EAGLE NEWSLETTER 2008

In a Word: Fantastic!!

Race Day One of the Royal Langkawi International Regatta was run in perfect conditions with a blustery 20-knot wind and only a slight chop in the Bay at Kuah. The early races in the morning were shaded by a cloudy overcast and participants not only finished smartly but with style on the 9, 10 and 12-mile up-wind down-wind courses.
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New Chinese Entry to Sports Racers

There's a new kid on the block and he's a Son of a Dragon. Longtze is how the Chinese say it and this sleek-looking Sports Racer is going to be the boat to beat. A lighter, sandwiched hull composition of vinyl-ester combined with a Thompson design from New Zealand should give the craft great speed and spunk.
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A Few Debut Show

This year Ben Copley will be racing his brand new boat KATSU in the 2008 Royal Langkawi International Regatta. KATSU is a Swan CS-42, built in Finland, and will have a 10-member crew for the Langkawi series of races. Ben, who lives in Phuket, Thailand, is no stranger to boats or racing, having competed in a number of events in the Asian racing circuit.
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Taking the Lead

This is the age of computers. Nearly everyone has one or more. Even the Eagle office has computers. So whatever happened to pencils? You just don't see many pencils anymore. One of my technology literate colleagues calls them extremely-low-speed-data-output-devices. Many feel that the computer has replaced the pencil, but I am not so sure. I used pencils all through my school days, most notably for poking my fellow students.
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Support Crew

If you were a guest of the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club and you need transport Azmie Latif would be the guy sent to pick you up. A resident of Langkawi for the last 12 years, Azmie came to this mystical island to take the job of storekeeper for the massive airport sea wall project.
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