Pattaya, Thailand
Strong winds greeted sailors on the second day of the 2013 Top of the Gulf
Regatta at Ocean Marina Yacht Club in Pattaya, Thailand.
Windward/Leewards were the first order of
the day for keelboat and multihull classes with IRC Racing 3 the exception,
sailing a single passage race. Other classes went on to race a second race with
the one-design Platu fleet squeezing in a third.
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Photo: Guy Nowell/ Top of the Gulf Regatta |
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Photo: Guy Nowell/ Top of the Gulf Regatta |
Matt Allen's Ichi Ban followed yesterday's
1, 2 scoreline with a first in Race 1 today putting the pressure on local
favourites Royal Thai Navy 1, skippered by Cpl. Wiwat Poonpat, who finished
second ahead of David Bell's Magic in third.
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Photo: Lulu Roseman |
In the Ocean Multihulls class Black Swan
put their first win on the board in Race 1 today, beating David Liddell's Miss
Saigon in the strong breeze.
There was lots of excitement on the dinghy
and beach catamaran course with plenty of capsizes and a dismasting in the
Formula 18 class. In the end, just two races were completed for these classes
today and in the Formula 18 class it was the consistency of Pom Green/ Apple
who scored two wins to take a commanding points lead into the final day.
It was a similar story in the Open Beach
Multihull class with the Vongtim family team of Damrongsak and Sakda adding two
more bullets to their collection leaving them undefeated.
Keerati Bualong managed to hold off the
large single-handed monohull dinghy fleet in Race 1 today finishing first in
the tricky conditions, while many struggled to stay upright in the swell. As
the winds calmed they became shifty and Keerati got caught by a wind shift
dropping back to finish ninth with his closest rival, Natthawut Paenyaem,
finishing first in Race 2.
Despite a 3,8 today, the team of Sittisart
Ponpun/ Peerapol Wisaka have a four point overall lead in the double-handed
monohull dinghy class. A sixth place in the strong winds of Race 1 was
rectified with a second place in Race 2 for Noppakao Poonpat/ Panida Suksomporn
who move up to equal second overall with the Malaysian team of Mohd Faizal
Norizan/ Ahmad Shukri Abd. Aziz.
The morning storm proved too much for the
youngsters competing in the Thailand Optimist National Championships presented
by Sansiri, who headed back to shore to wait it out. After heading back out,
the fleet managed to complete just one race before the now fickle winds won the
day and the fleet returned to land.
Thai youngster Suthon
Yampinid scored his first of the series to take a one point overall lead ahead
of Pongsapat Pumyam whose fourth today cost her dearly. Voravong Rajrattanaruk
and Kamonchanok Klahan finished second and third respectively.
The RS:One windsurfs, racing over two days,
is part of the NeilPryde Racing Series with 28 competitors from India, Myanmar
and Thailand, including many youth sailors from the Windsurfing Association of
Thailand's (WATH) Youth Development Programme.
“Being part of the TOG Regatta 2013 was a
good opportunity for our junior sailors to participate in an international
event at home, and to compete on one-design equipment. WATH youth sailors
enjoyed two wonderful days of racing giving them encouragement for the future”,
said Prapart Sangngern, a teacher at Pattaya City 7 School and
coach-cum-initiator of the Windsurfing Association of Thailand (WATH) Youth
Development Programme.
After seven races it was Thanatip Seubyubon
(8pts) of Thailand who won the Youth Men's division with Thailand's Duangkamon
Phongern (6pts) winning the Youth Women's division. In the Men's division it
was Navin Singsart (12pts) of Thailand who took the series win with Siripon
Kaewduangngam (7pts) taking the Women's title.
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