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Watch: Paddle Experience

‘Paddle Experience’ has got Capetonians kayaking around the peninsulaRead More
RCYC REVVING UP FOR 2021

Club to replace its hard-working vessels with turbo-charged newcomer Read More
LIFE SAVERS! NSRI HAILS HERO DONORS AS NEW FLEET STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE

Donors keep on giving despite pandemic gloomRead More
THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THERE….

Adventurer Zirk Botha in cruise control and just weeks from Brazil coastlineRead More
NEW BLACK-OWNED BOAT MANAGEMENT SERVICE SETS SAIL IN CAPE TOWN

RCYC sailing development programme was a springboard to success. SABBEX spoke to co-owner Momelezi Funani, former RCYC Sailing Academy coordinator.Read More
CAPE TOWN TO THE RESCUE

Southern Wind opens their heart – and yard – to help Vendée skipperRead More
RACING AHEAD

New player in composite boatbuilding says SA can build top-end offshore racing yachtsRead More
RIGGED FOR SUCCESS: MEET SPARCRAFT SA’S CHRIS JAMES

New company co-owner hopes to expand the yard’s global footprintRead More
OLD SEADOGS TEACHING NEW TRICKS

New Gen seafarers are learning via online textbooks and videoRead More
The BlueCape Blueprint

BLUECAPE JOINS FORCES WITH CITY AND V&A TO BOLSTER OCEAN ECONOMYRead More
NO IT IS NOT FAKE NEWS – PORT TARIFFS WILL NOT INCREASE

National Port Regulator rejects TNPA’s application for a 19,74% tariff increaseRead More
ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT, STRAIGHT INTO THE WIND

But not so merrily for Zirk Botha as gale force conditions force him to postpone…again.Read More
KINETIC GETS ENERGETIC – FIRST HULLS NEARING COMPLETION

Knysna yard forging aheadRead More
AND NOW AN OUTBOARD ENGINE THAT ACTUALLY CLEANS WATER…

Suzuki impresses market with new micro-plastic- guzzling engineRead More
UNSTOPPABLE! CAPE2RIO STARTING GUN TO GO OFF ON JAN 2, 2023

It has stood the test of time, the test of 6m waves, and now CoronavirusRead More
UWE JASPERSEN LIVES ON IN NEW-LOOK HAMMER YACHTS

SABBEX talks to Hammer Yachts co-founder Peter Wiersema about the HammerCat 35’s nomination for ‘Multihull of the Year’ in the PowerCat categoryRead More
Watch: Rich Shneider’s Blue Diamond

Rich Shneider spent many covid19 months trying to figure out a way to sail his beautiful new boat from South Africa to USA.Read More
SHIP REPAIR BOOST FOR ECAPE: EAST LONDON DRYDOCK UPGRADED

Phakisa project injects R60-million to help local economyRead More
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD IN 28 DAYS

Two Oceans invites South Africans to take up a daily Challenge to break bad plastic habitsRead More
GILL NET THREAT TO THEEWATERSKLOOF

Local boating enthusiasts help remove illegal net from Cape Town’s largest dam An overflowing Theewaterskloof Dam is great news forRead More

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