19th & 20th November 2011 - Tara Court Varuna Cup
by Chris Dando

The Tara Court Varuna Cup was held over the weekend with some great and varied sailing conditions to challenge all competitors. On Saturday the wind started weel for the first race but dropped slightly as the day went on. 3 races were held for all the classes with some big gains and losses had by all in the shifty conditions. Saranya obviously enjoyed the challenge and nailed 3 wins in her Nacra Infusion F18 in the multihull class. The monohull results were more varied with 3 different winners and several different boats getting into the top 3. It was great to be joined by several keelboats from Ocean Marina. They did demonstarte some interesting tactics varying from delaying spinnaker drops so late that they had to tack back up to windward to get back the right side of the committee boat to finish, to showing how to tack a Platu 25 around a mark through 180 degrees still with the spinnaker up!

Sunday saw ideal Varuan conditions with a brisk Force 3 wind and, as usual, sunshine! The race officers showed no mercy by setting good length courses for all which challenged aching muscles. The dramas caused by the variable conditions the previous day were set aside with the racing being challenging but straight forward. Saranya hung in against a strong challenge by John to win the multihulls by one point. Chris managed to sail consistantly to win the monohulls from Marcel and then Neil, but the 'fast guard' is back in the form of Gareth and Kevin who showed how to really sail a Laser! The keeboats sailed a long distance race round several islands, and after two and a half hours, all managed to finish within 6 minutes of each other. The Ferret (Platu) just beating Gary in his T590 by one point overall.

The Optimist fleet was again boosted by sailors from Sattahip with 47 boats taking part. They sailed their own series on a separate course with some very close racing in a high scoring series. Overall Khun Chaninat Poolsirikot won, with Khun Jirawat Jadklay in second and Khun Kanaporn Pachtikapamya in third. The final positions only being decided with the last race.

A big thanks to Tara Court for sponsoring the weekend and to all competitors for making the effort to sail!



Multihull Results

No Sailno Name Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 F18 1473 Saranya 7.0 1 1 1 2 2 (4)
2 F18 1522 John Higham 8.0 2 3 (5) 1 1 1
3 F20 22 Alex Skaria 15.0 3 2 3 3 4 (5)
4 F18 1275 Stefaan 18.0 (dns) 6 2 4 3 3
5 Nacra16Sq 58 Jan Holldorff 23.0 4 5 4 5 5 (6)
6 Aclass 399 Jens Huhn 30.0 6 4 (9) 6 7 7
7 F18 2607 Nick Comrie Smith 43.0 5 8 6 (dns) dns dns
8 Nacra16Sq 222 Simon Hirst 44.0 9 9 (dns) 8 6 dns
9 F18 2663 Mark 44.0 7 10 8 7 (dns) dns
10 Nacra16Sq 143 Alberto 46.0 8 7 7 (dns) dns dns
11 F16 2016   50.0 (dnc) dnc dnc dnc dnc 2

Monohull Results

No Sailno Name Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Laser 186756 Chris Dando 14.0 3 1 3 2 (6) 5
2 Laser 197999 Marcel Dubbelman 16.0 (4) 4 2 4 3 3
3 Laser 159570 Neil Semple 21.0 5 3 1 6 (7) 6
4 Laser 200143 Marc 23.0 2 (7) 6 7 4 4
5 Laser 159202 Florent Herson 33.0 6 6 (9) 8 5 8
6 Laser 174471 Gareth Owen 39.0 (dns) dns dns 1 1 1
7 Laser 193933 Charlie 39.0 7 5 4 5 (dns) dns
8 Laser 150031 Ski 41.0 (dns) 8 8 10 8 7
9 Laser 2573 Kevin 43.0 (dnc) dnc dnc 3 2 2
10 Laser 158589 Hayakawa 44.0 1 2 5 (dns) dns dns
11 Laser 190937 Hans Luther 61.0 9 9 7 (dns) dns dns
12 Laser 164997 Hiro 64.0 8 10 10 (dns) dns dns
13 LaserRadial 197823   66.0 (dnf) dns dns 11 9 10
14 Laser 6578   69.0 (dnc) dnc dnc 12 10 11
15 Laser 2711   81.0 (dnc) dnc dnc dnc dnc 9
16 Laser 2152   81.0 (dnc) dnc dnc 9 dns dns
17 29er 1 Nappakao 90.0 (dns) dnf dns dns dns dns

