Our intrepid band of sailors having finished their racing in Malaya are now preparing for their next adventure in Thailand, taking part in the Phuket King's Cup Regatta from the 1st December - 8th December, 2007.
The Phuket King's Cup Regatta is Asia's biggest and most popular regatta. More than a regatta, the week long event consists of great parties, great sailing and lots of fun.
The Phuket King's Cup Regatta is Asia's biggest and most popular regatta. More than a regatta, the week long event consists of great parties, great sailing and lots of fun. Inaugurated in 1987 to celebrate the 60th birthday of His Majesty the King of Thailand, the event has been held every year since during the first week of December. With the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King, the Regatta is organised by the Phuket King's Cup Regatta Organizing Committee under the auspices of the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, in conjunction with the Yacht Racing Association of Thailand, the Royal Thai Navy and the Province of Phuket.
November 26, 2007
Americas Cup
AC90 Rule is born31 Oct 07: AC Management, as scheduled, published the AC90 Rule marking an exciting milestone in the path to the 33rd America’s Cup. This rule has been crafted over the past six weeks through a design consultation process with all entered challengers, the Defender, and headed by Tom Schnackenberg as the class rule and competition regulations consultant for ACM. Designers from all six entered teams have met regularly since the design process began on 15 September. The AC90 Rule, in brief, will be 90ft overall maximum length, 6.5m in draft whilst racing and will have a displacement of 23tons. We now have to wait and see whether this will be sufficient for GGYC and BMW Oracle to drop it’s court action and let the existing challengers, as well as those waiting in the wings, reach a position where they are able to present potential sponsors with a concrete proposal.
November 25, 2007
Raja Muda Selangor Int Regatta
Overall Positions
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
2 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
3 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
Class 4
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
2 Mata Hari Vincent Chan
3 Skandia Gerry Firth
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
2 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
3 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
Class 4
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
2 Mata Hari Vincent Chan
3 Skandia Gerry Firth
Raja Muda Selangor Int Regatta
Race 6 Langkawi.
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
2 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
3 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
Class 4
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
2 Skandia Gerry Firth
3 Mata Hari Vincent Chan
Race 7 Langkawi.
Class 4
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Lunchcutter II Keith Dunn
2 Skandia Gerry Firth
3 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
2 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
3 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
Class 4
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
2 Skandia Gerry Firth
3 Mata Hari Vincent Chan
Race 7 Langkawi.
Class 4
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Lunchcutter II Keith Dunn
2 Skandia Gerry Firth
3 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
November 23, 2007
Raja Muda Selangor Regatta 2007
Race 5
Penang to Langkawi
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
2 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
3 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
Class 4
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Skybird John Kara
2 Sarabande Dr Basil Diethelm
3 Mat Salleh Neil Ankcorn
4 Tropicbird Michele Pippen
5 Mata Hari Vincent Chan
6 Skandia Gerry Firth
Penang to Langkawi
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
2 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
3 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
Class 4
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Skybird John Kara
2 Sarabande Dr Basil Diethelm
3 Mat Salleh Neil Ankcorn
4 Tropicbird Michele Pippen
5 Mata Hari Vincent Chan
6 Skandia Gerry Firth
November 21, 2007
Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta
Race 1. Port Klang to Pangkor
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
2 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
3 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
Class 4
1 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
2 Skandia Gerry Firth
3 Lunchcutter II Keith Dunn
Race 2. Pangkor to Penang.
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
2 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
3 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
Class 4
1 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
2 Mata Hari Vincent Chan
3 Lunchcutter II Keith Dunn
4 Skandia Gerry Firth
Penang Habour Races Race 1.
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
2 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
3 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
Class 4
1 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
2 Mata Hari Vincent Chan
3 Sarabande Dr Basil Diethelm
4 Skandia Gerry Firth
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
2 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
3 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
Class 4
1 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
2 Skandia Gerry Firth
3 Lunchcutter II Keith Dunn
Race 2. Pangkor to Penang.
