ABW Dec 2023-1

Marcos-era hideaway, two hours by car from
metropolitan Manila, that somehow got forgotten, but is
now undergoing a substantial programme of renovation
and resuscitation. It’ll be fab when it’s finished.
Racing out of Caylabne Marina is nothing if not relaxed.
With the start line a mere 0.5nm from the breakwater
entrance, there’s
time for breakfast
All regattas should be on the lawn at
Kites & Sails, a
like this! With a steady
cup of coffee, and
daytime breeze from a leisurely stroll to
030˚, most of the
the pontoon. All
regattas should
course legs were
be like this! With
fetches and reaches. a steady daytime
breeze from 030˚ ,
most of the course
legs were fetches and reaches. The spinnakers came out
to get boats down to Carabao, and down the other side
of Corregidor where tide-against-wind made for some very
feisty sailing for the IRC Racing class, while the Cruisers
and Multihulls contented themselves with the Caballo-
Carabao-Drum triangle and one visit to Monja.
Six boats contested the Racing class, with Ray Ordoveza’s
venerable Karakoa, an Andrews 53, giving away the years
as she displayed her pedigree off the line at top speed and
led the fleet from wire to wire in every race. “She’s a bit
of a freight train these days,” said Ordoveza, neglecting
to include the word ‘express’. George Hackett’s Mills 43,
Misty Mountain, and Jun Villanueva’s elegant Ice 52,
Belatrix, did their best to hang on to her coat tails, but it
was never going to be easy. It was close racing: after five
races, second to fifth places were separated by just one a
point each.
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The Cruising division fielded four boats, and looked rather
like an advert for Groupe Beneteau, with two Jeanneaus
and two Beneteaus to make it something of a derby match.