Gordon's Bay Sailor's Blog

Monkee Busnizz

2011-06-20T00:12:00.000-07:00

Layline Sailing News - Home

2011-06-09T12:42:00.000-07:00

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Groundbreaking Female Competitive Sailor

2011-06-08T04:51:00.000-07:00

Groundbreaking Female Competitive Sailor

When you see Samantha Davies pottering about in a teeny pink bikini on her pink sailing boat, Roxy, and spritzing her cabin with perfume, it’s difficult to imagine her facing waves the size of houses, 80-mile-an-hour winds and nights without a second’s sleep.

But that’s how life is for Sam, a 33-year-old Cambridge engineering graduate who once wanted to be a ballerina, still loves to dress in girlie clothes onshore and wears three tiny diamond ear studs and a belly ring.

Let’s get her sailing credentials out of the way – then we can move on to the important questions, such as: ‘How do you have skin that looks like a Clarins advert when you don’t sleep and your face gets ravaged by sun, salt and sea?’

‘In rough seas, sometimes it’s too dangerous to boil water, so you just eat freeze-dried food,’ she smiles. ‘But as I’m a girl, my nutritionist acknowledges that I have to eat chocolate each day!’

‘Don’t give me big muscles,’ Sam wails. ‘But you’ve got to pull up your mainsail, and you can’t do that without strong muscles,’ replies her trainer. ‘But my objective after the race,’ insists Sam, ‘is to have smaller, ladylike arms and shoulders!’

…she uses her sex to her advantage: ‘Whenever I don’t want to climb the mast to do a job at the top, I wear a short skirt so that I simply can’t get up there.’

Americas Cup

2011-06-06T11:14:00.000-07:00

Piksteel

2011-06-06T05:14:00.000-07:00

Piksteel

GBYC GAUL REGATTA - 2011

2011-06-06T05:11:00.000-07:00

GBYC GAUL REGATTA - 2011

Foredeck Union

2010-08-11T01:01:00.000-07:00

Good day and thank you for calling the foredeck.Right now, all our friendly foredeck staff are busy packing spinnakers or helping other crew members.Please press one for a headsail change... two for a spinnaker peel...three for a windward douse... four for a leeward douse... five for a hoist, six for a gybe or leave us a message an one of our courteous bow-people will get back to you as soon as possable. In a hurry? No problem! Simpy email your request to foredeckgods@thebow.com and we will respond within twenty-four boat-lengths. For answers to frequently asked questions, please visit www.stfubackthere.com. Thanks again and have a great race!

Something about our hometown

2010-08-03T02:10:00.000-07:00

Gordon's Bay is a harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, close to Strand. It is situated on the northeastern corner of False Bay about 50 km from Cape Town to the south of the N2 (South Africa) national road and is named after Robert Jacob Gordon (1743-1795), the Dutch explorer of Scottish descent.

Gordon's Bay is the smallest of three towns in the Helderberg region, so named after the Helderberg Mountain which is part of the Hottentots-Holland Mountains which dwarf the locality on two sides. Gordon's Bay was originally named "Fish Hoek", many years before the town of the same name, located on the western side of False Bay, was founded. Evidence of this can be seen on the outside wall of the local Post Office.
Gordon's Bay consists of the old village, situated around the old harbour and Bikini Beach, the mountainside on the lower slopes of the Hottentots-Holland mountains overlooking False Bay, and the low-lying suburbs close to the main beach, making up the most recent expansion of the town.

The older part of Gordon's Bay is host to the South African Navy's Naval College, an officer training center located adjacent to the old harbour and yacht marina. Above the harbour on the mountainside is a giant anchor and the letters "GB". Many think that this stands for Gordon's Bay, but in fact it stands for General Botha which was the original name of the Naval station in the town. The Steenbras Dam, Cape Town's primary supply of drinking water, is located on the mountain above the town.