This Year’s Races Held inwards Honor of His Majesty’s 80th Birthday
The 2007 Phuket King’s Cup Regatta is gearing upward for some other rigid showing from the world’s racing community amongst high profile confirmations coming inwards as well as the listing growing every day. This year’s event, from Dec 1 to 8, volition hold upward held to celebrate His Majesty the King of Thailand’s 80th Birthday. Another exciting yr of races is expected.
Last yr saw tape turnout of over 100 boats as well as to a greater extent than or less 200 international as well as domestic media. Competition was rigid as well as sporting, amongst a lot of quondam rivalries beingness retested for some other year.
"We are expecting a rigid racing cast i time to a greater extent than this yr amongst Hong Kong entries from Nick Burns as well as Fred Kinmonth sailing Mandrake, Sam Chang's TP52 Freefire, Frank Pong's Jelik, as well as Neil Pryde's re-designed Hi-Fi already confirmed. These volition hold upward joined past times the newly launched DK46 from Port Dixon as well as South African Philipp Gutsche's novel yacht, commissioned specially for this years event,” said Simon James, Phuket King’s Cup Regatta Race Management Director. Philipp Gutsche as well as his crew are known of course of education for winning the Republic of Mauritius to Durban race final year. He has besides won the South Atlantic Race inwards the past.
"We convey appointed Australian Race Officer Tony Denham of the Koh Samui as well as Sydney International Regatta to facial expression afterward Racing Classes this yr as well as promise to give them the best serial yet,” he added.
In premier cast Ian Nicholson's Intrigue returns, along amongst Hans Raimans Yasooda. Adding to the excitement, this yr sentry out for Bob Yapps novel speed auto Yo Mo. In Sunsail One Christian Eshenburg as well as the teams from Deutschland render to challenge for the trophy afterward having won inwards 2005 entirely to lose it inwards final year’s races.
"There volition besides hold upward a skillful spread of boats inwards both IRC as well as Multihull classes amongst leading charter companies Sunsail as well as Elite Yachting already sum for this year’s event. Each yr nosotros attempt to add together something novel as well as hold it fresh for our returning competitors. This year’s race courses volition include passage races, around-the-cans, Olympic trapezoids as well as courses taking boats to a greater extent than or less outlying islands. We convey a expose of race management personnel returning this year, afterward an absence final year, as well as I'm confident the measure of racing as well as on-water management volition hold upward real high," said James.
In IRC (TCC 1.013 as well as above) the Mumm 30s Panic as well as Happy Endings run on their battle, spell Ben Copley's Asia Spirit as well as David Lindhal's La Samudra struggle for the finish. In IRC (TCC 1.012 as well as below) Madam Butterfly returns to challenge the Royal Thai Navy. Also sentry out for Phuket Yacht's Phoenix as well as Minx,” he said, spell “IRC Cruising, amongst an IRC Hull ingredient of 7.3 or less is a novel partition added to render to a greater extent than competitive racing for older as well as cruising designs,” James explained.
The SBR Sports cast volition meet Scott Duncanson as well as the Phuket 8's defend their domicile waters against Japanese as well as Thai teams sailing the Platu 24's.
Bareboat Charter volition meet Keith Blankly as well as his squad from Dubai returning to defend their trophy for the third yr on Sunsail Bintan.
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