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Phantom V captures Multihull Solutions Regatta title
Phantom V captures Multihull Solutions Regatta title
SAILING: The Stealth catamaran Phantom V with its boat builders Alan Carwardine and Roger Diggleman on board, as well as owner Andrew Hurford, won the Racing Multihull Division of the 2019 Multihull Solutions Regatta. Its four first-place finishes, while never finishing lower than third, helped Phantom V clinch the title, highlighting three days of great racing.
Multihull Solutions Regatta: Strong winds and tight racing highlight Day 2
Multihull Solutions Regatta: Strong winds and tight racing highlight Day 2
SAILING: Whitecaps and winds gusting to the mid-teens greeted sailors as they lined up for day two of the 2019 Multihull Solutions Regatta on Sunday (July 14).
Strong winds greet sailors on first day of MSR
Strong winds greet sailors on first day of MSR
SAILING: Day one of the twelfth annual Multihull Solutions Regatta was delayed for an hour due to strong shifting winds gusting to 31 knots yesterday (July 13).
PropertyGuru Thailand Property Awards continues long CSR history with Right To Play and the Mini Heart Project
PropertyGuru Thailand Property Awards continues long CSR history with Right To Play and the Mini Heart Project
BANGKOK: PropertyGuru Thailand Property Awards, the long-running and most prestigious real estate awards programme in the kingdom, is proud to announce that Right To Play is the Official Charity Partner 2019 for the awards programme’s 14th annual edition.
German hip hop group EINSHOCH6 to perform at language competition in Phuket
German hip hop group EINSHOCH6 to perform at language competition in Phuket
Joining this year’s National German Language Olympiad is the Munich-based music group EINSHOCH6. With more than 20 tours around the world under their belt, they are key ambassadors of the German language, providing easy and exciting access to interact with the language.
Samui Regatta: Records set on final day
Samui Regatta: Records set on final day
SAILING: Coming into the final day just 0.5 points separated the top two in IRC Zero with THA72 having the edge over Team Hollywood (AUS). One mistake, one bad call could decide the regatta. Looking through the scoresheet, the story for the entire class is one of close racing: all six entries have made it onto the podium during the regatta; four have won at least one race; and in Race 5 Jelik (HKG) and THA72 actually tied on corrected time. It doesn’t get much closer than that!
Samui Regatta: Getting close at the top after Day 4
Samui Regatta: Getting close at the top after Day 4
SAMUI: The Premier and Cruising classes got to stretch their legs yesterday (May 31), racing along the southeast coastline to Lamai Beach and back, while IRC Zero and IRC 1 added windward/leewards to their race card bringing their series totals up to seven and six races respectively, with just one day to go.
Preparations for Multihull Solutions Regatta 2019 underway
Preparations for Multihull Solutions Regatta 2019 underway
Preparations for the 2019 Multihull Solutions Regatta are already well underway. Organised and operated by Phuket Yacht Club in the environs of Chalong Bay the MHSR has become the largest Multihull only event in Asia.
JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa’s Cucina Italian Kitchen scoops up Thailand Tatler Best Restaurants 2019 award
JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa’s Cucina Italian Kitchen scoops up Thailand Tatler Best Restaurants 2019 award
The award-winning Phuket beach resort JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa is pleased to announce that Cucina Italian Kitchen recently received the gastronomic award in the annual Thailand Tatler’s Best Restaurants 2019.
Samui Regatta: Action galore on Day 3
Samui Regatta: Action galore on Day 3
SAMUI: Back racing! After a brief delay with the AP raised onshore, at 09:05 it was lowered and the sailors headed out to the startline where breeze awaited on the Nora Buri & Nora Beach Race Day. Looking to get as many races on the scorecard as possible and make up for yesterday’s wind no-show, Ross Chisholm and team got three races in for all classes and there was plenty of action across the fleet.
Samui Regatta: No racing on Day 2 as sailors regroup onshore
Samui Regatta: No racing on Day 2 as sailors regroup onshore
SAILING: The best laid plans… The breeze was on early this morning as the race management left the beach. The plan: head straight out off Chaweng Beach and lay a startline. Leaving the “shelter” of the bay, the wind died off the further they went out. A few nautical miles off shore and everyone joined in the waiting game.
