Nations' Cup - Saturday 27 April

Provisional Results

Tacktracker Race Replay

 

**Warning / Please note, following the Nations' Cup, the Main Bar will remain open until 0200hrs

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Mooring Allocation

Mooring Layout - Causeway Bay

Mooring Allocation - If you need a mooring please e-mail Joanne for assistance!

 

Official Beer

 

Background

The 2013 Hong Kong Nations' Cup race is to be held on Saturday 27 April, out of the RHKYC in Causeway Bay. Any boat can enter, under the latest Around The Island handicaps: that's anything from a Laser, through J80s and Hobies, up to Jelik. The unique feature is that everybody on board an individual boat must be of the same nationality - born, passport, fluent, see below. Are you up for this chance to claim the waters of HK for your country?

You don't have to be a member of the RHKYC - or ANY club in HK for that matter. Heck, you don't even have to live here. Fly in Ben Ainslie if you want!

There is NO restriction on the number of boats that can enter for a country - so if for example there are 15 boats representing Hong Kong, so much the better.

A big fun day out, not too serious (see criteria!)... There will be fabulous opportunities for song, costume, and native customs (Jenever, Bundaberg, Cloudy Bay, Mouton-Rothschild, Cuckoo Clocks, etc).

It will be a simple course from Kellett out through the east end of the Harbour and back in, with the turning mark being set depending on the weather. Might be TCS4, might be Shek O Rock, might be Beaufort!

Prizes include the winning nation's flag being placed behind the bar until the race the following year, and of course the status of Champion Sailing Nation Of The Year.

Last year we had 60 boats from 21 nations .... 22 if you count Uranus ... but the race was abandoned due to adverse weather conditions. England therefore remain the Champion Nation ... until 27th April! 

