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20 Oct 2016 |
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  Mirabaud Images, VOR, more...
 | | Free Fire and the Dragon's Back. Rolex China Sea Race 2016. © Guy Nowell / RHKYC |
We are deeply saddened to report the death of His Majesty King Bhumiphol Adulyadej of Thailand. HM was not only the Father of the Nation, but also in his younger days a skilled and enthusiastic sailor - hence the Phuket King's Cup that was founded in honour of his 60th birthday, in 1987. The King took a detailed interest in this event; every year, and by request, reports and photographs from each day's racing were forwarded to the Palace, where His Majesty paid great attention to the progress of the event. No doubt this year's Phuket King's Cup will be a slightly less than usually exuberant affair, in proper keeping with Thailand's national mourning, but we are still looking forward to what many consider to be Asia's Blue Riband event. That, we are quite sure, is how His Majesty would have wanted it.
The Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image is a yearly photographic contest and exhibition. It seeks to recognise “the very best yacht racing image taken during the year, and that which best represents the essence and excitement of yacht racing as a sport.”
Well, it's Mirabaud Yacht Racing Photograph of the Year time again, and we are delighted to report that three Sail-World photographers – including myself (Guy Nowell) and Richard Gladwell (Editor of Sail-World New Zealand), have ‘made the cut' into the last 80. Please go and take a look at the images (http://www.yachtracingimage.com/gallery/contest-2016/) and cast your vote! There are two prizes to be won; the Judges' Award, and the Public Award for the image that gets the most votes from the public, so share this around and recognise the hard work (and occasional soaking!) of the yachting photographers who put great images on your screens and in your magazines all through the year.
The Volvo Ocean Race people are doing some very smart marketing at the moment, by firing out 10 press releases over 10 days. Some of them are real game-changers, and we have put all the latest releases into this newsletter. Female and mixed crew regulations, onboard reporting revamped, scoring bonuses to discourage the whole fleet from running around like a flock of sheep and more. VOR have also announced the building of another VO65, the eighth, for the next race. Although they are not making announcements about entries yet, it's a good bet that they wouldn't be spending that kind of money for no good reason.
And speaking of Volvo - next weekend is the RHKYC's Volvo China Coast Regatta, possibly the most hard-nosed of all the Asian inshore events. Right now, Typhoon Haima is headed this way on a highly inconvenient schedule. Assuming that the storm doesn't blow off the regatta entirely, it's sure to send some heavy weather to Hong Kong, and that'll make for some great images! Now, where's my camera?
Standing by on 72.
Guy Nowell, Sail-World Asia
HM King Bhumipol Adulyadej of Thailand - Designer, Builder, Sailor
Duncan Worthingtom, MarineScene.Asia, 
His Majesty was a hugely talented craftsman, building many boats in his time – 25, to be precise, all dinghies. His first was “Rajptain” an Enterprise Class dinghy. In 1965 in his first ever sailing race, His Majesty, with HSH Prince Bhisadej Rajani as crew, competed against 35 other boats in a race from Pattaya to Koh Larn... [more]
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