Mercedes-Benz Around the Island Race 2021 – Coastal Rowing

The Mercedes-Benz Around the Island Race 2021 – Coastal Rowing, co-organised by the Hong Kong, China Rowing Association was held on 21 and 28 November 2021. Due to a surge in demand to enter this iconic race but a limited number of boats available, Club management decided to run the race over two weekends. The separation was made between the ‘Iron’ crews and the ‘Relay’ crews with Iron competitors racing the full course on the first weekend. In total, 33 crews entered the race with 181 athletes competing.

his section is a mixture of articles to give a wide range of coverage of both weekends. Therefore, what better place to start than with an article written by Club member Mark Savelli who raced on both weekends.

Double Trouble – Racing ATIR twice in a week!

Words: Mark Savelli | Image: Stanley Lam

Having set store on rowing only a speedy ‘half’ course this year (18km half), we formed the Gin and Tonic Team comprising (stroke) Michael Ng, Charles Tsai, Jimmy Chan and Mark Savelli with cox Amy Fu. And the idea was to work in non-adversarial partnership with another team (Gin Galaxy) of able rowers for the long half (27km); (Raymond Lau, Iris Leung, Lam Chan, Frederice Bombeck and coxed by Kira Rimrott). That said, we seemed to spend most of months of race preparation time in straight competition with Raymond’s crew who were always demanding ‘side by side’ sprint races between the two boats. After streams of messages aimed at getting all the ducks in a row, I think, at best, we raced side by side on only one occasion. And the results were of course

Race 2021 – Coastal Rowing

A VIEW FROM THE CREWS: Beating the Unexpected

Team NFSAS dealt with unforeseen, unfortunate circumstances during a bid for gold at the Mercedes-Benz Around the Island Race 2021 in November.

Words: Abi Watt and Chris Knollman Images: Stanly Lam, Phoebe Leung and Chu Charm Kong

Anyone who has participated in the annual Around the Island Race, regardless of which sport they have done it in, knows that this event is a massive undertaking. Racing 43km around Hong Kong Island in November, when the weather is variable at best and downright awful at worst, is no small feat. To do it right, you need to put in months of preparation and training, chart out your best course, and come equipped with Plan A, Plan B, and probably even a Plan C. But what happens when none of the aforementioned plans prepare you for what actually happens on race day?

That’s what our crew (Team NFSAS) had to figure out – mostly just by luck – this past November when we rowed in the Mercedes-Benz Around the Island Race 2021.

‘inconclusive’. After age adjustments, gender adjustments and other suitable factors were taken into account, it was clear that the Michael Ng’s boat was the faster one on paper (and even in practice), albeit that on actual ATIR race day, Gin Galaxy was the clear best performer, having completed the first 27km in a creditable sub-3 hours. Special mention must also be given to Frederice who acted as substitute in Gin and Tonic’s Boat after one member of its crew had to withdraw mid ‘sprint’ (somewhere near Pokfulam). As a result, “what might have been” on ATIR Day will never be known!

And then, due to the last-minute splitting of the ‘relay race’ and the ‘iron race’ into two separate dates, an opportunity was afforded to various of our intrepid athletes to race on BOTH days. As such, after literally scraping the barrel to find boat occupants for an Iron Race at short notice (transfer fees were even suggested at one point), we formed the ‘Luke Around the Island Team’ with a (scratch) crew to give it a go in the Open! Several people expressed interest, only to bottle at the last minute! And the final line- up put a group of near strangers together who met for the first and final practice day, just one week before the real deal! Led by the indomitable Luke McGuinniety, the boat was made up of Mark Savelli, Beatrice May, James Whitman and coxed by Sandy Lau (who had great incentive to keep us going to the end at speed on account of some discomfort in the bladder area!) We are very grateful to Sandy for her sacrifices for sitting with us for all that time. Ably stroked by Beatrice, the boat “plodded on” without really stopping and made it round in 5h:43 which was a personal best for all of us! All in all, two enjoyable days in great company. And with everything to play for next year… Separation between Iron and relay crews on different weekends Results and highlighted course records (mx double, women single etc) Number of crews, participants, volunteers Conditions and a general object write up

The Preparation

Our goal was to beat the Club’s course record (around 3 hours and 30 minutes) in the Men’s Coastal Coxed Quad and to get as close as possible to the overall course record (a blistering 3:15 set by a mixture of France and Monaco’s national team athletes in 2019). It was an ambitious goal, but that collective desire to achieve something highly tangible brought us closer together as we braved weekday 6 am sessions at Kellett Island and long 25 to 30km rows on the weekends.