2013 Provisional Entry List 

NATIONS - 23 / ENTRIES - 78

Name of boat Sail No. Class Nation Skipper/ Person in Charge ATI Start Crew?
3x11 787 Etchells Scotland Gordon Gregor 0.932 10:50:00 Rec'd
Also Can 785 Impala Hong Kong Ambrose Lo 0.890 10:30:00 Rec'd
AmaZe 2278 Big Boat Hong Kong Eric Yeung 1.017 11:10:00 Rec'd
American Pie 54382 420 USA Sofia-Marie Mascia 0.773 10:30:00 Rec'd
Blitz Wagon 413 Etchells New Zealand James Stewart 0.932 10:50:00  
Boss Hogg 1066 Impala Hong Kong Bob Yu 0.890 10:30:00 Rec'd
BushWaka 2208 Big Boat New Zealand Steve Trebitsch 1.162 11:30:00 Rec'd
Capoeira 1046 Etchells England Richard Kendall 0.932 10:50:00 Rec'd
Cave Canem 1092 Big Boat Hong Kong Simon Boyde 1.013 11:10:00 Rec'd
Caviar 716 Impala Singapore Rex Tan 0.890 10:30:00  
Chrisargo 813 SBR Belgium David salembier 1.053 11:10:00 Rec'd
Constellation 2216 Big Boat France Paul Blanc 1.030 11:10:00 Rec'd
Cow Belle 2133 Big Boat Switzerland Peter Baer 0.897 10:30:00 Rec'd
Cutting Edge 2139 Big Boat Hong Kong Szeto YK 1.062 11:10:00 Rec'd
Dexter II 1832 Big Boat Hong Kong Janet Lau / Simon Wong 1.034 11:10:00 Rec'd
Dinkum Quest 1051 Etchells Australia Ben Williams 0.932 10:50:00 Rec'd
Easy Tiger 884 Etchells England Marty Kaye 0.932 10:50:00 Rec'd
Epekwit'k 2230 J80 Canada Rob Tanner 0.958 10:50:00 Rec'd
Ex Libris 2173 Big Boat France Eric Doguet 1.030 11:10:00 Rec'd
FfreeFire 1892 Big Boat England Russ Parker 1.351 11:30:00 Rec'd
Fifine 3011 Flying Fifteen Hong Kong Alain Choi 0.818 10:30:00 Rec'd
Fly by Wire 28 SBR Netherlands Frank van Kempen 1.054 11:10:00 Rec'd
Footloose 2252 J80 Netherlands Dijkhuizen / Sonnemans 0.958 10:50:00 Rec'd
Frantic Forties 3469 Flying Fifteen Hong Kong Chan Wai Chuen 0.818 10:30:00  
Japan Fries 3876 Flying Fifteen Japan Akira Takada 0.818 10:30:00 Rec'd
Gambit 1612 Big Boat England K C Mowser 1.053 11:10:00 Rec'd
gunga din 1243 Etchells England Nick Burns 0.932 10:50:00 Rec'd
Hakawati 2263 J80 Sweden Dan Tullberg 0.958 10:50:00 Rec'd
IBU 606 Etchells Hong Kong Kelvin Ng / Terence Lee 0.932 10:50:00  
IKEA Warriors  1949 29er Sweden  Wilhelm Christensson  0.909 10:50:00 Rec'd
Impala 1 9546 Impala Canada Gaston Chan 0.890 10:30:00 Rec'd
Intrigue Plus 300 Big Boat Hong Kong Simon Soo 1.061 11:10:00 Rec'd
Invictus 2236 J80 Hong Kong Poon Hoi Yee Anthony 0.958 10:50:00 Rec'd
Italia 788 Etchells Italy Robbi Mathe 0.932 10:50:00  
Italia 2 1926 29er Italy Leonardo Giustiniani 0.909 10:50:00 Rec'd
Jailbreaker 1530 J80 Hong Kong Michael Tsui 0.958 10:50:00 REc'd
Javelin 1529 J80 Hong Kong Felix Ng 0.958 10:50:00 Rec'd
J Chi 2235 J80 Denmark Inge Strompf-Jepsen 0.958 10:50:00  
JeNa PaBe 2253 J80 Hong Kong Ben Chong 0.958 10:50:00 Rec'd
Jil Jik 1036 Sonata Hong Kong Gordon Liu 0.808 10:30:00 Rec'd
Joss 2237 J80 Belgium  P  Cremers 0.958 10:50:00 Rec'd
Kei Lun 1691 Big Boat Netherlands Richard van den Berg 1.054 11:10:00 Rec'd
Kerfuffle 3979 Flying Fifteen Wales Carlyon Knight-Evans 0.818 10:30:00  
Larrikin 502 Ruffian Australia Claire Storey 0.789 10:30:00 Rec'd
Lighthorse 2333 Big Boat China Shawn kang 1.139 11:30:00  
Lila 2239 J80 Hong Kong Ray Chan 0.958 10:50:00 Rec'd
MacMandrake 2282 Big Boat Ireland Fred Kinmonth 1.140 11:30:00 Rec'd
Madame Kay 2288 Impala Hong Kong TY 0.890 10:30:00 Rec'd
Mojito 1281 Big Boat England Simon Blore 1.098 11:10:00 Rec'd
Moll 1045 Impala England Philip Bowring 0.890 10:30:00 Rec'd
noisy forefather 2 3990 Flying Fifteen Hong Kong sam chan 0.818 10:30:00 Rec'd
OX Old Hong Kong 2108 Big Boat Old Hong Kong A Lam 1.124 11:30:00 Rec'd
Paddy B 2233 Impala Scotland Mike Burrell 0.890 10:30:00 Rec'd
Phact or Phiction 3305 Flying Fifteen Philippines Simon Pickering 0.818 10:30:00 Rec'd
Puff 'n stuff 3701 Flying Fifteen Netherlands Suzanne Downes 0.818 10:30:00 Rec'd
Rainbow Chaser 731 Impala Hong Kong W Tam 0.890 10:30:00 Rec'd
RB 1030 Big Boat Hong Kong Cynthia 1.006 11:10:00 Rec'd
Red Kite II 2093 Big Boat USA Anthony Root 1.031 11:10:00 Rec'd
Salona 41 2212 Big Boat Hong Kong Simy Wong 1.110 11:30:00 Rec'd
Scallywag 1059 Ruffian England Oliver Cully 0.789 10:30:00 Rec'd
Sea Biscuit 2232 J80 Hong Kong David Fan 0.958 10:50:00 Rec'd
Seabee 10345 Big Boat Netherlands Bert Grisel 0.950 10:50:00 Rec'd
Shikari 244 Impala Hong Kong Raymond Wu 0.890 10:30:00 Rec'd
Shrub aka Kraut 912 Etchells Deutschland Joachim Isler 0.932 10:50:00 Rec'd
Sidewinder 2068 SBR Wales Gareth Williams 1.054 11:10:00 Rec'd
Signal 8 2300 Big Boat Australia Warwick Downes/Keith Jacobs 1.195 11:30:00 Rec'd
Sirocco 2210 Big Boat Ireland Vic Locke 1.070 11:10;00 Rec'd
Skellum 527 Ruffian Hong Kong Cathy Lam 0.789 10:30:00 Rec'd
Talkinghead 1995 Big Boat Hong Kong Tonny CHUNG 1.025 11:10:00 Rec'd
Tchaikoffsky 3981 Flying Fifteen Wales Howard Williams 0.818 10:30:00 Rec'd
The Battler 903 Etchells Australia Marc Jukes 0.932 10:50:00  
Tornado 2 2201 Big Boat Hong Kong Dominic Law 1.256 11:30:00 Rec'd
Trebon ESP5555 Flying Fifteen Spain Brais Touzon 0.818 10:30:00 Rec'd
Vixen 1378 Big Boat South Africa Peter McCaffery 1.047 11:10:00 Rec'd
Wanchai Belle 713 Etchells France Yann Dabbadie 0.932 10:50:00 Rec'd
Wicked 2171 Big Boat New Zealand Tristan Stewart 1.084 11:10:00 Rec'd
wild at heart 1382 Big Boat England Philip Keep 1.182 11:30:00 Rec'd
Zulu 1190 Etchells England Major-General Christopher Botsford 0.932 10:50:00  

