World Oceans Day 2025
“For the globe as a whole, the ocean is the great regulator, the great stabilizer of temperature.” – Rachel Carson.
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Sailors’ Scuttlebutt 05 May 2025
Join Bruce and Jeannie Quayle at 17:00 for a 17:30 start on Monday, 05 May 2025, for our monthly First-Monday-Of-The-Month Sailor’s Scuttlebutt!
Sailors’ Scuttlebutt 07 April 2025: Transit through the Panama Canal
Monday, 07 April 2025, delivered another excellent afternoon of Sailors’ Scuttlebutt with Bruce and Jeannie Quayle!
Miss your place at Friday dinner and you miss out!
Last Friday’s regular Friday evening set menu delivered not only the regular soothing sounds of JC Latter on the microphone and behind the guitar, but a surprise guest who really was only planning on having a quick drink and something to eat as a member’s guest when he was nagged into getting behind the microphone with JC.
Sailors’ Scuttlebutt 07 April 2025: Bruce and Jeannie Quayle take us on a voyage around the world and through the Panama canal!
Don’t miss next week’s 07 April 2025 First-Monday-of-the-Month Sailor’s Scuttlebutt! Take your seat – in the Peanut Gallery, as Bruce jokingly calls it with a twinkle in his eye – at 17:00 for a 17:30 … Read more
SAILORS’ SCUTTLEBUTT 03 MARCH 2025 -The Delivery of My Fair Lady, with Patrick Knobel
Join us on Monday, 03 March 2025 at 17:00 for a 17:30 start of our monthly talk with Patrick Knobel who will tell us all about skippering the multi-million dollar luxury yacht “My Fair Lady” on her maiden voyage.
SAILORS’ SCUTTLEBUTT 10 FEBRUARY 2025 – A MISSION TO SAVE SEABIRDS
Gough Island in the South Atlantic was declared a World Heritage Site in 1995 and received Important Bird Area Status in 2013. During COVID in 2021, Ian Mackintosh joined SV Urchin on a mission to remove invasive mice responsible for the near-eradication of critically endangered seabirds. He told us his story at our Feb Sailors’ Scuttlebutt.
Port Owen River Race 2025 -what a race it was!
On 25 – 26 January 2025 the Western Cape sailing community gathered on the banks of the Berg River for the 2025 edition of the Port Owen River Race. And what a great race it was!
STOMPNEUS BRAAI BASH DAY SAIL 18 JAN 2025
This past Saturday, 18 January 2025, the POYC sailors took to the water for a day sail across the St Helena bay out to Stompneus Bay where they dropped anchor and enjoyed a lovely lunch together before going out again to enjoy some really good wind and perfect sailing conditions around the Bay and back to Port Owen again.