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| Guy Nowell who took this labels it "moveable stack" |
Today was a day for the big Swans. A fine, fresh breeze of 18 knots, gusting 20 took us round an Islands course for the last day of Racing in King's Cup '11.
The results: clean sweep for the Swans:
Titania of Cowes (Swan 68), first;
Chao Ren (Swan 82), second;
Silandra V (Swan 76), third and we in
Xena fourth, both over the line and corrected time.
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The TongZena Cup, Phuket 2011.
Current holder: Baby Tonga |
Now, attentive readers will recall that when I left you last night, in my last post, we were sitting in Third position overall in the regatta, but with one point separating us and
Chao Ren, we had to beat them today to keep the podium position. We sailed well, had a fabulous day's champagne sailing, but couldn't quite catch them, our consolation prize being to beat our "arch enemies"
Baby Tonga, who finished the Regatta in second overall. Our congratulations to our friends on
Tonga, for a finely sailed Regatta. They don't take the King's Cup this year, but they do take back the "
TongZena" (sic) Cup, which they presented to us in Samui this last June, and which we'll be presenting to them at tonight's party.
Well, them's the breaks and we'll be back to give it another shot in 2012. See you then!
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| Party night! Kata Beach Resort turns it on, last nite. |
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| Sequined babe |
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| After party at Club 44, Katie (Tonga), Neil Pryde (Hi Fi), Jing (Xena) |
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| Two sailing legends: Pete Sorenson (Tonga), Neil Pryde (Hi Fi) |
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Uh-oh.... Katie and Jing, and... Russ (Free Fire TP52). Rockin' on at
3:15 am... |
Results below the fold...
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| Results, Day 5, Race 7 |
Ahhhh. Oh well. We know we sailed well. Had a great week too. Thanks..... see you later.
ReplyDeleteBen ("TC")
Gutted!
ReplyDeleteStevo
No worries. Next year!
ReplyDeleteShit yeah. Still gutted...
ReplyDeleteS
Peter, sitting in Thai Lounge contemplating the splendid week. Many thanks indeed to you and Jing for hosting and tolerating me as part of Xena's dream team. Great company and steep learning curve for this rookie. Please let me know of any costs?
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reciprocating some day, somehow, and at least having you over to the dark side for supper.
Best Richard
Hi Peter,
ReplyDeleteI followed the blog daily and your writing was superb. Looks like it was conditions for the big Swans to have in their favor.
Am sure you all had a great time together and the crew work must have been well oiled....
Please keep in touch,
cheers
Rick
Thanks Rick, yes we did enjoy it, despite being just pipped for podium place. Last day with 18+ knot islands course, we just couldn't catch the 82' Chao Ren. Way more competitive than last year. In any case, yes we did have fun, and sailed the boat well. Now we're going to have a crew e-mail daisy chain to work out what new go-fast things we can do for next year!...
ReplyDeleteXena now on her way back to Hong Kong. We're not going to do the Boracay, as there's no Premier Class.
Drop by if you have time.
Cheers
peter
Dear Peter and Jing,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for having me aboard Xena last week. I had such a fantastic week, being back at work is very tedious.
It was a real privilege to race with you all on beautiful Xena. It is a shame that the results did not reflect our sailing, however I have learnt so much in the last week, especially by watching the likes of G, Bicky, Steveo, and the others, that I have still come away with a real feeling of achievement, and hope that I can put some of this new found knowledge into practice. Added to which you couldn't find a nicer group of people on a boat if you tried. If you ever need crew or help with the boat please do let me know. I will send some photos in due course, I have a few classic shots of the pool parties.
May Rasmus be with us next year - especially round the top marks!
Thanks again and Merry Christmas to you both,
Pip