Our lovely
Xena is in new hands, the family of Mark N. And in good hands too. We’d only just done the handover, and she was off to the
13th China Cup. held in Chinese waters just North-East of Hong Kong, in Shenzhen’s Daya Bay.
She was sailing under the name
Zhen Ao Sailing Team A.
Xena led the pack for three days, then came the discards and she sat second, until the final race, which was the decider, and was pipped by just 30 seconds. The other way around and it would’ve been decided on count-back for a Xena win....
So a wonderful second in a big and strong fleet of 21 boats in IRC B. (
Results). Also screenshot below.
Stevo was skipper as Mark was racing in his 60’ Beneteau. (
Zhen Ao Sailing Team).
Here are some photos courtesy Stevo:
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| The really nice marina berths in Shenzhen |
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From Stevo: Steveo, Shawn, Tina, Charlie, Wei, Richard, Daguo, Sherman
and a couple others I didn’t know well. Basically Alpha crew and Xena owner. |
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| Soaking downwind |
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| Stevo: at the helm |
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| From the website (which is real crap. No boat details, no detailed results... |
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| I guess this is Mark’s other boat, the Oceanis 60’ from the CupSite |
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| There was also an Xp-44, Arctic Tern, registered in Xiamen... |
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The Shenzhen Vanke Longcheer Yacht Club
Daya Bay, Shenzhen |
