The second yacht finishing the Rolex China Sea Race was the Neil Pryde´s Hi FI yacht, finishing at 16:00.54 (UTC +8). The next to arrive in Subic Bay at 17:59.19 (UTC +8) was Jelik V and their almost entirely Filipino crew.
Dubois 90 sailing yacht Genuine Risk crossed the finish line of the 2012 50th Anniversary Rolex China Sea Race on Saturday, April 07 at 02:43.26 (UTC +8).
Current fleet leader of the 2012 Rolex China Sea Race, Geoff Hill’s sailing yacht Genuine Risk, is currently (1700 hrs UTC +8) 106.9nm from the finish and is expected to arrive in Subic Bay around 0038 this evening.
Italian yachtsman, Flavio Zamboni, will race at the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race as interim skipper of Edinburgh Inspiring Capital. Flavio, a 38-year-old yachtsman, who was born in Venice and lives in Southampton, UK, has a competitive racing background.
Russell Coutts, CEO of the current America’s Cup champions ORACLE Racing-Team USA will be attending the Hainan Rendez-Vous, held from 6 to 8 April, 2012 in Sanya, China as a VIP guest and will be a special guest of honor of China Team.
LOICK and BRUNO PEYRON, two French challengers for the 34th America´s Cup from Energy Team France will meet Michel Dejoie from Nautical Channel for an exclusive all sails hands on interview.
90ft McConaughy Dubois 90 sailing yacht Genuine Risk leads the way at Rolex China Sea Race 2012, trying to break the race record of 47h 43m 7s, with 366 nautical miles left (as of 6:00 AEST).
The French Challenger ENERGY TEAM has just concluded a major agreement with the American Defender ORACLE Racing. This historic agreement enables ENERGY TEAM to achieve significant time and budget savings whilst maximizing its highest performance potential with its AC72 wingsailed catamaran in the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Series in July and August 2013.
Several yachts were sailing well south of the rhumb line, with Jelik V throwing in an early tack to get back above, while Hi Fi and Freefire both waited until around early afternoon and the Genuine Risk superyacht a further hour before changing their direction in the search for boatspeed.