 

NATIONALITY CRITERIA
100% of crew members must be nationals of the country which is represented by the boat they are racing on.

During his/her lifetime, a sailor may only ever represent one country in the Race - you should sail for the country to which you have the strongest allegiance.

All applications or disputes relating to the determination of the country which a sailor may represent in the Race shall be resolved very quickly by a committee of at least 2 people who are either members of Sail Com or are Flag Officers of the club.

A sailor who could qualify as a national of two or more countries at the same time may represent either one of them, as he/she may elect. But that choice is final (see 4.2)

A sailor qualifies as a national of a country if ANY of the following apply:

  •     The sailor was born in that country
  •     The sailor holds a valid passport of that country
  •     The sailor has the right of abode in that country (for clarity, HK requires a Permanent HKID Card
  •     The sailor has been normally resident in that country for at least 10 years at some stage in their life (for clarity, the 10 years need not be continuous)
  •     The sailor has represented that country at a major international event, for example the Olympics, the Rugby World Cup, the United Nations, or the Miss Universe pageant
  •     The sailor fluently speaks the language of that country
  •     The sailor can sing the national anthem of that country (in the native tongue)

Looking for Crew [e-mail Lindsay.Lyons@rhkyc.org.hk with details]

Nation  Team Coordinator  Boat(s)
Scotland Mike Burrell Paddy B looking for three Scottish crew - get in touch with your inner Celt ...
Wales Gareth Williams Sidewinder looking for one Welsh Wizard ...
     

            

Available to Crew [e-mail Lindsay.Lyons@rhkyc.org.hk with details]

Nation Name Experience
Hong Kong KaLai Lao

Doesn’t know much about serious racing but love sailing and enjoy time on boats, has sailing experience and can help onboard.

