Bangkok--2 Mar--JWT Public Relations
Ocean Marina Yacht Club by Ocean Property Co., Ltd., will be a place hosting for a sailing competition of the “Thailand Platu Open Championship” with Thai and Expat skippers participating in the event during 3-5 March 2007 off Jomtien Beach Pattaya as a warm-up event prior to the annual grand race ‘Top of The Gulf International Regatta 2007’ in coming May. Also, the company announces that Ocean Marina Yacht Club has been selected by the Sport Technical Committee as the official venue for competitions, training center of Thai National sailing teams as well as Press center for all kinds of water sport during the 24th SEA Games to be hosted by Thailand end of this year.
Pattaya : Mrs. Nurara (Assakul) Banyatpiyapod, President of Ocean Property Co., Ltd., operator of Ocean Marina Yacht Club, Thailand’s first exclusive yacht club and world-class marina, reveals that Ocean Marina Yacht Club will be the hosting place for the Thailand Platu Open Championship competition during 3-5 March 2007 off Jomtien Beach, Pattaya. The event, which is another major sailing event, will comprise of over 100 Thai and Expat sailors with more than 16 Platu boat entries. This event is to promote sailing sports to be widely known and popular among both local and international sailing enthusiasts and act as an informational mean of publicizing the annual grand event ‘Top of the Gulf International Regatta 2007’ to be held in May of each year as well as other grand international sailing events to be held later in the year to interested sailors as well.
Mrs. Nusara says that “Usually Ocean Marina Yacht Club always organizes the so-called ‘Ocean Marina Weekend Race’ on every second weekend of the month which has been warmly interested by many sailors who regularly participate in the event. Also, to add to the good news, this year Ocean Marina Yacht Club has been selected by the Sport Technical Committee of the 24th SEA Games in 2007 as the official venue of all types of sailing competitions as well as a practicing venue and press center of all kinds of water sports. The sailing sport features 3 categories including Single, Optimist, and Keel Boat which will be included in the 24th SEA Games to be hosted by Thailand in the end of this year by the SEA Games Organizing Committee with athletes from 6 participating countries. The venue selecting criterions include all facets of the venue’s completeness including facilities and equipments such as dry & wet yacht storage, Travelift, Forklift, communication system, boat maintenance services, security, and fuel station. These facilities at Ocean Marina Yacht Club make the SEA Games Sport Technical Committee confident that it would be able to accommodate all the participating athletes.
Mrs. Nusara continues that “During 3-4 May this year, Ocean Marina Yacht Club will host the annual grand event of ‘Top of The Gulf International Regatta 2007’ with strong supports from both governmental and private sectors to promote sailing to be a more widely known sport among international sailors. This year, we expect to have over 250 boat entries with leading teams from Thailand and over 5 foreign countries from Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Philippines. We also expect that this event should also help improve the overall economy of Pattaya after the participations of sailors from overseas.
“Ocean Marina Yacht Club has prepared training courses to improve the skills of young Thai sailing enthusiasts by joining with international sailing schools including Blue Wave Yacht Pro which is certified by the Yachting Club of America and Vayu Sailing Center which is certified by the Yachting Racing Association of Thailand under Royal Patronage. The trainings at Blue Wave Yacht Pro are available in 2 courses; 2-day beginning course (for single) and 4-day beginning course (for group) having 2 kinds of sailboat, Laser and Byte. Those courses are suitable for teenagers over 15-year teenagers and adults instructed by skillful trainers certified by many sailing clubs such as Yachting Club of America, International Sailing Schools Association (ISSA) and Yachting Association of Australia. Vayu Sailing Center teaches Opimist Class from beginner, intermediate to advance courses, all of which is suitable for children of 8-15 years old.
Those who are interested in the sailing challenges can ask for more information at Ocean Marina Yacht Club Tel. 038-237-310 or 02-661-6800 # 301-7.” says Mrs. Nusara.
For more information, please contact:
JWT Public Relations Ocean Property Company Limited
Prasit Kritsadaariyachon, T: 0-2204-8216Wongchan Tangsongsak, T: 0-2204-8221
Sales office, T: 0-2661-6800 Ext 606www.oceanproperty.co.th
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