The Third
SEA Property International
Phuket Multihull Championship
July 16 - 18 2010
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Thor - winner of the
2nd SEA Property Multihull Championship
Photo by Hans W. Wulff |
The third
SEA Property International Phuket Multihull Championship will take place July 16, 17 and 18 in the Chalong Bay area.
This increasingly popular event is expected to attract over 20 entries this year and is a perfect feeder event for
Six Senses Phuket Raceweek.
The event is sponsored by
SEA Property and organized and hosted by the
Ao Chalong Yacht Club and comprises 3 days of racing with 4 parties. Registration is on the Thursday evening with a briefing on the Friday at 9am at ACYC. This is followed by a program of five races to be held on the Friday (2), Saturday (2) and Sunday (1) with evening parties at the Yacht Club sponsored by
Sea Bees,
Corsair Marine and
Derani Yachts. Our logistics sponsors also include
Andaman Cabriolet,
Latitude 8 and our media partner
IMAGE Asia with
Elite Wine promising some special prizes.
One of the reasons for the popularity of this event is that in the absence of monohull boats, many sailors get the opportunity to experience exhilarating racing on multihull boats for the first time.
South East Asia is an area where multihulls work particularly well and we are delighted to have on board 3 of the multihull manufacturers from the region. Latitude 8 with the Fireflys and the Whitehavens, Corsair Marine represented by perhaps as many as 6 or 7 boats, and 2 new designs, the Andaman Cabriolet, built by Composite Catamarans, are expected to compete.
We anticipate the full fleet of Firefly 850 one design class (9 boats) and the Ocean Multihull Class is expected to exceed 12 boats. Crusing multihulls will be included in this year's event with primarily offwind courses. This unrated class will be given handicaps by the multihull designer and rating expert Mark Pescott.
Prize giving on the Sunday will be around 5pm giving everybody time to prepare for Monday.
There will be longtail access to the boats in the bay and dinghies may be stored at the club.
There will be a full breakfast menu at the club and a lunch pack will be available if ordered on time!
Please note that the starting times are as follows: Friday 11am, Saturday 12 noon, Sunday (1 race only) 12.30pm. These are dictated by tidal considerations.
Peter J D Dyer Director
SEA Property International
Entry Fees
Boat/Captain ticket: 2,500 Baht
Crew ticket: 1,000 Baht
Download the SEA Property International Phuket Multihull Challenge daily and overall race results from 2009 here.
Click here to see photos from the 2009 regatta.
