(Hong Kong, China)- The annual Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Around the
Island Race is one of the biggest inshore events in Hong Kong. It is a
26.0nm race around Hong Kong Island involving Big Boats, One-Design
Classes, Dinghies and even Beach cats! It is a complete free-for-all as
the start takes place off the RHKYC starting line in front of the
magnificent, skyscraper laced, Hong Kong city waterfront. The average
entry list is 200+ boat entries, with more than 1,500 participants. 
The
race is popular amongst J/Teams in southeast Asia and amongst the local
Hong Kong offshore community. In the Big Boat Class there is a good
turnout of J/Aficionados. At the top of that group is the J/122E JINN
skippered by owner Nicolas Cohen-Addad. He is joined by the J/111
JUGGERKNOT (Kanev Pavel), the famous race-winning J/109 WHISKEY JACK
(Nick Southward), the J/35 NO ONE ELSE (Wing Hung Ng), and the J/105
LEGENDE (Pascal Martin).There is a large J/80 one-design class going out for their circumnavigation of Hong Kong, fourteen-boats to be exact. Some of the leading boats could be Henry Wong's FOOTLOOSE, Ben Bulmer's JASMINE, Andrew Blank's JAVELIN, Belinda Ng's JENA PABE, Lonny Chen's MAY 13, and Richard Johnston's UNKNOWN PLEASURES. The lone J/70 sailing the race is Andrew Ellis's DAZIBAO. Good luck to all! For more Royal Hong Kong YC Around the Island Race sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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