport nationals on the Vaal Dam with Anthony Wentworth, Trygve Roberts and Andrea Giovaninni taking the top three places.
Cape Town crews have won silver and bronze in sailing's Laser SB3 World Championships in Portugal, a fairy-tale ending to a tough season of training and racing on the European circuit.
Six youth sailors have qualified for South African Sailing's 2009 Youth World Team, which will represent South Africa at the 39th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Buzios, Brazil from 9-18 July 2009.
South African Sailing recently sent a team of its top coaches to conduct training courses for SA sailing local coaches in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.