RMSIR 2010 - 'Dash, smash and crash' at the Penang Trishaw Races



12:56 AM Wed 24 Nov 2010 GMT
'RMSIR_2010 - Penang Trishaw Races. What all the fuss is about - the 'much-coveted' Trishaw Trophy.' Guy Nowell Click Here to view large photo
Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta 2010 - Take ten Penang trishaws, and hope there are five serviceable ones left afterwards. Take 12 teams of wannabe F1 trishaw racers (team = driver + passenger) from among the crews racing in the Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta, give them a beer and let them loose. The Penang Trishaw Races are just as much a past of this regatta as the sailing, and this year might have generated higher average 'boatspeed' (over a rather shorter distance) than the two passage races run to date. Four heats, four trishaws to a heat. Down a ...


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by Guy Nowell, Sail-World Asia



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