Zululand Yacht Club
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Wed 14 Nov 2012 15:54
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Our arrival at Zululand Yacht Club in Richards Bay
on Saturday coincided with the club fun day (races, tug of war, singing
competition, food stalls etc). A boat met us at the entrance to the marina
and asked if we could make a loop in front of the lawn and wave to the
crowd, which we did. It was quite a welcome to arrive to a crowd of
cheering people! When we docked the welcome was crowned by the
presentation of a bottle of bubbly from the yacht club and a pennant from the
dinghy racing club for being the first boat to arrive in South
Africa.
The Zululand Yacht Club has been a great place
to make our first stop in South Africa. It is a nice location with
good facilities and friendly people. All the visiting yachts were
welcomed at the club's weely braii (barbecue) on Monday, where we got to meet
the local members, drink beer and eat large quantities of prime
rib.
It has small touches that are the first things you
encounter to make you realize you are actually in Africa. Rather than cats
or dogs, it is monkeys you find hanging round the garbage cans here. The
tree in the car park is filled with weaver birds building their
nests.
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