2007 IODA Asian Optimist Championships, Singapore - Day 5
by Shu Fen, Singapore Sailing 13 Jul 2007 14:42 BST
7-15 July 2007
Racing on day five of the IODA Asian Optimist Championships © SingaporeSailing
Racing is back underway on day five of the 2007 IODA Asian Championship with the 83-strong fleet racing in light winds and flat waters.
At this stage of the Championship, one wrong tack, one misread windshift and the sailor’s position would plummet tremendously. Shifty winds caused race leaders today more often than not finding themselves in mid fleet or worse.
Three races were held and almost all picked up very erratic results in those races.
Rachel Lee (SIN) currently leads the open division, tying points with Luke Tan (SIN) in second position at 44 points. Russell Kan (SIN) suffered a bout of bad luck as he picked up a black-flag disqualification in race nine. He is now in third place with Navee Thamsoontom (THA) trailing five points behind. Daniella Ng (SIN), the second placed girl, is currently at sixth position with 88 points.
Tomorrow sees the last day of racing with the final race scheduled to start at 10.30am.
Participating countries; Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Qatar, Thailand and Singapore.
Results after Day 5: (top ten)
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Nat | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | Pts |
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| 1 | SIN 2 | Rachel Lee Qing | SIN | 1 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 44 |
| 2 | SIN 8 | Luke Tan Yi Hao | SIN | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 44 |
| 3 | SIN 5 | Russell Kan Tsung Liang | SIN | 2 | 11 | 1 | 25 | DSQ | 3 | 4 | 3 | BFD | 7 | 2 | 58 |
| 4 | THA 4 | Navee Thamsoontorn | THA | 5 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 14 | 1 | 63 |
| 5 | MAS 41 | Koh Boon Quan | MAS | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 | BFD | 2 | 19 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 20 | 83 |
| 6 | SIN 7 | Daniella Ng Hui Min | SIN | 16 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 88 |
| 7 | SIN 1 | Darren Choy Wong Loong | SIN | 30 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 35 | 29 | 116 |
| 8 | SIN 383 | Amanda Tang Yun Yink | SIN | 6 | BFD | 12 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 33 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 126 |
| 9 | MAS 42 | Anjasmara Bin Sujono | MAS | 19 | 53 | 21 | 36 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 134 |
| 10 | THA 2 | Noppakao Poonpat | THA | 25 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 134 |