Second Malaysian Nat Squib Championship 3 .4 and 5 th June
Regatta Day 1 In the end out of 12 entered boats only 9 came to the line the
two who finished first and second in last years event Luke Robins in Haiku 1
and Jason Moriaty /John Kara in Mandarin were unable to compete ,Luke
because of family commitments and John due an accident when he slipped
jumping off Mandarin earlier in the week . Harro Koopmans of Peach 2 had
contracted covint
It was really no surprise that our elite invited crews although they had never
sailed Squibs before came through in difficult sailing conditions and at the end
of day 1 Muhamad Uzair Amin/Ahmad Hakimi from Malaysian SSL in Alice no
447 were first overall having won both races , second was Caberet 7 no sailed
by Khairulneeta M Afendi /Muhammed Syafizzy with a third and a second
tied on points with Tom Rizal Mahadi / Ahmad Faizal in Wombat no 509
First PSC boat in fourth position is David Long/Rainer Kloberg sailing Kittiwich
no376
Racing started in a super wind of 12 knots from the south west but offset by a
very strong flooding tide . Race Officer Simon James set a sausage course for
both races , the starting line a perfect line to the mark due to the tide could
realistically be crossed on port , the majority of the fleet kept to the north
shore out of the tide before crossing the river to the mark on the other side
Normally PSC have little problem with the drifting fishing net but on this
occasion it was different , the first caught on a marina pile was blocking all by
a few feet of the marina entrance and in the absence of any fishermen was cut
, the second drifting on the tide entangled its self on the windward mark
Simon sent our mark laying boat to help and Chadran held the net , some got
round un affected others who got to close were caught up the net , the sight of
Ratatosch AKA The Squirrel trying to replace their rudder was great spectator
sport
In the end all got round and came back to the leeward market on what was
more of a broad reach than a run , the 3 visiting boats were leading the way ,
the course a 2 round one sent the boats back up to the windward market
Wombat with Tom at the helm led of the line but were overtaken on the first
beat by Alice and they held on to finish first followed by Wombat and Cabaret
7 y was third , first PSC boat was Kittiwitch with a 4 th and a 6 th , The fleet
enjoyed great racing all the way down with many place changes
The second race on the same course but with windward mark further along the
shore , the start with boats much closer the line was from the committee
boat ….interesting …..all got away safely , some chose with less tide to tack out
but the leaders followed the same course up the north shore leader for the
first road and up to the windward mark was Cabaret 7 but she was
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