Yacht Rocket

11/06/2025

VASCO 2025 Durban to East London: 2nd line honours, 1st West Coast Boat and Ken Smith Trophy for Good Comradeship, 4th on ORC

27/03/2024

Team Rocket in Luderitz. The Diamond Coast Race was organized from Port Owen to Luderitz, started March 21. Rocket finished the 400NM distance in 2 days and a few hours, 3 in line honors and 4th on ORC rules. It was the 1st time that Catamarans and Keelboats were judged under the same ORC rule. Burgees from the Deneysvile Aquatic Club and Seal Point Aquatic Club in Deneysville were given to Jochen Mans, Vice-Commodore at the Luderitz Yacht Club and Commodore at the Port Owen Yach Club John Nosworthy by Herbert Karolius (skipper) and Jake Opperman, crew member, after the race

29/12/2022

Start to ST Helena will be live streamed

28/12/2022

Cape to St Helena Race, download die app

To all supporters - thank you for joining the group. The Race Office will daily post the snippets of news from the boats as well as the results table. From the 30th of December 2022. here is the link to the YB tracking page https://yb.tl/c2sthelena22 - it is definitely easier to download the YB app and then choose CapetoStHelena race. the competitors receive their trackers tomorrow morning and all will "go live" on Thursday morning. The Race Office.

25/11/2022

St Helena offshore race over 2000nm starts 29 December...

With only just over a month till the start of the Cape to St Helena 2022 yacht race, we reflect back on the past 3 years of Covid that unfortunately forced us to postpone our 2020 edition of the race.
The entire Race and Organising Committee are grateful and proud, that with a lot of determination from the fleet, we will be shortly commencing the start for this year’s event. While Royal Cape Yacht Club is being well represented, there are an impressive few that are sailing under False Bay Yacht Club, Port Owen Yacht Club, and Zeekoevlei Yacht Club burgees.

See below the 12 Yachts competing for this year’s edition of the race.

1. Fomo - Dale Kushner
2. Banjo - Kevin Webb
3. Naledi - Felix Scheder-Bieschin
4. Compromise - Rob Newman
5. Serendipity - Geoff Genricks
6. Suidoos II - Mark Wanneburg
7. Unwind - W. Neethling
8. TinTin - Di Hutton-Squire
9. Rocket - H. Kariolus
10. Assagai - Jean-Bernard De Milito
11. Sulanga - K Wiswedel
12. Anastasia - Mike Metelerkamp

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01/08/2022

Rocket is a Simonis Voogd 55 launched in 2006. She came 6th in her 1st Cape2Rio Race in 2014. Since then she has won various trophies in offshore races including races to St Helena, Vasco Da Gama, Mossel Bay and Mykanos, Langebaan. She adheres to all prescribed safety regulations and is a warm, dry and safe vessel. The interior offers 3 double cabins, two heads (mechanical and electrical respectively), galley and navigation desk.

24/05/2022

Rocket Skippered by Herbie was awarded a trophy for 2nd in line honors at the Vasco Da Gama Race 2022 sponsored by Minuteman Press. From left is Russel, Maans and Herbie. It took 1 day, 19hrs, 6min and 54 sec to the finishline, 13 boats entered, 6 finished.

24/05/2022

Rocket finished the 47th Vasco Da Gama Race from Durban to East London in 1 day, 19 hours, 6 min and 54 sec. The distance is 258nm. Minuteman Press is the main sponsor for this annual popular event. Boats from Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban were entered. Rocket is 2nd in line honors