Hong Kong to Vietnam Race - Notice of Race Released and Entry Open

Second to none downwind blast, tropical, sunshine, 30-degree water temperature and 20 to 30 knot breeze, the Hong Kong to Vietnam Race should be on every sailor's bucket list.

Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club has released the Notice of Race and opened entry for the 9th edition of the biennial Hong Kong to Vietnam Race. The race starts on 16 October 2019 and will take competitors on a 673nm epic downwind ride from Hong Kong to the Asian paradise of Nha Trang, Vietnam.

The 2017 edition of the Race had a slew of international entries with boats hailing from Great Britain, Italy, China, Russia, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. That Race was won by Cookson 50 Mascalzone Latino with the 2018 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race winner Phillip Turner’s and Duncan Hine’s Reichel / Pugh 66 Alive from Australia taking Line Honours.

Mascalzone Latino skipper Vincenzo Onorato loved his first Hong Kong to Vietnam Race and on arrival into Nha Trang said, “It was amazing because we did the race in 53h 26m 31s and we did around 770nm actual distance sailed - unbelievable! The biggest high - we had a top speed of 30kts; unbelievable.”

Even with the ideal conditions in the last edition, the 2015 race record still stands at an impressive 42h 17m 24s and was set by legendary yachtsman Syd Fischer’s Ragamuffin 100 shortly before his retirement from his yachting career which spanned more than 55 years.

The Hong Kong to Vietnam Race is recognised as a qualifying race for the 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

To race or keep up with the latest news on the Hong Kong to Vietnam Race follow the links below:

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rhkycCCRW/

Event website: https://www.chinacoastraceweek.com/

Online Entry: https://topyacht.com.au/db/kb/1059

Notice of Race: https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/d0b0c6_7971cea4a1ce44cab546a034091d2c25.pdf

香港至越南帆船賽 2019

香港至越南帆船賽在亞熱帶地區進行，陽光普照的天氣伴隨攝氏30度的水溫及20至30節風速，屬首屈一指的順風賽；亦是每個運動員在運動生涯必中定要參加的一項賽事。

每兩年一度的第九屆香港至越南帆船賽現已接受報名，香港遊艇會亦已公佈賽事公告。比賽將於2019年10月16日展開，由香港出發以順風航行駛往越南芽莊，全程673海浬。

Mascalzone Latino船隊的舵手Vincenzo Onorato在完成首個香港至越南帆船賽後表示十分喜愛這個賽事，他在到達芽莊時稱：「太神奇了，我們以53小時26分31秒完成長770海浬的賽事，最高航速達每小時30海浬，實在令人難以置信！」

香港至越南帆船賽被評為2019勞力士悉尼至霍巴特帆船大賽的前哨戰。

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