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| Moya Hin approaches top mark, Pete J at helm, yours truly, Forse, on Main, Kevin on Jib/brace, La on checkstay, Paul on the keyboard. Photo from regatta site. |
I'm down at Sanwa cove in Phuket for Phuket Race week, an "off-season" regatta in the SW monsoon; hence based around the SE corner of the Island.
With Peter Jones, wife La and their crew on Moya Hin, a Bashford + Howison 41. Lovely boat and crew, good winds in the 10-20 knot range with no holes. Met Pete Jones through sailing mate Rob, of the Vlad-Moscow trip...Pete ("Sorro") Sorenson and Gordie Ketelbey walked away with first, notching up 8 bullets, basically unbeatable. They're racing in their new purchase, the old Ichiban, ex-owned by Matt Allen, a Beneteau 44.7 raced successfully for years around this area, now renamed "Fü Jin", (風神) or wind god, in Japanese, keeping that Japanese vibe ("ichi ban" = "number one").
"Moya Hin", meantime, means "Rock Doctor" (or "Dr Rock", which is maybe cooler....), in Lao, as Peter Jones is a geologist, exploring for minerals in Laos.
The next top four after Fü Jin, had some close racing, sometimes just seconds of time in it. We were the big improvers up to the second-last day, in contention for a podium finish overall, but a touch of the wobblies on the last two fresh-breeze races led us to drop down a place, one point off fourth.
Enjoyed by all, with thanks to Pete J and team.
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| Moya Hin approaches bottom mark, Day 2. |
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| Fü Jin and Moya Hin, Day 3 |
