RLIR 2025 - PROGRAM OF EVENTS
20th January 2025 (Monday)
0900 – 1700Registration at Main Deck (Ground Floor) and Sail Measurement at Weather Deck (Lower Ground Floor), RLYC
1400Practice race (Kuah Harbour)
First warning signal
1730Skipper’s briefing at Meeting Room, RLYC
1800Media briefing at Meeting Room, RLYC
21st January 2025 (Tuesday)
0930RACE DAY 1 – all classes
First warning signal 0930*
1930Welcome dinner at Poolside, RLYC
2000Race day 1 prize presentation
22nd January 2025 (Wednesday)
0930RACE DAY 2 – all classes
First warning signal 0930*
EveningFree and easy
23rd January 2025 (Thursday)
0930RACE DAY 3 – all classes
First warning signal 0930*
1600Race day 2 and 3 at RLYC
24th January 2025 (Friday)
0930RACE DAY 4 – all classes
First warning signal 0930*
EveningFree and easy
25th January 2025 (Saturday)
0930RACE DAY 5 - all classes
First warning signal 0930*
1730Race day 4 & 5 prize presentation at RLYC
1930Closing dinner, overall and grand prize presentation ceremony at Poolside, RLYC
RLIR 2024 - RESULTS - ALL CLASSES

RACING

IRC1

IRC2

SPORTS BOAT

MULTIHULL

CLUB

RACING

IRC1

IRC2

SPORTS BOAT

MULTIHULL

CLUB

RLIR 2024 - OVERALL HIGHLIGHTS
The milestone of the 20th Royal Langkawi International Regatta (RLIR) was successfully achieved. The wind gods were very kind all week long so that 10 races could be held under ideal conditions. It was a very competitive regatta with 32 participating boats from 12 countries and 240 crew members.
 
One of this year’s highlights was the new generation of multihulls, the super-fast X40 catamaran ‘Parabellum’. On the other end was our regular evergreen one hundred plus years old Eveline. The really wide range of all different types of yacht makes this regatta so popular and successful.
 
The Closing Ceremony, Overall and Grand Prize Presentations took place at the Poolside of the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club with many VIPs and guests of honor celebrating the 20th RLIR. The delicious food and fantastic entertainment made this very successful event very memorable.
 
The winners of this year’s regatta challenge trophies are:
 
The Prime Minister’s Challenge Trophy goes to ‘Witchcraft’ skippered by Nick Burns in the Racing class who won all 10 races.
 
The LADA-IRC Challenge Trophy was earned by ‘Mata Hari’ helmed by Vincent Chan in the IRC 1 class. In a very closely contested class ‘Mata Hari’ finished just one point ahead of the runner-up ‘Char Chan’.
 
The PSC-IRC 2 Challenge Trophy went to Jeremy Camps’ ‘The Blue Angel’ in the IRC 2 class who won 8 out of 9 races and was well ahead of his next rival ‘Piccolo”.
 
The Langkawi Sports Challenge Trophy was won by the ‘RSYC Racing Team’ in the Sports Boats class. Skipper Rizal Mahadi Sazili won 7 out of 10 races.
 
The Malaysia Multihull Challenge Trophy was well earned by ‘Twin Sharks’ skippered by John Newnham. The new generation racing catamaran ‘Parabellum’ was a fierce challenger in the Multihull class and finished only two points behind.
 
And finally the RLYC Commodore’s Challenge Trophy went to ‘Marikh’ helmed by Wan Fadli Wan Ahmad who scored equally with second place ‘Kimikimi’ in the Club class. Vincent Chan’s ‘Mata Hari’ was a popular winner of the Tunku Abdullah Sportsmanship Award.
 
A big thank you goes to the Principle Race Officer, Simon James, who, for the 18th time efficiently and very professionally organized 5 days of marvelous racing for this milestone 20th Royal Langkawi International Regatta.
 
