Penang Intl Regatta 3-5March 06

[thye]

Good Food, Great Fun (Guaranteed)! Come support Leong Soon and make this event a great success.  

Classes:
1.Open Dinghy
2.Optimist
3.Intl 420
4.Laser
5.WINDSURFING(formula)
6.RSX
(Limited no. of dinghies for charter)

Cash prizes of up to RM30,000 to be won.
Entry Fee RM75.00.
Register by 15 February by Fax 04-8903271 or Email to regatta@penangswimclub.com

Contact Fred 019-5447106 or Yeap 012-4080568 for more detail.

How to get there.
Overnight coach for about S$42.00, leave at 8pm and arrive at 7am. (Sin/Butterworth or Penang)

Equipment transfer.
By Rail - Handling and custom about S$75 for a whole load of things. Need two and half days to get to Butterworth Station.

Wish one and all prosperity in the Year of the Dog, and safe sailing.

[Meng]

Some are interested in making the trip.
Good to see other than usual faces in taking part.

Hope to see more making the trip.

Wind has been 10-18 kts everyday since last week. (12 Feb onwards)

Info from Penang Datuk Mafia.

[IJ]

Meng

Any results/report?

[Meng]

quote:Originally posted by IJ:
Meng

Any results/report?

IJ,

as usual, the Penang was 'guaranteed' to be a great competition cum holiday.

wind blew from 12 to 20+ kts. much ideal for Formula racing.

Marathon race was held on Friday. Wind was already picking up at 11 kts >. Course was a long upwind leg along the coast and then downwind back before shooting straight out towards M'sia mainland and before turning back again to finish.
Leong Soon aka Penang Mafia was neck and neck with Bo, 2005 Formula SEA Games Champion. Bo had a hard time shaking off Leong Soon through out the race.
Koo, Levi and Meng were in a group roughing out far (1 leg) behind for elusive 3rd placing.
Eventually, Bo and Leong Soon went to the wrong mark and that gave an opportunity for the lagging group to share the spoils.
in the end, Levi did a brillant tack and got 1st, Koo 2nd and Meng 3rd. Bo and Leong Soon finished 4th and 5th respectively, missing out the prize $. Total time taken = 50 mins.

the formula course racing commenced on Saturday and Sunday and was dominated by the Bo and Koo. 3rd prize was a tough tussle between Levi and Leong Soon.
3 huge races were run in 16-20> kts. Everyone was overpowered and tired enough to cancel the 4th race.
Sunday started in 10-14kts, Leong Soon's bad luck continued, he missed the start of the 1st race and encountered outhaul problem throughout, thus handed the 3rd prize to Levi.

The newbies from S'pore that joined us for the 1st time, also had a good time in Penang.

Marathon
Levi
Koo
Meng
Bo
Leong soon

Formula
Bo
Koo
Levi
Meng
Thye
Kenny

already looking forward to 2007 Penang Regatta.

Happy Sailing

[Meng]

finally some pics from Penang.
happy viewing

 Click here to view Penang shots