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Old 03-20-2008, 10:05 AM   #76
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Re: Cape Town Yellowfin Tuna Open Tournament

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Hi Eric
All the boats are part of the pool of boats that are used every year for the October Yellowfin angling competition which is a world renowned angling comp.
So yes all the boats and skippers have 40 nautical miles boat and skippers certification. The captains all have years of experience in the deep of cape point. The captains might lack the experience with regards to handling divers, but that is why we have a skippers briefing on the 17'th of April with some of SA's best divers explaining Shallow water black outs et cetera. Also both diving days we will have a trauma doctor on the media boat as a back up with oxygen and National sea rescue will be on high alert.
Any diving competitor is also welcome to be present at the skippers briefing.
Hope that answers your question.
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Also, to add to AJ above, this is why the rule of only two divers of the three-man team can be in the water at any time...so that there is always a DIVER on board the boat to advise and instruct the skipper as to what and where divers are, how to approach them etc.
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Old 03-21-2008, 06:00 PM   #77
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Re: Cape Town Yellowfin Tuna Open Tournament

International competitors, dont forget that you will need TWO completely empty passport pages in order to enter South Africa!
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Old 03-22-2008, 03:55 PM   #78
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International competitors, dont forget that you will need TWO completely empty passport pages in order to enter South Africa!
im good....i have a license to kill.
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Old 03-22-2008, 05:17 PM   #79
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International competitors, dont forget that you will need TWO completely empty passport pages in order to enter South Africa!
Is that so you can tear them out later? I went there during Apartheid in the 1980s and one trip after Apartheid, but I don't remember that requirement.
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Old 03-22-2008, 05:49 PM   #80
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Re: Cape Town Yellowfin Tuna Open Tournament

i dont know why they have that requirement but they do. i checked into it as well. they will not!! let you in.
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Old 03-22-2008, 07:56 PM   #81
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Old 03-24-2008, 10:14 AM   #82
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Re: Cape Town Yellowfin Tuna Open Tournament

Guys, last year when I was there you only needed a page for the stamps and visa. Obviously things can change but that is how it was last year. They did the stamps and visa on the same page and it omly took up 3 squares on one page. I guess it really depends on how the person stamping the book decides to do the stamping. They can get pretty crazy with were they stamp sh-t sometimes.

Just a little more then a month left guys!

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Old 03-25-2008, 04:02 AM   #83
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Re: Cape Town Yellowfin Tuna Open Tournament

Hi there

Please bring along your country storm flags if anyone has one, we have flag poles. It will be nice for the rivalry!

With regards to the Visa remarks, just be patient and smile it usually works.
Make the official feel importent.
It sucks to say it ,but we are a 3'rd world country even if we pretend we are first world. Most officials will probably not even have grade 12 under their belt.

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Old 03-25-2008, 07:40 AM   #84
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Old 03-25-2008, 08:48 AM   #85
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Chad,

Looking forward to meeting up with you and your team.

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Old 03-27-2008, 07:33 AM   #86
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Re: Cape Town Yellowfin Tuna Open Tournament

AJ,

Is it possible to have some lead available for the traveling spearos? That stuff gets heavy in the bags.

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Re: Cape Town Yellowfin Tuna Open Tournament

Eric brings up a valid point. Everytime I've had lead in my gear bag and flew somewhere, the lead was gone when I got there. My team member is retired from Delta airlines and he says that they confiscate it because it can be used to shield an explosive device from the scanners. Thanks for bringing up a really important point Eric.
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good point!!
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Old 03-28-2008, 05:34 AM   #89
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Re: Cape Town Yellowfin Tuna Open Tournament

Hi Guys
Yes ofcourse I can arrange lead. I will ask a couple of friends and I'll ask Louis from Rabitech if we can borrow a couple of second hand lead weights.
I will however need your requirements as soon as possible so we can make a plan. If possible bring your own belt.
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Old 03-30-2008, 02:44 PM   #90
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Re: Cape Town Yellowfin Tuna Open Tournament

Just so you guys know, for us South Africans to visut the USA we need to submit a visa application well in advance, report to the US Embassy in Cape Town or Johannesburg for a personal interview, pay a visa fee of about $500, provide proof of employment, residence and income (usually 6 months bank statements and/or salary slips)...and then we may be refused and not get the visa fee refunded. So two blank pages is not a big deal...some countries insist on 6 pages blank (it is not that they use them though) and a passport that is valid for at least 6 months after entry.
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