Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club (MBYBC) All Rights Reserved
Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club
Since 1956
MBYBC
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Different Sections in the Club - Please make your Selection
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Sailing Section - Mossel Bay has been named the venue for the 2011 Lipton Challenge Cup. This will be the first time the prestigious, 100-year old races will grace the Bay that’s been hailed one of the world’s best sailing grounds.
NEWS & EVENTS
Melville Stephens ( Founder Member)
Boating Section - The NSRI is again appealing to watersport enthusiasts to stencil their name and a telephone contact number on their craft.
"When we find an unmanned craft in the water we immediately suspect the worst and launch a fullscale search operation" said NSRI's Meriel Bartlett.
Development Section - ISAF Training and Development Manager Dan Jaspers and ISAF Inspector Richard Percy visited four selected national training programme centres in Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban and Mossel Bay. The South African Light Tackle Boat Angling Association (SALTBAA) got their development program in the Southern Cape under way.
Diving Section - We are dedicated to growing and enhancing recreational diving on the Garden route for all members, local and visiting divers. We will attract new members and encourage “retired divers” to participate in recreational diving on a regular basis. We will also work closely with local dive operators to plan and schedule regular diving activities for our members
Social Section - and Boat Club is situated in the Port of Mossel Bay in the Garden
Route - midway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. The Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat
Club is internationally renowned for its hospitality and facilities. Visiting yachts,
pleasure crafts, etc. will find convenient mooring whilst visiting Mossel Bay and
the surrounding exceptionally beautiful Garden Route areas.
Founded in 1956, Mossel
Bay Yacht and Boat Club Club is well-known for its hospitality and world-class facilities.
The bay is a playground for holiday makers where one can enjoy water sports, sailing,
sunset cruises and deep sea fishing.
Mooring Section - CATEGORY “A” For Yachts of an overall length up to and including 8.0m CATEGORY “B” For Yachts of an overall length of more than 8.0m up to and including an overall length of 11.0m CATEGORY “C” For Yachts of an overall length of more than 11.0m up to and including an overall length of 15.0m
SALTIC 2012
Biesmelk Anglers Win Saltic 2012
On a day that many anglers would have preferred to stay sheltered from a feisty easterly wind, skipper Walter Robertson on the boat Biesmelk showed how valuable local knowledge is in competitive angling. The Saltic is the only angling competition that targets game fish and landing these fish in challenging weather conditions such as that experienced on Saturday is a testament to the skills of the skipper to “fish the conditions”.
This year we had 24 boats and 84 anglers that entered the competition and on the day most decided to target species that could be found in the bay, thus eliminating chances of landing dorado, skipjack, and tuna. The easterly wind made offshore angling challenging and skippers decided to start the day catching live bait and then to troll the shoreline in search of Garrick. Many beautiful size Garrick were brought to the weigh in but it was the boat Biesmelk which produced not one, but two trophy sized fish.
Skipper Walter Robertson’s game plan worked out perfectly with a 10.8kg Garrick landed by Thomas Fourie which was followed by a 14.2kg Garrick landed by Lilani Venter. These two fish took first and second prize and yet again we had a female winner claiming the title of best angler during a prestigious competition. Janie Venter on the boat Bad Cat took third with a Garrick of 5kg. Robert Edwards, was the only junior angler to weigh in fish on the day which included two Garrick and a bonito. Many bonito were also landed during the competition and these came into play for the skippers prizes.
The results follow: Biggest fish and first prize went to Lilani Venter – 14.2kg Garrick (R5000 + dropshot angling kit). Second was Thomas Fourie – 10.8kg Garrick (R3000), and third was Jannie Venter – 5 kg Garrick (R2000). The Skippers prizes were as follows. First was Jannie Venter on Bad Cat, second Piet Barnard on Gorrie, and third was Walter Robertson on the boat Biesmelk.
Thank you to all who participated in this year’s event and to the Boating Section of the MBYBC who organized the event.
SALTIC 2012 Winner from left Lilani Venter and second place winner Thomas Fourie well done from Angling Committee
Paul Kemp Rear Commodore Boating with Jannie Venter best Skipper for the day and our Competition Officer Ewald Crause