From the following article on bymnews:
What
a day – with the replenishment of the northeast monsoon filling in overnight,
many competitors took one look at the conditions and decided that discretion was
the better part of valour. This included the majority of the beach cat classes,
where even the most battle hardened sailors took one look at the conditions
whipped up by the 15-18kt easterly in the harbour and decided that the 25kts
plus and 2 to 3 metre seas at Cape D’Aguilar were not for them or their
boats.
With
258 entries, this was the biggest prospective fleet recorded for the modern-day
26nm circumnavigation, which Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club has been privileged to
run since 2003. Logistics include a team of around 50 volunteers to man on-shore
and on-the-water safety and two start lines in front of RHKYC Kellett Island,
which feature 19 starts between them. The first starts today were at 0830hrs for
the slowest boats, while the last start on the outer line was reserved for
Aberdeen Extreme 40, brought into town by sponsor Aberdeen Asset
Management.
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