The crew had formed in November of 2020, originally coming together as a fine rowing quad with the intention of winning the Hong Kong Rowing Championships. When COVID-19 canceled that race in 2020, we stayed together to continue competing throughout the 2021 season. The original crew was made up of Calvin Tang, Kelvin Chu, Dominic Wong and Chris Knollman. When Dom left Hong Kong over the summer to move abroad, Matthew Lai stepped in to fill his shoes, with Abi Watt coxing whenever we raced in the coxed coastal events.

Months of training and racing together had solidified the crew, so by the time we began preparing for ATIR, we knew we would survive the 43km race together and that we could do it quickly. All we had to do was figure out how to execute on our vision. For us, that involved putting in around 300km in the six weeks leading up to the race, experimenting with rigging the boat and our oars, determining a nutrition and energy plan for the race, and using weather and wind forecasts to understand what conditions to expect and the split times we should aim for on each stretch of the course. The day before the race, we painstakingly dried the inside of our boat, taped down all of the weak points that we suspected were letting in water, and rigged up a pulley system to allow us to open up a flap at the stern of the boat and let water out. We knew our target time and we had felt good on all of our long-distance preparation rows. It was as close to ready as anyone could be.

Race Day

We mentioned before needing a Plan A and Plan B coming into this race. Ours mostly concerned how we would tackle the start. We knew that we had some stiff competition in our event – fellow crews 4 ½ Pints and Alpha Mark 2 would no doubt push hard from the get-go. Plan A was to row our own race, not let the side-by-side aspect of it throw us off and establish a sustainable rhythm (lower power per stroke, higher stroke rating) that would get us ahead by the time we rounded Shek O into Big Wave Bay. Plan B was to attack the start hard and risk expending more energy to ensure that we could establish a lead. We ended up using Plan A. But after weeks without any side-by-side competition, the first stretch from Kellett Island to Quarry Bay felt intense, with all crews showing up with a strong start to set the tone for ATIR 2021. It wasn’t until somewhere around Chai Wan that we created a lead for ourselves and began to feel comfortable as we rounded the corner at Shek O. The conditions were friendlier by far than 2020, which greeted us with 9km of burly headwind, which turned into chunky 2-meter waves along Big Wave Bay. This time around, the waves felt much more manageable, and although the water continued to swell around us, we felt good as we plugged along. But of course, on race day, anything can go wrong, and the thing that neither our Plan A nor our Plan B prepared us for was the one big wave that hit us about 2km off of Cape D’Aguilar and snapped the oarlock clean off of the bowside rigger in bow seat. It wasn’t immediately apparent to the other three rowers what had happened. For Abi, who was coxing and had watched the metal snap in what felt like slow-motion surprise, the resounding thought in the moment was a firm, “This cannot be real.” We had thought of seats breaking, tracks sliding, water leaking, nuts coming loose. But none of our preparation had covered what we could do if an entire oar became detached from the boat.

In the moments following, Chris, sitting in bow, remembered a stream of thoughts running through his head: Shall I jump overboard with my blades so the rest can continue? Shall I quit rowing? What do I do with my left arm now?

“Actually, the overwhelming thought was that I’d ruined it for everyone,” he recalled. “But then Kelvin made a joke that at least it was the bowside oar that snapped off, and I could still help with the constant clockwise turn using the strokeside oar. The fact that we were already making jokes made me feel a little better about the situation.”

As Chris managed to fish the loose oar out of the water, a sense of understanding spread across the crew. We were down an oar, about 14km into the 43km race. There was a long way to go.

“At that moment, when I saw the blade next to me, I thought, ‘it’s over,’” said Kelvin, who was sitting in three-seat, just behind Calvin in stroke. But the feeling was fleeting. “Two seconds later, I thought, ‘Okay. We can win with seven blades.’ So I told Cal, ‘We can win!’ And then we pushed hard.”

