Optimist Asian Championship - Singapore on top
by Optimist Class Association on 7 Jul 2010
Hassen Vejdani from Iran - Optimist Asian Championship International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA)
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Optimist Asian Championship Pattaya, Thailand.
July 6
Today the fleet left the shore with expectations of good winds and exciting racing after the difficulties of yesterday. The first race started and was sailed in a good steady wind. The second also had a good wind for the first flight however the wind dropped for the second flight who finished fighting against the current again.
The wind then dropped to below the 6 knots wanted to start a race and also began to shift. The RC tried to start racing again but postponed when it was clear a fair race was being compromised. Eventually the first flight of race 5 got away fairly but on the downward leg there was a big shift towards the shore necessitating the moving of the finish line. The second flight was postponed until the course was relaid and started in wella good steady wind.
The Singapore team are going particularly well here with 5 sailors placed in the top ten. Elisa Yukie Yokoyama (SIN) leads from her team mate Kimberley Lim, both of whom have achieved remarkably consistent results in what are very challenging sailing conditions. Noppakap Poonpat, Thailand, who finished fourth overall and first girl at the IODA Worlds in Brazil in 2009 is currently fourth.
Five races have now been held and tomorrow the Championship will be running the Asian team racing with 15 nations participating.
Top 10
1 SIN 33 Elisa Yukie Yokoyama
2 SIN 22 Kimberley Lim
3 ESP 1161 Carlos Robles Lorente
4 SIN 44 Bryan Lee
5 SIN 55 Ryan Lo
6 AUS 677 Klaus Lorenz
7 SIN 88 Edward Lim
8 THA 112 Noppakao Poonpat
9 THA 116 Sarawut Petsiri
10 MAS 90 Muhamad Faizal Norizan
Full Results click here
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