The 6th edition of Hong Kong Race Week came to a close today. Competing in the event were 245 sailors from 10 nations including China, Cambodia, India, Macau, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and first-time entries Guam, Myanmar, Norway and Sweden. As predicted, there was a big breeze for the final day - at its peak, it averaged 20kts with gusts up to 35kts. With such a strong breeze it was decided to send the Green Fleet sailors out to watch the action from the comfort of spectator

You couldn’t ask for better conditions today; blue skies, 9 to 10kts and a flat sea state across the course! The Optimist race track was set in Stanley for their initial start however the first flight to go were a little bit too eager and they had two general recalls. After the second general recall there was a wind shift, the course was reset and, finally, they got away cleanly. The top three Optimists continued their lead from yesterday with Norway’s Julia Jacobsen two poin

The second full day of racing at Hong Kong Race Week 2019 was even more promising than the first. The wind was set at 16kts and, as a result, the Optimist fleet Race Officer Inge Strompf-Jepsen decided to stay in the more enclosed area around Repulse Bay – the reward being steady wind throughout the racing. In the Optimist Fleet, Norway’s Julia Jacobsen took three bullets out of three races; putting her on top of the ladder and taking the lead from India’s Uma Chouhan who is

The 6th edition of Hong Kong Race Week got off to a cracking start last night with lion dancers launching golden flying pigs into the crowd as a nod to the start of the Chinese New Year of the Golden Pig. Speeches were heard from Hong Kong Race Week Chairman Peter Davies, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Commodore John Woo, HKSF President Tong Yui Shing, Secretary-General of the China Yachting Association, Liu Wei Dong and Clean Regatta Ambassadors Enzo Cremers from the Laser Radia