Media The BMW Langkawi Regatta 2005 
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concerned with Multihull racing in the area are working towards having
an ever-increasing fleet of competitive racing cats. To that end Mark
Pescott is building a number of Firefly’s with an extensive use of
carbon fibre and a number of lightweight Whitehaven designs. Broken
Ribs and Voodoo Child will soon be launched in Phuket. Contact Mark for
information on
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. Adding
to the production in Thailand is the partnership between Frank Cusack
and I bringing about an increase in alloy performance cruising
come-charter-cats with performances much the same as Tim Mumby's Cyber
designs, Chameleon and Kilo. These newly designed 15.4 metre (50 foot 6
inch) alloy performance ocean cruising cats will be a collaboration
between Frank, myself and Des Dunstan a Australian Naval architect from
Perth. It will go into production in Thailand around September and will
be built out of a new alloy called Sealium. Sealium is a new version
alloy made in France and is 15% stronger in product and 50% stronger in
the weld areas with much better corrosion resistance. The new cats will
be named Silkline 510s. They will be
fast, robust and practical cats for those who want to sail, not motor,
when they cross oceans. Their light to medium wind performance will be
impressive. They will not be lacking in any way and will have all the
amenities and equipment aboard for a turn key getaway. Keep and eye out
for them. Contact Bob on
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. The interesting thing is Chameleon is the heaviest of the six Cyber
designs launched so far, while Tim’s cat Cyber is the lightest by far,
with the best sailing potential of them all. Cyber is on the market at
the moment now, located just north of Brisbane in the Caboulture River
near Monty’s Marine Park. You can email Tim at
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for more information. So,
BMW, take note: there are a bunch of new kids (cats) on the block in
numbers that will add colour and spice to any regatta. Multihulls
should get the recognition they deserve, not just the racing Monohulls,
consistently out numbered each year at the BMW Langkawi Regatta. Not a
good idea to have all your eggs in one basket – there is a much better
chance of them getting broken in a Monohull! For those
who cannot get their multis up here, there are a number of charters and
join-in individual crew spots available. Quite a few multis and monos
were chasing crew this year. Charro was one, and had to go out
short-handed. So look us up on www.bareboat-catamarans.com and on the crew available and crew needed lists on www.langkawiregatta.com pages. If you are in Oz and know Geoff Cruse, ask him what he thought. He, for one, is eager to come back next year. Entry
prices are still a low 150AUS$ with two party tickets included – not to
mention the marina berth, power and water that are provided
complimentary for 8 days. Special thanks go to “Zack
Zailani and Wicky Sundram”, the hard working Yacht Club management and
the regatta management team, along with the more than 200 volunteers
without whom it simply wouldn’t work. All did a great job under
stressful and challenging conditions. This is the first time Wicky and
Zack have run the show themselves. As us Aussies say, “Good On Yah
Mates” The next regatta scheduled on the west coast is Phuket Race Week to be held over 4 days the end of July. Please visit www.phuketraceweek.com
for details. Good sailing hands will also be required for that regatta
so please contact Grenville Fordam and Andy Dowden for info. Chameleon,
Kilo and Mozart (Chameleon’s sister ship) will be out there again along
with a number of Pescott cats including his soon to be launched
Firefly. We are also expecting to see the Schionnings Coco Blues down
from Samui... Competition will be close and tough between the vastly
different multis in the fleet. A number of cats will be available for
charter. They are listed on the Phuket Race Weeks website. Individual
are also welcome. So until the next regatta stable sailing! |
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