It does not get much better than this...

06:02:2010 Today the course wound its way through some secluded islands and pristine limestone karsts before ending up at the Sheraton Resort in Krabi. One of the best vantage points was up the rigging of Shane Granger's 80 foot Norwegian galeass Vega. The 6 to 8 knot Northerly breeze was enough for the yachts to get going and apart from some light patches in the lee of the islands all yachts managed to complete the entire course. Photographic opportunities appeared around every corner. Some highlights included the Russian models on Karim Khamzin's Photo Cat and Patti Serry's 50m Indonesian phinisi Silolona and when the 120 year old,Vega came together under full sail. Savour a few images on this Race Report and look forward to the Photo Gallery after the regatta.

In the Racing Class Ben Copley's Katsu had a change of fortune and was able to take out the daily double of line and handicap honours. Mike Downard's Switchblade sailing under Team Turkey corrected out in second place, less than a minute behind Katsu but two first places has them holding onto the overall lead. Third place for John Vause's Ruby Tuesday keeps them inline for a podium place.

Cruising A saw Niels Degenkolw's Phoenix make it three wins in a row and go to the top of the class. Once again Hugh Thompson's Fidgi took second place and Jon Button/Phil Kendall's Simba is in third place. Amazingly the top three boats have finished all races in the same order.

Bill Crump's Fistral made it three wins in a row and as other boats have juggled the order, they have built a insurmountable lead in the Cruising B class. Graham Tuckey's Optoloi did one better than yesterday to slot into second place. Kevan Perrins Rusalka features back in the results with third place.

Three wins in a row for Hans Rahmann's Voodoo makes them the undisputed champions of the Firefly 850 class. Roger Kingdon's Moto Inzi stepped up to the challenge and take second place but falls well short of the leader. Third place for Chris Jongerius The Frog lifts them to be tied on points with Moto Inzi and the final race tomorrow will be the deciding factor for the podium spots.

First place for Mark Pescott's Sumersalt elevates them to Overall leader in the Multihull Racing class. Second place for Dave Wales The Sting slips the smallest multihull competing down a rung to second overall. Grenville Fordham's Da Vinci Nina makes a return to the top three places but will need a miracle to topple the leaders with one race to go. Fergus Wilmer/Henry Kaye's Thor once again galloped away with line honours but the light weather is hampering their ability to convert this to a handicap win..

Once again Bill Phelps Maharani got the better of Hermann Schwarz's Vienna Cat in the two boat Multihull Cruising class and will finish up in the same order.

Tomorrow is the final day, Race Day 4, sponsored by Silolona and Diva Andaman. The fleet will set sail from Krabi and head back to Ao Chalong in what should be a magnificent and fast downhill run under spinnaker. The final prize giving presentation and party will be at Kan Eang 2 were the Overall prizes will be presented by The Regatta committee and the Ao Chalong Yacht Club.

More info and results can be found at: http://www.bay-regatta.com/

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