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Avant Garde

SAIL # HKG 2047
OWNER JOSHUA COLE
COUNTRY HONG KONG
CLUB RHKYC
TYPE A40RC
LOA 11.98M
BEAM 3.75M
DRAUGHT 2.47M
IMAGE RHKYC / XAUME OLLEROS

RESULTS

YEAR RACE DIV DIV RESULT OVERALL
2018 RCSR IRC 2 3 22
2016 RCSR IRC 2 DNF DNF
2015 HKVN IRC 2 2 12
2015 SFR IRC 9 9
2013 HKVN IRC 2 DNF DNF
2012 HKHN IRC 1 DNF DNF
2010 RCSR IRC B 3 10

 

ROLEX CHINA SEA RACE 2018

Chung Hei Jeremy Chiu, Alexey Filimonov, Pak Sun Anson Ng, Darwin Santos, Jack Ing Kiet Tang, Edward Allan Tanner, Su Meng Vincent Wee

ROLEX CHINA SEA RACE 2016

Joshua Cole, ChinYew Shea, Rex Tan, Gaston Chan, Darwin Santos, Alexi Filimonov, Vicky Lee, Vincent Wee

HONG KONG TO VIETNAM RACE 2015

Joshua Anthony Cole, Michael Choi Chi Fung, Michael Becker, Edward Tanner, Rex Tan, Alexey Filiminov

SAN FERNANDO RACE 2015

Chin Yew Seah, Joshua Cole, Alexey Filimonov, Vincent Wee, Michael Choi, Gaston Chan, Vicky Lee, Violet Fung, Chan Kin Hung Aran

HONG KONG TO VIETNAM RACE 2013

Seah Chin Yew, Edward Tanner, Apple Asawawatanaporn, Michael Choi, Joshua Cole, Alexey Filimonov, Qidong (Tony) Lu, Vincent Wee

HONG KONG TO HAINAN RACE 2012

Cynthia Law, Eddie Steel, Qidong (Tony) Lu, Joshua Cole, Ed Tanner, SO Pak Cheung Roger, Naoaki Waga

ROLEX CHINA SEA RACE 2010

Crew - coming soon

HONG KONG TO VIETNAM RACE 2013 - BOAT INFORMATION

Avant Garde, an Archambault 40 RC owned by three avid sailors will have eight on board for the Audi Hong Kong to Vietnam Race. Five are from the regular Hong Kong-based crew, while the remaining three are international sailors - the eight represent a truly cosmopolitan crew with many nationalities represented, including Australia, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States. 

Josh Cole, one of Avant Garde’s owners explains their motivation for entering thus; “as Asia’s longest Cat 1 race, it is a unique opportunity to test our skill, experience and endurance against other yachts and the elements of nature.  As a team we enjoy the camaraderie of working and sailing together just as much as the solitude of a late night watch under a star-filled sky.  Sailing is an untamable pastime that challenges us all to draw upon our deepest personal resources.  We see this race as a unique opportunity to leave our offices behind remind ourselves of who we are.”

Amongst the lineup, Josh thinks that they are “matched very closely to Sell Side Dream (Simon Powell’s A40), thus it’s natural to focus on it.  But it would be a careless oversimplification to assess our competition by boat ratings. We admire many of the other teams and hope to earn a respected place amongst them.”

“Racing a blue water passage is an odd mixture of sublime and uncomfortable experiences.  We can look forward to being exhausted and smelling awful but what we look forward to the most is when we commit to our strategy and it pays off after days of diligent effort.  The feeling of accomplishment at the end will be the thing that makes us want to do it all again!” adds Josh.