A yacht race that's been going for over ten years, perfectly fine, with about 30 yachts racing from Hong Kong to Daya Bay in China waters is now cancelled. Because of "new restrictions on border control". How crappy and unnecessary.
They do other crappy stuff too. Like not allow foreigners to rent cars in China, when all other countries in the world do. Or they don't allow us to drive our cars from Hong Kong to China (don't forget, it's "an inalienable part of the motherland"). And so it goes on.This nasty pettyness will be down to Emperor Xi Jinping, in some way.
Well done, China leninist bureaucrats!
Email from the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.
According to the latest information published on the China Cup International Regatta website, the traditional Day 1 Passage Race from Hong Kong to Shenzhen (Daya Bay) will NOT be part of the 2019 event.
The current plan is 5 days of inshore racing in Daya Bay which means that HK entries will need to be delivered their boats there on Tuesday.
This morning the Big Boat Committee has made contact with Lily, a staff of the event organizer. We have been told that the change was due to new restrictions put in place by China border control. We asked whether a race could be held in HK waters that gets the fleet half way there to make it more interesting. Lily said that she requires more input from individual HK sailors in order to present this to her superiors.
Therefore, we need sailors to send emails to Lily (lily.li@chncup.com) regarding the race format and suggestions.
Best regs,
xxx
