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We sail at Centurion West Lake-the one at the model trains and the Mashie course and at Southern Cross Sailing Club situated on the south bank of the Wemmer Pan in Pioneers Park. The entrance to the club is off Turf Road in La Rochelle opposite Rand Stadium and Hector Norris Park.
A BRIEF HISTORY
The East Rand Model Boat club was founded in Springs by Bill Reynolds in 1968. The club catered mainly for scale boats and power boats. The first radio controlled Yacht was a "Starlet" 36inch plywood boat with a home made winch, launched in November 1969.The Club waters were originally in Springs but later moved to Brakpan and then Boksburg and eventually to Southern Cross Sailing Club at Wemmer Pan in JHB.
Jimmy Smith founded Pretoria Model Boat Club some time later. Their home waters were in Silverton, Pretoria, and after moving to two or three different venues they moved to the lake at Centurion, Eventually changing their name to the Centurion Radio Yacht Club. Sailing soon took over from scale modeling in both the East Rand and the Pretoria Clubs to become the most popular form of the sport.
In 2003 East Rand Model Boat Club and Centurion Radio Sailing Club combined to become the Northvaal Radio Sailing Club, sailing at Wemmerpan and Centurion. The Transvaal Model Yacht Association was disbanded and Northvaal Radio Sailing Club became the representative body of SARSA in Gauteng.
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