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  • Photograph © nic bothma<br />South Africa 2011 width:1000;;height:678
  • Victor Fernandez - Photograph © Nic Bothma<br /><br />Cape Town, South Africa January 2011 width:1000;;height:667
  • epa01539193 Puma arrives in Table Bay to take second place in leg one of the Volvo Ocean Race, Cape Town, South Africa 02 November 2008. Puma arrived in Cape Town in second place behind the winner Ericsson 4 which arrived earlier in the day. During the nine months of the 2008-09 Volvo, which started in Alicante, Spain in October 2008 and concludes in St Petersburg, Russia, late June 2009, the teams will sail over 37,000 nautical miles of the worldÌs most treacherous seas via Cape Town, Kochi, Singapore, Qingdao, around Cape Horn to Rio de Janeiro, Boston, Galway, Goteborg and Stockholm. EPA/NIC BOTHMA width:1000;;height:694
  • epa01551532 Yacht Puma (C) leads the fleet of Open 70 racing yachts at the start of leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race, Cape Town, South Africa, 15 November 2008. Leg two crosses the equator as the yachts race from South Africa to India. Spanning some 37,000 nautical miles, visiting 11 ports over nine months, the Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier ocean yacht race for professional racing crews. EPA/NIC BOTHMA width:1000;;height:654
  • epa02070618 The giant 105 foot trimaran, Majan, one of the worlds biggest and fastest yachts and the first of a new Arabian A100 class multi-hull yacht sails in Table Bay towards the landmark Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa 08 March 2010. Majan is part of the Oman Sail project and presently in South Africa to trace the route of a major new 16 300 nautical mile open ocean yacht race. The Indian Ocean 5 Capes Race will be the first ever yacht race to link the Middle East, Africa, Australia and Asia and the first ever race of its kind in the Indian Ocean. Cape Town is a designated stop-over for the race which could potentially start in 2012. EPA/NIC BOTHMA width:1000;;height:667
  • epa03031145 Yacht Camper, a joint nationality boat between Spain and New Zealand, skippered by Chris Nicholson from Australia competes in the fleet of Volvo Open 70's at the start of Leg Two of the Volvo Ocean Race in Cape Town, South Africa 11 December 2011. Leg two has the fleet racing from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi. The Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier ocean yacht race for professional racing crews with six of the worlds most technologically advanced open ocean racing yachts competing to be the quickest yacht around the world. EPA/NIC BOTHMA width:1000;;height:674
  • epa03031150 The fleet of Volvo Open 70's compete at the start of Leg Two of the Volvo Ocean Race in Cape Town, South Africa 11 December 2011. Leg two has the fleet racing from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi. The Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier ocean yacht race for professional racing crews with six of the worlds most technologically advanced open ocean racing yachts competing to be the quickest yacht around the world. EPA/NIC BOTHMA width:1000;;height:661
  • British yacht 'Jersey' sails into Cape Town South Africa 22 June 2003 after completing the 2500 mile passage from Mauritius to Cape Town completing leg 5 of the bi-ennial Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. 'Jersey' is overall leader in the race and finished this leg second 20 minutes behind UK entry 'Bristol'. 8 identical 60 foot yachts departed from Liverpool on 28 October 2002 to sail 35 000 miles stopping at 16 ports on the longest round the world yacht race. Each yacht is crewed by 14 sailors and is backed by an International city including Bristol, Liverpool, Glasgow, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Jersey, New York and London. EPA PHOTO/EPA/N width:1024;;height:718
  • MARCILO BROWNE, Cape Town, South Africa January 2011<br />Photograph © nic bothma width:1000;;height:689
  • Antoine Albeau riding RRD X-Fire Lightwind, Witsands, South Africa 18 February 2013<br /><br />Nic Bothma<br />Photographer<br />info@nicbothma.com<br />+27825519585<br />www.nicbothma.com<br /> width:1000;;height:677
  • Phil Horrocks, Cape Town, South Africa January 2011<br />Photograph © nic bothma width:1000;;height:667
  • Victor Fernandez - Photograph © Nic Bothma<br /><br />Cape Town, South Africa January 2011 width:1000;;height:667
  • South African sailors onboard the traditional gaff-rigged Cutter 'Ariette', sailing off the Cape Penisula in South Africa 01 May 2008. Ariette is a traditional wooden sailing vessel of the Allegra class designed in the USA. Constructed in South Africa in 1993 using an assortment of woods including Mahogany, Jacaranda and Teak she is one of the finest vessels in the Traditional Boat Association (TBA) of South Africa having won numerous prizes over the years for her imaculate condition and pure traditional construction. The TBA is an elite group of boats in South Africa with less than 50 members that meet yearly to compare notes on the ancient art of building,maintaining and sailing traditional boats. width:1000;;height:667
  • A windsurfer performs a gybe whilst sailing off the Cape Peninsula in Cape Town, South Africa 17 October 2012. Spring time in the Cape brings consistant strong south-easterly winds which combined with good southern ocean swells provide excellent conditions for the sport. Cape Town is one of the world's top windsurfing destinations with hundreds of European sailors flocking to its shores during the northern hemisphere winter. width:1000;;height:672
  • Sailors Gerard Loos and Jan Klaver from the Netherlands compete in the 2008 Hobie Cat Tiger world championships in Langabaan, South Africa 05 March 2008. The 2008 Hobie Tiger and Hobie Dragoon world championships are currently being held at Langabaan lagoon between 1-8 March. Sailors from 15 nations are competing. Mark Laruffa and Daniel Sims from Australia are leading the Hobie Tiger regatta with Mischa Heemskerk and Bastiaan Tentij from the Netherlands in third. width:1000;;height:667
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