August 2007 Race Archive
Race Results from Samui Yacht Club Regatta
Many thanks to Pascal of
La Fortune and Stephane of Tangaroa for the use of their fine vessels as
committee boats.
This weekend
was the launching of the Youth Sailing Program and presentation of their
Optimist sailing dinghies., so, with a barbeque and a keg both days, a
good fleet of 10 boats with some 30 crew showed up at Tradewinds at
Chaweng. With the Lamai Chamber of Commerce officiating from the 70 foot
junk La Fortune, Saturday’s race got under way midday, where the fleet
had a 4 mile beat to a buoy off Laem Nan and return.
A steady 8 knot
breeze with 15 knot offshore gusts and flat water, the multihulls had it
much to their liking and soon the Firefly Pagatoon had streaked to the
front followed by Stall’s Nacra 4.5 and Erwin’s Windrider and even the
42 foot Stressbuster enjoying the conditions. The employment of the
moveable ballast (read crew) aboard Stressbuster raised a few eyebrows
though, as the entire crew seemed to be in the cockpit under the shade
awnings.
As the leaders
finished in just an hour, the Race Officer then sent them to repeat the
course as a pursuit race, with each yacht’s starting and finishing times
logged. At 3pm the wind eventually died and the 2nd race results
abandoned.
Sunday dawned
with light rain and 3 knots of fitful wind and only six boats assembled
at the start for a repeat of Saturday’s race. These boats all finished
however and the final results saw Pagatoon 1st, Erwin’s Waverider 2nd
and equal 3rd the Elliott 7 Moonshadow and Crazy Horse (ex Coco Blues).
With the second
barbeque and keg well underway, the Optimist presentation began with
speeches from the Royal Thai Navy, T.H.A.head Khun Ruengnam and several
school headmasters.
Lieutenant
Navee and Lieut.Commanders Worasat and Sunthon then showed the
instructors how to correctly rig the boats and helped get the children
on the water for their first sail. The weekend of 1st and 2nd September
will be the first of the Optimist lessons and then on every weekend
except the last weekend of each month which is the monthly regatta
weekend
See our new
feature page about Junior Sailing on Samui and the Optimist Dingy
here
Please view our Image Gallery Archive to see photos of the day
Samui Yacht Club Regatta
The General Committee 2007 - 2008
|
Position |
Name |
Contact |
| Commodore |
John Stall |
077 414294
0862707005 |
| Vice-Commodore |
Kunta Kunde |
081 9401999 |
| Rear Commodore |
Suveera
Bhandukhravi |
0896672828 |
| Secretary |
Francesco
Brancaccio |
081 8219702 |
| Treasurer |
Francesco
Brancaccio |
|
| Publicity |
Alan Solley |
0878344267 |
| Junior Sailing |
Saard Panyawan |
077 245383 |
| Bosun |
Mike Reeves |
0899708051 |
| Powerboat
Secretary |
Roy Copp |
077418161 |
 |
