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Quantum Naga Cup 2005

Race Report 1 - 23rd July 2005

Got Wind and plenty of action...
Skiff style, yacht racing came alive again in Ao Chalong Bay, Phuket during the 2nd running of the Quantum Naga Cup. Held in the middle of the South West monsoon season, the four competing crews in T-shirts and shorts, racing on the homegrown Phuket Sports 8 were greeted with 12 to 15 knots of SW breeze, gusting to 18kts, in warm tropical conditions. Six windward - leeward courses are scheduled over the weekend, where the winner takes home the intricately carved Naga Cup and a couple bottles of Australia's popular Bundaberg Rum. Carrying a huge 94sqm (1010 sg ft) asymmetric spinnaker, these nippy 8m (26ft) boats can easily turn into a bit of a hand full during the gusts - as Vino and Image-Asia Attitude 8 found out.

Boat trim, balance, good crew work and extreme hiking are of prime importance if you are contemplating success in the sports boat class. Teams that manage to consistently put all these things together, normally finish on the top of the podium. Aussie Scott Duncanson who instigated the building of the class in Phuket has lead the fleet at all regional regattas. It comes as no surprise then, that at the end of the first day of racing, his team finished up with a 3-zip score line on Securicor Somtam Express. Following close in their wake is Keith Moore's Pla Loma with 3 x 2nd places and with a little more application of the essential things above may be able to achieve the inevitable and beat Somtam. A close battle is developing between Josh Lee's Vino by Watermark and Mark Horward's Image-Asia Attitude 8 for the final podium position. Josh scored 2 x 3rds and one 4th place and Mark 2 x 4ths and one 3rd place to put themselves in contention before tomorrows final rounds.

View the web edition with photos goto: http://asianyachting.com/news/QNagaCup05.htm.

Report by Asian Yachting.