Sailing in SE Asia

[Usual Suspect]

I'm currently living in Saigon. Does anyone have any contacts for racing in Vietnam in particular or SE Asia in general? I know there's a regatta in Vung Tau this month, but I don't personally have any contacts there yet.

Help is appreciated!

 

[Steveromagnino]

For vietnam not sure. Great windsurfing and kiting though.

Airasia etc means the rest of se asia is very close.

Pattaya/omyc has racing 2nd weekend every month; keelboats, sportsboats; multis at omyc. Royal varuna is a member club with cats; lasers racing most weekends.

Good kiting and windsurfing both pattaya and hua hin sides.

Singapore has keelboats, irc, sb3s, j24s racing many weekends.

Hk has a big fleet as I understand it with keelers, j24s, j80s, sportsboats, etchells racing regularly.

Great regattas in thailand include top of the gulf; samui; phuket raceweek all coming up soon. Kings cup is fun in a big boat (maybe) in dec.

All depends what u want to sail; good weather for sailing is nov - sep in thailand. Oct is usually raining but even so last year was good.

 

[Usual Suspect]

For vietnam not sure. Great windsurfing and kiting though.

Airasia etc means the rest of se asia is very close.

Pattaya/omyc has racing 2nd weekend every month; keelboats, sportsboats; multis at omyc. Royal varuna is a member club with cats; lasers racing most weekends.

Good kiting and windsurfing both pattaya and hua hin sides.

Singapore has keelboats, irc, sb3s, j24s racing many weekends.

Hk has a big fleet as I understand it with keelers, j24s, j80s, sportsboats, etchells racing regularly.

Great regattas in thailand include top of the gulf; samui; phuket raceweek all coming up soon. Kings cup is fun in a big boat (maybe) in dec.

All depends what u want to sail; good weather for sailing is nov - sep in thailand. Oct is usually raining but even so last year was good.

Do you have any contact info? I've done bow on big boats, F40s and some small boat sailing. I just wanna get into here in Asia.

 

[Steveromagnino]

PM coming.

 

[Usual Suspect]

Looking for it. thanks!

 

[Ferret]

Others will fill in the inevitable gaps and correct errors but here goes off the top of my hungover head...

January

Langkawi Regatta

Singapore Straits Regatta

February

Neptune Regatta (Indonesia)

Phang Nah Bay Regatta

Manila/Subic to Boracay

Boracay Cup

March

?

April (incl. Easter)

S. China Sea Race / HK to San Fernando

May

Top of the Gulf (Pattaya)

June

Koh Samui Regatta

July

Phuket Race Week

August?

September?

October

HK to Vietnam Race

November

Raja Muda (Malaysia)

December

King's Cup

I know I've missed a few (especially HK stuff) and once my office stops spinning I might remember a couple more.

The question isn't whether or not there's stuff going on, the question is how much leave have you get

See you on the circuit!

 

[Tunnel Rat]

Hmmmm!

Vung Tau! Some blurry memories from 15yrs ago when it was just opening up! Fun days.

You can get a lot of info on events around SE Asia from here:

http://asianyachting.com/ (but it doesn't seem to be woring at the moment)

From a Hong Kong point of view the calendar from the Royal Hong Kong YC is here:

http://www.rhkyc.org.hk/article.aspx?a=600&c=136

Also there is sailing through the summer in HK at Hebe Haven YC.

http://www.hhyc.org.hk/page.php?page=page4_1.php

It all depends on what sort of events you want to do - weekend series or week long regattas or off shore races. There seems to be a general shortage of crew all over the area, the problem is that no one is keen on taking a completely unknown face on an offshore. So it's a case of getting yourself known and then getting on the events you want to do.

Good luck.

 

[Lotion]

I'm currently living in Saigon. Does anyone have any contacts for racing in Vietnam in particular or SE Asia in general? I know there's a regatta in Tau this month, but I don't personally have any contacts there yet.

Help is appreciated!

Hi,

Not a lot of choice in Saigon: however there's dinghy sailing in Mui Ne: http://mantasailing.org/ the contact information for Julia Shaw is on the site.

The regatta in Vung Tau information is here: http://www.hightideracing.com/Event_20110402_VTCup.aspx

Best bet for racing is Thailand:

Top Of The Gulf Regatta in May: http://www.topofthegulfregatta.com/

Phuket Multihull Championship: http://www.acyc-phuket.com/

Evason Race week in July http://www.phuketraceweek.com/

Kings Cup regatta in December: http://www.kingscup.com/

Easy to get to, welcome crew and are fun events.

L