Free State Yacht Club / Vrystaat Seiljagklub

This is the UNOFFICIAL website for the Free State Yacht Club (Vrystaat Seiljagklub). This website has no legal affiliation to the Free State Yacht Club whatsoever. The website was set up for FREE and in my spare time to add interesting content for the members.

The club is situated near the dam wall of the Gariep Dam in the Orange River in the middle of South Africa.

Ex members are scattered all over the world, fondly remembering their sailing roots at the Gariep Dam.

This is the portal for all members, old, current and prospective, to connect to this wonderful inland sailing lake.

All advertisements and contents are FREE.

Navigate to this website by searching for "Free State Yacht Club" or "Vrystaat Seiljagklub"on Google, or enter it under your "Favorites" tab.
Use your "Back" button up top left to go to the previous page.

Click on "Favourite Links" to the left for more information.

Please email me with your comments, news and old or new pictures by clicking the Email link, or at zs4bdk att hotmail dott com

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I do this as a hobby and as a service to this great sailing venue, - my "Alma Water."

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FSYC Clubhouse

Braai

Braai area

FCYC Lift and trolly

Gariep Dam Marina Lift and trolley

Boats at Gariep Dam, Freestate Province. South Africa. www.stormc.co.za

Gariep Dam Marina.

Racing

15 March 2010 | Gariep Dam.

Old member.

The Free State Yacht Club has a competitive racing program on weekends throughout the year. Racing results are generally emailed to members and posted in the Newsletters.
If you would like to race with us as crew, please use the "Comments" link immediately below "Racing" here (this post), to enter your experience and commitment level, as well as a telephone number and email adress.
Likewise, skippers can do the same to look for crew here.
Alternatively, you can also contact any of the Club's officers.
See the official Club website for more racing information:
Racing Program - Click Here

Old members' sailing

10 March 2010 | Lake Michigan

Bernard

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Vessel Name:	Free State Yacht Club (FSYC), Gariep Dam, Orange River, South Africa.
About:	The Free State Yacht Club (FSYC) was started in the 1970's by sailors like the late Tom Holland and the late Ian Papenfus. [...] More
Extra:	Free State Yacht Club, Gariep Dam. The harbour at the Gariep Dam wall. The first Commodore of the club was Mr Nobby Clark, later Prof Daan de Waal, Mr Bertus de Jager, Mr David Yuill, and Mr Hennie Olivier. Other great sailors at the dam were Dr Reg Tahan, who sailed on the dam for years and [...] was the first yacht club member to sail in the Cape to Rio Race. Also worth mentioning were Prof. Piet Lategan, Dr Hannes Meyer and Mr Hennie Olivier, who for years were building their own boats in their front yards in Bloemfontein, and later sailed these on the dam. Another old-time patron of the club, the late Mr Marchand de Kok, sailed extensively on the dam, then raced to Rio de Janeiro in the 1984 South Atlantic Ocean Race (Cape to Rio race) with Dr Hannes Meyer and Mr Ettiene Coetzee and crew, and later cruised extensively in the Med. More
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