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Friday, June 3, 2011
TIGRINA Wins RHKYC J/80 Spring Regatta
(Hong Kong, China)- On the weekend of May 14-15, the Royal Hong Kong YC hosted their annual Spring Regatta and had an enormous turn-out for their one-design classes. This year's event also served as the inaugural Spring Regatta for the club's J/80 fleet.
In a clear demonstration that they've begun to master sailing J/80s fast are Andrew Moore's team on TIGRINA, taking the Spring Regatta with a 1-2-1 to win with 4 pts. Second was Lucinda Ho and Sam Phillips racing MOZZIE with a 3-1-4 tally for 8 points. Third was Bruce Perkins on DELIAWITE with a 5-3-2 score for ten points. Rounding out the top five were Clark/ Bulmer racing JASMINE to fourth and Pauline Kong sailing FIGURE OF EIGHT to fifth. For more Royal Hong Kong YC sailing information