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
2 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
3 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
Class 4
1 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
2 Mata Hari Vincent Chan
3 Lunchcutter II Keith Dunn
4 Skandia Gerry Firth
Penang Habour Races Race 1.
Class 2
Pos Yacht owner/skipper
1 Intrigue Dr Ian Nicolson
2 Yasooda Hans Rahmann
3 Resolution of Whitby Neil Williamson
Class 4
1 Aquavit IV Robert Howison
2 Mata Hari Vincent Chan
3 Sarabande Dr Basil Diethelm
4 Skandia Gerry Firth
November 19, 2007
18th Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta 2007
Race Report 1
A good test of patience... Race one got off in fine style when PRO Jerry Rollin declared "Clear Start" after five starts were conducted in quick secession on the northern approaches to Pt Klang. Now for the 100 odd miles before they reach the tranquil Pangkor Island group. After a short windward leg the afternoon sea breeze built up to 10 - 12 knots and crews worked feverishly to speed the boat along on a close hauled alternating to fine reaching course to clear the shallows of Selangor. Simon Morris's Sirius 1935 was not so lucky as they promptly ran aground approaching the windward mark and despite efforts to tow them off had to wait for the tide to go out and come in before they could get underway again.
Boat speed is very important in a strait line drag race, so trimming sails and good helming takes over as priority number one. To everyone's surprise Razali Mansor skippering the Royal Malaysian Navy DK Farr 520 Zuhrah nailed the start line and was closely followed by the brand new factory owned DK 46 Janda Baik skippered by Khairul Shahril. Unusual for Ray Roberts Quantum Racing crew to be at the back of the fleet but they may have been suffering from overindulgence at the previous nights welcoming dinner. After six hours of racing the seabreeze gradually petered out and the boats waited for the evening land breeze to materialize. Unfortunately a long wait was to follow and many boats found there own private parking lots and individual zephyrs of wind to move them along. No rain was recorded and a clear starry night had a cooling effect despite the lack of wind.
Frank Pong's Reichel-Pugh 75 Jelik were not so lucky in the wind lottery and were beaten across the line by the Fred Kinmonth / Nick Burns smaller Mills 51 and defending champion Fortis Mandrake. After what could only be described as a frustrating 15 to 16 hours of racing it was the new factory owned DK 46 Janda Baik skippered by Khairul Shahril with a scratch Dutch, Swedish and Malaysian crew that won the first race out of the box. Fred Kinmonth / Nick Burns Mills 51 Fortis Mandrake claimed second spot and Ray Roberts DK46 Quantum Racing third place to make it a small boat benefit on race one.
Most the boats were delayed and only started to finish at dawn. Those that persisted in sailing began to stream in as the day wore on, so the usually raucous Seaview Resort breakfast consisted of the committee and jury only to be interrupted by the occasional colorful hornbill flying in to observe the yearly ritual. At 70ft Hans Rahmann's Judel/Vrolijk Yasooda managed to finish early with the last of the morning land breeze to claim first and fastest in IRC 2. Although Neil Williamson's Oceanis 523 Resolution of Whitby had to wait for the afternoon sea breeze to fill in, they slotted into second place and relegated Dr Ian Nicolson's magnificent Dubois 80 Intrigue down to third place.
David Lindahl's Swan 42 La Samudra kept their race winning record going by scoring an IRC Class 3 win by a healthy margin over Dr Jon Wardill's Cassidy 55 Australian Maid competing here for the fourteenth time. As the race drags on the elapsed time increases and the handicap margins widen to give the smaller handicap boats a chance to improve their standings. After twenty one hours of racing Andrew Findlay's Beneteau First 45f5 Impiana finished a mere forty five seconds behind La Samudra across the line but got bumped down to third overall.
The closely matched IRC Class 4 saw the winning trio finish within an hour of each other. Bob Howison's crew on the Elan 340 Aquavit IV managed to keep the boat moving throughout the night and morning to finish in a respectable time, thereby eclipsing the leaders and taking the Race 1 handicap honours. Gerry Firth's brand new Beneteau First 34.7 Skandia stayed on the pace to claim second place from Keith Dunn's Mountgay 30 Lunchcutter II that showed them the way and benefited from some new reaching sails especially purchased for this event.
