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It was donated in 1909 to the Table Bay Yacht Club, nowadays known as the Royal Cape Yacht Club (RCYC), by Sir Thomas Lipton, world-famous entrepreneur and five-time challenger for the America&#8217;s Cup. And according to their website this annual inter-club contest \u2013 one boat per club \u2013 is held off-shore during the months of July and August. The long history of the Lipton Challenge in many ways reflects the history of competitive sailing in South Africa, and today the Cup is widely seen as the domestic trophy most SA sailors, young and old, would most like to win.\r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this year the honour went to HYC as Jacqui Low (commodore), Calvin Gibbs (helmsman\/skipper), Markus Progli (co-skipper), James Rae, Scarlet Cilliers and Owen Middleton (reserve) showed nerves of steel as they emerged victorious. 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