Kelvin’s optimism might have saved us. In a moment, the somber realization that we were down an oar turned into steadfast resolution as the crew recovered after stumbling. Yes, we all thought. Certainly we can still win with seven oars! We had to believe it if we were to keep going.

“Surely, we wouldn’t break the record and it’ s not the Olympic finals,” said Calvin, reflecting on that moment. “We still wanted to compete with the other crews.”

We picked it back up with gusto, Calvin, Kelvin and Matthew pulling in the stern, and Chris using his remaining strokeside oar to keep the pace. As we rounded the corner around Cape D’Aguilar, our safety boat, carrying Kelvin’s dad, Matthew’s girlfriend Desiree, and rowing

Head Coach Ognjen Cato (Oggy) – who had made the fateful decision to jump in at the last minute – approached us with concern. On a separate safety RIB, section members Toto and YY came to offer their help as well. Over the sound of the waves, we yelled that our oarlock was broken, that we couldn’t fix it, that we weren’t interested in making a pit stop at Middle Island, and that we meant to continue.

And continue we did, for a grueling 10k with only seven oars. We didn’t have a Plan C in mind, and in truth perhaps none of us knew what we were going to do. After all, we weren’t even halfway through the race.

Near the turn around Stanley, our safety boat sped off. We barely noticed, so convinced were we that we could still win this race with seven oars. After the fact, we learned that Oggy had called Rowing and Paddle Sports Manager Nick Crabb to explain the situation. Nick, who was stationed at Middle Island for the race, managed to find a spare gate, which our safety boat picked up to bring to us.

“After picking up the spare parts, I realised I had no way to find you,” said Oggy. “We almost chose the wrong direction to go, but at the last moment, I saw you by the best and only possible place to do a quick repair – the sand beach at Round Island.”

Never in our lives had we been happier to see him. We swung the boat around to land on the beach and Oggy, in a move that would shock and thrill all witnesses, leaped from the safety boat into chest-deep water and waded to our rescue clutching the new gate and wrenches.

“After fixing the boat, totally wet, I was thinking what a fool I am, and how strong an addiction rowing is,” Oggy joked.

Later, we would admit to ourselves that had our safety boat not shown up with that miraculous rescue, we would likely have retired from the race after another several kilometers. But on that day, with a brand new gate and eight oars once again, we leaped back into the boat, determined to close the gap between ourselves and 4 ½ Pints, who had overtaken us just before we reached Round Island.

“I shut down all of my feelings and thoughts and focused on following Calvin's lead,” said Matthew, thinking back to that stretch. “I had 100% faith in our stroke.”

With our safety boat cheering us on raucously from the side, we attacked the first few kilometers after that pit stop. But after everything that had happened, the cruising rhythm we had found in the first half of the race proved difficult to recover. After a strong effort from Round Island back to Kellett Island, we finished the race in second place, roughly six minutes behind the winning crew.

After the Race

In the aftermath of the race, it was difficult to figure out how to feel. After such a promising start, the crushing feeling of having our goal snatched out of our hands was disappointing, to say the least.

But we couldn’t help but notice how this small tragedy (as we experienced it, anyway) brought people together. We felt such gratitude for our safety boat and for Nick’s part in arranging a spare gate and for Oggy, who leaped to our rescue and had to remain in wet clothes for the rest of the day. Similarly, we felt tremendous appreciation for everyone across the rowing section who went out of their way to show their support and express how sorry they were about what had happened.

And ultimately, it was impossible not to feel some pride at the way our crew remained unfazed when things didn’t turn out the way we had hoped. Far from breaking down or bickering, we banded together around our common goal and gave it everything we had to achieve whatever success we could manage. “I’ve done ATIR four times now, and every year, I’ve said that’s the last time I’ll do the race,” said Chris. “This is the first year that I’ve gotten to the finish line and already known that I have to do it again.”

Racing around Hong Kong Island in a single!

Words: Claire Burley | Image: Phoebe Leung

My initial thoughts on doing the race was that it would be a pretty cool challenge, and I was inspired by Anna fisher completing it last year.

I’d already decided that I was going to fundraise for charities, and I already had a clear Idea on which ones they were going to be. I’d actually originally decided on three charities, WISE, MIND, and OCR, but unfortunately had to drop OCR, as I wanted to make sure the charities I was fundraising for had a good sum of money going to them. Although I was incredibly happy when Jaden, of the Jaden & Jaden double reached out to me about wanting to raise money for charity too, and that they were too passionate about what OCR stands for.

