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A trip worth planning for

F1 Boat Racing at St Helena Bay

Story and images by DAVE GORDON. Edited by BRIAN JONES

I was really excited by the prospect tracted lots of attention from happy
of F1 Boat racing at St Helena Bay campers, ranging from tiny tots to
Harbour over the weekend of 24th large, mature, delightful people.
and 25th February this year. I love F1 Being on a strict weight-loss diet, the
cars, so F1 boats should be good to delightful smells of braaiing boeries
see, I thought. And it was. The har- and slap chips became a battle with

Wildlife is one of Ivan's favourite bour itself is not a bad place to shoot temptation and a real test of my re-
photographic genres. fishing boats and other coastal re- solve. Regardless, the atmosphere
lated subjects, so what’s not to like? was exciting and entertaining.
Getting to the harbour very early The F1 boats look like Ferrari F1 cars
Ivan O'Riordan meant that I was there before entry without wheels — very noisy, sleek,

(continued from p9) control was in place, so I parked in colourful and amazing machines.
the VIP area right amongst the ac- Should you feel like taking up the
and wood screw manufacturing tion. With my Canon R mirrorless, 70 sport, take note the boats alone can
company, Irish Wire Products plc, - 200mm and 100 – 500mm lenses cost up to R10m each.
where I was promoted to Manag- handy and ready for action. When asked about fuel costs for a
ing Director. I left the company in Being the Weskus, there was quite a race, renowned local businessman
1984 to set up a marketing con- vibe. Loud, very loud, music, a huge Peter Lindenberg (a car and boat
sultancy. open air beer tent, and a myriad racer and multiple world champion
I’ve been to South Africa many of pop-up stalls, food trailers and in various watersport disciplines)
times and my favourite city in the mobile ice cream parlours soon at- said the cost of Continued p11
world is Cape Town, where I have
many friends. My last visit neces-
sitated leaving three days before
SA locked down due to covid.
Unfortunately, I suffered a mild
stroke a year ago, losing the pow-
er in my right leg from the knee
down. I am making excellent pro-
gress and hope to travel again in
the near future. I am 79, but still
feel I’m a young fellow!
A few months ago I researched
camera clubs in Cape Town and
came across your wonderful
club. I was blown away by the
CTPS website. I can honestly say
it is the best website I have ever
seen. The regular newsletter is
also outstanding, as is the qual-
ity of the photography on view. I
had no hesitation in applying for
membership and am very glad to
have been accepted! I hope to be-
come active with CTPS in the near
future.
In the meantime, greetings from
Ireland and hopefully I will visit
you someday soon!

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