RLIR
2003 - Day 1 Report
(Story by Asian
Yachting)
The
8 to 12 knot North Easterly provided an exciting
days racing for all yachts on the first day of
racing. As the breeze subsided during the afternoons
second race it proved to be a bit tricky for the
racing classes as it moved round to the east but
virtually produced the same results as the morning
race.
In
the racing class Peter Ahern's Yo! from the Racing
Yacht Club in Port Dickson continued on their
winning ways with two first places in today's
opening rounds. Aussie Ray Roberts on Luna Nouva
took 2 seconds and Neil Pryde's Hi-Fidelity and
Hannes Waimers Farr 40 Jativa exchanged 3rd and
4th places respectively.
Amir
Zohri's Gotcha Lagi! also took two wins in Cruising
A with Nick Band's Emerald Blue and Jeremy Camps
Cabaret 5 sharing 2nd and 3rd places respectively
during the 2 races held today to finish up holding
the same order.
In
the much fancied Sports Class Mark Jewell's The
Dogs 11 won race 1 convincingly but droped down
to 6th in race 2 to end up in second place overall.
S/Lt Mohamed Hamdan from the Royal Malaysian Navy
fired off a consistent 2nd and 3rd to top the
overnight leaderboard. The best performers in
the all ladies teams was Dewi Bayu with Tiffany
Koo on the helm finished the day with a 4th and
5th place to end up 3rd overall. Lee Yew Liong's
Aealian won race two but his 8th Place in race
1 saw them relegated to 5th overall.
The
differing speeds of the nine multihull yachts
saw them stretched around the course and the leaders
were favoured as the breeze faded. Claes Nilsson's
large trimaran Papillon 11 took the handicap honours
while Tim Milner's Charro took Line Honours to
finish 2nd overall. Phukets Mark Harwood on Ceberus
filled 3rd place and looks set for a good outing
at this inaugural regatta.
In
Cruising B Donald Radclliffe's Klondike raced
off to a handy lead in the early stages to convincingly
take Line and Handicap honours from Michele Pippen's
Simpatico with the Royal Port Dickson's youth
team on Mike Downard's Tag slipping into 3rd place
for the day.
Most
of the competitors in the Cruising Live Aboard
and Long Keel classes failed to finish as the
breeze faded which left Blue Jay with a double
wishbone rig skippered by R. Javis to fill first
place, Kevan Perrins Rusalka second after taking
Line Honours and Bruce Carmichael's Rock &
Blues third.
The
second day of racing tomorrow sees all the classes
going around the same course which should provide
the competitors with plenty of thrills and spills
and the photographers with some good shots.
Ends
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RLIR
03 Race Results at http://www.langkawiregatta.com/result/result.shtml
