Feature | One Global Tomes Cup
One Global Tomes Cup
W O RD S: VIVIA N N G A N | IM AGES:
GU Y N OW EL L |
VIVIA N N G A N
85 boats were greeted by a moderate easterly breeze in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour as they competed in the One Global Tomes Cup on 24 April, the final constituent event of the four-race Top Dog Trophy Series 2020-2021. This much sought-after title is presented to the boat with the best-combined results from a series of races over the sailing season.
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ith 8kts of easterly breeze, Race Officer Gareth Williams elected to start in Hung Hom, setting a course that took the fleet to round 2.5 laps between Hung Hom and Tai Koo Shing before a reaching leg to Kowloon Bay and Kai Tak to the finish. The Tomes Cup is a pursuit race with the slowest boats starting first and progressing through a series of staggered start times until the fastest boat starts last. The Pandora fleet started at 14:00hrs with the fastest boat, TP52 Alpha+, starting 76 minutes behind in hot pursuit of the rest of the fleet. The fluctuating breeze, at times down to 5kts, challenged the fleet at the midway point of the
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| JUNE 2021 AHOY!
