From the Race Box  

26 & 27 April - Admirals Cup 2008
by Richard van den Heuvel

Some 91 youngsters from JSST, Ocean Marina and Varuna gathered on Saturday morning to compete in the annual Admirals Cup regatta. A moderate wind from the North was present at 11 AM when the first warning signal of the day went up. After the first race there was a lunch break. During this time a thunderstorm developped, followed by almost no wind. Combined with a strong tide this meant the end of the day's racing. Sunday morning the start was earlier. After 2 races dark clouds in the distance made the Race Officers decide to skip the lunch break and continue with 2 more races. Then it was time to stop, but with a total of 5 races one discard was allowed. The results giving the first 10 finishers and RVYC kids follow:

Sail No. Sailor Club Sex Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Best
4 of 5		 Overall
THA112 Nuppakao Poonpat JSST F 4 2 2 2 1 7 1
THA111 Jittiwa Thanawitwilat JSST F 5 1 6 3 3 12 2
THA116RED Chaiporn Deepluem JSST M 1 11 1 4 9 15 3
THA117 Totsapon Mahawichien JSST M 2 3 11 21 4 20 4
THA114 Narisara Yu-sawad JSST F 19 6 20 1 2 28 5
THA191 Kancharika Janphon JSST M 3 27 13 6 6 28 6
THA115 Sittisart Ponpun JSST M 6 5 3 18 15 29 7
THA5 Anusorn Ngamrid JSST M 14 10 7 5 7 29 8
THA113 Supakon Pongvichean JSST M 18 8 5 14 5 32 9
THA115RED Chaichanawut Deenark JSST M 7 22 10 7 8 32 10
THA5RV Don Whitcraft RVYC M DNF,91 16 22 22 16 76 23
THA28 Bobby Frefel RVYC M DNF,91 37 30 33 34 134 32
THA5882 Tiranut RVYC M DNF,91 34 50 23 32 139 34
382 Jermer RVYC M DNF,91 29 45 34 48 156 36
400 Bauke RVYC M DNF,91 32 44 44 44 164 39
THAO Nicholas Parker RVYC M DNF,91 38 56 53 53 200 51
USA007 Harry RVYC M DNF,91 48 58 47 51 204 52
THA69 Dylan Whitcraft RVYC DNF,91 DNF,92 DNF,92 37 42 262 58
397 Irthi RVYC F DNF,91 DNF,92 DNF,92 DNF,92 DNC,92 367 81
8BLUE Markus RVYC M DNF,91 DNF,92 OCS,92 DNF,92 DNC,92 367 81

***

19 & 20 April - Hobie National Championships 2008
by Richard van den Heuvel

Sailing conditions were perfect for Hobiecats this weekend. According to a participant from New Zealand he had not sailed with such good wind in 5 years. On Saturday 4 races were sailed back-to-back, on Sunday there was a lunch break after the second race. During the first race on Saturday a few Hobie 16 sailors were misled by the rubber dinghy setting a new windward mark because of a large windshift. For the remainder of the regatta all went smoothly. The results were as follows:

  Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7
Boat Sail Number Skipper Crew
Place
Place
Place
Place
Place
Place
Place
Total
Total 1 disc.
Place 1 Disc.
Hobie Tiger
1620
 Morton Jakobsen Chutima Pikulthong
1
4
1
2
4
1
2
15
11
1
Hobie Tiger
2242
 PeterJohnson Dave Littlejohn
4
1
6
6
2
2
1
22
16
2
Hobie Tiger
1724
 Pooky Jean-Philippe
2
7
2
3
1
8
3
26
18
3
Hobie Tiger
1559
 Aroon R. Narongrid B.
5
2
4
1
3
3
6
24
18
4
Hobie Tiger
1310
 Jerome Tom
3
3
3
4
5
4
5
27
22
5
Hobie Tiger
2116
 Andy Wells Caroline Wells
DNF
5
5
5
6
7
8
45
36
6
Hobie Tiger
2432
 Bertio Terpstra Mariel Terpstra
6
6
DNF
DNC
7
5
4
46
37
7
Hobie Tiger
867
 Alex Skaria Simon Makinson
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
8
6
7
57
48
8
Hobie16
110026
 Damrongsak Vongtim Kritsada Vongtim
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
10
7
1
Hobie16
110573
 Paul Renall Kendra Norton
1
4
2
4
2
2
2
17
13
2
Hobie16
110585
 Graham Southwick Melisande Norton
2
3
3
2
5
3
3
21
16
3
Hobie16
109853
 Gareth Owen Chris Dando
4
5
5
3
6
7
4
34
27
4
Hobie 16
14
 Gary Baguley Kevin Scott
DNF
1
4
9
3
4
7
39
28
5
Hobie16
103208
 Alain Brancart Crew
5
7
7
5
4
5
6
39
32
6
Hobie16
100751
 Pieri Gualtieri Amorn
DNF
6
6
6
7
8
5
49
38
7
Hobie16
108515
 Trevor Riddy Diana-Jane Galang
DNF
8
8
8
9
9
8
61
50
8
Hobie16
100700
 Suwan Pairode
DNF
9
DNF
7
8
6
10
62
51
9
Hobie16
15
 Heiko Kleineder Tony Taylor
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNC
10
10
9
73
62
10