I knew that Mind HK, and WISE, were charities that meant a lot to me, but during the run up to the race I really learnt to realize just how much they really meant to me. Especially with the feedback I received on my SCMP interview.

This became so much more than a ‘pretty cool’ challenge. And really became something I felt compelled to complete. I want to be a role model for women, and girls out there, and for all those struggling with mental health (male or female). I grew up with a huge amount of mental struggles, and I really also struggled with what it meant to be a ‘girl’ or a woman, constantly being labeled a tomboy, or ‘like a boy’ because of the way my personality was.

My main goal on race day was just to complete the race. I’d set myself a target of 5 hours, and to be very honest, I really did not think that I was going to reach it! And coming round the first third of the island it seemed that my suspicions were going to be right. But once I’d reached cape D’aguilar I managed to regain my bearings, and was a lot more familiar with the ocean on that part of the course onwards, and regained so much ground. I also had to keep reminding myself that the only person I was truly racing against was myself, and in order to keep going I made sure I stayed happy and positive throughout the race, because no matter what happened, I WAS going to finish.

Rowing through the South Side of HK was pretty enjoyable, I had done this part of the course many times before, and I breezed through this section, and had a great time surfing the waves.

Not long after this was when the fatigue hit. Even though I felt that I was drinking enough, and refueling adequately, the Kms started to get to me. With around 15km to go, I could start to feel my muscles falling weaker, and my head start to ache, I made more stops to drink up, and refuel through the west side, making sure I kept my pace up, and just kept moving.

The final section rowing through HK harbor back to the yacht Club was the toughest. I was tired, hungry, and thirsty. The wash from the ferries, mixed with the gusty winds battered me thoroughly, it truly did live up to it’s nickname, the ‘washing machine’, however, I powered on, knowing that food, and a well deserved glass of Prosecco were waiting for me at the finish line!

I don’t think enough words can explain the feeling of hearing that horn as I crossed the finish line. I’d used what last bit of energy I had to make for a sprint finish, and what came after was just pure joy! Whatever pain, and fatigue I felt during the race was instantly forgotten. It was all just an amazing experience, and I am incredibly proud to have completed it!

The Lantau Boat Club Ocean Rowers

A Q&A session with Rachel Humphreys and Andrew Lawson of Lantau Boat Club by Isa Scheunpflug. Words: Isa Scheunpflug | Images: Phoebe Leung

Rachel & Andrew – congratulations for your fantastic season 2021. Your list of achievements is long. Let me name only a few: the first double to row the 70 km Around Lantau in an impressive 6h:13, and finished ATIR (45km) in a jaw-dropping jealousy-worthy 3h:54 – the first boat over the line after the professionals from the Hong Kong Team.

Rachel, you pocketed many medals; including your first fine boat title in the 43 Hong Kong Championships 2021. Andrew, your solos Around Lantau and the 2020 ATIR in unprecedented wild conditions with 4h:37 are legendary. You two are the epitome of offshore coastal rowing in our Hong Kong community.

What is your secret?

R: There is no big secret – it’s all about being consistent in training and teamwork. A: We enjoy being outdoors and the freedom coastal rowing gives us to explore the waters of Hong Kong. R: Although it comes with a footnote: good results, enough sleep, a social life – not all can be achieved!

Why do you like coastal rowing?

R: Rowing is a great combination of technical, tactical and physical challenges. Coastal rowing catapults these challenges into a different dimension, there’s always something different to focus on. It’s a great way to keep fit and switch off after a busy day at work! A: It’s so DYNAMIC… no two days are ever the same! The weather and water are ever changing and so you have to adapt. Coastal rowing is often about surfing waves which is a permanent interval training utilising different stroke types. Hard and fast when you pull the boat into a wave, longer and lighter to maintain a higher boat speed once you are surfing. This sequence gets repeated literally hundreds of times, depending on conditions. In training we seldomly just cruise with a certain stroke rate or length. R: and of course, excellent teamwork is the key to doing this effectively!

‘Surfing’ is the keyword. Andrew, you have a second love – surf skiing. How does that work?

