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2011 Youth National Championships - Hermanus A huge fleet of dinghies and catamarans are sailing on
three courses on Stofvlei. There are 10 Mirrors competing in this event. Here is
Jenny d'Oliveira's report on proceedings: 2011 Mirror National Championship Regatta Held at Mossel Bay in conjunction with the E. Cape Championships, the event attracted a fleet of 22 boats, including two East London boats, five SAS NR boats, one KZN boat, 9 W. Cape boats and 5 from the S. Cape.Four races were held on the 1st day in a brisk SW. One race was held in the 2nd afternoon, after a passing cold front had produced wind too strong in the morning. Two races were held on the final day in a light SE with big swells. The Cape team of Candice and Lauren Smithy got their campaign off to a good start by scoring some wins and good postions to lead going in to the last day. However, they did not have a good last day, letting the Robinsons (who else? - this time Ryan and Katherine) through to take the trophy once again. Howard Leoto and Sebata took 3rd place. Full Results 2011 W. Cape Championships The Mirror class achieved a fleet of ten boats, assisted by two visitors from GLYC. Twelve races were sailed in varying conditions - mostly strong!The Izivungu team of Howard Leoto and Renaldo Mohale overcame a DSQ and an OCS (which they could discard) early on and then went on to score a string of first places in the final four races to be able to win overall with a two point cushion over the earlier leaders Ryan & Katherine Robinson. Third place goes to Fuad Jacobs. 2010 Eastern Cape Championships Three races were completed on the first day in a wind that started off fresh, but faded. On Saturday, there was virtually no wind, but one race was managed to be started and finished by some (many out of time!) On Sunday, the wind returned with force - four races were completed by the more experienced sailors - it was too strong for the novices. Howard Leoto (Izivungu) was consistently up front to win comfortably overall. Consistency in the front bunch gave 2nd place to Keegan Ekermans (TSC). Cundell Statt and Rory Laing (GLYC) could have claimed second place except a rudder breakage cost them two races and they had to be content with third place. News on GRP Mirror Manufacture Kuba reports that Stephen Du Toit has been awarded the contract to build our glass boats - seeing CNC plug and mould maker - progamme is moving!Obituary - John Moss Prof. John Moss, a loving husband and father, a highly respected scientist, lecturer and mentor to countless students around the world, sailor in Mirrors and keelboats, mountaineer and a very good friend died on Monday 31st May 2010. May he rest in peace.Our condolences go to his widow Lynne and daughters Tara and Miranda. The attached picture was taken at Kraalbaai on the Langebaan lagoon in 2003. by Paul Johnson  Mirror Class is on Facebook Mirror sailors who make use of the Facebook social
networking application are invited to join the group "South African
Mirror Class". Tender for Mirror Mould The Mirror Class has issued a tender for a builder
to produce GRP Mirrors in South Africa. This tender has been announced in the publication
`Launch' of the Cape Town Boatbuliding & Technolgy Initiative. (attached) It is the intention that locally produced boats
will also find an export market. 2010 Mirror National Championships The Mirror fleet mustered a total of 25 boats for the 2010 National Championships, with visitors from Natal (1), Northvaal and E. Cape. Sailed over Easter at Theewaters, together
with Fireballs and Stadt23's, only 6 races could be completed over 4
days.
On Friday the wind was light- 2 windward / leeward races were completed
(by those who could make the time limit). On Saturday morning, there
was again no wind, but it filled in in the afternoon, becoming quite
strong. 2 more races were completed (triangles this time!) Two races were sailed on Sunday morning, also in a fresh SE. The dinghies went in for lunch, while the Stadts sailed 2 more races. The dinghies went out again after lunch, but were sent back to shore, as the wind was gusting over 30 knots. An early start was scheduled for Monday, but the wind had blown all night and was still strong at the starting time.An hour later, racing was abandoned. As it often happens, the wind then eased. Some of the top Mirrors then went out to practice and to allow promotional photos to be taken. The front end of the fleet was once again dominated by the Robinsons. They got most of the 1sts and 2nds, leaving
scant pickings for the rest. There was a tie on points for 1st place,
broken in favour of the new National Champions - Brennan & Michaela
Robinson. Ryan & Ricky Robinson had to be satisfied with the silver
medals. Third place went to the team of Fuad Jacobs and Tashreeq
Abrahams. Lots of photos of the event are up on Picasa: |
2011 MIRROR WORLDS Sixteen exhausted South African Mirror
sailors have just returned home from the 2011 Mirror Worlds at the
Princess Royal Sailing Club in Albany, Western Australia. 
