Dinghy racing – final results
by Event Media on 29 Nov 2009
Lasers and Tasars are off. Day One. Duncan Worthington
The second day of dinghy racing saw light winds at the start, which filled in later on. Each class completed three races today as planned, to make a series of six races per class with one discard.
In the early years of the Phuket King's Cup Regatta, the fleet was made up of keel boats, Lasers, dinghies, windsurfers and more. Since, the fleet has become a big boat fleet. This year is the first in many that the Regatta saw dinghy fleets return to the water.
A total of 19 dinghies made the start line: 4 Topaz, 7 Tasars, 8 Lasers. Junior sailors ranged from 10 to 18 year olds and the Topazes were crewed by Thai Orphans from Sunshine Orphanage in Phuket.
In the Laser class, Anusorn Loywat continued his winning ways today with three more bullets, finishing the series unbeaten. After only a fifth place in the first race, Thanakij Intarakanchit found his rhythm with four second places to take second overall in the series. Third place winner was Nut Butmarasri.
Jonas Johansson & Tanawat Sarawaree outperformed the others in the Topaz fleet winning the last five races of the series in a remarkable turnaround after scoring only a third place in the first race yesterday, and taking first place overall. Second place was won by Philip Johansson & Adunwit Suppapon. The only all female Topaz crew, Sukanya Saimarn & Chonticha Chaklang, performed admirably with a series of second and third places to finish in third overall.
The Tasar fleet was dominated by Phil Lawson & Thanasorn Chookate on G-String, with three firsts and three seconds to take first overall. Second place was won by Andrew de Bruin & Donna Stephens on Slipstream with three first places, a second place and two third places. Third place in the Tasar series was won by the all Thai crew Tamasa & Ploypan.
The dinghy racing was organised by Phuket Yacht Club, in co-operation with the Phuket King's Cup Regatta. Principal Race Officer was Mark Pryke, assisted by Bryan Willis.
For full series results, go to http://www.kingscup.com/showFile.cfm?fid=1099.
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