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Sailing to Durban Boat Show 2010
Owners Kevin and Laura Katzke of Yacht "Catatude" and Ian Galacher from Yacht "Jangles" enjoyed a relaxed evening with boat builder Kevin and Rika Fouche prior to sailing to Durban on Sunday 25 April 2010 where they attended the Durban Boat show.
Laying on anchor at Featherbed Bay, captain and crew waited patiently for better conditions before attempting to sail through the Knysna Heads, an area well known for unpredictable conditions. The rest of the sail was slow with almost zero winds and flat seas! They arrived in Durban on Wednesday evening where Grant Sieberts wife Lola awaited them with some Kentucky Fried Chicken!
All our thanks to girls Laura (and Woolworth's!) and Le-Anne for spoiling us on route to Durban!
Launching Jangles Knysna480
We launched this morning in rainy weather! All went well, Southern Spars and Kevin are still busy stepping the mast, etc. Jangles is beautiful and looks very elegant, the 480 has stunning lines, we've had so many compliments this morning! The dark captain navy stripe is a good match for the light grey hull, I will take more photo's tomorrow once the navy blue stack pack & sails are up.
We also took Mike and Debbie's hulls out of the mould this afternoon. Kevin and Jeremy are extremely happy and Clinton our "laminating professor" is very proud!
Tonight we are going to celebrate!
Sailing to Cape Town | 7th March 2010
Written by Kevin Fouche
Yacht Flamingo left the Knysna heads on Saturday afternoon 6 pm on route to Cape Town. Skipper Kevin Fouche with owners Tim and Suzan Mahoney and friend Jeff "the Crew" onboard left in light wind conditions & lots of good food. We motor-sailed the whole night on very flat sea's and plenty of fog till Sunday morning 10 am. We set the spinnaker at this time with a estimated 15 knot wind ( our electronics had gone on the blink so I had no read out's ) The wind picked up around Augulas to approx 25 knots giving us a average speed of 12 to 14 knots on the hand held GPS. We had a few 16's now and then! (Very fast and stable boat)Sailfish the new model K480
Yacht Sailfish the first of the new Knysna480 - owner Michiel Vijverberg was launched end 2009,
see www.indianoceancharters.com
Delivery skipper Colin Forster – who sailed yacht Sailfish to the Maldives were she will be joining the current Charter fleet, emailed Kevin Fouche and his team with very positive news on her performance!
Delivery skipper Colin Forsters testimonial:
"Hi there, I have delivered the first Knysna480 catamaran to the Maldives. Having delivered many different kinds of catamarans worldwide; I found it to be the best I have sailed to date! A Knysna480 with 54HP (one engine running) should reach 7 knots at 1800 refs. Both engines at 2000 refs should get 10 knots. Currently sailing 10 knots upwind with 15 knots of wind, more on a reach. We have covered 200 miles per day; a lot of which was with Genoa + 2 reefs in the main, very comfortable. You can email me should you need any more information- This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ".
The KYC team only builds 4 to 5 yachts per year.
Scheduled for 2010 launches:
- Tim and Suzan Mahoney (San Francisco) – scheduled for Annapolis Boat Show 2010
- Ian and Lesley Gallacher (Australia) – Scheduled for Durban Boat Show 2010
- Elli Peinke (Tortolla) - Scheduled for Miami Boat Show 2011
- Mike and Debbie Bouch (Mauritius) – Scheduled for Cape Town Boat Show 2010
