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The patriarch of the clan, Samuel Beningfield, was an auctioneer who ran "racy and descriptive advertisements" and was known as a "fine old English gentleman".

He had a famous garden that stretched down to the bay. Sam Beningfield was renowned for his Christmas festivities. One New Year celebration he invited friends to a display of home-made fireworks, which proved a great success, the rockets especially, producing cries of admiration or astonishment. The Beningfields clearly believed in large families - Samuel had eight children; of his three sons who were club stalwarts, Sam junior had five children, Reuben ten and John James seven.

He was known as the fastest spinnaker hand around. Ladies and sailing. Here are a few anecdotes about ladies and sailing. In Victorian, patriarchal nineteenth century Durban, sailing was strictly a male-only affair.

The first ladies' race held in January therefore caused quite a stir. This concession came about when certain ladies expressed an interest in the sport and it was agreed that very occasionally, "ladies races" would be allowed. Skippers decided on the number of ladies they would have on their yachts - normally four out of a crew of ten, as it was felt that women would only be able to make a worthwhile contribution in a mixed crew.

Ladies acted as ballast or were placed on the helm. The dictates of modesty remained paramount so lady sailors sailed in the voluminous clothing of the day. The commodore reserved the right to decide on the appointed day whether the weather was "suitable".

Despite ladies' races, it was a very long time before the fairer sex were even allowed on club premises. In the rules were finally altered: ladies who accompanied members on the bay were admitted to the ground floor verandah of the club house whilst the boats were being put away. This privilege ceased at sunset!

The inside of the club house - that hallowed bastion of masculinity - remained sacrosanct. So the fact that the Royal Natal Yacht Club commissioned a woman to research and write their th anniversary history, must have all those old boys shuddering and rattling their bones in their graves! Christopher Joseph Cato and the Mazeppa.

One final character to mention is Joseph Cato. He was the third commodore of the Durban Regatta Club forerunner of the Royal Natal Yacht Club , from , and brother of George Cato, who was Durban's first mayor and also a yacht club founder. Christopher Joseph Cato is famous for the heroic role he played in aiding the British cause during the Boer siege of Port Natal. Here is the story:. During the Boer siege of the British at Port Natal, the Boers allowed the women and children to leave the British camp on 2nd June and take refuge on the ship Mazeppa in the bay.

The little ninety-ton schooner was completely stripped and the muzzle of an eighteen-pounder trained upon her. The Boers made two grave mistakes, however. In the first place, they failed to remove her rudder. When a south-west wind and an ebb tide coincided on 10th June , Joseph Cato slipped the cable and all seven women, eighteen children, two ship's boys, and ten grown men who were on board pulled frantically on the ropes. Before the Boers could recover from their surprise the ship was on the starboard tack down channel, and out of the way of the eighteen-pounder.

A four-pounder, however, fired at her repeatedly; and nearly eighty Boers discharged four-ounce bullets from their elephant guns in her direction. The sails were riddled, the rigging torn, and the mattresses which had been stacked up as defence, filled with bullets.

The longboat was swamped and sank in the breakers at the entrance to the bay. But the Mazeppa crossed the bar, and then lay to, outside the harbour for five hours, repairing the damage and rolling dreadfully. The children picked the bullets out of the mattresses; the women mended the blankets in the intervals between awful bouts of sea-sickness. Then the Mazeppa set sail for Delagoa Bay and help. And as they say, the rest is history. If this is the service beforehand, one cannot help but think that it's for the best.

We would hate to receive similar service during the actual dinner. It seems by other comments on their fb page, that this is a very real possibility. We also intend placing this same complaint on other forums so other naive people are not mislead by the term 'Royal' as we were.

April 8th, at pm. Am a member here but must say the food quality has deteriorated over the past year, Curries used to be good but i wont order them here anymore. At my last visit this week the lamb curry was tasteless and bread rolls were very stale. When we asked for an irish coffee they had no cream. There is better food and value for money to be had elsewhere. January 7th, at pm. Wahooz on the Promenade Sign me up to Eat Out's weekly newsletter and promo mailer.

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