Special thanks also go to Selvam Mookken, the chairman of the jury, Azlan Abdullah, the Executive Director of Royal Langkawi Yacht Club and 20th RLIR Director and Inspector Muhamad Khairul Fadhli bin Kamarudin, the safety marshal, for organizing and carrying out this event.
 
Very heartening and wonderful to see the many young volunteers from University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) who were instrumental in manning the ‘Start Boat’, ‘Mark boats A, B and C’ and the ‘Pin boat’ for “marking” the various courses decided by the P.R.O. These relative youngsters will be the backbone of future successful regattas and great to see them so enthusiastically “learning the ropes”.
 
The media always do a sterling job reporting, promoting and publicizing this event and once again have helped to make this regatta the huge success it was. And of course, without our skippers and their crews there would be no regatta. Thank you for the continued support of our seasoned regulars and a big welcome to all newcomers. See you all next year for the 21st RLIR.
2023/24 SIR THOMAS LIPTON CUP QUALIFYING SYSTEM
The Sir Thomas Lipton Cup Qualifying System for the 2023/24 season is designed to fairly grade the overall performance of competing IRC boats across three qualifying events: the Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta (RMSIR) 2023, the Royal Langkawi International Regatta (RLIR) 2024, and the Singapore Regatta (SR) 2024. Here are the key components of the system:
 
1. Qualifying Events
  • Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta 2023
  • Royal Langkawi International Regatta 2024
  • Singapore Regatta 2024
 
2. Eligibility
  • Competing boat must hold a valid IRC 2023/4 Certificate
  • Competing boat must have participated, and started at least 2 races, within all Qualifying Events, in their respective IRC Classes (as defined by their respective Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions) of the qualifying events.
 
3. Scoring System
  • All eligible competing boats receive 5 points for participating in a qualifying event.
  • Additional points may be awarded to eligible competing boats based on their final series result in their respective IRC classes/divisions at the qualifying events.
Final Series Result in each eligible IRC Class/Division of the qualifying events.

The eligible competing boat with the highest score accumulated across all three qualifying events will be awarded the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup for 2023/24 season.
There are no discarded scores.
 
In the event of a Tied Series result between eligible competing boats in an IRC Class/Division of a qualifying event, the additional points above shall be awarded to the tied boats.
In the event two or more eligible competing boats are Tied for the highest accumulated score across all three qualifying events, the honours for the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup shall be shared.
 
This system ensures that both participation and performance are considered, encouraging a competitive and fair environment throughout the qualifying events. The point structure provides recognition for top-performing boats in each class, and the overall winner of the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup is determined by the highest cumulative score.
RLIR 2024 - OVERALL HIGHLIGHTS
The milestone of the 20th Royal Langkawi International Regatta (RLIR) was successfully achieved. The wind gods were very kind all week long so that 10 races could be held under ideal conditions. It was a very competitive regatta with 32 participating boats from 12 countries and 240 crew members.
 
One of this year’s highlights was the new generation of multihulls, the super-fast X40 catamaran ‘Parabellum’. On the other end was our regular evergreen one hundred plus years old Eveline. The really wide range of all different types of yacht makes this regatta so popular and successful.
 
The Closing Ceremony, Overall and Grand Prize Presentations took place at the Poolside of the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club with many VIPs and guests of honor celebrating the 20th RLIR. The delicious food and fantastic entertainment made this very successful event very memorable.
 
The winners of this year’s regatta challenge trophies are:
 
The Prime Minister’s Challenge Trophy goes to ‘Witchcraft’ skippered by Nick Burns in the Racing class who won all 10 races.
 
The LADA-IRC Challenge Trophy was earned by ‘Mata Hari’ helmed by Vincent Chan in the IRC 1 class. In a very closely contested class ‘Mata Hari’ finished just one point ahead of the runner-up ‘Char Chan’.
 
The PSC-IRC 2 Challenge Trophy went to Jeremy Camps’ ‘The Blue Angel’ in the IRC 2 class who won 8 out of 9 races and was well ahead of his next rival ‘Piccolo”.
 
