Hollywood Samurai wins Samui Regatta

Ray Roberts and his professional crew on Team Hollywood Samurai won all but one race in their Cookson 50 to win the IRC Open Class at the Samui Regatta recently.

- Scott Murray

The 22nd edition of the prestigious event took place from May 25 to May 31 and featured keelboats racing in the IRC Open and Cruising classes.

The wind, as it had done all week, played hard to catch during the final day of competition but Race Director Simon James was able to snare some gusts and hold a final windward-leeward to round out the event.

Indeed, Simon somewhat resembled Captain Ahab throughout the regatta, except instead of looking for a killer whale, he was searching for wind, glorious wind — and Simon, aka 'The Wind Whisperer', found it, every single day!

The regatta's class winners had actually been decided going into the final day as Roberts and his Team Hollywood Samurai crew crossed the finish line first in the last race with an elapsed time of 58:48.

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