Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Borneo International Yachting Challenge

There is a lack of progress on the part of Brunei to raise funding to provide facilities for yachts taking part in this years Borneo International Yachting Challenge so it appears likely that Brunei will be dropped from Schedule.

If Brunei is dropped from the schedule the first passage race will end in Labuan not Brunei. Hopefully the matter will be resolved in the next couple of weeks.

Yachts who are shorthanded or looking for crew are reminded to place their requirements in the forum at http://borneorace.com/forum. where they will also find more information about the ports of call during the race.

David Ogden
Webmaster@borneorace.com

Monday, April 12, 2010

Borneo International Yachting Challenge -Entries

There is a growing entry list for this years Borneo International Yachting challenge which is held at the end July and includes The Borneo Cup for Class IRC rated Yachts.

The event is truly International and very popular as there is no entry fee and a bonus payment is made to the skipper of all yachts which take part in the complete series of races comprising of inshore and passage races along the coast of Borneo.

Australian yachts head the list of entries with nine yachts, The United Kingdom has three entries, Malaysia the host has two entries along with New Zealand and there are single entries from Singapore and Germany.

This year so far there are three multihulls entered and they will have a separate classification.

Race Partners for the Borneo International Yachting challenge include Tourism Malaysia,Minitry of Urban Developement,Sarawak tourism board, Labuan Corporation,Sabah Tourism, Sabah State and Minster of Tourism Malaysia

David Ogden
webmaster@borneorace.com

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Borneo International Yachting Challenge - Route Map

A new Google route map has been created for this years Borneo International Yachting Challenge, which is the biggest sailing event of its kind in Borneo.

You can use the map to see the various ports of call, just click on the icons for details, if you zoom in to a particular section, you made need to reload the page to zoom out again.

More details of local place of interest will be added, such as recommended eating places where to buy stores, entertainment and local tourist attractions.

David Ogden - Webmaster@borneorace.com