The Langkawi Sports Challenge Trophy was won by the ‘RSYC Racing Team’ in the Sports Boats class. Skipper Rizal Mahadi Sazili won 7 out of 10 races.
 
The Malaysia Multihull Challenge Trophy was well earned by ‘Twin Sharks’ skippered by John Newnham. The new generation racing catamaran ‘Parabellum’ was a fierce challenger in the Multihull class and finished only two points behind.
 
And finally the RLYC Commodore’s Challenge Trophy went to ‘Marikh’ helmed by Wan Fadli Wan Ahmad who scored equally with second place ‘Kimikimi’ in the Club class. Vincent Chan’s ‘Mata Hari’ was a popular winner of the Tunku Abdullah Sportsmanship Award.
 
A big thank you goes to the Principle Race Officer, Simon James, who, for the 18th time efficiently and very professionally organized 5 days of marvelous racing for this milestone 20th Royal Langkawi International Regatta.
 
Special thanks also go to Selvam Mookken, the chairman of the jury, Azlan Abdullah, the Executive Director of Royal Langkawi Yacht Club and 20th RLIR Director and Inspector Muhamad Khairul Fadhli bin Kamarudin, the safety marshal, for organizing and carrying out this event.
 
Very heartening and wonderful to see the many young volunteers from University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) who were instrumental in manning the ‘Start Boat’, ‘Mark boats A, B and C’ and the ‘Pin boat’ for “marking” the various courses decided by the P.R.O. These relative youngsters will be the backbone of future successful regattas and great to see them so enthusiastically “learning the ropes”.
 
The media always do a sterling job reporting, promoting and publicizing this event and once again have helped to make this regatta the huge success it was. And of course, without our skippers and their crews there would be no regatta. Thank you for the continued support of our seasoned regulars and a big welcome to all newcomers. See you all next year for the 21st RLIR.
2023/24 SIR THOMAS LIPTON CUP QUALIFYING SYSTEM
The Sir Thomas Lipton Cup Qualifying System for the 2023/24 season is designed to fairly grade the overall performance of competing IRC boats across three qualifying events: the Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta (RMSIR) 2023, the Royal Langkawi International Regatta (RLIR) 2024, and the Singapore Regatta (SR) 2024. Here are the key components of the system:
 
1. Qualifying Events
  • Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta 2023
  • Royal Langkawi International Regatta 2024
  • Singapore Regatta 2024
 
2. Eligibility
  • Competing boat must hold a valid IRC 2023/4 Certificate
  • Competing boat must have participated, and started at least 2 races, within all Qualifying Events, in their respective IRC Classes (as defined by their respective Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions) of the qualifying events.
 
3. Scoring System
  • All eligible competing boats receive 5 points for participating in a qualifying event.
  • Additional points may be awarded to eligible competing boats based on their final series result in their respective IRC classes/divisions at the qualifying events.
Final Series Result in each eligible IRC Class/Division of the qualifying events.

The eligible competing boat with the highest score accumulated across all three qualifying events will be awarded the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup for 2023/24 season.
There are no discarded scores.
 
In the event of a Tied Series result between eligible competing boats in an IRC Class/Division of a qualifying event, the additional points above shall be awarded to the tied boats.
In the event two or more eligible competing boats are Tied for the highest accumulated score across all three qualifying events, the honours for the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup shall be shared.
 
This system ensures that both participation and performance are considered, encouraging a competitive and fair environment throughout the qualifying events. The point structure provides recognition for top-performing boats in each class, and the overall winner of the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup is determined by the highest cumulative score.
RLIR 2024

PHOTO GALLERY

RLIR provides a unique opportunity for sailing vessels of various shapes and sizes to show their beauty against the scenic Andaman Sea. Here is a selection of photos from the present regatta.

RLIR 2024

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

Watch the vessels in action as they blast across the finish lines to claim the trophies in one of the most enjoyable and challenging yacht racing venues in Asia.

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