19th April 1900hrs:
Pryde's Hi Fi is IRC Overall champion all over again
Goto Day 4 Race ReportsRCSR Day 4 Race Reports - Pryde's Hi Fi is IRC Overall champion all over again
By RHKYC Media
The second major prize of the 2014 Rolex China Sea Race was decided in Subic Bay this morning, as Hi Fi held Bryon Ehrhart’s TP52 Lucky to a two minute lead on the water to ensure that Neil Pryde’s Welbourne 52 collects the coveted IRC Overall title for the second time in four years.
Unaware of his triumph, as there were boats still racing which could have potentially beaten his handicap corrected time, Pryde was delighted with their race, saying that it was a “fantastic race, probably the best we’ve ever had. We were in pressure most of the way apart from a couple of very light hours this morning, other than that, we kept moving all the time.”
Ehrhart was equally enthusiastic, claiming that this year’s Rolex China Sea Race was “the classic we were promised. It was great the whole way with great competition as expected. We don’t know how it all shakes out (regarding IRC) but we had a great race and lots of fun. There was very strong competition from the TP52’s and the Santa Cruz .. and the Welbourne 52, I don’t think we lost sight of them for the whole race.”
Geoff Hill of Antipodes echoed those sentiments saying “ It was fantastic that you could start with four boats (in Hong Kong) and finish with those four boats within 1nm of each other – that’s champagne sailing!”
The IRC Racer 0 boats certainly made light of the pre-race forecast, with Ernesto Echauz, bringing home Standard Insurance Centennial mid-afternoon, commenting that his race highlight was that “in 20 years of CSR, this is the fastest we have done the race, (including the record setting year of 2000) and even though we finished last on the water in division, it was a very fast race – unbelievable that we only stopped for a short time near the finish boat.”
With six boats home, the remaining 28 from four divisions will continue to race towards Subic Bay, with the IRC Premier boats expected to cross the line at around midnight tonight, and Racer 1 to start arriving towards dawn and throughout Sunday.
Light wind hampers the fleets arrival
By RHKYC Media
19th April 1600hrs: Standard Insurance Centennial finishes at 15:50:59, well outside the time needed to beat Hi Fi - Shahtoosh should be next boat home at midnight.
All boats are carrying a Yellowbrick Tracker unit, which will report positions every 30 minutes.
And the beat goes on...
By regattanews.com
19th April 1600hrs:
Latest news from the 2014 Rolex China Sea Race office - At midday on Saturday, five of the 34-strong international fleet had completed the 27th Rolex China Sea Race. 87-year old Syd Fischer’s Maxi Ragamuffin 90 claimed line honours at 22:51.18 local time on Friday evening having led the race from start to finish. “The modifications we’ve done on this boat helped a lot. Our boat speed was well above the wind speed and that’s good,” said Fischer, one of the legends of offshore racing. Ragamuffin 90 completed the 565-nm course in 57 hours, 31 minutes and 18 seconds, almost 14 hours outside the current race record.
A long wait for Neil Pryde & Hi Fi crew
By RHKYC media
19th April 1500hrs: Neil Pryde must feel a fourth Rolex within his grasp as KuKuKERchu hits a hole and Signal 8 and Explorer slow considerably as they make their way down the Philippine coast. The next boat expected is Standard Subic Centennial at around 1600hrs, then there will be a rush of Premier boats at midnight, followed by IRC Racer 1 throughout the night.
Close finish puts Neil Pryde's Hi Fi in the box seat
By RHKYC media
19th April 1200hrs:
What a close finish on the water for the Racer 0 Class - Lucky finished at 11:05:22 in the company of dolphins, under 2 minutes ahead of Hi Fi, so losing out to Hi Fi on handicap. Antipodes came in 8 minutes later, with FreeFire that has led the TP52 trio for most the race bringing up the rear at 11:17:25. Hi Fi is the boat to beat on IRC Overall .. but KuKuKERchu, Signal 8 and Explorer that have 70nm to go are still very much in the hunt for the China Sea Race Trophy.
Now that we have more boats finishing (due any minute now!), we're running a 'back projection' so you can see what time boats have to finish to take the lead in IRC Overall. We'll update it every time a new target IRC Corrected time is set. The page is available at http://www.rhkyc.org.hk/rcsrircprojected.aspx and is also linked from the Provisional Results.
TP52's fight over handicap stakes
By RHKYC media
19th April 0600hrs:
Dawn in Subic Bay ~ as predicted the next tranche of finishers in Racer 0 have slowed a bit, with Antipodes, Freefire, Hi Fi and Lucky all looking as if a 1000hrs arrival is on the cards. That would still keep them in the running for IRC honours.
RCSR Day 3 Race Reports - RAGAMUFFIN 90 SEALS LINE HONOURS
By regattanews.com
April 18th 2300:
Ragamuffin 90 has sealed line honours at the 2014 Rolex China Sea Race having led the entire 565-nm race from the start in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong to the finish in Subic Bay, The Philippines. Syd Fischer’s 90-ft Maxi finished the race at 22:51.18 local time, completing the course in 57 hours, 31 minutes and 18 seconds.
The course record remains the 47 hours, 43 minutes and 7 seconds set by Karl Kwok and Beau Geste in 2000.
All boats are carrying a Yellowbrick Tracker unit, which will report positions every 30 minutes.
For more information please visit: http://www.rolexchinasearace.co
Photo credits to: RHKYC / Guy Nowell / Rolex / Kurt Arigo / Koko Mueller
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