Day 2 of the Puerto Galera Yacht Club Royal Cargo ASR2024 opened to sunny skies and the Northeast ‘Amihan’ blowing at a steady 12-15kts across the Verde Island Passage with slight seas, exactly the premium sailing conditions that has made Puerto Galera such a popular yachting destination.
It was fast start out of Puerto Galera Bay with the ASR2024 fleet heading to Verde Island, then back to a mark off ‘Balahibing Manok’ (Chicken Feather) Island, at the entrance to Batangas Bay, before heading back to Puerto Galera to the Finish Line off Haligi Beach.
With brisk winds, fair skies and full sails the yachts set a vigorous pace around the 22kms course, challenging handicaps and old rivalries.
Royal Cargo’s ‘Emocean’ once again proved just too quick for Kewin Moylan’s “Irresistible’ and Alan Burrell’s ‘ Sandoway, who finished in 2nd and 3rd places behind ‘Emocean, in Racing Class. The Performance Cruisers sailed a close race with the first three yachts finishing within minutes of each other. Rick McGonegal at the helm of his JeanneauVoyage 12.50, ‘Neptunus’, lead the way across the line, with ‘S’brae’ and Kambal close behind.
In the Multihull Class, ‘Soniya’ and ‘Rising Sun’ battled it out in a race within the race, to see ‘Rising Sun’ take first place by just over one minute with a finish time of 3.31.10 to ‘Soniya’s 3.32.39… competitive sailing at its best!
Adolfo Pong’s ‘Shangri-La’ beat ‘Columbus’ across the line in the Classic Cruiser Class, with Cape North’ in 3rd place.
With Day 3 still to go and winds holding steady, there are still several contenders for the Royal Cargo Cup. Stay tuned for race results and for more information please contact 09175205874 or email clubhouse@pgyc.org
