Round Tekong Race 2025 (CSC Signature Sundays 3/3)

A second monsoon surges blessed us with good winds and racing for the 3rd and final race of the signature sundays. Held on a busy weekend together with the CSC Optimist Championships (Silver), ILCA performance clinic and Adult Dinghy Course, the club was bustling with activity and looked every bit the sailing club we aspire to be. The Round Tekong Race is the largest and arguably the most challenging of the three passage races, sending participants on a 22.2nM clockwise circumnavigation of Singapore’s second-largest outlying island. With a total of 21 boats on the start line, it was also the largest fleet we’ve had attempting to race around the “obstacle”.

Twisted Creature performed exceptionally well in the absence of the rest of the beach catamaran fleet, executing a smooth recovery after capsizing off Kees to complete the race in 2hrs, 47mins 2 secs, earning her title of the fastest boat on the course. In the overall series, her performance cemented her position in 2nd, leaving the absent Addiction to claim her victory and etch her name on the challenge plate for 2025. Skipper Jeremy Perrier’s stellar results in the first 2 races saw him breaking the round ubin record in 5th January, and subsequently conquering the felkin buoy race in clinical fashion.

In the Multihull Class, Dot Dot Dot finally came away with a win on the long course, out-sailing seasoned rivals Miss Visayan to overcome obstacle island and place on top of the fleet of 6 in the Multihull Class. Bula had a good day out on water, fending off strong competition from Soluna, Oojoo and Phoenix to place 3rd around the island with a time of 3hrs, 4mins 54secs. In the overall series results, Miss Visayan’s 2nd place finish was sufficient to earn her right to lift the Challenge Plate for 2025, beating Dot Dot Dot by a slim 1 point. Bula’s 3rd, 4th and 3rd finishes earned her a comfortable 6 point lead over fourth-placed new entrant Oojoo, whose commendable performance of 3rd in the Felkin Buoy Race did not go un-noticed.

The largest fleet brought about the most excitement on water! Organisers witnessed a crew scrambling to board Forever Young during the start sequence for the Keelboat PY Class, and subsequently switched into a racing mode to annihilate all 9 contenders and establish a staggering 26 minute lead over the next fastest boat in the fleet. Further back in the fleet, a protest situation between Remington and Jock was rendered invalid due to the lack of a red flag being displayed, an unfortunate and painful lesson for the S&S 42. Jock went on to sail well on handicap, sailing around Tekong in 4hrs, 5mins 4secs to deliver a 2nd place finish on handicap correction. She placed just 34 seconds ahead of Southern Light, whose finishing time of just under 4hrs was insufficient to overcome the J24. In the overall results, Southern Light proved to be the most consistent, scoring 7 points in total to win the PY Challenge Plate for 2025. she successfully fends off RSYC Dua and Forever Young in 2nd and 3rd respectively, with the former having a more consistent campaign to edge 2 points ahead of the latter.

With nearly half the fleet absent due to ongoing overseas events (Royal Langkawi International Regatta) and business travels, the Keelboat IRC fleet was represented by the usual suspects, three Js and an X! Jong Dee, Adona and Jellico return to cross swords on water, together with a reinvigorated Minx joining the fray. In an unfortunate turn of events, Jong Dee suffered an equipment malfunction – breaking their carbon bow sprit during the race. This together with some excellent sailing from the other three boats left the J35 out of podium contention in the Round Tekong Race. Adona took the lead, and held it throughout the course. Despite a botched gybe near Kees, the J29 managed to evade handicap judgement by a mere 10 seconds, earning her victory over her closest rival, Jellico. The crew on Minx were all smiles, and looked jubilant as they crossed the line in 3hrs, 42mins 18secs, clearly pleased with their performance around Tekong. In the overall results, Adona breaks the tie with two wins out of three races, clinching the challenge plate for 2025. Jellico’s best efforts rewarded her with 2nd, and Jong Dee’s 4th place finish yesterday was enough to secure her place in 3rd overall.

Congratulations to all winners! We look forward to more NE Monsoon racing this Saturday, as we attempt to conquer both Ubin and Tekong in the Two-Island Race. see you then.

Results

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PS: Please accept our sincere apologies; there are several out-of-focus photos due to the challenging sea state.