Latitude 6° 18.2' N / Longitude 99° 51.1' ELangkawiTemp 28°C/82°F Wind 1 knot(s)/h
As I pen my thoughts for this issue of WAVES, I am amazed to realize how quickly time flies, for it has been 9 years since we started the Royal Langkawi International Regatta. Each year, the yacht club had had to face its extremely tough challenge, of securing sponsorships for the event. Year after year, we are able to overcome this and rise to the occasion, and I wish to thank everyone for their hard work during our recent 2011 regatta. It goes to show that, when we have extraordinary people, anything is possible.
A special thank you to the Rear Commodore, Y.M. Tunku Soraya Dakhlah, and her team here at the club, for making the 2011 regatta, be one of the most successful regattas we have had in a long time, with 47 yachts and 303 participants. A big thank you also goes to the organising committee, for their efforts in running an amazing race management activity, during the whole regatta period.
Next year, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the regatta. Being such a significant anniversary, preparations are well underway now, to make it a much larger and hopefully, the best event, we have organized thus far. So please block off your dates for 9th to 15th January 2012. We are looking forward to a safe and long boating season and enthusiastically, I look forward to seeing all of you, at the 10th Royal Langkawi International Regatta.
At the yacht club, plans are being developed to try to add further facilities for the benefit of marina guests and visitors. This would include a new relaxation and television lounge for marina guests, several retail outlets to encourage passing tourist traffic to stop by at the yacht club, and new office outlets to accommodate related industry tenants. Hopefully, works on these new facilities will commence soon, and will be completed before the year end.
As I work with the yacht club team on these new facilities, I cannot help but reflect on how blessed we are, to have such a beautiful yacht club. With a 200 berth marina, which is still the largest in Malaysia, and a stunningly beautiful clubhouse which boosts the finest facilities in the area, the yacht club is the pride of Langkawi.
Located with a fantastically scenic view overlooking the islands in the Kuah Harbour vicinity, the clubhouse has a commercial kitchen, which we call "Charlie's Place", and which serves the most excellent local and international cuisine. The bar at "Charlie's Place" has hosted many a happy event, and I am sure, the activities at that beautiful water-front restaurant, will continue for many years to come.
We are all very lucky indeed, for no other club in Langkawi, is blessed with such beauty, and is able to provide such immaculate service, whilst still offering value-for-money berthing services to boaters. Our award-winning yacht club, the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club, is my favourite place.
Best wishes, always.
Tunku Dato' Yaacob bin Tunku Tan Sri Abdullah
Commodore