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Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Lipton Trophy 2011

by RHKYC 19 Nov 2011 11:08 PST 19 November 2011
RHKYC Lipton Trophy 2011 © Joyce Ravara / RHKYC
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54 boats signed on for the first pursuit race of the Top Dog Trophy Series, designed to find Hong Kong’s most successful helm over the course of the season. Race Officer Brenda Davies scoured the Victoria Harbour early to find some breeze, but with nothing on offer at the Eastern marks, she was forced to use the 7 knot northerly and a Hung Hom start to send the fleet off on course 4.

Although there were some ‘quiet’ patches, the breeze finally started to build at around 1500hrs, and the faster boats with the later starts started edging their way though the fleet.

It was quite some time before the Big Boats were able to pick off plucky Pandora, Solstice, however at the target finish time, it was Big Boat Ambush (Isler / Taylor) which took the gun in around 10 knots, followed by Tristan Stewart’s Big Boat Wicked, and Steve Bourne’s Magic 25, Merlin.

A raft of boats followed them in, and at a packed Prizegiving, the Lipton Trophy was awarded to Joachim Isler and Drew Taylor.

Overall Results: (top ten)

1st Big Boat, Ambush, Isler / Taylor
2nd Big Boat, Wicked, Tristan Stewart
3rd Magic, Merlin, Steve Bourne
4th Big Boat, Dexter II, Jamie McWilliam
5th Big Boat, Red Kite II, Anthony Root
6th Big Boat, Gambit, Mowser
7th Etchells, Capoeira, Mead / Godfrey
8th Etchells, Swedish Blue, Razmilovic / Backe
9th Etchells, Gunga Din, Ben Williams
10th F18, Rum Tum Tugger, Peter Davies

Full results are available at www.rhkyc.org.hk/TopDogTrophySeries2010-2011.aspx

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