HONG KONG—Day-2 of the UK Sailmakers Summer Saturday Series took place last Saturday June 27 with 25 boats in attendance: 8-IRC, 7-HKPN, 6-Sportsboats and 4-Dragons.
With a pleasant 8-10knot breeze which stayed buoyant for the entire afternoon of racing and the races proceeded in good order. Race Officer of the Day Nigel Slattery opted for a B4 windward/leeward race layout for all boats, requiring 2-circuits of the course for each of the 2-races. The windward mark for IRC and Sportsboats divisions was set at an extended distance to allow all boats to finish each race in about 1-hr.
IRC
“Lighthorse” continuing her speed advantage shown in races-1 and -2, finishing with line honours in each of the races but on corrected time she was pushed into 2nd and 3rd place in races-3 and -4 respectively. In Race-3 “Talkinghead” was first, “Stella” came 3rd with “Ymir” 4th and “Vixen” 5th. In race-4, “Stella” came first, “Moll” was 2nd, “Lighthorse” 3rd, “Talkinghead” 4th and “Ymir” was 5th. “Lighthorse” currently leads the series with 7-ponts, “Stella” is lying second with 10-points and “Moll” is in third place with 13-points.
Bill Cox/Epoch Times