Canada

Jason Saunderson

Mobile : 
+852 9186 4690

Experience: Lots.  Skipper an Olson 30 in Vancouver for last 5 years. Over 7 years in Hong Kong regularly weekend racing on Magic 25 Good Vibrations for 4 years & Hunter 707 Twenty/Twenty for 3 years. Crewed offshore for Ffree Fire, Strewth, Antipodes, Drumstick, etc.  Have raced Etchells, Impalas, etc.

France Gilles Pelvin

RHKYC Student member, would love to sail for France in the 2013 Nations' Cup. Tel: (852) 5695 7383

England Christopher Odell

Has his RYA Day Skipper and has been sailing on Ruffians for the past couple of months.

Germany Christiane Hügelmann

Regular Dragon sailor from Hamburg, Germany and a member in the FSC (Flensburger Segel Club) for more than 25 years and in the NRV (Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, Hamburg) for almost 10 years. Frequent visitor to Hongkong, this time staying for at least 6 to 7 months. Would like to join the Nations Cup, so if someone is looking for German Crew with good sailing skills, Christiane would love to join you :-)

USA Donald Austin

Experience with a variety of boats in HK over the years including J80's, Beneteau's, J109 and other racer/cruisers, and Flying Fifteens.

Hong Kong

Lo Cheok In
Mobile: 6081 8954

2 years sailing experience
England Mary Henderson

Mary holds the RYA Day Skipper qualification and has been doing lots of dinghy sailing since she has been in HK. Experienced Big Boat sailor, Mary is happy in any position except spinnaker trim. Husband is sailing for Ireland ...

Scotland (or England or HK) Hamish Low

UK born with Scottish heritage. 32 years in HK. So can sail for England Scotland or HK. Experience at RHKYC since 81 includes Jelik, Bandersnatch, Foo2, Charley. Impala, Magic 25, etc.

England Rebecca Palser

Has her RYA Day Skipper and has sailed on a variety of boats big and small. Racing experience too.

Germany

Christian Maentele

Holds a German Sailing License and over the past year in Hong Kong has mostly sailed Magic 25’s and Beneteau 25’s and participated in Class racing in the SBR fleet. Sailed in the China Cup International Regatta 2012.

Italy Alberto Carraro

26 year old Italian sailor and sail maker, based in Shenzhen, would like to compete with an Italian team for Nations' Cup. Has been sailing since he was 4 years old, and is happy in any posiiton, except Pit.  Holds an Italian sailing license and has participated in many of the most important regattas in the Mediterranean with offshore boats: the Italian, European and World ORC championships, Middle sea race, Copa del Rey and many others.

Canada (or UK or HK) Ian Dubin

Best nationality offer goes - I have not competed before.

Sailing - over thirty years racing in Hong Kong, Asia and around the world on everything from Sonatas, through Impalas, Dragons, Etchells, and big boats of all descriptions up to 80 feet, done everything from the pointy end to the blunt end, too old for Marlboro Country these days but can still find my way around in Adventureland (still IMHO the best pit man in Asia) and Fantasyland. Can drive, don't really like to do so, rather do halyards or runners, trim a bit and stand and look around and offer sage advice.

     
     

 
 

Nationality FAQ

What qualifies as a ‘Country’?
 

The following are Countries for the purpose of this race:
England, Wales, Belgium;

The following are NOT Countries:
Great Britain is not a country for the purposes of this race: it is divided into England, Scotland, and Wales , as seen in the Six Nations Rugby tournament.

The Isle of Wight is not a country, it is a holiday brochure. 
Cornwall is not a Country, it is a Ceremonial County or a Duchy.

The People's Republic of Cork is not a Country, it is a Paradise .

Hawaii is not a Country, it is a State.

Tasmania is a State, it does NOT qualify as "God's Own Country", at least for the purposes of this race.