It's been a long time since we've posted anything so here is little attempt to start catching up on all our activities. We managed to sail up to Phuket, Thailand in time for the King's Cup regatta...good thing as several of our good friends from Fremantle met us there for the racing and parties. Above is the photos of all of us with our team shirts.
Here is part of the team in action...pre-start maneuvers.
Our tactition, Max, listening for race instructions.
We didn't cover ourselves in glory, the competition wasquite keen and Basanti sailed with all our cruising gear on board, but we were happy to get a couple of trophies and not go home empty handed.
These long-tails provided a taxi service for the racers to get out to the boats and back to shore.
In the mornings it was mayhem on the beach while all the crews found each other, got their lunches and drinks and ice, then took dinghies or longtails out to boats.
The race week parties are fairly legendary...here we are on our way to one of them. Each night there was a huge bash at a resort...all you could possibly eat, plus free beer, wine and soft drinks.
Pam and Kay supported us at the parties and kept the local shops busy during the days.
One last shot of us discussing tactics... Big thank you to Max, Belly and Robbie for coming up and doing a fantastic job racing a pretty heavy cruising boat with Phil and Chris.
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