Hong Kong Race Week’s 340 sailors and volunteers must have all crossed their fingers and toes overnight to ensure that the weather gods brought back the breeze and cleared the fog in time for the final day of racing. Principal Race Officer Charlie Manzoni said “It was an absolutely fantastic day today; we had 10 to 12kts right across the whole race course area. We got two round robins in for the Optimists as well as a Medals race and a Finals race. We got three races in for

The wind that everyone at Hong Kong Race Week had been hoping for did not arrive today; even Wind Guru was predicting gusts of 1kt in the afternoon. If that wasn’t enough, the race areas were shrouded in thick fog making visibility very poor. There was no idle time however as there were plenty of on shore activities to keep the sailors occupied including a debrief for some classes based on their TracTrac replays of their racing as well as a treasure hunt and a boat and flag

“Challenging, but I hope all good in the end” is how Principal Race Officer Charlie Manzoni summed up today’s racing at Hong Hong Race Week. Said Manzoni “It was a difficult day today; we managed to get one race completed in pretty windy conditions however the wind then completely died across all races courses apart from Area D. We then went on the hunt for wind; the Optimists had already moved from Area B to Area C but we eventually sent them home. We took all the Area C bo

Hong Kong Race Week’s first day of competition got underway today with racing taking place in very windy conditions in four separate areas. The Optimist Green Fleet at Area A faced very challenging conditions which saw 8 to 10kts of wind phasing 50 degrees and gusting 18 to 25kts. Race Officer Alex Hill said “The young sailors did an incredible job; they really managed it quite well and we managed to get three races off. There was a bit of confusion amongst inexperienced ra

The Practice Race for Hong Kong Race Week took place this afternoon with around 80 boats signed on and racing taking place on three of the four courses. Charlie Manzoni, Principle Race Officer said “today’s practice race was a shakedown which was exactly what we needed. The conditions varied; we had about 10-12kts on the 29er course with two boats and about 7-9kts on the Optimist course with 36 boats. It’s going to be a bit more breezy tomorrow.” Swiftly following the practic

The Sailing Instructions are now published online. You will find them at the menu above called "NOR & SIs". Make sure you read them carefully. We also added the measurement forms that you will use when registering your boat. Take a close look at what the measurers will check and fix you boat today if you got something missing. The forms will be available at the registration so no need to print it. However, we strongly recommend you look up your bow number at the entry list an