Royal Langkawi International Regatta 2014 Day 2

As the brisk North Easterly was holding up, PRO Simon James made the decision for the entire fleet to venture out and race on the offshore courses. Hurried repairs were conducted overnight on damaged sails and everyone returned to fight another day. The IRC Classes completed one windward/leeward race, then joined the cruising classes on a passage race around the cans, set to the East of Langkawi. The choppy sea and long reaching legs gave the big boats an opportunity to stretch their legs and produced a mixed bag of results. As the IRC Racing Class results came in, the first surprise was that Ishak Jab on the Malaysian Armed Forces DK 47 Utarid claimed Race 4 handicap honours by 35 seconds and Frank Pong’s Custom 75 Jelik took out the daily double in Race 5. Both of them eclipsing the Ahern/Wilmer & Bailey’s TP 52 Oi! that scored three wins yesterday, was reduced to two 2nd places today but still holds onto the overall lead. Although Mohamad Razali Mansor’s Malaysian Armed Forces DK 47 Uranus had to settle on third and fourth places, they are still in second overall but their Navy counterparts on Utarid are rapidly closing in on them.
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