Hong Kong’s Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag to tackle Volvo Ocean Race

Scallywag training in Spain last month.
Source: Scallywag Facebook

So Hong Kong has its own boat in the Volvo race starting 22 October, the VO65 "Scallywag" owned by the chairman of Sun Hung Kai, Lee Seng Huang, and skippered by Aussie David Witt. Link here in the South China Morning Post report (free and no registration needed). There's also video of Scallywag training in Spain at that link.  Good stuff!

I met David Witt a few years back when he was here with the other Scallywag the 100-footer, Syd Fisher's ex Ragamuffin which they raced in the Sydney-Hobart.  We were also in few regattas with that Scallywag.  Can still remember them thundering past us at the top mark in a race, cutting inside (legally!) and making us look like we were standing still...

Jing and I also spend a fair bit of time at the stand-up Punchline Comedy club at the Sun Hung Kai Centre in Wanchai, Mr Lee's head office, so heaps of connections!

There's a separate story on the one Hong Kong crew, the backup navigator Tiger Mok, Link here.