ABW Dec 2017
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and the tide against them. The hole eventually resulted<br />
in a massive pile up at the Top Mark where almost half<br />
of the fleet tried to round the mark at the same time.<br />
After the pile up (which resulted in a few protests<br />
being heard after racing), the westerly wind caught up<br />
to the fleet and sent the fleet up the course, reports<br />
came in from around the race track of first 6kts then<br />
a few minutes later 14kts. The first boat to cross the<br />
finish line at Hung Hom was J/80 Footloose at 15h<br />
58m 12s with all boats finished racing by 16h 33m 10s.<br />
Today’s race was also designated as the Royal Hong<br />
Kong Yacht Club Bart’s Bash <strong>2017</strong> – “the biggest sailing<br />
event in the world”. Bart’s Bash is a global charity<br />
fund-raising<br />
sailing race<br />
taking place<br />
at 100s of<br />
venues, with<br />
1000s of<br />
Bart’s Bash <strong>2017</strong> –<br />
“the biggest sailing<br />
event in the world.”<br />
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