A: Surfskis are ocean kayaks designed for surfing in downwind conditions. In surfski we learn to see the lines to follow in the water in order to maintain maximum speed using the energy of the waves. The key is to be as lazy as possible; allowing the waves to provide most of the energy.

This helps you with rowing, because…..

A: … because I can picture in my head what is happening in front of the boat, while travelling backwards. This knowledge allows us to use the currents, waves and winds in the most efficient way. When surfing, all of these aspects contribute to boat speed so you have to learn to use them not fight them. Attempt to be as lazy as possible (while the boat surfs…) to conserve energy.

How do you deal with fear?

R: I’m not a natural on the water so fear is a topic I learned to deal with. Being offshore in wild conditions in a small boat is not to be underestimated. Mostly fear is all about losing control; capsizing, being washed on rocks or being unable to return home safely. My go-to remedy is to repeat mantras to keep calm and focused on solutions. Having a good partner is essential to provide distraction or reassurance as needed. Good news is – overcoming fear is well trainable: with more exposure to challenging conditions, situations become more familiar. Rowing in rough seas and surfing huge waves certainly gets the adrenaline rushing and has given us the opportunity to explore much of Hong Kong’s amazing coastline.

Any plans for the coming season 2022?

R: We have an epic ‘100km in a day’ planned for spring. Maybe some of our fellow rowers would like to accompany us, even if it’s only for 10k or so? We would be delighted.

Would you have the appetite to cross the Atlantic or even Pacific in the future? YES!

The Volunteer Perspective!

Words: Jenny Lim and Katy Tong | Images: Katy Tong

Jenny Lim – Coastal Rower

In November 2021, Instagram captured groups of costal rowers, volunteers and organizers braving the waves and clocking another milestone at the Mercedes-Benz Around the Island Race (ATIR) 2021. Most RHKYC rowers had trained with the Rowing Section on water, in the gym, on ergs, in circuit training throughout the weeks leading to this annual event of two parts, full iron course and the relay event. The sheer number of posts to the run-up of the race reflected the rowers’ determination gearing up for the long-distance costal race.

Having had a series of heat strokes over the summer, I did not consider rowing in ATIR. However, closer to the race days, the RHKYC Costal Rower WhatsApp Group sent out invitations to us all, ‘anyone out there could give a hand as volunteers are much appreciated … anymore … we need more people’ ... Not fully knowing what I have signed up for, I contacted the ATIR Volunteers’ Coordinator, Niral Maru, signaling my availability to assist in both relays and full course. Subsequently, I was assigned as a Timekeeper as I would definitely not get heat stroke hiding in the look-out post, doing some paperwork, clocking the time and shouting and cheering for the rowers as we see them coming ashore!

This year was particularly fun as a few new rowers, sailors – experienced and junior members also joined the team as volunteers. So, this bunch of Timekeepers were assigned the sacred tasks to clock and sign the countdown to 3-minute, 2-minute and 1-minute to the start time, defining the finishing line and keeping an eye on those boats with missing labels, missing radar tracking devices, etc. At one point, when the solo woman rower, Claire Burley was coming back, we screamed and cheered so loud among the Timekeepers in the look-out post, at one point we thought we forgot to clock and note her time (Oh No!). Eventually, we found the time scribbled on another page, which we later confirmed with a hand-held video capturing the excitement. It would take another article to explain the hip and hype of timekeeping, however humble our contribution to the overall race management. To the timekeeping team this year, Kaz Takai, Rupert Puels and his wife Mrs. Puels, we worked out a perfect routine and everything went amazingly smooth on the first Race Day. Thank you so much for the support at the ATIR Race HQ with Judy Chan, Nick Crabb, Ognjen Cato (Oggy) and Ellen Leung answering all our questions and keeping us afloat!

Volunteering for the ATIR offered the best experience for me to reconnect with other rowers (and sailors) and the perfect chance for glorious sighting seeing coastal rowing boats harbouring safely with their guardian angels’ Safety RIB alongside their ups and downs. The profound joy and sense of achievement definitely makes it worth the time for two consecutive Sundays! See you at ATIR 2022!

Katy Tong – RHKYC Sailor

I have participated in the Around the Island Race from the sailing side for the past two years. I was very curious to hear that rowing also has their own ATIR and couldn’t imagine rowing in the open water for hours and decided to volunteer in the race to find out.

