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boating.Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek 2017
Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek 2017
“One of the best yet”
Photos by Guy Nowell
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PHUKET, Thailand – Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek welcomed 41 boats and over 500 sailors and friends for its 14th edition which was held 19 – 23 July, 2017 and saw four days of excellent warm water racing off Phuket’s southeast coast.
“We had an excellent, high quality fleet of boats and sailors this year ranging from a Swan 55 competing for the first time and the TP52 Team Hollywood (ex Origin) through to sports boats, as well as a very competitive group of 40-footers who enjoyed some close racing throughout.
Headquartered at the exclusive 5-star Cape Panwa Hotel, the regatta put on an excellent onshore programme of activities over four nights, culminating in a last night Gala Dinner attended by sailors and yachting and government dignitaries, which was matched by a top quality racing programme managed by a World Sailing International Race Officer and an experienced team of on-water professionals.
We broke our own multihull record this year with 21 boats competing over four classes, including the newly introduced Multihull Cruising. This year definitely had one of the most competitive fleets ever at Raceweek,” said Byron Jones, Managing Director of the regatta’s owner and organiser, Media Business Services Co., Ltd.
Spread across seven classes, the 41-strong fleet included the largest ever number of multihulls at the event, 21, as well as regional yachting luminaries and a diverse mix of sailors from more than 25 countries, including many charter teams from Australia, Japan and around Asia, as well as an all Chinese team chartering at the event for the first time.
After three days of idyllic tropical sailing, it came down to a final day shoot-out to decide many of the podium places and while Ray Roberts’ Team Hollywood (AUS) dominated IRC I, it was a close tussle for second and third, which went to East Marine Emagine (AUS) and Loco (SIN) respectively.
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