Nations’ Cup - Victory for the Philippines

by Koko Mueller on 27 Apr 2013 The Nation’s Cup 2013 - 78 boats representing 23 nations were on the start line earlier today for the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s most fun regatta, which is as much about the activities on land as it is about those on the water.

Crews are formed along the lines of nation of origin or allegiance. While the Nationality Criteria states that '100% of crew members must be nationals of the country which is represented by the boat they are racing on', the same criteria then go on to offer a multitude of different ways that a ‘wannabe’ can qualify – all the way down to representing a Nation in the Miss Universe Pageant. It’s all about having fun and all of the entries get into the spirit of the event by decorating their boats and wearing fun costumes.

Race Officer Sofia Mascia started the fleet in an easterly wind ranging from 15 to 20kts from Hung Hom and sent them eastwards through the Lei Yue Mun gap and then on to Shek O. The race course saw boats then head to Cape Collinson where they rounded a mark (TCS4) before going back to Shek O and then it was a dash through the harbour to the finish line back at the Club.

Whilst an England entry claimed Line Honours, the overall winner for the 2013 edition of the Nations’ Cup is the Philippines. Second was Wales and third, Japan.

The racing may be over, the prize giving as well... but the party has just been turned up a couple of notches courtesy of Blue Girl beer, the Official Beer of the 2013 Nations’ Cup.

Top thirty boats

Rank	Fleet	Division	Boat Name	Class	SailNo.	Nation	Helm	ATI	Start	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected
1		10:30:00	Phact or Phiction	Flying Fifteen	3722	Philippines	Simon Pickering	0.818	10:36:00	13:51:30	3:15:30	2:39:55
2		10:30:00	Tchaikoffsky	Flying Fifteen	3981	Wales	Howard Williams	0.818	10:36:00	13:54:40	3:18:40	2:42:31
3		10:30:00	Japan Fries	Flying Fifteen	3876	Japan	Akira Takada	0.818	10:36:00	13:54:58	3:18:58	2:42:45
4		10:50:00	Gunga Din	Etchells	1243	England	Nick Burns	0.932	10:50:00	13:44:49	2:54:49	2:42:56
5	ROW	10:30:00	Noisy Forefather 2	Flying Fifteen	3990	Hong Kong	Sam Chan	0.818	10:36:00	13:57:33	3:21:33	2:44:52
6		10:50:00	Dinkum Quest	Etchells	1051	Australia	Ben Williams	0.932	10:50:00	13:50:11	3:00:11	2:47:56
7		10:50:00	Mac Farquhar's Folly	Etchells	787	Scotland	Gordon Gregor	0.932	10:50:00	13:51:35	3:01:35	2:49:14
8	ROW	10:50:00	Shrub aka Kraut	Etchells	912	Deutschland	Joachim Isler	0.932	10:50:00	13:52:58	3:02:58	2:50:31
9		10:50:00	Easy Tiger	Etchells	884	England	Marty Kaye	0.932	10:50:00	13:52:59	3:02:59	2:50:32
10	ROW	11:30:00	MacMandrake	Big Boat	2282	Ireland	Fred Kinmonth	1.14	11:30:00	13:59:58	2:29:58	2:50:58
11		10:50:00	The Battler	Etchells	903	Australia	Marc Jukes	0.932	10:50:00	13:54:05	3:04:05	2:51:34
12		11:30:00	BushWaka	Big Boat	2208	New Zealand	Steve Trebitsch	1.162	11:30:00	13:57:43	2:27:43	2:51:39
13	ROW	11:30:00	Signal 8	Big Boat	2300	Australia	Warwick Downes/Keith Jacobs	1.195	11:30:00	13:55:33	2:25:33	2:53:56
14		11:30:00	FfreeFire	Big Boat	1892	England	Russ Parker	1.351	11:30:00	13:39:48	2:09:48	2:55:22
15		10:50:00	Capoeira	Etchells	1046	England	Richard Kendall	0.932	10:50:00	13:59:03	3:09:03	2:56:12
16		10:30:00	Kerfuffle	Flying Fifteen	3979	Wales	Carlyon Knight-Evans	0.818	10:36:00	14:13:12	3:37:12	2:57:40
17		10:30:00	Moll	Impala	1045	England	Philip Bowring	0.89	10:36:00	13:56:15	3:20:15	2:58:13
18		11:10:00	Red Kite II	Big Boat	2093	USA	Anthony Root	1.031	11:10:00	14:02:58	2:52:58	2:58:20
19	Dutch	11:10:00	Kei Lun	Big Boat	1691	Netherlands	Richard van den Berg	1.054	11:10:00	14:00:00	2:50:00	2:59:11
20		10:30:00	Rainbow Chaser	Impala	731	Hong Kong	W Tam	0.89	10:36:00	13:58:05	3:22:05	2:59:51
21		10:50:00	Wanchai Belle	Etchells	713	France	Yann Dabbadie	0.932	10:50:00	14:03:26	3:13:26	3:00:17
22		10:30:00	Frantic Forties	Flying Fifteen	3469	Hong Kong	Chan Wai Chuen	0.818	10:36:00	14:16:25	3:40:25	3:00:18
23		11:10:00	Gambit	Big Boat	1612	England	K C Mowser	1.019	11:10:00	14:07:47	2:57:47	3:01:10
24		11:10:00	Mojito	Big Boat	1281	England	Simon Blore	1.098	11:10:00	13:56:03	2:46:03	3:02:19
25	Dutch	10:30:00	Puff 'n stuff	Flying Fifteen	3701	Netherlands	Suzanne Downes	0.818	10:36:00	14:18:58	3:42:58	3:02:23
26		11:10:00	Wicked	Big Boat	2171	New Zealand	Tristan Stewart	1.084	11:10:00	13:58:20	2:48:20	3:02:28
27		11:10:00	Cave Canem	Big Boat	1092	Hong Kong	Simon Boyde	1.013	11:10:00	14:10:10	3:00:10	3:02:31
28		11:10:00	Talkinghead	Big Boat	1995	Hong Kong	Tonny CHUNG	1.025	11:10:00	14:08:08	2:58:08	3:02:35
29	ROW	10:30:00	Scallywag	Ruffian	1059	England	Oliver Cully	0.789	10:36:00	14:28:31	3:52:31	3:03:27
30		11:10:00	Dexter II	Big Boat	1832	Hong Kong	Janet Lau / Simon Wong	1.034	11:10:00	14:07:26	2:57:26	3:03:28

Full Results here