Freefire strafes Hooligan on penultimate day in Samui
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The Samui Regatta's penultimate day yesterday saw 90-foot Maxi Genuine Risk, skippered by Geoff Hill, taking line honours in the IRC Zero class.
Freefire surprised many by making the start line following a quick fix for their boom, broken on Wednesday. Another surprise followed when they took the win on corrected time by 15 seconds from runaway series leader Hooligan, skippered by Marcus Blackmore. Neil Pryde’s HiFi finished third.
It’s tight at the top in the IRC One class where Bill Bremner’s Foxy Lady 6 and EFG Bank Mandrake traded firsts and seconds yesterday, leaving them separated by one point and Foxy Lady 6 taking the advantage into the last day.
In the Multihull class, Andrew Stransky and crew on Fantasia returned to their winning ways in Race One with the handicap win and a mere 17 seconds behind Sweet Chariot over the line. Second place on corrected time went to the fast-improving Sonic, skippered by Kirati Assakul with Henry Kaye’s Sweet Chariot in third.
Reef Knot, skippered by Stuart Collins came to the fore in IRC Two/ Bareboat class with the win ahead of Greg Coops’ Abraxas and Amanda, skippered by Lennart Fahlgren in third.
The final day of racing takes place today off Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui, Chaweng Beach, Samui Island.
