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Evason Phuket Raceweek 2005

31st July 2005

Asian Yachting Race Report 4

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

It's all over, bar the shouting...
The race committee wisely decided to delay the start on the final day by an hour, to allow competitors a little extra time to complete urgent sail and boat repairs after the demolition derby experienced yesterday. About 9:00am while most media where enjoying the superb Evason breakfast at Into the View which looks out over the moored boats and islands beyond a passing storm with a distinctive twister in it, had sprung up which moved across the racing area and disappeared towards Phuket Harbour. One question recently raised is: How do you know that your staying at a 5 star resort? Easy I would answer - It's when there is a pianist playing a grand piano during breakfast and the friendly staff are ready to pamper to your every need, including spa and massage plus a private Island nearby to lay around on during the day.

The passing storm seemed to leave a vacuum for awhile but by the 11:00 start time the breeze returned and gradually built up to a gusty 12-15 knots during the race. Twenty three of the 27 yachts left racing were back out on the water for the last race which started in front of the Evason and ran up and down to Ao Chalong and back a few times. Specially designed if there is strong wind and provide a spectacle for the coastal dwellers and resort guests along the way. The boys from Skiff-Asia have been out on the tip of Cape Panwa taking photos each day of Race Week. Check ‘em out here!

In IRC 1 John Vause's Ruby Tuesday came into today's final race with an insurmountable points lead and choose not to race as he did not want to repeat his King's Cup 2004 episode. When in a similar position of winning the class went out and broke the mast in the final race in which they did not have to compete in to win the series. In Ruby Tuesday's absence David Lindhal's La Samudra rebounded after a bad day yesterday by winning today's race to regain 2nd spot overall. Scott Duncanson's crew on Securicor Somtam Express put in another superb performance of keeping the Phuket 8 upright with the huge asymmetric spinnaker and despite being way out in front of the monohull fleet ended up 2nd on the day and in 3rd place overall.

Paul Kendall's late charge of consecutive wins on Simba was just not enough to dislodge Mick Kealy's well sailed Minx in the IRC 2 class, who scored three 1st and three 2nd places to take out the title. Despite Stuart Crows Cinders not fronting up today he still finished up in 3rd place overall and discarded the DNS.

Christine Caufman's Rastegaisse with Rowdy on the helm scored 3 wins in a row to lift the Club Class trophy on their first try. Matt McGrath's 2nd place on Gator today was enough to keep him in 2nd spot overall. After gracefully withdrawing from yesterdays race for not rounding the top mark (went around the wing mark instead) Mark Trupp's Maddalena 3rd place today relegated them from the top of the order to 3rd place overall.

In the Racing Multihull class Henry Kaye's Charro recaptured the lead with a fine display of boatspeed and crew work to beat Olaf Riese's brand new 28ft Mark Pescott designed and skippered Voodoo Child, who are using this event to iron out a few teething problems that come with a new boat. Sue and Michel Arnulphy's Cyrene that unfortunately capsized yesterday still managed to score 3rd place overall despite only completing 3 races.

All the Performance Cruising Multihulls were back out on the water today despite experiencing difficulties yesterday. Wolfgang's Mozart was awarded redress for helping the capsized Cyrene to score 1st place in race 4 and with a 2nd place today is enough to win the title and take the trophy home. Although Bob Mott's Cameleon won the final race today his two retirements from the windy race 4 and 5 held him back from securing an overall victory. Chris Sieber's Kilo was mistakenly reported to have won race 5 yesterday but after late corrections by the race committee finally finished up in 3rd place overall.

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