Phuket King's Cup 2010: series history in the making tomorrow

9:41 AM Thu 9 Dec 2010 GMT

'Ichiban. Phuket King’s Cup 2010.' Guy Nowell &copy Click Here to view large photo

Matt Allen's Ichi Ban in the IRC1 class and CPO Wiwat Poonpat's Thai Navy 1 in the IRC2 class have the chance to replicate what was last achieved by Bill Gasson when he won the keelboat class in 1989, 1990 and 1991, a straight run of three trophies in the Phuket King's Cup. While Ichi Ban's clean sweep of the IRC1 class in 2009 has not been repeated, he has already achieved an unassailable lead in the class with a 1-2-1-3-1-1-3 scorecard. The battle tomorrow for the remaining podium places will be between the Peter Wintle's Koull Baby, Ben Copley's ...

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by Tracey Johnstone