The battle of the Hot Water boats (Non IRC Class 5 & 6) boils down to the number of engine hours each skipper submits as being an honest record of their motoring time. These are then multiplied by a factor then added to the elapsed time. Some boats have added on 10 to 14 hours to their time. Peter Jones on the Bashford Howison 41 Jenny III needed only two hours of motoring and by finishing at a respectable hour in the morning earned them a Class 5 victory. Jon & Sandra Stonham's Robert Perry 47 Tui Tai with all the family onboard weighed in with second place. The RSYC Sailing Academy's Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 36.2 Panacea skippered by Dave Moxey got in just before the official cut-off time to record a well deserved third place.
The grounding of Simon Morris's Sirius 1935 left the door wide open for RSYC Commodore Dato' Richard Curtis's Shanghai Gaff Rigged Cutter Eveline to do the honours in Class 6, formerly the Classic Class. After a few no shows and some further deliberations by the committee Class 5 & 6 is being split into a more even contest based on the accumulated Race 1 finish and motoring hours. The two catamarans now join in with the grand old ladies. Aussie Don McGrath's Oram 44 Cat Out of the Bag now becomes the winner in front of Eveline and John Mitchell's Crowther Cat 35 Merpati Putih from Indonesia slots in third place.
More info and results at: http://www.rmsir.com/
A good test of patience... Race one got off in fine style when PRO Jerry Rollin declared "Clear Start" after five starts were conducted in quick secession on the northern approaches to Pt Klang. Now for the 100 odd miles before they reach the tranquil Pangkor Island group. After a short windward leg the afternoon sea breeze built up to 10 - 12 knots and crews worked feverishly to speed the boat along on a close hauled alternating to fine reaching course to clear the shallows of Selangor. Simon Morris's Sirius 1935 was not so lucky as they promptly ran aground approaching the windward mark and despite efforts to tow them off had to wait for the tide to go out and come in before they could get underway again.
Boat speed is very important in a strait line drag race, so trimming sails and good helming takes over as priority number one. To everyone's surprise Razali Mansor skippering the Royal Malaysian Navy DK Farr 520 Zuhrah nailed the start line and was closely followed by the brand new factory owned DK 46 Janda Baik skippered by Khairul Shahril. Unusual for Ray Roberts Quantum Racing crew to be at the back of the fleet but they may have been suffering from overindulgence at the previous nights welcoming dinner. After six hours of racing the seabreeze gradually petered out and the boats waited for the evening land breeze to materialize. Unfortunately a long wait was to follow and many boats found there own private parking lots and individual zephyrs of wind to move them along. No rain was recorded and a clear starry night had a cooling effect despite the lack of wind.
Frank Pong's Reichel-Pugh 75 Jelik were not so lucky in the wind lottery and were beaten across the line by the Fred Kinmonth / Nick Burns smaller Mills 51 and defending champion Fortis Mandrake. After what could only be described as a frustrating 15 to 16 hours of racing it was the new factory owned DK 46 Janda Baik skippered by Khairul Shahril with a scratch Dutch, Swedish and Malaysian crew that won the first race out of the box. Fred Kinmonth / Nick Burns Mills 51 Fortis Mandrake claimed second spot and Ray Roberts DK46 Quantum Racing third place to make it a small boat benefit on race one.
Most the boats were delayed and only started to finish at dawn. Those that persisted in sailing began to stream in as the day wore on, so the usually raucous Seaview Resort breakfast consisted of the committee and jury only to be interrupted by the occasional colorful hornbill flying in to observe the yearly ritual. At 70ft Hans Rahmann's Judel/Vrolijk Yasooda managed to finish early with the last of the morning land breeze to claim first and fastest in IRC 2. Although Neil Williamson's Oceanis 523 Resolution of Whitby had to wait for the afternoon sea breeze to fill in, they slotted into second place and relegated Dr Ian Nicolson's magnificent Dubois 80 Intrigue down to third place.
