Today was another beautiful one in Pattaya. We had a long distance race around the islands that lie off of Varuna Yacht Club, which ended up being shortened due to light winds early in the race. After a short upwind, we had a spin reach to a mark off of Varuna Yacht Club, then a long spin run to the lighthouse off of Pattaya Town. Then it was around Ko Lan, the big island off of the club.

This part of the race was a lot of fun, as we found better breeze near the shore, and the top group of F18s and F16s was trading tacks right up to the beach. After getting around the backside of the island, it was another long spin run, around Ko Kruk, and back to the lighthouse before an upwind finish.

On NED 5, we were third F18 across the line. Greg Goodall was first, followed by John Moret. The F20s won on handicap, followed by a pack of Vipers. Our only issue today was when the shackle on the rotator failed, we solved that by using the tail of the main halyard, but tacking the rotator was very annoying! Overall another great day of sailing. Tomorrow is an off day, hoping for some kiting breeze, and a look at the Nacra 17, which should be arriving in the next day or two.