I understood the volunteer opportunity from one of the fellow members of Young Members Committee, which consists of young members from the sailing and rowing & paddling sections. Even though I never rowed before, I was very happy to be a part of the rowing race. It was great to be able to help out in the event, meet people from other section and understand more about the sport.

I was a part of the time keeping team at the event, together with Stephen Lin who was also a sailor. We followed an experienced rower Jenny Lim to do time keeping. I was excited and nervous at the same time as this was my very first experience doing time keeping and I understand the importance of time for participants. Before the start of the race, the time keeping team went to the starting line to prepare for the race. We counted down, recorded the actual start time of the race and blow the horn. Blowing the horn was an important task as participants wait for the signal to start of the race. When all races have started, the time keeping team went back to the race management room and watched the screen and see the race by the GPS trackers on the boat, it felt like watching horse racing, except it’s digitalised! When the boats were about to cross the finish line, the time keeping team was ready at the Finish look out. I learned how the finish line is set, and then signaled the horn the second the racing boats crossed the finish line and recorded their time. Watching participants passing the finish line with everything they have meant that it was difficult not to cheer on them from the look out. I was very happy to have been witness to their success and achievements. The race was successful, and all participants came back to shore safely. I am very grateful for this opportunity to volunteer in my first rowing event where I got to understand the importance of volunteering positions in a rowing race and having the opportunity to meet people from the rowing and paddling section who are very passionate about the sport. The most impressive thing was that every participant rowed around the Hong Kong island, without the help of an engine! I encourage members from the rowing & paddling section to volunteer at sailing events to increase connection within the Club.

Summary

Words: Nick Crabb

What an incredible season, topped off with a fortnight of world class racing! I am incredibly proud of all the competitors who have trained throughout a very challenging year and I am also very proud of my colleagues from all the various Club’s departments who have worked tirelessly not only towards the Around the Island Races but throughout the whole season. Additionally, it goes without saying that these events do not happen without the support and organisation of our member volunteers so please join me in thanking them. I hope you enjoyed reading the articles written by Jenny and Katy who enjoyed being involved with the events. If you are interested in volunteering for a hopefully very busy season in 2022, please email nick.crabb@rhkyc.org.hk for more information.

On behalf of the Club and the race oranising committee, I would like to thank Mercedes-Benz for their support for both the coastal rowing and outrigger canoe Around the Island Races this year. It is also very important to thank the Hong Kong, China Rowing Association for co-organising this event and allowing the Club to use several of their coastal rowing boats that you might have seen recently at Kellett Island. I would also like to thank our event partners, Maui Jim, Physio Lab and Peroni for their support. Finally, as always I would like to thank the Hong Kong Water Sports Council and their board for supporting this event and for their continued support in helping the Club liaise with various government and non-government parties in regard to organising events in the Harbour and the Wan Chai Cargo Basin.

Thank you all and bring on the 2022 season!

If you are interested in learning to row or paddle at the Club, please contact rowing@rhkyc.org.hk or visit the Club’s website for more information.

