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- ↑ Africa, Reader's Digest Association South (1981). South Africa's Yesterdays. Reader's Digest Association South Africa. ISBN 978-0-620-05019-7 . Retrieved May 5, 2015. Quote: "The Royal Natal Yacht Club was constituted in 1858 (it received its charter 33 years later), and by the early 1900s there were regular races between the ports. In the Cape, too, enthusiasts began to take to the sea. The Southern Cross Yacht ..."
- ↑ "New commodore for Royal Natal Yacht Club". Berea Mail. September 4, 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
