1O1O 4G Match Racing International Regatta in Hong Kong - Day 2
by RHKYC Media 17 May 2014 15:07 BST
16-18 May 2014
Under pressure to make up time in the schedule after Friday's weather affected proceedings, Inge Strompf-Jepsen wasted no time in checking out the breeze in Kowloon Bay and setting up shop for day 2 of the 1O1O 4G Match Racing Internaitonal Regatta.
Racing got underway at 1004hrs, and even with crew changes, Umpire rotations and PVOL changes, the team managed to successfully complete 12 flights before facing light and fading breeze brought the day to a close.
Conditions were kind, with a 7 to 12kt breeze oscillating between 220° and 175°, but for the most part, staying just west of southerly. Only one shower of rain forced its way through from the west, with the edge catching the race course, so all-in-all a much more pleasant day than Friday.
There has not been much in the way of very close racing in the pool rounds, however the match between Gunwoo Park and Jeremy Koo in flight 17 featured a superb finishing leg, with the boats matching each other gybe for gybe all the way form the windward mark, Park emerging as winner by the smallest of margins.
Flights 20 to 22 get underway first thing tomorrow morning, followed by semi-finals and finals.
Results after Day 2: (nineteen flights)
Ian Williams – 8 – 7,1
David Gilmour – 8 – 7,1
William Tiller – 8 – 7,1
Sam Gilmour – 8 – 6,2
Wataru Sakamoto – 8 – 4,4
Maximilian Soh – 8 – 4,4
Jeremy Koo – 11 – 7,4
Gunwoo Park – 11 – 6,5
Laurence Mead – 11 – 6,5
Gordon Gregor – 11 – 2,9
Lui Kam – 11 – 1,10
Herman Wong – 11 – 0,11