Entries for the 2018 Multihull Solutions Regatta are flowing in says Phuket Yacht Club Commodore, Scott Duncanson. "This is the tenth running of the event and on the back of a surge in multihull popularity globally, it has grown to become Asia's largest multihull-only regatta". Held from the 12th to the 15th of July in Chalong Bay on Phuket's protected east coast, this regatta has become many a sailor's “green season” favourite due to the more consistent southwesterly monsoon winds and cooler temperatures.

It is expected that over twenty yachts and around eighty sailors will compete in four divisions: Ocean Multihulls, Firefly 850s, Corsair Pulses and Cruising Multihulls. With participants from Singa-pore, Japan, Australia and as far away as the United Kingdom its reputation as a truly international event continues to grow. Twin Sharks return to defend its Firefly champion's title while the absence of Henry Kaye's Seacart 30 Thor, sold earlier in the year to an American investor throws the doors wide open in the Ocean Multihull division.

Principal Race Officer Simon James, fresh from a very successful Koh Samui Regatta, returns to manage the racing while an exciting social program is being planned by the Phuket Yacht Club organizing committee.

The locally built Firefly 850 Sports cats, designed by Aussie Mark Pescott have been the mainstay of one design racing in Phuket and when they fly their hulls, there’s much “oohing and “aw-ing” going on. John Newnham's Twin Sharks has proven unbeatable over the last couple of years and will be the favourite going into this one.

The talented Twin Sharks crew sees John Newnham as skipper/helm; Brent Gribble on the main & tactics; Jason Corall, trim; Justin Wong, mast; with Alfie Rowson on the bow.

Cruising multihulls have become the boat of choice for many traveling through the Andaman region recently, so it’s just natural that people would like to put them to the test and try to race them as well

Asia Catamarans has done wonderful work with building Stealth catamarans in Phuket and they always have a good presence in her regatta, with as many as half a dozen of their boats lining up in the MSR before. Their Stealth 14GT Wow recently won the St Maarten’s Heineken Regatta in the Caribbean.