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Rolex China Sea Race 2010
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From April 1, 2010.
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Rolex China Sea Race Starts 1st April 2010.
By Betty Chan, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.
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With the entry deadline a month away for entries to the Rolex China Sea Race, boats are already seeing to their safety preparations for this Offshore Category 1 Race. Organised by Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC) since 1962 as a biennial event, this is the 25th time that yachts will brave the 565nm between Hong Kong and the Philippines.
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Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club with the city of Hong Kong in the background.

Photo © Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi.

Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club with the city of Hong Kong in the background. Photo copyright Rolex, Carlo Borlenghi.
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Over the years, the race has developed from a somewhat ‘cruisy’ event into one of Asia’s finest offshore races, with entry now open only to IRC rated boats.

A tactically challenging event, the first night of the race is not for the faint hearted, with lumpy seas and a stiff 20 knots of breeze. Conditions usually improve the next day and, as competitors near the Philippine coast under brilliant blue skies, a game of ‘cat and mouse’ develops.
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IRC Racing Division fleet start of the 2008 Rolex China Sea Race with Hong Kong skyline in the background.

Photo © Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi.

IRC Racing Division fleet start of the 2008 Rolex China Sea Race with Hong Kong skyline in the background. Photo copyright Rolex, Carlo Borlenghi.
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The ‘cat’ is the variable and unpredictable coastal breeze, which often gives any line honours hopeful a dawn wallow on day three, or delays racers for a few hours in an inconvenient ‘hole’ on their way towards the coast.
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IRC Racing Division start of the 2008 Rolex China Sea Race on Victoria Harbour.

Photo © Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi.

IRC Racing Division start of the 2008 Rolex China Sea Race on Victoria Harbour. Photo copyright Rolex, Carlo Borlenghi.
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The race record of 47h 43m 07s, set by Karl Kwok on the Open 60 Beau Geste, still stands. But with a strong IRC racing division which is likely to include the TP52’s Strewth, Evolution Racing and FfreeFire 52, together with defending Line Honours holder, Neil Pryde on his modified Welbourn 52, Hi Fi, and evergreen Mills 51, EFG Mandrake, Kwok’s 10 year old record could well fall this year.
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Neil Pryde's HI FI (HKG), beating out of Victoria Harbour during the 2008 Rolex China Sea Race.

Photo © Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi.

Neil Pryde's HI FI (HKG), beating out of Victoria Harbour during the 2008 Rolex China Sea Race. Photo copyright Rolex, Carlo Borlenghi.
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The 25th China Sea Race will start at 12:10hrs local time on Thursday April 1,2010. The Rolex China Sea Race, an RORC Offshore Category 1 race, is 565 nautical miles long and start in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong and finish in Subic Bay in the Philippines.

Since 1972 the race has continued to attract increased interest and served to draw the attention of the international yachting fraternity to Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. The 2007 edition was the 30th anniversary of this popular offshore event.
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Sam Chan's TP52 Ffreefire, during the Rolex China Sea Race 2008.

Photo © Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi.

Sam Chan's TP52 Ffreefire, during the Rolex China Sea Race 2008. Photo copyright Rolex, Carlo Borlenghi.
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Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC) is one of the oldest sports clubs in Hong Kong and is proud of its rich, colourful history, which stretches back over 160 years of social and competitive sailing and rowing. RHKYC organises a full calendar of local and international racing for both keeboats and dinghies, ranging from round-the-cans to Category 1 offshore races. The Club also provides sailing courses for members and non-members at various levels to nurture the development of sailing.
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Neil Pryde's HI FI takes line honours in Subic Bay Subic Bay, during the Rolex China Sea Race 2008.

Photo © Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi.

Neil Pryde's HI FI takes line honours in Subic Bay Subic Bay, during the Rolex China Sea Race 2008. Photo copyright Rolex, Carlo Borlenghi.
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Notice of race and entry form are available on the event website at www.rolexchinasearace.com.

RHKYC website www.rhkyc.org.hk.
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