The top five places went to the five nations competing:
first place was taken by the Irish team of Ross Kearney and Max Odell.
This is Ross's second World Champs win, making him a double champion.
Second place went to the Philippines, followed by the UK, Ryan and
Ricky from RSA, and then Australia in 5th (full results are on the
website www.mirrorworlds.com).
Cundell Statt Jnr and Rory Laing ended 5th in the Junior fleet,
and the Izivungu sailors Howard Leoto and Renaldo Mohale were 7th in the Youth
fleet. 2009 MIRROR WORLDS The Mirror World Championships were sailed at
Pwllheli (Wales), U.K. from 23 July to 1 August, 2009. First up were
the UK Nationals, followed by the Worlds The S.A. Mirror class team sailing are Jeremy Holdcroft and Emmanuel Morake,
David and Rory Laing, Candice and Lauren Smithie, Howard Leoto and
Renaldo Mohale, Kuba Miszewski and Storm Avery, Daniel Tatt and Keegan
Ekermans, Fuad Jacobs and Jermaine Wolmarans, Cundell & Cundell jnr
Statt. Report by our reporter
on site - Mandy Lombard: Day 3 (Wed) had 5-8 knots wind, so only two races managed. Black flags and general recalls are the order of the day - with four of our boats having to sit out of one of the two races yesterday. We think there will be only one discard so this is not good. Jeremy and Emmanuel in best SA position at the moment, but the only flashes of brilliance coming from the Izis. Nations night was last night, and our SA team put on a good show, with some advertising for Izivungu and requests for funding and equipment for them. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, 31 July - Today was blown out, so no sailing. Results from yesterday are now final. Unfortunately Fuad broke his tiller yesterday - the resultant DNC's made his results pear-shaped! The Isi's did really well. Ciaio for now. ------------------------------------------------------------ For a chart showing the SA team performance in the UK Nationals and the Worlds, click here Results || Photos || Official site |
2011 Mirror Class Annual
General
Meeting The AGM was held at Mossel Bay Yacht &
Boat Club
during the Nationals. David Laing stood down as chairman and Mandy
Lombard stood down as secretary. Aside from the long-standing plans to
build GRP Mirrors in this country, it would also be investigated if it
would be financially advantageous to import GRP Mirrors from China,
once production there got underway. Election
of Committee: Chairman - Grant Ekermans; Secretary - Cundell
& Tracy Statt, Treasurer - Jeremy Holdcroft 2008 Update to Class Rules An amendment to the Mirror Class Rules has been published by ISAF. One of the amendments permits up two bungs to be installed in the aft transom so as to be able to drain the aft buoyancy tank. A previous rule change caused corrector weights to be affixed to the aft bulkhead, instead of the underside of the thwart. This has now been reversed - corrector weights must now be on the underside of the thwart. Another rule change permits the rudder stock to be made from aluminium alloy or GRP construction. Previously, only wood was permitted here. The maximum purchase permitted on the vang has been increased from 4:1 to 8:1. The section on Sails has been revised. In particular, the previous requirement that the spinnaker had to be be constructed in two halves, then joined by a centre seam has been removed. The new rule specifies a maximum of 8 panels, each panel having to extend from luff to leach. The spinnaker must be symmetrical. If you are buying new sails, ensure that your sailmaker is familiar with these requirements. To download this Class Rules Update, click here BOATS and PARTS FOR SALE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TOOLS SECTION Want to calculate the age of your mirror? What about getting clued up with the rules? Check out the weather or use our windspeed converter. It's all there plus a few links to know.
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