Cruising Singapore to the Equator - the Neptune Regatta 2011

8:39 PM Tue 12 Oct 2010 GMT

'Sunsets and beaches, just like the brochure - Neptune Regatta 2011' Tudor John Click Here to view large photo

Singapore based yachties are planning an event next February that should be exciting for both cruising yachts, the racing fraternity, and even motor yachts. The Neptune Regatta, slated to start from Nongsa Point Marine, Batam, over the Singapore Strait from Singapore, on 01 February next year, will head south to the equator and back. For serious racers, it will be an endurance race, but the cruising rally will take it more easily. The Riau Archipelago is one of Asia's yet undiscovered cruising gems. And being so close to Singapore it is tremendously accessible - to both sailors and motor yachts. ...

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by Guy Nowell, Sail-World Asia