On the fourth and final day of the Bay Regatta, the Coca Cola Haad Thip Race, PRO Simon James continued the regatta’s two-start format as all the multihulls crossed the start line together followed by all the monohulls. Today’s race saw the participants start off of Krabi’s Railay Beach between the committee boat and Koh Yaman, then pass Koh Dam Hok and Koh Dam Kwan to starboard before hitting the gate at Hin Mu Sang Noi. The racing class & racing multis made it through the gat and finished at the Cape Panwa finish line, but the wind died before the other boats could get there, so their finishing times was taken from the gate.

After all the boats crossed the finish, they headed back to either their berths at Phuket’s marinas or Ao Chalong , where they celebrated the final prize giving and dinner at Kan Eang 2 restaurant, overlooking Chalong Bay.

The Racing Class came down to the final race and even then the top two boats finished tied on points but as Craig Nicholls Aquarii won the last race over former two-time regatta winner Alexey Mashkin’sMegazip, it took home the crown. John Hearne’s Pi Jui Express with seven-year-old Tanya Zhang came in third overall just three points behind the top two boats while John Kara’s Insanity came fourth finishing last in every race.

In Cruising A, Paul Merry's Night Train rode three first-place finishes to victory while Steve McConaghy’s Jing Jing came in second, trailing by three points in the final tally. Garry Smith’s Resolution of Whitby was third followed by Brendon Roscoe’s Lola and Jack Christensen’s Linda.

Cruising B results saw Sergei Kataev’s Turtle (Farrgo Express) take three first-place finishes to edge out the Thai team on Tessana Mahasamuth’s followed by Oleg Samolov’s Winds of Change and Steve Joos’ Sengawa, who did not start on the final day.

The Bareboat Class saw Venture, skippered by Anna Afonia, and Kinnon, helmed by Evgenii Nikiforov, each win two races Venture took the class winning the last race (Venture was scolded soundly by PRO Simon James for trying to use a symmetrical spinnaker pole in the Assymetric limited class…….), AllSail Angela helmed by Russell Waddy came third in every race.

The Racing Multihull class Dan Fidock’s Fugazi 3 beat out Mark Thornborrow’s Bonza (Fugazi 1) and John Newnham’s Twin Sharks for top spot as Bonza and Twin Sharks also tied on points, but Bonza earned the higher place for finishing higher in h final race. followed by Alan Cawardine’s Phantom 5, George Eddings’ Blue Nose, Glywn Rowlands’ Twister 2 and Dirk Weiblen’s No Fear, who after winning the class on the first day suffered a DNF & two DNSs due to the boat’ s fragile frame.

The Cruising Multis class saw Andrew de Bruin’s Multihull Solutions Neel 51 beat out Mark Horwood’s Charro each win two races but as the Neel 51 won the last race it took top honours in this class.

Simon James did a tremendous job as PRO setting the courses, manning the starts and keeping things in order. Kae Wattana and her Regattas Asia team made sure everyone was happy on shore, providing plenty of good food and drink and good entertainment.

A big shot out to Simon’s team on the water—Susie, Chandran, Neil & Eddie—who as always, made sure all the starts and finishes were correctly posted and recorded. And thank you very much to the Passport Resort & Yacht Club for providing the regatta’s committee boat.

Special thanks to Scott Murray from SEA Yachting for reports and Photography. The full phortos are currently published on the SEA Yachting facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pg/SEAYachting/photos/ and a edited set of fully downloadable images will be available on www.bayregatta.com by mid Week.