Durban
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Yachts battle for supremacy on Durban on the NCS Regatta racing |
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Part of the action in the 505 pre-world yachting championships held off Durban |
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The RCOD Prion II hoists her spinnaker during racing |
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I must go down to the sea again...The call of the sea is something few can resist, as yachtsmen know full well ..whether they're racing or quietly communing with nature. Tomorrow they'll take part in a big sail past off Durban's beachfront. |
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Adding a touch of international flavour to 505 World Yachting Championships were these flags representing the competing countries. In the foreground are some of the many spectators who lined the shore to watch the race. |
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National Fire Ball Championships runner up to world champs. Alec Lanham-Love, left and Andrew de Vllieg |
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The famous yachtsman |
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Looks as though this yacht is going down for the last time, but in fact skipper Crispin Read-Wilson of Britain was racing hard in a swell off Durban to take fifth place in the second race of the current world Fireball yachting championships. |
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W. Hancock |
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Gay with bunting, yachts taking part in the weekend opening cruise of the season on Durban Bay are silhouetted against the afternoon sun. |
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Two entrants in the inter provincial 505 yachting championships taking place offshore all this week, do some emergency repairs soon after launching at Vetch's Pier today. One of the two man crew stands in shallow water to hold the craft while the other works on the rudder fastenings. |
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Pictured receiving a letter of goodwill from His Worship the Mayor of Durban, Councilor Raoul Goodman, is Mr. Bob Nuttall, skipper of Natal's official entry in the Rib Race, Mercury. The letter is addressed to the Governor of Guanabara, Rio's equivalent of a mayor. |
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Motorized: Pat Cullen, skipper of the vintage Cape to Rio yacht Sandefjord, on on of the monkey-bikes he and the members of his crew use to travel between the race headquarters in Table Bay harbour and the city. |
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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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An aerial view of filling spinnakers tells the story of the start today of the 160 miler Durban to Richards Bay and back race for the I O R 1 division yachts. |
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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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