Samui Regatta: Stellar fleet line-up on Day 1
Samui Regatta: Stellar fleet line-up on Day 1
SAILING: Racing in the Samui Regatta, a highlight event on the regional regatta circuit that attracts a high calibre fleet of boats and sailors from around Asia to enjoy some top racing off the tropical island, followed by nightly prize-givings on the beach, got underway today (May 27). “Regattas don't get much better than this” was the consensus at last night's official opening of the 18th Samui Regatta, which was presided over by Surat Thani Governor Vijvut Tjinto and island dignitaries. Early off the beach this morning, Race Officer Ross Chisholm and his team headed north of Chaweng and set today's startline off the northern coastline. IRC racers were given two Windward/Leewards while the Premier divisions and IRC Cruising class were sent on a longer course taking in the scenery, outlying islands and gin-clear waters for which Samui is justifiably famous. Making their intentions clear from the off were 2015 regatta winners WindSikher (SIN), who claimed the first bullet in IRC Zero. Owner Sarab Singh and his crew have raced Samui Regatta many times before and put their knowledge to good use in Race 1, correcting out two minutes ahead of defending champions THA72 with Zannekin (HKG) third. With the wind splitting the fleet so dramatically in Race 1, the course was re-laid for the second race and after two laps less than 20 seconds separated the top two. Ray Roberts' Team Hollywood (AUS) edged out THA 72 to take the win. Freefire (HKG) jumped up into third with Jelik snatching fourth, just fifteen seconds ahead of WindSikher on corrected time. Two second places for THA72 today see them top of the standings as they hunt down their fourth consecutive win – a feat unmatched over the past 18 years. In IRC 1, last year's class winner and 2017/18 AsianYachting Grand Prix winner, Mandrake III (HKG), got their regatta off to the best of starts with a double daily double – line honours and win on corrected time in both of today's races. The former Ichi Ban, Fujin (AUS), placed second in both races while Morton Jakobsen/Niel Semple's Over Here (THA) placed third in the first race but was edged out by another former Ichi Ban, Tenacious (AUS), in the second race. The Premier class are being scored in two divisions: IRC for the monohulls only and NHC for the monohull-multihull combined fleet which includes the 60-foot trimaran, Scallywag FUKU Bld 60 (HKG). In the IRC Premier Monohull Division, Bella Uno (MAS) scored a comfortable win over Moonblue 2 (HKG) in second, while Thai entry, Lawana, didn't finish the race. Scoring under NHC, Scallywag Fuku Bld 60 split Bella Uno and Moonblue 2 to place second overall. It's a three-way battle in IRC Cruising and the early bragging rights go to SailQuest Hi Jinks (USA) who scored the daily double in today's single race. Samui-based MoonShadow2 (THA) placed second ahead of Andre Den Braven's Graffiti (THA) in third. Full results are available at http://www.samuiregatta.com/on-the-water/results2019 Racing continues off Chaweng Beach, Samui, tomorrow (May 28)
Laguna Phuket’s Greening Community plants 2,500 trees in one day
Laguna Phuket’s Greening Community plants 2,500 trees in one day
On May 23, Laguna Phuket marked the 13th year of its Greening Community initiative by planting 2,500 mangrove saplings at Baan Thasak Village in Pa Khlok, a sub-district in the Thalang area of Phuket.
Samui Regatta welcomes Synergy Samui Resort as new home
Samui Regatta welcomes Synergy Samui Resort as new home
SAMUI: Asia’s favourite “Tropical Island Regatta” is set to return to Samui Island’s shores from 25 May to 1 June on Chaweng Beach and this year will be at a new venue, Synergy Samui Resort. Known for its high calibre of racing and tropical-chic parties, Samui Regatta is popular with sailors from around Austral-Asia and organisers expect to welcome competitors of more than 20 nationalities in what is also the season-ending event in the 2018/19 AsianYachting Grand Prix.
Nattawat sets the pace with a 62 at the Singha Laguna Phuket Open
Nattawat sets the pace with a 62 at the Singha Laguna Phuket Open
GOLF: Thailand’s Nattawat Suvajanakorn recorded a stunning eight-under-par 62 to seize the first-round lead at the Singha Laguna Phuket Open yesterday (May 16).
Reef-World completes first ever Green Fins “Train the Trainer” pilot
Reef-World completes first ever Green Fins “Train the Trainer” pilot
The Reef-World Foundation – the international coordinators of Green Fins – has completed the successful pilot of its Green Fins “Train the Trainer” programme; the first of its kind in the world in the 11 years Green Fins has been adopted as a management approach by participating governments.
Varanyu to defend his title at Singha Laguna Phuket Open 2019
Varanyu to defend his title at Singha Laguna Phuket Open 2019
PHUKET: Award-winning Laguna Golf Phuket golf course will host the third edition of All Thailand Golf Tour’s “Singha Laguna Phuket Open” – a professional golf competition organised by Sports Management Group (SMG) with Singha Corporation as founding sponsor and Asia’s premier destination resort, Laguna Phuket, a title sponsor.
Singha Laguna Phuket Open 2019 boosted with official world golf ranking
Singha Laguna Phuket Open 2019 boosted with official world golf ranking
PHUKET: Award-wining Laguna Golf Phuket golf course will host the third edition of All Thailand Golf Tour’s “Singha Laguna Phuket Open” – a professional golf competition organised by Sports Management Group (SMG) with Singha Corporation as founding sponsor and Asia’s premier destination resort, Laguna Phuket, a title sponsor.
Creativity rewarded at The 3rd Marriott Junior Chefs Cooking Battle 2019
Creativity rewarded at The 3rd Marriott Junior Chefs Cooking Battle 2019
PHUKET: JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa in collaboration with seven Marriott hotels & resorts hosted ‘The 3rd Marriott Junior Chefs Cooking Battle 2019’ for their interns and talented chefs to showcase its culinary skill at the cook-off event as part of the Marriott International’s Journey Week, the initiative event held on April 26 at Marriott Café.
Singha Laguna Phuket Open set to celebrate third edition on the ADT in May
Singha Laguna Phuket Open set to celebrate third edition on the ADT in May
PHUKET: The Singha Laguna Phuket Open will return to the Asian Development Tour (ADT) schedule for its third consecutive edition from May 16 to 19 next month.