16th Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta - 2005
AY Race Report 2

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Pangkor to Penang Island Race
The fleet got away in a light North Westly sea breeze despite the early morning rain storm. The racers were keen to get on with it after a enjoyable race one. Close hauled reaching became the order of the afternoon which saw some yachts attempting to use asymmetrical spinnakers to no avail. After a pleasant few hours of reaching the evening rain storm hit the leading big boats this time and produced extremely light windward conditions slowing them down for over an hour before the evening land breeze kicked in to the finish.

IRC Racing
Frank Pong's Boracay took line honours but dropped down the order after tangling with a fishing net and wearing the brunt of the light conditions. Neil Pryde's Hi-Fi Team managed to scrape through to take handicap honours by a mere minute and a half from Jonathan Mahony's smaller Mumm 30 Happy Endings with the Burns/Kinmonth Mandrake ending up a further 3 minutes behind them.

IRC Premier Cruising - Limbongan Batu Maung Cup
Peter Cremers defending champion Warwick 55 Shahtoosh added another win to his tally although the chasing pack are closing in. Andrew Findlay's Impiana traded places with Aussie Geoffrey Hill's Lyons 49 Struth this time around to even up the placing scores.

IRC Cruising 3
David Lindahl's La Samudra stepped up to the mark to record a handicap win over Graham Lind's Sumatra this time. Keith Garry's Beaux Esprits ended up third despite taking line honours for the cruisers.

IRC Cruising 3a
The separation of class three sees David Lindahl's La Samudra 1st, Keith Garry's Beaux Esprits 2nd and Heinz Heyer's BMW-Continental Tyres Super Duper lifting to 3rd place.

IRC Cruising 3b
Graham Lind's Sumatra good performance scores them a 1st with race 1 winner Fatimi Afendi's Janji keeping in the hunt with a 2nd place. Neil Ankcorn's Mat Salleh recovered from the first race accident with a 3rd place to rejoin the frey.

Classic
The Royal Malaysian Navy's Mohd Hanif skippering Marikh has won both races to date with a handy margin using sail power all the way. France's Adolphe Mouille on Sterwan finished 2nd and the other RMN contessa Musytari skippered by Isnornazim Bin Ishak pulled up in 3rd place.

Racing now switches to a series of day races tomorrow in Penang harbour before continuing up to Langkawi on Thursday. The newly completed Tanjong City Marina staff greeted the boats on arrival and will comfortably berthed all competitors for the duration.

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