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by Richard Crockett Saving The Best for Last Racing on the final day was intense and full-on as every single team was wanting to finish the contest on a high. Despite a very long wait

by Richard Crockett A Wind Worth Waiting For.. Today (Friday) was the penultimate day of the 70th anniversary Lipton Cup contest, and despite an abandoned race in the morning after the wind disappeared, the wait

by Richard Crockett Wind Creating Tough & Testing Conditions Yet again racing was tough today (Thursday), not due too much to the swell, but rather due to the vagaries of the wind which was shifty,

by Richard Crockett Despite the biting cold wind and big swell most competitors in the Lipton Challenge Cup contest off Cape Town have come off the water satisfied, having raced two good races in tough

The Defence Yacht Club in the Western Cape, based in Saldanha Bay, will have a truly diverse team challenging to win the Lipton Cup. Their crew is made up of their top Sea Cadet sailors,

The False Bay Yacht Club team is made up of crew from the FBYC Youth Sailing Team, plus some SA Navy sailors. Danie Petorius, De Wet Nel, Thabiso Jim, Max Elsworth and Ryan Leatherby are

Seal Point Yacht Club (SPYC) has chosen to compete in this year’s Lipton Challenge Cup in the same boat that came so very close to clinching victory last year. However, ‘PhatAss’, a Fareast 28R designed

The last time the Saldanha Bay Yacht Club competed in the Lipton Challenge Cup was in 2015 when it was still sailed in L26 class yachts. Morgan Evans and his wife own a Pacer 27

Winning the Lipton Challenge Cup takes time, dedication and an inordinate amount of time on the water. Having challenged last year for the first time after a long layoff, the team from George Lakes Yacht

The Lipton Cup, being a challenge contest, requires a Club other than the Defending Club, to issue a challenge for a contest to be held. The Theewater Sports Club is no newcomer to the Lipton