HONG KONG—The penultimate race of the Hebe Haven Typhoon Series (Race 8), an island race, was held on Sunday Aug 14 with almost 50 boats taking part even without counting the IRC-A fleet.
Although IRC-A boats did race it seems that there is a protest between two of the leading boats so the results are not yet available.
With 8 races now completed 2 discards can now be taken into account, but result in few changes in the overall positions.
Race 8
In IRC-B “Lighthorse” took line honours and 1st place, followed by “Sell Side Dream”, and “Blue Bunny”. Series leader “Seawolf” was relegated to 4th place. In the 1st half of the series it looked like “Seahorse” would run away with the title, but recent less good results have now put this in doubt. “Seawolf” is still leading the series with 9 points net, but is just 1 point ahead of “Sell Side Dream” (10 points) and “Lighthorse” is lying 3rd on 15 points.
IN IRC-C the series leaders “Dexter II” and “Ked Kite II” again finished ahead. “Lady Butterfly” came 3rd. “Red Kite II” now leads the series in this category with 7 points net, “Dexter II” is on 9 points and “Gambit” is 3rd with 19 points.
