Thai Optimist team brings home four top trophies

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Thai Optimist Sailor Bovoranan Chanrum races towards the finish line. Members of the Thailand Optimist team won 4 top trophies in the 2018 World Optimist Championship held in Cyprus at the beginning of September.
Thai Optimist Sailor Bovoranan Chanrum races towards the finish line. Members of the Thailand Optimist team won 4 top trophies in the 2018 World Optimist Championship held in Cyprus at the beginning of September.

Optimist Worlds Championship, Cyprus

Members of the Thailand Optimist team, led by Coach Somkiat Poonpat and Cdr. Taweeyot Rattanaseen, won 4 top trophies in the 2018 World Optimist Championship held in Cyprus at the beginning of September. About 60 nations attended.

The historic achievement included:

1st Best Team Racing Category

1st Best Nation Cup (out of 30)

3rd Overall by Panwa Boonnark

3rd Best Male by Panwa Boonnark

The Yacht Racing Association of Thailand also would like to congratulate the athletes for their achievement, which also included:

6th best female Chalisa Krittinai

20th overall Bovoranan Chanram

22th overall Patiharn Vorasart

49th overall Chalisa Krittinai

66th overall Jetavee Yongyuennarn

This makes the third time Thailand has earned World’s Best Optimist team racing categories, having previously done so in 2010 and 2014.

Celebrating a hard-earned victory.
Celebrating a hard-earned victory.