Koh Samui, Thailand. June 5, 2009 – With the wind building consistently as the Sawadee.com Regatta has progressed throughout the week, Race Director Simon James made a decision to introduce something unique for this regatta – a full around the island race. The crews would compete in this contest knowing that to win it would give them a place in the regatta’s history books.
The slower boats in the Premier and Multihull classes took the option of starting early, with the bulk of the fleet getting away at the scheduled 1000hrs …