15th Royal Langkawi International Regatta

15th Royal Langkawi International Regatta - Day 5

by Panos Marinopoulos on 15 Jan 2017

15th Royal Langkawi International Regatta - Day 5 Andy Leong Photography Studio

Day 5 of the 15th Royal Langkawi International Regatta greeted the sailors again with very calm weather conditions. The Race Committee went out at 8 am searching for wind. By 10.30am the wind had picked up enough for the Principle Race Officer Simon James to quickly set up a course.

The final race series for this regatta saw the fleet flagged off at 11.00 am with four - five knots of wind. Unfortunately towards the end of the race the wind died again and after all boats had crossed the finishing line they were sent back home to celebrate another successful regatta in the new premises of the RLYC, Fisherman's Wharf.

'We had more races than we thought at the beginning of the week. So, the sailors are happy and that is the important thing' said Simon James. 'The facilities in the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club are fantastic, we can sail out of the marina which makes the logistics very easy. And we had a really great management team'.

In the four racing days of the 2017 regatta the Racing, IRC1, IRC2 and Sportsboats Classes competed in seven races. The Multihulls raced six times, the Club Cruisers five times and the Ocean Rovers and White Sails had four races.

THA 72's first time at the RLIR was rewarded with the Prime Minister's Challenge Trophy for the Racing Class winning every single race during this regatta. Emagine came in second and Black Bazza, another newcomer to the RLIR took third place.

Mata Hari racing this year in the IRC1 class came first taking the LADA-IRC Challenge Trophy over Insanity and PhPlus.

The IRC-2 Challenge Trophy was claimed by Phoenix. Old Pulteney Blue Angel settled for second place ahead of Sailescapes Fargo Ladies.

The teams in the Sportsboats class took turns for line honours throughout the week but the RSYC Team finally won the Langkawi Sports Trophy for this class.

Tantrum Too outclassed Fetz Ma and Mojo, winning all six races in the Multihull class taking home the Malaysian Multihull Challenge Cup.

The RLYC Commodore's Challenge Cup went to VG Offshore winning three of five races in the Club Cruisers class. Freedom 12 took the Ocean Rover title and Invictus Reward made a clean sweep of the White Sail Class.

Tayfun Koksal, the General Manager of the RLYC said: 'The day we had no race turned out to be a great day for all the sailors to meet old and make new friends at Charlie's. I am also very pleased that we had a final race on the last day despite the mediocre wind conditions. It was my first regatta at the RLYC and I am very happy to see one of the newcomers winning all races in the Racing Class. We hope that in 2018 we get more participants and many more newcomers. Also, I will promise that this year's closing party will be one of the best ever and I am sure all regatta participants and guests will have a great time.'

RLIR 2017 is grateful for the continued support of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia and Tourism Malaysia, Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia and the Langkawi Development Authority (LADA), as well as its commercial sponsors such as Volvo Car Malaysia Sdn Bhd, ECK Development Sdn Bhd, ETIKA Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Permanis Sandilands Sdn Bhd) and supporters.

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Full Results:

Racing Class

Place	Sail No	Boat	Name	Country	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Points	Score
1	THA72	THA72	Don Whitcraft	THA	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	6
2	USA7700	Emagine	Scott Bradley	AUS	1	3	2	4	4	2	2	18	14
3	HKG 2296	Black Bazza	Steve Manning	HKG	5	2	3	2	3	3	4	22	17
4	AUS52	Oi!	Peter Ahern/Rolf Heemskerk	AUS	3	4	5	3	2	4	3	24	19
5	MAS4702	Uranus	Mohd. Masyuri B. Rahmat	MAS	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	33	28

IRC1 Class

Place	Sail No	Boat	Name	Country	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Points	Score
1	MAL 2000	Mata Hari KL Registry	Vincent Chan	MAS	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	6
2	28000	Insanity	John Kara	MAS	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	14	12
3	BVI 33	PhPlus	Faugeres	MAS	3	3	DNF	3	3	3	3	22	18

IRC2 Class

Place	Sail No	Boat	Name	Country	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Points	Score
1	JPN777	Phoenix	Niels Degenkolw	DEN	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	6
2	MAS 328-GBR9572	Old Pulteney Blue Angel	Jeremy Camps	MAS	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	15	12
3	PYC 6801	Sailescapes Fargo Ladies	Liz Schoch	PNG	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	20	17
4	AUS36	Awatea	Garret Rodrigues	GBR	RET	4	4	4	4	4	DNS	30	25

Multihull Class

Place	Sail No	Boat	Name	Country	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Points	Score
1	SIN 270	Tantrum Too	Robert Van Paridon	SIN	2	1	1	1	1	1	7	5
2	AUT600	Fetz Ma	Gerhard Pils	AUT	1	2	2	2	2	3	12	9
3	5050	Mojo	Rick Fielding	AUS	3	3	3	3	3	2	17	14

Sportsboats Class

Place	Sail No	Boat	Name	Country	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Points	Score
1	RSYC3	RSYC Team	Rizal Mahadi Sazili	MAS	3	2	1	4	1	6	1	18	12
2	MAS2501	Malaysian Armed Force Team 1	Mohd. Masyuri Rahmat	MAS	4	1	2	1	4	4	5	21	16
3	THA257	Pine-Pacific	Ithanai Yingsiri	THA	1	3	6	7	2	2	2	23	16
4	MAS2209	SMU	Koh Ling Ying	SIN	2	4	4	5	3	7	4	29	22
5	MAS0612	University Malaysia Terengganu	Ku Anas Ku Zamil	MAS	5	6	3	3	5	3	3	28	22
6	MAS7777	SIPUT	Sahril Abdul Razak	MAS	6	5	5	2	7	5	6	36	29
7	MAS0103	Burapha University Sailing Team	Puvich Chanyim	THA	7	7	7	6	6	1	7	41	34