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11th Singapore Straits Regatta 2005
AsianYachting Race Report 2
Date: 21 January 2005

Three cheers for Sailability...
After 3 grueling races in 12 to 18 knots of wind the big news of the day, comes from the Sailability team skippered by Jovin Tan (normally in a wheelchair) racing on Sonar scored three wins in Class B from a very diverse range of yachts. This was all achieved without a spinnaker around a very demanding windward /leeward course. Gordon Maxted's Young 88 Shoon Fung Too added 2 seconds and a 4th to his opening race win to follow closely in 2nd spot and Jeremy Muller's Sydney 32 Scallywag steeped up a notch to enter the overall placing's.

In Racing A, Neil Pryde's crew on Hi-Fidelity who are more suited to shorter courses scored 2 wins and a 2nd from Nick Burns Mandrake to share the overall lead with 2 wins and two seconds each. At the start of race 2 the 3 big Hong Kong yachts were so keen to get going that they were all over the line and had to be recalled. Despite withdrawing from race 3, Robert Knight's DK46 Drumstick holds a slim advantage over the rest to keep 3rd spot.

Tan Sek Tim's Juno was also recalled at the start of the J24 class but as they failed to return will have to carry 9 points till the drop race is introduced. They quickly made up for this error by winning the next 2 races in a row to hold a slim lead over Lee Sea Yean's Jangan Main Main that picked up the race where Juno was disqualified and added a further 2 second places to their score. The juggling of places for the remaining 6 yachts sees Simon Davidson's Jock filling 3rd spot for the time being.

In Class C, Howe Kok Khiong's Nepenthe turned the tables on the other two competitors by scoring 2 wins and a second place to be tied on points with Lau Che Gin Jerome's Wysiwyg that picked up one win and two seconds. Race one winner Christopher Nunn's Velera Linda had to settle on 3x3rd's and relegated themselves down to 3rd spot overall.

Racing continues on day 3 with a further 2 windward/leeward races which are already starting to take its toll on the hard working crews in very demanding conditions.

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.