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11th Singapore Straits Regatta 2005
AsianYachting Race Report 1
Date: 20 January 2005

Wind glorious wind...
For the third year in a row the North East tradewinds have not disappointed competitors on the opening passage race from Changi Sailing Club to Nongsa Point Marina in Batam, Indonesia. Racing started in fine style with 15 to 18 knots pumping in which saw Nick Burns/Fred Kinmonth Mills 51 Mandrake make quick work of the course to pick up the daily double of line and handicap honours and begin their quest in ernest. Unfortunately Jonathan Mahony's Mumm 30 Happy Endings suffered from a broken mast and had to return safely to Singapore but not so happy. Neil Pryde's regatta winning Welbourn 46 Hi-Fidelity stayed on the pace to pick up second place and despite spinnaker problems Robert Knight's DK46 Drumstick finished up a close third.

After reshuffling the entries into compatible classes Gordon Maxted's Young 88 Shoon Fung Too also picked up the daily double in Class B from a fast finishing Robert Howison's Platu 25 Teko. Kent Goeking's X-99 Solarmax scored 3rd place and less than a minute separated four yachts in a hungry chasing pack. Close racing is expected to come over the next few days from a very diverse range of yachts in this class.

Eight J24's have formed their own class and Tan Sek Tim's Juno came out on top this time with Simon Davidson's Jock only 44 seconds behind and Lee Sea Yean's Jangan Main Main keeping them honest in 3rd place. As the windy conditions are expected to continue there should be allot of fun and games yet to come.

Class C, sees 3 cruising yachts competing with Christopher Nunns Velera Linda getting the best of Lau Che Gin Jerome's unpronounceable Wysiwyg and Howe Kok Khiong's Nepenthe.

The biggest upset of the day was not on the water but came from the Indonesian Immigration authorities new policy of charging all foreigners or non-Asians US$25 for a 30 day visa on arrival, instead of the publicised US$10 for three days. Although we are staying for 2 full days and 2 half days, each day we are here counts as a day thereby exceeding 3 days and everyone concerned had to pay the higher rate. The race officers expect to get up to 3 windward/leeward races in Batam on day 2 and 3 for the racing classes and 2 races each day for the cruisers.

Full results can be found at http://www.straitsregatta.com and these SSR 05 Race Reports with photos can be found at: http://asianyachting.com/news/SSR05.htm.