FINAL POSITION

101 RHKYC 1 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club WC1x Fly and Die Queen Claire Burley 0830hrs 8:40:00 AM 1:43:00 PM 5:03 16 1 102 RHKYC 2 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club OC1x Aleksey Mironenko Aleksey Mironenko 0830hrs 8:40:00 AM 1:31:00 PM 4:51 13 1 202 HKCRA 1 RHKYC MXC2x Baby Master Winky Hui 0845hrs 8:55:00 AM 12:33:00 PM 3:38 1 1 201 LBC 1 Lantau Boat Club MxC2x Lawson / Humphries Rachel Humphries 0845hrs 8:55:00 AM 12:49:00 PM 3:54 3 2 203 HKCRA 2 HKUA/ RHKYC MXC2x Rockn’row Au Yui Hang Coco 0845hrs 8:55:00 AM 2:32:00 PM 5:37 20 3 205 HKCRA 3 Lok Tsui Rowing Club OC2x Jaden & Jaden Jaden Head 0845hrs 8:55:00 AM 12:47:00 PM 3:52 2 1 209 HKCRA 4 LTRC/ CUHK OC2x Rainstorm Boys Au‐Yeung Ho Yat 0845hrs 8:55:00 AM 12:51:00 PM 3:56 4 2 206 RHKYC 1 Lok Tsui Rowing Club OC2x Life Is Fun Tik Lun Chan 0845hrs 8:55:00 AM 1:02:00 PM 4:07 5 3 204 LBC 1 Lantau Boat Club OC2x Hart / Lo Gareth Hart 0845hrs 8:55:00 AM 1:14:00 PM 4:19 9 4 207 RHKYC 2 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and Lantau Boat Club OC2x Andrea & Wan Ng Kong Wan 0845hrs 8:55:00 AM 1:20:00 PM 4:25 10 5 208 RHKYC 3 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club OC2x Cederic & Niral Niral Maru 0845hrs 8:55:00 AM 2:59:26 PM 6:04 21 6 401 LBC 1 Lantau Boat Club MxC4x+ The Iron Warriors Paul KIDMAN 0900hrs 9:10:00 AM 2:06:00 PM 4:56 19 1 402 HKCRA 1 Lok Tsui Rowing Club WC4x+ Goal diggers Leung King Wan 0900hrs 9:10:00 AM 1:04:00 PM 3:54 6 1 406 HKCRA 4 Lok Tsui Rowing Club WC4x+ Minions Wong Lok Yiu 0900hrs 9:10:00 AM 1:25:00 PM 4:15 12 2 403 RHKYC 1 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club WC4x+ Fast but not Furious Jocelynn Chu 0900hrs 9:10:00 AM 1:32:00 PM 4:22 14 3 404 HKCRA 2 Chinese University of Hong Kong WC4x+ 35th Scullers Tam Sin Yi Noel 0900hrs 9:10:00 AM 1:40:00 PM 4:30 15 4 405 HKCRA 3 HKUST WC4x+ UST STRONG GURLS Li Ka Chun 0900hrs 9:10:00 AM 1:44:00 PM 4:34 17 5 408 RHKYC 3 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club OC4X+ 4 ½ Pints James Wong 0910hrs 9:20:00 AM 1:06:00 PM 3:46 7 1 407 RHKYC 2 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club OC4x+ NFSAS Calvin Tang 0910hrs 9:20:00 AM 1:12:00 PM 3:52 8 2 410 HKCRA 6 HKU Rowing Club OC4X+ HKU Alpha mark 2 Wong Tsz Hin 0910hrs 9:20:00 AM 1:24:00 PM 4:04 11 3 409 HKCRA 5 HKUST OC4X+ HKUST Rowing CHAN, Ka Kwan 0910hrs 9:20:00 AM 1:49:00 PM 4:29 18 4 411 RHKYC 4 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club OC4X+ Luke Around the Island James Whitman 0910hrs 9:20:00 AM 3:03:30 PM 5:43 22 5

The Mercedes-Benz Around the Island Race 2021 – Coastal Rowing Sunday 28 November RELAY RESULTS

BOW NUMBER CLUB NAME CREW NAME ACTUAL START TIME FINISH TIME DURATION RACE TIME (MINUS 10MIN) FINAL POSITION

416 New Star New Star 9:00:00 AM 1:22:06 PM 4:22:06 4:12:06 1

415 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club 413 Lion Rock Rowing Club 421 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club 419 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club 412 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club 411 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club RHKYC Quad Sapphire 9:00:00 AM 1:24:44 PM 4:24:44 4:14:44 Lion Rock Rowing Club 9:00:00 AM 1:40:15 PM 4:40:15 4:30:15 Team Velocity Oarsome Angels 9:00:00 AM 1:43:19 PM 4:43:19 4:33:19 9:00:00 AM 1:52:10 PM 4:52:10 4:42:10

J BOAT 9:00:00 AM 1:53:38 PM 4:53:38 4:43:38

ATIR Flying Squad

9:00:00 AM 1:55 PM 4:55:00 4:45:00 417 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Alumni HKUST Alumni Relay 9:00:00 AM 2:04:25 PM 5:04:25 4:54:25 414 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Gin Galaxy 300 9:00:00 AM 2:11:15 PM 5:11:15 5:01:15

418 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Team Beagle 9:00:00 AM 2:11:40 PM 5:11:40 5:01:40

420 Happy Rowing Team / Water Supplies Depr Happy Rowing Team 9:00:00 AM 14:26:34 PM 5:26:34 5:16:34 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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