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Evason Phuket Raceweek 2005

29th July 2005

Asian Yachting Race Report 2

The PRW 05 - AY Website Edition with photos at: http://asianyachting.com/news/PRW05.htm.

Champagne racing conditions...
It does not get much better than this. Twelve to 16 knots of wind, blue sky and brilliant sunshine, what more do you want? The 29 yachts taking part in the 2nd Evason Phuket Race Week could not have asked for more, during the 2 windward / leeward or triangle courses, scheduled on day 2 of racing. What a great day to debut a locally built and designed high tech racing catamaran. Olaf Riese's brand new 26ft Firefly design Voodoo Child, this time skippered by Phuket based Aussie cat designer Mark Pescott blitzed the Racing Multihull fleet in sheer boat speed around the entire course to score 2 first and fastest's and relegate day 1 winner Henry Kaye on Charro down to 2nd place. Sue and Michel Arnulphy's Cyrene kept them honest by scoring 2 third places and themselves in the running.

In IRC 1 David Lindhal's Swan 46 La Samudra jumped into the lead after scoring 2 wins today over John Vause on Ruby Tuesday with 2 second places. This result leapfrogged them above day 1 winner Scott Duncanson's Phuket Sports 8 Securicor Somtam Express that could only manage 2 third places on day 2.

The close battle between Mick Kealy's Minx and Stuart Crows's Cinders in IRC 2 continued with mixed results. Minx scored a 1st and 3rd and Cinders a 2nd and 1st to keep Mick Kealy's team in 1st overall for the time being. Paul Kendall's Simba rebounded with a 2nd in race 3 to maintain their 3rd spot overall.

Mark Trupp's Maddalena came to the fore today in Club Class by scoring 1st and 2nd places to edge Matt Mcgrath's Gator with 2nd and 3rd places into 2nd spot overall. Christine Caufman's Rastegaisse recovered from a bad 5th place in race 2 with a 1st place in race 3 to have a grip on 3rd spot overall.

In the Premier Multihull class Bob Mott's Cameleon scored a 2nd and 1st place to hold the lead over Wolfgang's Mozart with a 4th and 2nd place. They will have to keep a weather eye on Chris Sieber's Kilo who scored a 1st place in race 2 but dropped back to 4th in race 3 to edge himself within 1 point of Wolfgang's Mozart in the overall standings.

Full set of PRW 05 results can be found at: http://www.phuketraceweek.com/results.htm.