Keelboat Results

No Sailno N Scores 1 2 3 4
1 Platu 124   8.0 3 1 2 2
2 Thompson T590   9.0 1 4 3 1
3 Platu 107   10.0 4 2 1 3
4 Siren 2199   14.0 2 3 4 5
5 Sansanook 48   21.0 5 dns dns 4

Optimist Results

No Sailno Name Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 222 Chaninat Poolsirikot 15.0 (4) 4 3 3 4 1
2 115 Jirawat Jadklay 18.0 (10) 2 1 10 1 4
3 104 Kanaporn Pachtikapamya 18.0 5 1 5 4 (8) 3
4 888 Jarapong Meeyusamson 21.0 6 5 (9) 1 2 7
5 118 Apiwat Sringam 24.0 2 (7) 6 7 7 2
6 333 Pongsapat Pumyam 29.0 1 3 2 8 15 (19)
7 9927 Kitipoom Kumjopn 41.0 9 (14) 4 6 13 9
8 9378 Taveewat Phonchamnan 44.0 3 (13) 13 9 11 8
9 117 Sujanya Sareerukchutarungsi 44.0 11 6 10 5 12 (20)
10 1000 Gunyaporn Bueangbon 48.0 (16) 12 16 2 5 13
11 15 Nopporn Boonchard 49.0 8 10 (bfd) 16 3 12
12 2243 Suthon Yampinit 53.0 (17) 8 7 11 16 11
13 119 Auckarapong Chanyim 53.0 (14) 9 8 12 14 10
14 1191 Voravong Rajrattanaruk 57.0 7 15 11 (19) 10 14
15 1014 Kamonchanok Klahan 67.0 15 19 12 15 6 (23)
16 114 Sutida Poonpat 70.0 18 16 17 14 (20) 5
17 2011 Hathaichanok Klahan 72.0 21 (22) 19 17 9 6
18 1744 Praewa Kangkla 74.0 12 11 14 20 (24) 17
19 63 Alex Frefel 86.0 20 17 (25) 13 21 15
20 69 Dylan Whitcraft 91.0 13 27 18 (31) 17 16
21 2010 Nattaphon Yuakkaw 108.0 28 21 (36) 23 18 18
22 416 Chanokchon Wangsuk 110.0 25 18 (27) 18 27 22
23 67 Miki Romanyk 115.0 19 26 24 21 (30) 25
24 1171 Suchakee Detthotsapol 115.0 22 20 (29) 29 23 21
25 1 Thitipong Punyatharo 122.0 23 23 22 22 32 (34)
26 5 Thatcha Chaisen 123.0 27 24 20 27 25 (28)
27 1822 Tanchanok Maroongruang 132.0 24 30 (34) 26 19 33
28 12 Kawin Klakhang 133.0 (30) 28 26 24 26 29
29 9945 Tanavitch Mahapornpaisarn 139.0 (dnc) 34 21 25 22 37
30 3501 Tara Coakley 148.0 26 39 31 28 (43) 24
31 13 Phakathorn Punyatharo 150.0 33 29 (35) 33 28 27
32 21 Supparak Naimruksa 155.0 32 36 23 30 34 (42)
33 8 Som-O Indira Panpiboon 158.0 34 25 (44) 32 37 30
34 5440 Peeratuch Mahapornpaisarn 159.0 36 32 15 38 38 (39)
35 122 PaliKa Poopat 159.0 31 31 37 34 (dns) 26
36 744 Kan Promnsuth 169.0 (41) 35 28 35 31 40
37 4 Pakorn Jit 172.0 (45) 43 32 37 29 31
38 17 (Taan) Poomboordin Waiyasin 177.0 35 33 (45) 41 36 32
39 88 Nattakron Kanjana-Aree 180.0 38 (45) 38 36 33 35
40 3193 Sitichati Phonpitugsiri 185.0 29 (41) 39 40 41 36
41 98 Satthawut Maprangwarn 187.0 40 37 33 (44) 39 38
42 111 Poom Poomraphi Taptim 192.0 37 40 (46) 39 35 41
43 2466 Nichaporn Panmuean 207.0 39 42 30 (dns) dns dnc
44 2221 Siriyat Yuakkaw 211.0 43 (46) 41 43 40 44
45 9579 Anunyar Kasom 211.0 42 (44) 42 42 42 43
46 16 Napat Yoseakda 216.0 (dnc) 38 40 45 dnf 45
47 3 Tachodom Kumkoti 226.0 44 47 43 46 (dns) 46