Tasars business the shore at Cape Panwa this morn earlier the invitational race of the G4S Tasar World Championships. Fifty-eight boats from 8 countries convey been entered inward the contest.
Americans Bruce Gage together with Indra Finch shove off on Bail, canvass seat out 2397, earlier the warm-up race today.CAPE PANWA: Competitors inward the G4S Tasar World Championships shoved off from Panwa Beach today for the outset of 7 days of racing inward the outset Tasar basis championships held inward Thailand.
Fifty-eight boats crewed yesteryear sailors from 8 nations, including 2 Thai crews, are racing inward the event.
The entitle is beingness held off Cape Panwa, but results from the invitational race today volition non locomote factored into the concluding scores. Racing inward earnest begins tomorrow at xi am.
Australians dominate the entry list, amongst 42 boats registered. Each 14-foot Tasar dinghy is crewed yesteryear 2 people, many of which are parent-sibling or husband-wife teams.
Among the Australians at the regatta is Frank Bethwaite, who designed together with launched the outset Tasar inward 1975.
Fellow Australians together with reigning basis champions Rob Douglass together with his miss Nicole volition locomote competing on their boat Chukkel.
They won the entitle at the Tasar basis championships inward Darwin, Australia, inward 2005.The regatta volition decease on until Wednesday, July 11, which volition encounter the concluding 24-hour interval of racing followed yesteryear the awards presentation.
Source : Phuket Gazette Phuket, Thailand17:24 local fourth dimension (GMT +7)
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