Hong Kong Race Week - Waiting for the wind

by RHKYC Media on 16 Feb 2015 The wind that everyone at Hong Kong Race Week had been hoping for did not arrive today; even Wind Guru was predicting gusts of 1kt in the afternoon. If that wasn’t enough, the race areas were shrouded in thick fog making visibility very poor.

There was no idle time, however, as there were plenty of onshore activities to keep the sailors occupied, including a debrief for some classes based on the TackTracker replays of their racing as well as a treasure hunt and a boat and flag quiz.

PRO Charlie Manzoni took a RIB out shortly before noon in search of some wind, returning half an hour later when everyone assembled on the hard standing to hear the news. Manzoni said 'Thank you very much indeed for all waiting around for so long. I am afraid we have not been able to whistle up much wind. We have just been out there and there is something between 2.5 and 3kts across the whole sea area. There is also some pretty poor visibility. So confidently we have made a decision that there is no more racing today.'

Manzoni added that 'the forecast looks quite promising' so, fingers and toes crossed for tomorrow.

Provisional results from racing so far can be found at the official website www.hongkongraceweek.com