Oi! shout loudest at Top of the Gulf, Foxy Lady is just too smart

In IRC 1 it was Oi! who steered ahead in Race 1 to put some valuable points on the board. Despite a third place in the second race, it wasn’t enough to affect them overall as they won the IRC 1 class title.

IRC 2 proved to be very close throughout the regatta. Japanese entry Karasu took an early lead but as the winds picked up on the final day Foxy Lady VI came into their own to win both races and take the title by the slimmest of margins, a single point.

 Two first places on the final day for Souay 1 in IRC 3 was a great finish to the regatta but not enough to knock Hi Jinks off the top who won the class for the second consecutive year.

The Cruising class went down to the wire with Windstar taking a slim lead into the final day. The long course and conditions favoured Amanda who sailed to a win and were tied with Windstar at the top in the overall standings. On countback, Amanda with three wins were crowned the winners. Windstar had two wins.

In the platu class, Scott Duncanson’s Kingdom Property scored a first in race one on the final day but slipped down to fifth in the second race while rival Easy Tiger IV also had mixed results with second and seventh places. Rolf Heemskerk’s Team ViewPoint, sailed to two third places but it wasn’t enough. Kingdom Property took the win from Easy Tiger IV with Team ViewPoint having to settle for third.

 Mojo added another win to their tally in Ocean Multihulls but it wasn’t enough as the top two Thai boats battled it out for the honours. Radab Kanjanavanit’s Cedar Swan placed third in the final race opened the door for Sonic, skippered by Kirati Assakul whose second on the day was enough to secure the title.

 Keerati Bualong showed his class throughout to defend his single-handed Monohull Dinghy Class title while defending champions Navee Thamsoontorn and Nut Butmarasri were convincingly beaten in the double-handed Monohull Dinghy class, with the win being claimed by Totsapon Mahawichean and Sarawut Phetsiri.

 In the Hobie Tiger/ Nacra F18 class, it was the pairing of Damrongsak Vongtim and Kitsada Vongtim that outsailed the rest to claim the crown.

Elsewhere the RS:One windsurfers were racing for the Asian Championship – the first time the event has been held in Thailand – and it was Natthaphong Phonoppharat who was crowned the Asian Champion with seven wins from eight races. In the women’s division Hong Kong’s Sin Lam Sonia Lo was unbeaten.

 The Thailand National Optimist Championships went down to the wire and after five races, Thai girl Sutida Poonpat took the title ahead of fellow Thai national-team sailor Suthon Yampinid.