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There is a feeling amongst top sailors who have lifted the Lipton Challenge Cup in victory that unless one has started preparing for a Lipton Challenge early, all effort may be wasted! At this early

For the first time in five years the Lipton Challenge will be be held on the excellent sailing waters off the Durban coast. This will make the contest much more accessible to the clubs of

Winning the Lipton Cup is never easy, but winning it twice in consecutive years certainly places skipper Davey James firmly in the category of a “Lipton Legend”. Sailing for the Royal Natal Yacht Club aboard

It’s Going to Be A Shoot-out The final day of the Lipton Challenge Cup contest has dawned with the stark reality that there are simply only two boats in the mix to lift the coveted

What a tough day’s sailing today (Saturday) when two races were completed in shifting oscillating winds with speeds in a range from about 5 knots to 16 knots and narrow passing lanes. But mastering the

The Comeback Kids After being the fastest boat on the water yesterday, but failing to convert that advantage into results on the scoreboard, today the Royal Natal Yacht Club came back despite making life very

Day 1 is Done & Dusted The opening day of the Lipton Challenge Cup contest ended up being a hard-fought battle, with the wind elements and errant crew errors doing anything but assisting their overall

The Lipton Challenge starts in False Bay tomorrow (Wednesday 17 August) when the Royal Natal Yacht Club defends the Lipton Challenge Cup which they won last year on Saldanha Bay. Challenging them are five other

The Imperial Yacht Club has competed in the Lipton Challenge 17 times in the past, the last being in 2017, so their Club is not new to the contest, and their team have a wonderful

In the 2019 contest, the last time Bjorn Geiger and Walvis Bay Yacht Club competed in the Lipton Challenge, they had a good turn of speed and had their rivals very worried at times as