| By Koko Mueller, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. |
| Photos by RHKYC / Guy
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edited By Peter Andrews. |
| Saturday, May 14, 2011. |
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| The last major regatta of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s 2010-2011 season featured 92 boats from eight one-design classes, Sportsboats and two divisions of ‘Big Boats’, dual rated on HKPN and IRC. Race Officer Simon Boyde could find only 6 to 8 knots south easterly in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, so opted for a Hung Hom start with courses running west to east, taking in Tai Koo Shing and Shau Kei Wan. |
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RHKYC Spring Regatta Day 1, Brace Brace
Brace.
Photo © RHKYC / Guy Nowell.
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| With a trough of low pressure affecting the region, sailors were more than happy to get racing underway in dry conditions with the Big Boats leading the way at 13:50hrs on a quick two lap course to Shau Kei Wan. A strong incoming tide caught some competitors unawares, with Stella, amongst others, doing a tack and a gybe after being carried onto Shau Kei Wan mark. |
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RHKYC Spring Regatta Day 1, Jelignite.
Photo © RHKYC / Guy Nowell.
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The largest fleet on the water by numbers was the Etchells fleet, and in spite of its reputation for close fleet racing, Ante Razmilovic finished first of 14 by ‘a country mile’.
As the skies darkened, a patchy breeze topped out at 10 knots. |
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RHKYC Spring Regatta Day 1, Tornado.
Photo © RHKYC / Guy Nowell.
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| Tomorrow features two races back-to-back, with Wind Guru suggesting that the breeze will soften slightly and
shift to the south while Hong Kong Observatory is banking on conditions remaining much the same. The first race will get underway with the ‘Big Boat’ A Division at 11:10hrs. |
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RHKYC Spring Regatta Day 1, Invictus.
Photo © RHKYC / Guy Nowell.
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Class Leaders after Day 1 of the RHKYC Spring Regatta
Class | Boat | Helm
Big Boats IRC A: Blondie IV, Helmuth Hennig.
Big Boats IRC B: Vixen, Peter McCaffrey.
Big Boats HKPN: No One Else, Jack Ng.
Dragon: Maiden Hong Kong, Pierre Buet.
Etchells: Swedish Blue, Ante Razmilovic.
Flying Fifteen: Squiffy, Suzanne / David.
Impala: Rainbow Chaser, Wilcox Tam
J/80: Tigrina, Andrew Moore.
Pandora: Windfall, Tom Ho.
Ruffian: Schannuleke, Edwin van den Berge.
Sportsboat: Merlin, Steve Bourne. |
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RHKYC Spring Regatta Day 1, Marianne.
Photo © RHKYC / Guy Nowell.
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About Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club:
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 provides sailing courses for members and non-members at various levels to nurture the development of sailing.
For details, please visit www.rhkyc.org.hk or contact our Sail Training Manager, Markus Wong via the RHKYC web site at: http://www.rhkyc.org.hk/default.aspx?c=314. |
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| Outimage and the
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