MMRC- 2010 Monsoon Cup Qualifer Round Robin 1 & 2 Results

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November 2009 till Now March 2010 - RMSIR , RLYC, Straits Regatta, ETF

dear blog, ppl

I apologize for not updating enough, especially year end and start of the year is always full of sailing events!

Frankly I was disheartened, for sailing result isn't up to the standard we set. so this is going to be short.

I left out some posts, They are

The Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta 2009 -November
It was just before the Monsoon Cup qualifier,the regatta just got tougher this year, the sea was pretty rough this time around and the wind was blowing up to 30 knots, had a good regatta competing against kukukerchu the eventual class winner, EOW skandia and Happy Endings.


The Royal Langkawi International Regatta 2010 - January
Not much entries this year, but nevertheless a great regatta where on Mata Hari we didn't sailed with our regular crew, We had new crews and also shifted some of the regular crew around, it brought in some enthusiasm to our Team but it wasn't enough to win our class, our new crew includes Elena Tan , Tom(Rizal) , Bulat (Izzad), Syed. They did a fantastic job despite sailing first time on the boat.

The Singapore Strait Regatta - January
This was my first Singapore Strait Regatta, and it was held in Batam island, Indonesia.
Was invited by Yazid and Jun to join them on Rip Jaw, a beneteau first 42.7. I definitely had a great time there, had my first cigar, and plenty of white wines. The crew are a good bunch to sail with.
Manage to also gained some carbon fibre knowledge from Jeremy. And despite the freak accident I had there. I was really glad, I took time off work to join them.


Everything that Floats (ETF) - March
This is one of the fun regattas that my club Royal Selangor Yacht Club throws every year to invites new sailor into the club. This time I brought some friends ! I had Lindsay, Ronan, Sheila , Tien ,Dansyee with me. Now I am warmed up before heading to Platu Open tomorrow with Rolf ,David , Ai li and Yew!

Sean

Sunday 14th Cruiser Race !

Sunday 14th , was looking really over crowded when there was a total of 12 crews available for Mat Hari, we managed to trim it to 10 but on Sunday we ended with only 7 .

It was then I had a feeling we are going to have a very good workout today with Vincent on the helm, Gwen, Nurul Ain and her sister Ngah on the Trim, Yew on the Main, Wai li on the pit and me me taking care of the foredeck.

It was Nurul's First time on Mata Hari, therefore Yew moved to main to give a her bigger learning space as we gear up towards Raja Muda Selangor international Regatta.

Race 1, Current was strong at about 2-3 knots from the west, Wind coming from north west. The start of race 1 was rather straight forward as we only 3 tack to reach the first mark. After Mark 1 we were on tight reach with the spin, I made a mistake of changing the down haul too early, and as the wind swung to the front we needed to hoist the front sail back. I scrambles to put it back on and that most probably cost us the bullet as we finisht joint second with Martin while the U20 took the bullet.

Race 2, we were really slow off the starting line as the wind begins to die off, still we were first off the line, and as the race progress the wind picks up to about 7-8 knots. We lead from the start and caught every possible shifts we could. It was a race without much or any mistakes and we went home with a bullet on hand.


To sum up the day we went berbuka puasa with nurul at port village restaurants and had a really heavy dinner.

Our Current Confirm Crew List for RMIR now includes Nurul Ain and Wai li,

Sean

I had the wind behind my back..3 months of updates

I know I have not been writing for the past months, I have been in a somewhat an overdrive, where I have been committed to sailing , work , family (mostly to uncles and aunties if you're reading this, Reese ) and also my social life. But this blog is about sailing, So this what I have been doing ,

Heritage Bay Cup (June 2009)
I was thrilled when I was invited by Mira to become a casual coach for the heritage Bay Cup, personally I am not a very good coach, communication isn't really my forte, so there is something to be learned in this trip to Pulau Duyong. And yes I learned heaps in dealing with new sailors from Dave Mills, not only that, I went back to the basic of sailing and strengthens it.

I also caught up with Nurul Ain, 2008 Malaysian Match Racing Winner! Managed to put some interest in her to join us, Mata Hari for Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta this coming November 2009 and from I last heard she is very likely to join us as our Trimmer.

Phuket Race Week 2009 (July)

This time I sailed with Niels on Pheonix, and then we have Pik Choo, Martin, Alex, Pierre and also Ai li on board, we came in third overall in our class. The highlight of this trip was my performance on foredeck which was good as I avoided all major screw ups, kept the skipper worried free of the foredeck and also my stay on Cateleya a 40ish footer cruising catamaran. It was fun staying on a boat, but it can get really boring for I am basically stuck there as it is anchored out in the sea. But nevertheless I had really good fun racing! Thanks to Niels and Pik Choo for the invites!!

Matahari 's Delivery 2009

Kinda ashamed to say, that this is my first delivery for Mata Hari having sailed on her for the past 4-5 years. So I got to do this, and luckily for me this delivery turns out to be a cruising trip.
It was fun and it was really tiring as we got in on a Monday morning and I went straight to work!

We started out with Vincent, Mat Nor and me, Our first stop is Penang, where we picked up Gweyn and Mel, then we continue through the stars and storm. Next Stop Pangkor, we arrived in the afternoon, stayed a night, big dinner and start sailing again the next day to Port Klang, not much wind, kinda slowed us down, but rewarded us instead with a beautiful sunset.

In between then and now, I was in a few club races, some highlights are we manage to have Sing hoe back sailing with us on platu, and we are leading the current platu series with Vincent taking helm. And on the last platu race on Sunday 23rd August 2009, it was really fun with us reclaiming the series leads after taking 2 bullets.

I am looking in to updating this blog more frequently now, with more details into our platu races.
and also more updates on our team development for the Malaysian Match Racing qualifier , we are proud to announce we have just confirm our participation after missing out last year.

Royal Langkawi International Regatta 2009

It has been weeks, since the Langkawi Regatta was over. It was a good regatta, everyone enjoyed themselves and was happy. But racing is all about result.

We came in forth overall, it was the worst result we had in recent years, wind speed was averaging from 17 to 20 knots, with the highest wind speed at 30knots. It was what we had hope for over the years only for the tide to be turned, the crew did not gel as soon as we hope for , and we fail to get to the start line on-time half of the series.

As the Series proceed, we manage to gain more consistency , start on the line, and ahead of lower handicaps boat. We re- gained our competitive edge , although our result did not improve much but we were getting much better corrected times and manage to break in to the top 3 twice.

Baby Tonga 99 Degrees E capitalized on the wind speed, managing 4 bullets, but they were hampered by a torn front sail and had to retire from 2 races . Thus, handing the series title to Skandia.com Endeavour of Whitby.



Full Race Results @ http://www.langkawiregatta.com/

Premier Cruising

Sail No	Boat	Name									Total	Drop	Score	Place
MAS 88	Skandia.com Endeavour of Whitby	Stuart Williamson (MAS)									14	4	10	1
MAS99	Baby Tonga 99 Degrees E	Antony Hastings (MAS)									25	7	18	2
JPN 777	Phoenix	Neils Degenkolw (DEN)									21	3	18	3
MAL2000	Mata Hari	Vincent Chan (MAS)									30	5	25	4
28000	Aquavit V	Helmut Schutte (GER)									40	6	34	5
SIN340	Rapscallion	Jeff Harris (MAS)									40	6	34	6

Sean