Vuyisile Jaca Makes History as All-Woman Yacht Crew Wins the McIntyre Ocean Globe Race

SA’s Vuyisile Jaca created history along with the crew of the ‘Maiden’ when they sailed around the world in 153 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes and 53 seconds to become the first-ever female crewed champions of the McIntyre Ocean Globe Race
Here are the Newsmakers in the #GAL2024’s First Intake

We kick off 2024 with the first intake for the gsport Annual List – #GAL2024 – with ten of the best athletic performances, whether by a team or by an individual, drawn from news reports in the gsport Newsroom for the months of November and December 2024.
Kirsten Neuschäfer is the 2023 Female World Sailor of the Year

South Africa’s Kirsten Neuschäfer has been named Female 2023 Rolex World Sailor of the Year after writing her name into the history books by becoming the first woman to finish first in the solo Golden Globe Race
Women in Seychelles Encouraged to Take Part in Sailing

The Seychelles Yachting Association recently held its annual Sailing Festival under the theme ‘Women on Water – Fun in Sailing’, to encourage women and girls in the country to take part in the water sport.
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Schoenmaker Headlines Second Batch of Athletes Announced for Tokyo

2019 Momentum gsport Awards Ministerial Recognition of Excellence recipient, Tatjana Schoenmaker, leads second batch of athletes announced by SASCOC to represent Team SA at the Tokyo Olympics, with less than a month to go to the prestigious Games in Tokyo #GoGirls
SASCOC Announces 27 Women in First Batch of Athletes for Tokyo

SASCOC announces its initial Team SA squad including 27 women athletes who have earned call-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games starting end July in Japan
Lazer Nationals Back in Durban for May Day

Frances van Breda will be among defending champs lining up for the SA Laser Nationals 2015 offshore of Durban from 30 April
Daphne and the Sailors Soar in Naples
Daphne Jacobs and sailors from the Izivunguvungu MSC Foundation for Youth sailing in the Gulf of Naples with Mount Vesuvius in the background. Daphne Jacobs and sailors from the Izivunguvungu MSC Foundation for Youth took first and second places at a Tri-Nations event beating Italian and Nigerian teams to third and fourth places respectively, sailing […]
Isigungu Finishes Worlds in 15th
Sailing Team Isigungu’s skipper Dominique Provoyeur has filed her final blog from Key Biscane at the conclusion of the Women’s Worlds, off Miami, Florida, in the USA. Miami, Florida – US Sailing Centre on S. Bayshore Drive, 14 February 2008 Hello All,
Thunderstorms, Rain and 30 Knots
The all-girl 3-member Yngling Sailing Team Isigungu, pictured here third from left, is battling it out against top international competition, some of whom are trying to qualify for the Beijing Olympics during the current Yngling Women’s Worlds, in Key Biscayne, Florida, the USA. gsport has received two blogs overnight from all-girl Sailing Team Isigungu’s Skipper, […]
Isigungu Tacks Away in Key Biscayne
The all-women’s sailing team Isigungu skipper Dominique Provoyeur is at the US Sailing Centre on South Bayshore Drive, in Miami, Florida, and writes in about the team’s most recent escapades:
Miami not Kind to Isigungu
South Africa’s all-woman Yngling sailing team of Dominique Provoyeur, Penny Alison and Kim Rew struggle in Miami’s heat, with the Yngling regatta in the 2008 Rolex Miami OCR suffering from poor wind-speeds. Writing to gsport from Key Biscayne in Florida, Miami, Isigungu skipper’s Dominique Provoyeur tells of a disappointing final day at the 2008 Rolex […]