"Sailing a boat is easy. You simply cast off, hoist the sails then haul in the sheets until they fill and stop flapping. The boat will then gather way and start moving through the water. What happens afterwards however depends largely on sail trim." - - Peter Hahne

There are several ways to sail in Cape Town and you have a choice of doing the Indian Ocean in False Bay, or the Atlantic Ocean. You can even start in False Bay and sail around the Cape of Good Hope to the Atlantic. That is weather permitting...

Wednesday afternoon at the Yacht Club is a good venue to go sailing, meet people, and have a good time. Races are discussed in great detail but the news of the moment is the recent tragic loss of Moquini which went missing south of Madagascar.