ABOUT US
In the 80’s we raced Hobies, competing in various regattas. In 1990 we introduced Nacras to the region and a whole new fleet sprung up in our home club, Changi Sailing Club, in Singapore.

Cat fleets sprung up all over Southeast Asia during the 80's on the back of Hobies growing support. At the end of the 80's The King's Cup Regatta in Phuket became the regions biggest cat event. Over the course of the events history, we've managed to claim the title 6 times on various platforms including the Hobie 16, Nacra 5.0, Nacra 5.7 and Nacra 5.8. Unfortunately cats were dropped from the event otherwise we would have loved to take the new F16's there!

Although we'd experienced many platforms, the best was yet to come...it was a prompting from our “Flying Doctor” that really got us sailing in high gear. Dr Michael Chia had purchased an Inter 17 from us and about a year later came along with the “I’d like a lighter faster platform” request. At that point we only knew of one such thing - the Taipan.

The first shipment of Taipans arrived an 2000 and things changed. Until that point, we had trouble getting sailors to upgrade from the Nacra 5.0 to more performance platforms - “too heavy, too hard” was the common reason.

With the Taipan, things were different. We now had a platform that would easily embarrass the biggest cats in an easily handled package. The Taipan is now a 20 year-old design...and still one of the fastest cats you can hope to sail.

The sport of cat sailing is constantly evolving and the Viper is one of the modern tools we see that will keep developments rolling.

Quite apart from just importing zippy catamarans, we’ve put a lot of effort into sailing. After about 10 Raids up the Malaysian coast we embarked upon our longest record..sail a Nacra 5.0 from Singapore to Phuket and back - an Epic for sure!

 

Other stuff of interest

"the next seven incredible hours in every possible sailing condition. The gusty winds, and sometimes lack thereof, in around the islands separating Malaysia and Singapore, provided for that"...more

"Nothing unusual perhaps but for someone who is just 70 years old, well it’s rather unique. “I want a new cat but t has to be lighter and faster than the I-17!”...more

an epic
"like being blasted by a fire hose while riding a magic carpet" - probably the best way to sum up portions of our EPIC adventure! Sailing the Nacra 5.0 to Phuket and back was just something that was a temptation ever since owning the first Hobie. The sail certainly introduced the Nacra 5.0 to the region!..more