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A
sailing weekend in remembrance of Stephane Grassett,
who was one of our first sponsors, was held
13/14th June. Stephane tragically drowned while
kite boarding at Reunion Island.
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RESULTS
OF THE 2009 SAMUI REGATTA JUNIOR'S TROPHY
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| Name & Position |
Places |
Total Points |
| 1st Nat |
1, 1, 1, 1 |
4 |
| 2nd Mai |
2, 3, 6, 2 |
13 |
| 3rd Stephanie |
3, 5, 4, 3 |
15 |
| 4th Peam |
4, 6, 2, 5 |
17 |
| 5th Amanda |
5, 2, 7, 6 |
20 |
| 6th Popee |
9, 4, 5, 4 |
22 |
| 7th Petch |
9, 8, 8, 7 |
30 |
| 8th Pun Pun |
9, 8, 8, 7 |
30 |
Fragrant Harbour Endeavour Prize - Pun Pun
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The Team |
March 28 2008
Last weekend, with both clubs at Ban Rak again,
prizes were awarded to the placegetters in the
previous weekend's "Passsage Race to Koh Som". |
Stephanie |
The prizes were the
Rolex Sydney to Hobart polo shirts donated by our
close friends the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.
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Peam |
On hand to help with
Saturday's sailing was visiting sailing coach Khun
Mo from Canada who was on hand to rescue beginner
Jasmine and sail her boat back to Mermaid Resort. |
Petch |
Pictured are the winner
Stephanie, 2nd place Peam and 3rd place Petch. |
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Cleaning Up |
March 22 2008 Both days, a
triangular course was set and as ususal Amanda
won all the races with the boys Poppee and Sky
sharing the minor placings. Windguru had
predicted 28 knots onshore wind for the weekend
but Thai Met, Malaysian Shipping Forecasts,
Accuweather and Yahoo Weather all forecast 8
knots, so we stayed put at Tradewinds and as the
weekend drew near Windguru likewise revised
their estimates down and we had two of the most
perfect days sailing. |
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Mayan's rope trick |
March 15 2008 Last weekend we were treated to a visit by the
lovely Mayan who is an Israeli Optimst coach.
Now, the Israeli kids are the world's 4th
best, so we assembled both the clubs at Mermaid
Resort for the kids to learn from a visiting
coach. |
Mayan coaching |
As we found, the kids have to be kept
entertained, whether the in between sailing
sessions offers them kayaking, boogie boarding,
swimming pool activity or even croquet ! |
Steve from Oz lends a hand |
Mayan showed the kids her rope trick, whereby
two kids are attached by their wrists and have
to work out a way to free themselves.
Six pairs of kids tried every combination
without success, so when Mayan attached herself
to visiting volunteer "Steve from Oz" and with a
quick flick of the wrists they were separated. |
Mayan's rope trick #2 |
The kids were furious and after another 30
minute session, they still hadn't figured it
out, but I have and it is a secret. |
Mayan with new member |
Rather than race around buoys, the kids
unanimously voted for a passage race to Koh Som,
so a start line was set and ten boats enjoyed a
fast downwind sail to the island.
The first three were Stehanie, followed by
Peam and Petch (all from SYC). After an hour of
play and drinks, they restarted for the long
beat back to Koh Samui.
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Drinks at Koh Som |
Again Stephanie triumphed with Peam second and
Amanda third. On Sunday seven boats from both
clubs assembled off Mermaid Resort and raced
three long triangle courses in a brisk 15 knot
offshore breeze with Nuttaphol (SYC) winning all
three races. SYCR welcomes two new members 11
year old Jasmine and 10 year old Jin.
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Swimming pool liner made into a boat |
March 8 2008
Last weekend to
break the boredom of rounding buoys, the kids
were sent on a 5 mile passage race to Coral Cove
in South Chaweng.
With a fair 8 knots
of breeze the kids landed after just an hour of
sailing after throwing in a few tacks to clear
the headlands. |
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This is a popular
site for the kids as they delight in exploring
the many rock formations and snorkel in the
clear waters and after lunch it was a one tack
reach back to Tradewinds.
Amanda sailed with
her new friend 10 year old Jin who weighs in at
just 20 kilos and was first to arrive. |
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After much arm
wrenching the coach persuaded Amanda to swap
from her favorite Foxy Lady Optimist to another
boat and on the return leg, it was Sky in Foxy
Lady who arrived first proving that perhaps it
was the better rig. |
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