**** spoken and then out to a local restaurant for chilli mud crab. Yeah; not bad.
Heat Four, Day Two. Another long beat in light air to the course area, Scott and Alice again, Jim second. Heat Five and Six in 8 to 10 knots same result for Scott and Alice. Heat seven the long run home in 12 knots another big win for the locals.
The end result was that Alice and Scott were too good, Debra and I managed a hard fought second, Jim third. The wind was light but reasonable and the water was good but tidal. We all had such good fun, that we want to go back for a world tittle next year. The plan is to sail from Changi to the Indonesian Island of Bantam about 10km. All our gear can go the ferry or on the club’s large rescue boats. The water is more open and less tidal there, the accommodation, food and drink cheaper. Bantam sailing would be out of a tropical resort.
We can get up to 14 Taipans in a container; a container from Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne goes for about $1500.00. Airfares return to Singapore from those cities about $900 adult economy. With AHPC help who will get a dozen new sloops over there, we can get sailors from Europe, the USA, Thailand and Australia to sail against the then twenty local boats.
Start thinking about going now; you will have to pack your boat up straight after the South Australian Nationals. It is going to happen, be part of it. The dates to remember February 14th to 21st 2004.
David Elliott
SING 253.
Posted by Rob Wilson.
For up to date information on this event keep an eye on the Taipan Catamaran Association of Australia website:
http://www.taipan.asn.auThe Changi sailing club has the largest fleet of Taipans of any club. They currently have 13 Taipan 4.9's and expect to have a dozen more by the end of the year making a total of um....ah....um....25 4.9's in one club!!
