FD Future Boats at the 11th Shenzhen Dapeng Cup Sailing Regatta
by Carren Shi 31 May 07:45 PDT
23-25 May 2025
The 2025 11th Shenzhen Dapeng Cup Sailing Regatta kicked off in Seven Star Yacht Club in Shenzhen on the 23rd till the 25th of May. FD Future boats joined the youth regatta with 11 competition groups and more than 80 youth participants.
Seven Star Yacht Club is located beautifully in Dapeng District of Shenzhen city. Shenzhen is often perceived as China's most competitive and innovative city in China, Dapeng district is a beautiful coastal district located in the south-east of Shenzhen, surrounded by the sea on three sides and adjacent to Daya Bay on the east, Huizhou City and Dapeng Bay on the west.
With the passionate support from Shenzhen Sailing Association, FD Future boats are very fortunate to participate in this amazing event combined with keel boats regatta, youth regatta, boats and water sports equipment exhibition, maritime forum and seminars, music and DJ festivals. It was a fun party for both adult and youth sailors.
Weidong Liu, Vice President and Secretary General from China Yachting Association (CYA) commented:"Sailing is such a wonderful sport and education to the youth, character and competence are built and developed during the sailing activities, we would love to see more youth to join this lifetime beneficial sport. We welcome China Originality and Innovation in yachting and boat building to support sailing development in China, it is great to have FD Future boats to join the local regattas, sailing training and development."
Yishao Huang, Secretary General from Shenzhen Sailing Association commented: "We are very excited to have the FD Future boats joining the 11th Shenzhen Dapeng Cup Sailing Regatta for the youth competition. The FD Future boats have received overwhelming recognition by the youth sailors although it is her official maiden voyage in Shenzhen. We are very impressed with the modern design, multiple functionality, high performance and user friendly features of the FD Future boats. They are ideal boats for youth training and regattas, we have ambitious plans to promote sailing in Shenzhen and the the greater bay areas including Hong Kong and Macau for both entry level and professional sailing."
Sixuan Lu, the youth sailor for FD Future class from Voyages Sailing Club in Hong Kong commented:" I have really enjoyed sailing on FD Future, it is my first time to sail on her and I found she is very easy to navigate. The boat is very stable and fast, with the open transom the boat is self draining, that's a real hassle free. I just LOVE sailing on FD Future!"
The FD Future boats are designed, developed and built with international team from the Netherlands (Dutch FD Yachts Founder), Switzerland (the design company is VMG Yacht Design with American Cup and mini-transat boats design experience), the Sails are made with Australian sailing experise from Sails East Sailmakers. All FD Future boats are made in China with international sailing expertise support and passion for sailing.
Bruce Hobday, the Owner of Sails East Sailmakers commented: "Sailing growth in China will explode, it is such a wonderful sport for the youth. We are very confident FD Future boats will be part of this growth and we want to be part of it as well. We hope you will enjoy our sails, we always put quality and performance first for every delivery, our slogan is Great Sails for Every Boat!"
Krijn Van Den Brink, the Owner and Founder of FD Yachts: "We are very excited to see the FD Future boats are sailing in Shenzhen with such clear sea water and passionately welcomed by the sailing community in Shenzhen! We hope to contribute to the local youth sailing development and be part of the sailing growth in China. The FD Future boats are the perfect boats for conducting one on one sailing training with both the youth and the instructor onboard to ensure learning efficiency and safety. With just one boat, three sails mainsail, jib and spinnaker, the youth can learn everything about sailing in one boat. Sailing is for everyone, we design the boat with fun, full functionality and easy to operate."
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FD Yachts' mission is to build and deliver international high quality youth, club operations, lifestyle and custom built boats from China to the world with Dutch technology & craftsmanship and Swiss design. Currently we have 3.6 meters PE boat FD Future, composite material 6.5 meters and 7.5 meters keel boats FD 65S and FD 75S for immediate orders. For other sizes of boats and custom built, please contact us at info@fdyachts.com.
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