History
An abbreviated History

Extracted from
"A History of the Transvaal Yacht Club 1925 - 2004"
By Sam and Honey Gluckman.

• 1923: Construction of Hartbeespoort Dam completed.
• 1923: 23 February yacht club formed at informal meeting.
• 1924: 23 May. Transvaal Yacht Club named. Mr. A Aslaken
  first Commodore.
• 1924: Site offered to the Yacht Club by Department of Irrigation.
• 1925: Construction of the first building commenced.
• 1926: Messrs AW Flitton, (Skipper). RG Richardson,
  AJ Youatt and V Redpath win the Transvaal Inter-club
  Trophy.

• 1945: Mr. Flitton started his 1st world cruise.
• 1946: Membership opened to women.
• 1947: Hellmut and Carmen Stauch win "Snipe" International Championship in Mozambique.
• 1950: TYC hosts first National Championships held at TYC. Hellmut Stauch wins 5 class events.
• 1952: Hellmut Stauch awarded Springbok Colours and represents South Africa at Helsinki Olympic Games.
• 1959: Hellmut Stauch and Wilbo Zwart win "Flying
  Dutchman" class in Kiel and later in Geneva.
• 1960: Hellmut Stauch and Bob Standing selected to sail "Flying Dutchman" in Olympics in the Bay of Naples.
• 1968: Braam Hussen launched the "Tempo" class off the Cosmos shore.
• 1971: Robbie van Rooyen and Ulli Coblenz win Transvaal "Tempo" Championship at 14 yrs old.
• 1973: Robbie van Rooyen won the National "Laser" Trials
  to represent South Africa in Portugal. Robbie van Rooyen
  and Ulli Coblenz awarded Junior Colours.
• 1974: Robbie van Rooyen sailed World "Laser" Junior Championship and was awarded Junior Springbok Colours.
• 1975: Robbie van Rooyen and Ulli Coblenz won the All
  Africa "Fireball" Championship held in Maputo. Robbie van Rooyen and Dawid Rabie receive Springbok Colours when representing South Africa in the "505" World Championship
  in France.
• 1978: Jergen Coblenz Wins the National "Fireball" Championship.
• 1980: Daryl Gething, Ronnie Gurnell and Daryl Yorke
  won the "Mistral" National Championship.
  Linda van Rooyen 2nd. Jurgen Coblenz 3rd.
• 1981: Robbie van Rooyen, Gavin Gush and Barry Mayes
  sailed the especially commissioned Manana in the World
  "mini-ton" Championship at Lake Constance, Germany. They came 5th overall and were awarded Springbok Colours.
  Robbie, Gavin and Barry also won the Minister's Cup and
  the Castle Week event.
  Peter Hishen was awarded Springbok Colours.
  Robbie van Rooyen and David Rabie won the "505"
  National Championship.
  Nicholas and Jens Bol won the "Gypsy" National
  Championship.
  The Hall brothers won the "Flipper" National Championships.
  Gerry Aab won the "Mistral" Nationals - Sam Gluckman,
  Les Sive and Alan Kruger 2nd, John Tangney 3rd.
• 1982: Pieter and Helga von Bredow won the "Hunter"
  National Championships.
  Reinhold Antweiler and Jurgen Coblenz won the Minister's
  Cup and Castle Week event.
  Gerry Aab won the "Mistral" National Championship.
  John Tangney 2nd and Georg Müller 3rd.
• 1983: Jurgen Coblenz and Robbie van Rooyen won the "Windsurfer" Worlds in Italy. Each came 1st in their weight category.
  Mick Richardson won the "Mistral" National Championship.
• 1984: Lipton Cup won by skipper Ewald Sternagel crew
  Peter Hishin, Daryl York, Charlie Wallendorf and
  Ronnie Gurnel.
  Nicholas Bol won the "Mistral" National Championship.
  John Tangney 2nd.
• 1985: Robbie van Rooyen, Ewald Sternagel, Ronnie
  Gurnell, Daryl Gething and Bob White sailed in the
  ¾ ton Keelboat Championships in Kiel.
  Harry French won the "Mistral" National Championship.
• 1986: Harry French won the "Mistral" National Championship.
• 1987: Georg Müller won the "Mistral" National Championship.
• 1988: Harry French won the "Mistral" National Championship. Georg Müller 2nd, Hardis van Zyl 3rd.
• 1989: Jens Bols won the "Mistral" National Championship.
• 1999: Harry French won the "Mistral" National Championship.
• 2000: Harry French won the "Mistral" National Championship.
• 2001: Georg Müller won the "Mistral" National Championship.
• 2002: Harry French won the "Mistral" National Championship.
  Harry French was regarded as the undisputed top "Mistral"
  skipper.

It may seem that TYC only honours winners. Nothing could
be further from the truth. If it weren't for all the friendships,
comradeship, interest and participation, none of these
milestones would ever have been achieved.
Knowledge,experiences and support are always shared
with all members. It's up to you.

How far do you want to go?

A wonderful, comprehensive book
"A history of the Transvaal Yacht Club 1925 - 2004"
Has been written by the late Sam Gluckman. Sam was a
member of TYC since 1967 and held various offices on
the Committee, including Commodore, Trustee and President
for 18 years. Who better to write TYC's history? His wife
Honey is still a very active sailor and edits and produces TYC's newsletter TACTYC. The book is available through TYC.

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