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Race Report 3 & Summary
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Race Report 3 & Summary |
July 18th: Overnight the strong conditions over the last couple of days moderated down to a mere 5 knots at start time and 10 knots being the highest reading, half way around the course. Simon James' race team decided to send the racing class on an 18nm passage race and the Firefly's on a lengthy windward/leeward course in the bay. Some Firefly skippers suggested they change to a passage race and after some neat diplomacy and owners voting by radio, PRO James announced that both classes will be doing Course 5, the long passage out to the safe water mark, then back through the Chalong Bay gate and up around Koh Bon and back.
Thor disappeared into the distance and on the downwind leg past Koh Lon, they made sure to take the outside line around Koh Thanan were they ran aground yesterday.
As Henry Kaye's Seacart 30 Thor sped past towards the finish, all eyes turned to the stop watch and time calculations made on how far in front of Da Vinci they needed to be. This time Mark Norris the owner of Da Vinci restaurant was onboard the media boat and had some nervous moments as the crew crossed tacked the current and seemed to fall behind.
After Henry Kaye's Seacart 30 Thor crossed the finish line the clock started ticking. Andy Pape pushed the Andaman Cabriolet Da Vinci as hard as they could but when fifty minutes had elapsed Thor was declared the race winner and overall champion. Four minutes latter Da Vinci crossed the finish line and had to settle on second overall. Richard Eyre's Corsair 37 Zhuka did the best of the Corsair trimarans to score third place on the podium.
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job earns Henry Kaye and Thor victory
All
eyes were on the pointscore leaders - Henry
Kaye and Fergus Wilmer's Seacart 30 Thor and the newly launched
Andaman Cabriolet Da Vinci skippered by German ace Andy Pape
who were tied for first place in the racing class - Hans Rahmann's Voodoo
had a four point advantage over Twin Sharks skippered by boat
designer Mark Pescott in the Firefly class. Caution seemed to be the order
of the day at the startline, with the leading contenders taking clear
lines and concentrating on boatspeed.
Twin
Sharks led the Firefly's around the top mark but slowed in the lee
of Koh Lon, allowing the rest of the fleet to play catchup. The long upwind
leg from the safe water mark saw a few place changes. Some short cover
tacks to keep out of the current up past the Evason Resort, saw Roger
Kingdon's Moto Inzi sneak past the dueling Twin Sharks
and Voodoo, with Peter Dyer's SEA skippered by Damien
Ford fast making up ground. When the spinnakers poked out around Koh Bon
it was Moto Inzi in the lead, closely followed by Twin Sharks
and SEA. It seemed to take forever for overall leader Vodoo
to appear in fourth place.
The
four leading Firefly's took different lines on the long downwind leg and
when they came together Twin Sharks skippered by Mark Pescott
had overtaken Roger Kingdon's Moto Inzi and overall leader Hans
Rahmann's Voodoo was closing in fast on SEA skippered
by Damien Ford. Despite some further nip and tacks they all crossed the
finish line within two minutes and in the same order. This kept Hans Rahmann's
Voodoo in first overall and despite the last race win by Twin
Sharks skippered by Mark Pescott had to settle on second overall.
After an up and down sort of a regatta Roger Kingdon's Moto Inzi
claimed the third podium spot.
Bill
Phelps Seawind 1160 Maharani was the only boat in the Cruising
Multihull class and received the Sportsmanship Award for their efforts.
It is hoped that more cruising boats will enter the event next year.
