Royal Langkawi International Regatta 2006 Results

by www.asianyachting.com on 17 Feb 2006 Despite the light prevailing winds throughout the week the scheduled race program was successfully completed. The racing turned into a battle of wits and generally the leaders in each class managed to finish before the wind faded to hold onto their advantage. Full results are listed.

Racing Class
Although Ray Roberts Ulumulu - Quantum Racing Team had technically won the class with a day to spare they went out full of confidence to cap of a good four days racing.

The Royal Malaysian Navy's Zuhrah skippered by Malik Sulaiman have been steadily improving their crew work and boat speed throughout the series to achieve the inevitable and win the final race on handicap. High fives all around. Thomas Blixt's V60 Ericsson took line honours although there boat is better suited to heavier winds and had to settle on third place on the day and overall on the podium.

Ray and his team are off to sunny Spain courtesy of BMW. The combination of Troy Yaw's Ulumulu team from Sarawak with Ray Roberts successful Aussie Quantum Racing Team not only produced the goods but has helped some Malaysian sailors to experience what top flight racing is all about in their own country.

Premier Cruising
David Lindahl's Swan 40 La Samudra won every race in a two horse battle. Although Keith Garry's Beaux Esprits came in second there were times when not much separated the two despite the placing's ending up the same each race.

Sportsboat
Despite Mohd Masyuri Rahmat's KDP II finishing with a second place today, the Royal Malaysian Navy entrant had done enough in earlier races to secure overall victory by two points. Matthew Rickard's Sail in Asia UK Team finished first today to take a well earned second spot overall on the podium. After a slow start Japan's Kenichi Takahashi on Motomet placed third which broke the earlier tie and had to settle on third place overall.

IRC
Kevin Gillow's Minx helmed by his daughter Mia completed a five race rout of the opposition to finish up with a clean sheet. Stuart Crow's Cinders earlier string of second places earns him second place on the podium despite a fourth place today. The Selangor Youth Team on Gapurna Mas Ayu II have consistently scored third to take third overall and have learned allot from this experience to take back home and pass onto other intending sailors.

Multihull
Roger Kingdon's spectacular performance on Moto Inzi continues by taking out both the Performance Handicap Class and the Ocean Multihull Rating system.

Henry Kaye's trimaran The Sting came to the fore today by earning a first place in performance and second in OMR to lift him into third place overall. Kazuo Kobayashi's chartered Chameleon may have finished up third today but has scored consistently to take second overall under both handicap systems and came within a bulls roar of beating Moto Inzi overall but lost out in a count back to break a tie. Larry Pollock's Running Cloud has been in and around the top places all week to finish up with third place in the OMR class.

Club Cruising
Grenville Fordham's second line and handicap win on Image Asia Jemini Jo has sealed victory for them and will take home to Phuket the Commodore's Challenge Cup. Philip Giles on Nom de Plume was never far behind to miss out by one point and take second place overall. After a good start E A Y Heuvel's big Swan 58 Bolero suffered in the lighter conditions to end in third on the podium.

Ocean Rover
Kevin Perrins Rusalka added another win to their earlier two wins to secure the title in fine style. Des Kearn's Harlander 45 Isobar Lee Marine has consistently scored second place to end up in second place on the podium. Despite scoring a fifth today Eric Kading's Fat Cat win in race two keeps them in third overall.

Royal Langkawi International Regatta

Final Series Results
Feb 16 2006 3:2 PM

Racing

Boat Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total Drop Score Place

Ulumulu - Quantum Racing Troy Yaw/Ray Roberts AUS 1 1 1 1 3 2 9 3 6 1

Zuhrah Malik Sulaiman MAS 4 3 2 3 2 1 15 4 11 2

Ericsson (V060) Thomas Blixt SWE 2 4 3 4 1 3 17 4 13 3

Mahligai John & Francoise Thornton GBR 3 2 4 2 4 4 19 4 15 4


Premier

Boat Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Total Drop Score Place

La Samudra David Lindahl GBR 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 4 1

Beaux Esprits Keith Garry GBR 2 2 2 2 2 10 2 8 2


Sports Boats

Boat Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Total Drop Score Place

KDP II Mohd Masyuri Rahmat MAS 1 1 3 1 2 8 3 5 1

Sail in Asia (UK Team) Matthew Rickard MAS 3 2 1 3 1 10 3 7 2

Motor Net Kenichi Takahashi JPN 2 3 2 2 3 12 3 9 3

KDP 1 L.T. Chin s/o In MAS 4 4 5 4 4 21 5 16 4

KSA Youth Team Kharul Nizam MAS 5 5 4 5 5 24 5 19 5


IRC 1

Boat Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Total Drop Score Place

Minx Mia Gillow AUS 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 4 1

Cinders Stewart Crow GBR 2 2 2 3 4 13 4 9 2

Gapurna Mas Ayu II Looi Sing Hoe MAS 3 3 3 2 3 14 3 11 3

Juita Abdul Aziz Kadir MAS 4 4 4 4 2 18 4 14 4


Multihull Racing

Boat Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Total Drop Score Place

Moto Inzi Roger Kingdon GBR 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 1

Chameleon Kazuo Kobayashi JPN 2 3 2 3 10 3 7 2

Running Cloud Larry Pollock USA 3 2 3 5.0 13 5 8 3

The Sting Henry Kaye GBR 5 5 4 2 16 5 11 4

Xcatriot Bob Brindley AUS 4 4 5 4 17 5 12 5

No Fixed Address Bidi Halim MAS 6 6 6 6 24 6 18 6

Sedna Noel Belman MAS 8 7 8 7 30 8 22 7

Lighten Up Bill Eby CAN 8 8 8 8 32 8 24 8

Ocean Performance Multihull
Boat Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Total Drop Score Place

Moto Inzi Roger Kingdon GBR 1 6 3 2 12 6 6 1

Chameleon Kazuo Kobayashi JPN 2 5 1 3 11 5 6 2

The Sting Henry Kaye GBR 4 4 2 1 11 4 7 3

Running Cloud Larry Pollock USA 3 1 4 6 14 6 8 4

Xcatriot Bob Brindley AUS 5 2 5 5 17 5 12 5

No Fixed Address Bidi Halim MAS 6 3 6 4 19 6 13 6

Sedna Noel Belman MAS 8 7 8 7 30 8 22 7

Lighten Up Bill Eby CAN 8 8 8 8 32 8 24 8


Club Cruising
Boat Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Total Drop Score Place

Image Asia Jemini Jo Grenville Fordham THA 2 2 1 1 6 2 4 1

Nom de Plume Philip Giles AUS 3 1 2 2 8 3 5 2

Bolero E A Y Heuvel NED 1 3 3 4 11 4 7 3

Sofa So Good John Ramsden SIN 4 4 4 5 17 5 12 4

Haffiman Morten Ringvold NOR 5 5 5 3 18 5 13 5


Ocean Rover
Boat Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Total Drop Score Place

Rusalka Kevan Perrins GBR 1 3 1 1 6 3 3 1

Isobar Lee Marine Des Kearns AUS 2 2 2 2 8 2 6 2

Fat Cat Eric Kading USA 3 1 3 5 12 5 7 3

Sunshine Forever Jelle De Vries NED 5 4 5 3 17 5 12 4

My Toy Henning Lenz AUS 4 5 5 5 19 5 14 5