Two bullets for Jelik at 2007 Koh Samui Regatta

by Rob Kothe on 28 May 2007

Jelik - Frank Pong’s Reichel Pugh 76 Sail-World.com /AUS http://www.sail-world.com

A first up double, line honours and a handicap win for Frank Pong's 76 foot maxi Jelik on Day One, Race One in the 2007 Koh Samui Regatta, in the Gulf of Thaliand. Hot and humid with threatening thunderstorms, but light winds for the first race.

THe early morning breeze allowed PRO Tony Denham to choose the 26nm Course 5 for all classes.

At the combined IRC start a loud bang was heard when Keith Dunn’s LunchCutter II came in into contact with Dick Sander’s Thairaver. One sailor was hospitalised and the severe damage to LunchCutter II forced them to retire. A protest was lodged.

In the Grand Prix racing division, Jelik sailed away from the fleet beating Nick Burn's Mandrake across the line by 20 minutes and she beat Bill Bremmer's Sydney 40 Foxy Lady III by three and a half minutes on corrected time.

In the IRC Division, David Lindhal's Swan 42 La Samudra sailed above her waterline length and weight to record a 91 second win on corrected time from Chris Mead's Halcyon Daze with Ben Copley's Beneteau 40.7 Asia Spirit third.

For the first time at Koh Samui, there was a Firefly 850 Sports Catamaran Divison, the Raimon Land Firefly One Design Trophy. Henry Kaye's brightly coloured Mamba won line honours by just 38 seconds from David Hill's Voodoo Child, with class designer Mark Prescott on the helm, with Roger Kingdon's Motor Inzi third.

Henry Kaye’s Mamba - 2007 Koh Samui Regatta © Koh Samui Regatta/ Image Asia

The Firefly has been designed and built in Phuket.

In the mixed fleet Multihulls, Voodoo Child had a handicap advantage over the other Firefly's. She scored a win ahead of Radab Kanjanavanit's trimaran Cedar Swan with Moto Inzi third.

Yachts are moored along the front of the beach, and sailors joined this afternoon's drinks at the Regatta Beach Tavern followed by a party at Dhevatura Residence, Bophut Beach.

Four yachts Jelik, Hi Fi, Foxy Lady III, Mandrake, LunchCutter II and Ffree Fire 52 will be competing for the Koh Samui Regatta Trophy and the Asian Yachting Grand Prix Circuit Trophy.

Koh Samui Regatta is organised under the auspices of the Yacht Racing Association of Thailand (YRAT) and is recognised by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).

Koh Samui Regatta 2007
Progressive Series Results

Click on Race No or Class Name to see individual race details

IRC Racing

Sail No	Boat	Name	Country	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Total	Drop	Score	Place
HKG600	Jelik	Frank Pong	HKG	1							1	0	1	1
SIN 418	Foxy Lady III	Bill Bremner	AUS	2							2	0	2	2
HKG2166	Mandrake	Nick Burns	HKG	3							3	0	3	3
HKG2112	Hi Fi	Neil Pryde	HKG	4							4	0	4	4
GBR 703 R	Yasooda	Hans Rahmann	GER	5							5	0	5	5
HKG 2238	Ffree Fire 52	Russ Parker	HKG	7							7	0	7	6

IRC1

Sail No	Boat	Name	Country	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Total	Drop	Score	Place
	Halcyon Daze	Chris Meads									0	0	0	1
SIN2811	Happy Endings	Jonathan Mahony	SIN								0	0	0	2
	Asia Spirit	Ben Copley									0	0	0	3
SIN5625	Lunch Cutter II	Keith Dunn	SIN								0	0	0	4
7777	La Samudra	David Lindhal									0	0	0	5
MAS31	Panic	Jeff Davison	SIN								0	0	0	6
546	Breakaway	Pascal Leray									0	0	0	7
THA 5593	Magic Roundabout	David Bell									0	0	0	8

IRC2

Sail No	Boat	Name	Country	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Total	Drop	Score	Place
THA 2103	Thai Raver	Dick Sanders									0	0	0	1
HKG 282	Abraxus	Greg Coops									0	0	0	2
SIN 340	Aquavit IV	Helmut Schutte									0	0	0	3
64	Moon Shadow	Michael Grover									0	0	0	4
SWE001	Sweline One	Phil Harper									0	0	0	5

Raimon Land Firefly 850 Sports Catamaran

Sail No	Boat	Name	Country	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Total	Drop	Score	Place
FF 559	Mamba	Henry Kaye	THA	1							1	0	1	1
FF 777	Voodoo Child	David Hills	THA	2							2	0	2	2
FF 222	Moto Inzi	Roger Kingdon	THA	3							3	0	3	3
690	The Frog	Chris Jongerius	THA	4							4	0	4	4
FF 99	Pagatoon	Pierre Forsans	THA	5							5	0	5	5
F111	Pink Lady	Andrew Marshall	THA	6							6	0	6	6

Multihull

Sail No	Boat	Name	Country	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Total	Drop	Score	Place
FF 777	Voodoo Child	David Hills	THA	1							1	0	1	1
THA-94	Cedar Swan	Radab Kanjanavanit	THA	2							2	0	2	2
FF 222	Moto Inzi	Roger Kingdon	THA	3							3	0	3	3
FF 559	Mamba	Henry Kaye	THA	4							4	0	4	4
690	The Frog	Chris Jongerius	THA	5							5	0	5	5
FF 99	Pagatoon	Pierre Forsans	THA	6							6	0	6	6
F111	Pink Lady	Andrew Marshall	THA	7							7	0	7	7