David Lindahl's Swan 42 La Samudra kept their race winning record going by scoring an IRC Class 3 win by a healthy margin over Dr Jon Wardill's Cassidy 55 Australian Maid competing here for the fourteenth time. As the race drags on the elapsed time increases and the handicap margins widen to give the smaller handicap boats a chance to improve their standings. After twenty one hours of racing Andrew Findlay's Beneteau First 45f5 Impiana finished a mere forty five seconds behind La Samudra across the line but got bumped down to third overall.
The closely matched IRC Class 4 saw the winning trio finish within an hour of each other. Bob Howison's crew on the Elan 340 Aquavit IV managed to keep the boat moving throughout the night and morning to finish in a respectable time, thereby eclipsing the leaders and taking the Race 1 handicap honours. Gerry Firth's brand new Beneteau First 34.7 Skandia stayed on the pace to claim second place from Keith Dunn's Mountgay 30 Lunchcutter II that showed them the way and benefited from some new reaching sails especially purchased for this event.
The battle of the Hot Water boats (Non IRC Class 5 & 6) boils down to the number of engine hours each skipper submits as being an honest record of their motoring time. These are then multiplied by a factor then added to the elapsed time. Some boats have added on 10 to 14 hours to their time. Peter Jones on the Bashford Howison 41 Jenny III needed only two hours of motoring and by finishing at a respectable hour in the morning earned them a Class 5 victory. Jon & Sandra Stonham's Robert Perry 47 Tui Tai with all the family onboard weighed in with second place. The RSYC Sailing Academy's Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 36.2 Panacea skippered by Dave Moxey got in just before the official cut-off time to record a well deserved third place.
The grounding of Simon Morris's Sirius 1935 left the door wide open for RSYC Commodore Dato' Richard Curtis's Shanghai Gaff Rigged Cutter Eveline to do the honours in Class 6, formerly the Classic Class. After a few no shows and some further deliberations by the committee Class 5 & 6 is being split into a more even contest based on the accumulated Race 1 finish and motoring hours. The two catamarans now join in with the grand old ladies. Aussie Don McGrath's Oram 44 Cat Out of the Bag now becomes the winner in front of Eveline and John Mitchell's Crowther Cat 35 Merpati Putih from Indonesia slots in third place.
More info and results at: http://www.rmsir.com/
November 05, 2007
Frostbite Barbeque
I am extremely pleased to report on the successful start to the Frostbite Racing. There was a good turn out of boats complemented by a light breeze and sunny weather. Myself and Andy Martland manned the safety boat successfully but no one needed rescuing which was a relief. Following the race Siggy collected some burgers and bangers, which he kindly dontated free of charge, from his shop and took me up to the Yacht Club to get things organised. Anni and Nick soon followed and we had a great team organising everything. Plenty of people turned up for the barbeque and drinks and we hope that those who failed to arrive will come next time. In future we are thinking of offering sandwiches when there is no barbeque. The food, thanks to Siggys kind donation, made a good profit, which was given to Anni to cover the costs of fuel for the safety boat. We had many positive comments about the bar including its fabulous location and I have no doubt that some of the Frostbiters will be returning on an evening. On the membership front we have gained five new members. I hope that many of our local members will begin to pop in on a Sunday for a quick pint when we are Frostbiting. Thanks to all who helped make this a memorable and successful event. Deborah
FROSTBITING IN WHITBY
At a meeting with Whitby Yacht Club Committee it was mutually agreed that the Frostbiting would go backunder the Yacht Club "umbrella". This would help to build bridges between both groups. As a result of this the Frostbiters will take up membership of WYC and after their first race of the new season today Sunday 4th November they returned afterwards to the Clubhouse for drinks and a barbeque.It is hoped to continue in this vein and have the bar open each Sunday after racing.
The Frostbite programme for 2007 2008 is now available in the sailing section of the website.
The Frostbite programme for 2007 2008 is now available in the sailing section of the website.