President's Cup Regatta Photo Ops

For days now, I am being grilled by friends and crewmates to show/send them pictures of the last regatta in Subic. Hence, here are some of them and more on the links below for your viewing pleasure. Watch out for the Russians...have a good feeling they'll be back next year.
Three, Two, One, Go! The countdown to the starting signal is one of the most spectacular sites in a regatta to spectators specially. This is the closest the competitors get to be on the water. After that the boats kinda separate to find their own clean air. Not in our case on the last day though...

The Russians have taken over the regatta...in THONGS! These guys are awesome. Cartwheelin Alex (on the helm) is their skipper with the most outgoing attitude. He's just full of wild antics. Cute daughter too. They came to Subic from the China Sea Race from HK yet before that, 2000+ nautical miles from north eastern Russia. See more thongs here.

Hike Out Guys! One of Frank Pong's big boats, Jelik on port tack in the first day of the regatta. See more awesome shots of the Race Day 1 here.

This huge Maxi is called Boracay and yes, another boat of Hong Kong tycoon Frank Pong. He just loves racing in the Philippines. You the man, Frank. Check out Race Day number 2 here.

Thanks again to Avery for the awesome pics. See race days 3 here and 4 here. To see the parties and awards night, click on this.