***

28 &029 March - Speakerbus Challenge 2008
by Richard van den Heuvel

Excellent wind and weather and plenty of participants were a good start to this regatta sponsored by Speakerbus. Free beer, wine and snacks at the Beach Bar on Saturday evening completed the first day. Sunday morning again the same weather pattern saw a long distance race for the cats and also a good race for the Lasers. The Optimists had their own races directed by Oad. Around 3 in the afternoon it was prizegiving for the top scorers. The results were as follows:

Boat Sail Number Skipper Crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total Place
Laser 157144 Gareth Owen  
1
1
1
3
1
Laser 167294 Doug Morse
2
2
2
6
2
Laser 174473 Malee Whitcraft
5
4
5
14
3
Laser 186756 Chris Dando
3
3
11
17
4
Laser No Number Andrew Kitchen
6
5
7
18
5
Laser 77 Charlie Zbinden
4
11
4
19
6
Laser 4.7 No Number Pat Littlejohn
7
7
8
22
7
Laser 4.7 11 Surya Skaria
8
6
9
23
8
Laser 13 Stefano Cassio
9
8
6
23
9
Laser 7 Kevin Whitcraft
11
11
3
25
10
Laser No Number Kunimasa K.
11
11
10
32
11
   
 
 
 
 
 
Hobie Tiger 2242 Richard Eyre Dave Littlejohn
1
4
1
6
1
Hobie Tiger 1724 Jean Philippe Damier
2
2
3
7
2
Hobie Tiger 1559 Aroon Narongrid
3
1
6
10
3
Hobie Tiger 1872 Stefaan de Vos
4
3
4
11
4
Hobie Tiger 7 Pook M. Wanlee V.
5
9
2
16
5
Nacra 5.8 1601 Alex Skaria Simon Makinson
8
9
5
22
6
Hobie Tiger 2432 Bertio Terpstra Mariel Terpstra
7
9
7
23
7
Hobie Tiger 2116 Andy Welsh Caroline Welsh
6
9
9
24
8
       
Hobie 16 110573 Damrongsak Vongtim Kendra Norton
1
1
1
3
1
Hobie 16 42 Bob Gardham Judy Gardham
3
2
2
7
2
Hobie 16 110269 Bud Gayle
2
3
3
8
3
Nacra 16 sq spin 143 Alberto Cassio
4
4
5
13
4
Hobie 16 100754 Mark Hamilton-Stuart
11
11
4
26
5
Nacra 16 sq spin 62 Peter Herning
5
11
11
27
6
Hobie 16 22 Kees Goudswaard Minke Doktor
11
11
11
33
7
Hobie 16 170751 Pieri Gualtieri Pear
11
11
11
33
7
Nacra 16 sq 225 David Wales
11
11
11
33
7
Nacra 5.0 2023 James P.
11
11
11
33
7

***

2 & 3 February - Laser District Regatta 2008
by Richard van den Heuvel

This weekend the Laser sailors came out to compete in the Laser District Regatta. The wind was good and thanks to the excellent race management of Race Officers Sukit and Visanu a total of 8 races could be sailed over the two days. The results were as follows:

Boat Sail Number Skipper
Race
Total
After 1 Discard
Rank
Laser Standard
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Laser 157144 Gareth Owen
2
2
2
1
3
1
1
12
9
1
Laser 188786 Phillippe Narbonne
1
1
1
2
2
5
9
21
12
2
Laser 186756 Chris Dando
3
4
5
6
4
2
3
27
21
3
Laser 77 Charlie Zbinden
7
6
6
4
7
6
2
38
31
4
Laser 13 Stefano Cassio
10
9
18
5
1
3
5
51
33
5
Laser 7 Kevin Whitcraft
6
3
3
18
18
4
4
56
38
6
Laser 188639 Malcolm
8
7
8
9
8
8
8
56
47
7
Laser 144182 Tezuka Naoyuki
9
12
7
18
6
7
6
65
47
7
Laser 4 Aaron Frankle
5
8
18
3
5
18
18
75
57
9
Laser 167294 Doug Morss
4
5
4
18
18
18
18
85
67
10
Laser 159563 Suphat R.
18
18
18
7
10
9
7
87
69
11
Laser