All boats in the Total Lubmarine Asia Pacific Hong
Kong to Hainan Race have completed the race, with Steve Manning's 'Walawala'
reaching Sanya just before 1100 hours this morning after 47 hours of
sailing.
Line Honours was claimed by Sam Chan's 'Ffree Fire
52' after a 32 hour downhill slide in 18 to 22 knots of breeze. The TP52 was
also to claim 1st Overall with 'Fortis Mandrake' arriving at midnight after an
expensive trip, having trashed all her kites in the first 250nm.
It was a long night for the finishing boat, with
'Strewth' crossing the line at around 0500hrs this morning, and 'Shahtoosh' 30
minutes behind that. 'Walawala' completed the set and the provisional boats show
the boats mirroring their finish on the water.