Friday, October 26, 2012

J/109 Sails China Coast Regatta

J/109 cruiser- racer sailboat- sailing in Asia/ Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)- Over the weekend of October 12th to 14th the Royal Hong Kong YC hosted the China Coast Regatta.  The event is three days of Big Boat racing in the best sailing conditions that Hong Kong has to offer.  The China Coast Regatta is staged in the waters on the southern side of Hong Kong with the backdrop of the enormous mountain ridges that form the backbone of the Island as the backdrop.  With 15 to 20 knots of north-easterly breeze in shorts, shades and t-shirt weather is your sort of sailing, then it's pretty darn hard to come by more spectacular sailing anywhere in the world.

In IRC 2 Racing class, the J/109 WHISKEY JACK sailed by Nick Southward managed to sail to three 4ths and two 5ths to finish 4th overall in the regatta.  For more China Coast Regatta sailing information