With a trivial over a calendar month to larn the Koh Samui Regatta scheme squad is moving into superlative gear to ensure some other corking event.Regularly attracting over 35 to xl yachts this Regatta has a genuinely international experience every bit the upwards of 300 participants caput inward to this beautiful tropical isle from all points of the globe.
The recent annunciation that Matt Allen’s ‘Ichi Ban’ is beingness shipped from Dubai, fresh from her recent victory at the premier racing effect inward the Gulf the Maktoum Cup, ensures that at that topographic point volition 1 time to a greater extent than endure a hot premier racing degree at this years Samui Regatta. And although Ray Roberts on ‘Quantum Racing’ has already wrapped upwardly the Asian Yachting Grand Prix entitle at that topographic point is even then a affair of bragging rights to hoist aloft the beautiful KSR Waterford Crystal Perpetual Bowl on the winners podium come upwardly seventh June.
The ‘Quantum Racing’ DK 46 volition human face upwardly some strong competition. Perennial business honours winner ‘Jelik’ the Reichel Pugh 76, nether the guidance of Frank Pong volition endure looking to repeat her 2006 success but defending champion Bill Bremner is dorsum from Singapore on his novel ‘Foxy Lady IV’ a TP52 lately shipped inward from the US. Going caput to caput alongside Bill together with also sailing a TP52 volition endure Hong Kong’s Sam Chan on ‘Ffree Fire’. Unfortunately it looks similar the other TP52, ‘Strewth’ from Hong volition non larn far inward fourth dimension next their ‘mishap’ on the recent Rolex Communist People's Republic of China Seas Race. Neil Pryde together with his professional person crew is fast getting to grips alongside the Wellbourne redesigned ‘Hi-Fi’ which was a previous KSR winner every bit ‘Hollywood Boulevard’. But you lot tin never dominion out Kinmoth together with Burns on ‘Mandrake’ a previous Admirals Cup winner together with Chris Meads novel Corby 43 ‘Full Metal Jacket’.
But the Samui Regatta is non merely almost the Grand Prix yachts together with nosotros should non forget the many other boats that go the thousands of miles to compete inward the other classes together with come upwardly together to brand this such a friendly together with set dorsum event. From the super cruiser-racers such every bit ‘Moonblue II’ together with ‘Intrigue’ through to IRC ii alongside the likes of ‘Abraxas’, ‘Lunch Cutter’ together with ‘Happy Endings’ from Singapore, every bit good every bit ‘La Samudra’ together with ‘Remington’ from Phuket, every bit good every bit ‘Thai Raver’ together with ‘Magic Roundabout’ from Pattaya. The multihulls volition endure good represented past times the l ft. ‘Sonic’ together with ‘Cedar Swan’ every bit good every bit the novel Corsair trimarans from Pattaya, the Firefly One Design truthful cat degree is dorsum inward strength alongside ‘Moto Inzi’, ‘Pagatoon’ together with ‘Dhevetara Frog’. And this twelvemonth the Sports Boats Class is shaping upwardly to endure the biggest to engagement alongside the local Elliott 7’s ‘Moon Shadow’ together with ‘Ice Bucket’ beingness joined past times ‘Somtam Express’ from Phuket together with ‘Porn Star’ together with ‘Big Blue’ from Pattaya, non to elevate a sprinkling of Platu 25’s. The Sunsail ‘One-Design’ charter fleet also provides a corking selection to ‘fly inward together with sail’ every bit Aussie legend George Snow together with his mates from the CYCA inward Sydney proved when they chartered the fleet for some keen 1 pattern racing a span of years back.
And endure certain to larn far to Samui for the seventh running of the ‘Tropical Island Regatta’ from the 1st to seventh June 2008.
An exciting chance for those people considering chartering a yacht for this regatta.
Currently nosotros accept Sunsail, Gulf Charter together with The Frog are all available.
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