| By Koko Mueller, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. |
| Photos by RHKYC / Guy
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edited By Peter Andrews. |
| Sunday, May 15, 2011. |
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| Race Officer Simon Boyde felt confident enough to offer a Club start this morning, in front of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s Kellett Island base. He was proven right with over 12 knots of south easterly on offer, for the first start for day two of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s Spring Regatta. |
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RHKYC Spring Regatta Day 2, Looking for the mark, RHKYC Cadet
Squad sailors, Sharks Footloose.
Photo © RHKYC / Guy Nowell.
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| Courses were set to make the most of the east of the harbour up to Shau Kei Wan and Tai Koo Shing. In a first for the Club’s Cadets, 16 members aged from 9 to 16 years were out on the water all weekend, crewing on boats racing from Etchells, J/80’s and Magic 25’s; and up to the Mills 41 Ambush, competing in the Big Boat A division. |
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RHKYC Spring Regatta Day 2, Ambush.
Photo © RHKYC / Guy Nowell.
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| Neither heavy grey skies, which threatened rain all day, nor a protest staged by 200 plus fishing boats could dampen competitors’ spirits. And by the time the first fishing boats were seen through the murk, the first race of the day was over for all but the Etchells and the Sportsboats. |
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RHKYC Spring Regatta Day 2. A tight fit at the mark for the J/80s.
Photo © RHKYC / Guy Nowell.
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| A fishing boat procession caused a significant hiatus of around 90 minutes, with the AP lowered at 15:29 hrs to signal the start of the final race in this three race series. Mindfull of the approaching dusk, Boyde set the same course for all fleets, shortened to two laps for the Big Boat A division, and one lap for all other classes. |
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RHKYC Spring Regatta Day 2. Trapped! By fishing boats.
Photo © RHKYC / Guy Nowell.
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| This proved a well-considered and popular decision, and after a few quickly expedited protest hearings, the prizegiving was able to get underway just before 20:00 hrs, with the assembled crowd showing their (noisy) appreciation for a good weekend’s well run racing. |
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RHKYC Spring Regatta Day 2. Ruffians en masse.
Photo © RHKYC / Guy Nowell.
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Class Winners at 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: Eaux Vives, Joseph Chu.
Etchells: Swedish Blue, Ante Razmilovic.
Flying Fifteen: Kerfuffle, Carlyon / Lucy.
Impala: Taxi, Florence Kan.
J/80: Tigrina, Andrew Moore.
Pandora: Solstice, K W Chair.
Ruffian: Schannuleke, Edwin van den Berge.
Sportsboat: Sky’s The Limit, Gideon Mowser.
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RHKYC Spring Regatta Day 2, Vixen.
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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