ABW March 2024
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The organizing authority of this event is the Philippine<br />
Sailing Association with the full support of its eversupportive<br />
sponsor, Standard Insurance. This is also<br />
supported by the SBMA, SBMA Tourism, Subic Bay<br />
Yacht Club, Watercraft Venture, Philippine Coast guard and<br />
Philippine Coast guard Auxiliary 101st. Philippine Coast<br />
guard Auxiliary has provided 4 RHIB as mark layers and jury<br />
boat while Standard Insurance has provided another RHIB<br />
for the race committee boat (MAGALI).<br />
After the 2019 Sea games, this is supposed to be the first<br />
international event for this keelboat class but unfortunately,<br />
the foreign entry backed out few weeks, before the regatta<br />
due to an acceptable reason.<br />
Nevertheless, the local sailors never affected with their<br />
eagerness to compete among each other with 8 teams<br />
battling it out for 2 days of racing aiming 8 races to be<br />
completed with 2 worst races allowed to be excluded from<br />
the overall individual score.<br />
The participants: Standard Insurance PSA 1, Ridgely<br />
Balladares, Standard Insurance PSA 2, Emerson Villena,<br />
Standard Insurance PSA 3, Alaiza Mae Belmonte, Standard<br />
Insurance Global City M1 Seymour Saldavia, Bela Trix, Maria<br />
Vidoeira, Subic Sailing, Jun Avecilla, Watercraft Venture,<br />
Ricky Sandoval, Taal Lake Yacht Club, Ashley Best.<br />
The skippers briefing took place at the SBYC Boathouse at<br />
0800H. The PSA’s god father, Mr. Ernesto T. Echauz himself<br />
welcomed the participants and gave a heads up to the<br />
sailors regarding the prevailing weather forecast during the<br />
day. Protest committee chairman, Tom Sheppard also gave<br />
an enlightenment to the sailors regarding the rules that<br />
has to be strictly followed which laid by World Sailing while<br />
racing, with him, are George Hackett and Karl Panahon<br />
as member. While Race Officer, Rye Lee Caasi cautioning<br />
those who commit a mistake at the starting line. Yours truly<br />
as well, pointing out few informative boat-handling job to<br />
be done, so that the possible damage of the boat will be<br />
As the sailors rushed down<br />
towards the race course at<br />
Subic bay, we were greeted<br />
by ENE wind direction<br />
with an average strength<br />
of around 6-8kts and from<br />
time to time, gusting up to<br />
10-15 knots.<br />
Standard Insu<br />
Internationa<br />
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