Hong Kong super maxi Scallywag smashes San Fernando race record
The 100-foot yacht owned by Lee Seng Huang breaks the previous mark by an astonishing 15 hours, 27 minutes and 55 seconds
Hong Kong super maxi Scallywag smashed the San Fernando Race record after sailing into San Fernando, the Philippines at 11.47pm on Thursday night.
The 100-foot yacht, owned by Lee Seng Huang, broke the 2001 record of 49 hours, 55 minutes and 12 seconds set by Sam Chan’s 70’ ULDB Sled, FfreeFire with a new time of 34 hours, 27 minutes and 17 seconds. That means Scallywag blitzed the record by an astonishing 15 hours, 27 minutes and 55 seconds.
“Today’s sailing was very nice; flat water, perfect sailing, good sunrise this morning and a nice sunset tonight,” Scallywag’s skipper David Witt said on arrival last night.
“The first night was a little rough and we had a bit of a major structural failure but we managed to get here in one piece so it’s all very good.”
Scallywag raced her way to two other titles in the IRC 0 division and the coveted IRC Overall win.
“Very happy, very excited ... absolutely loved it,” added Jack Chen, the nephew of Scallywag’s owner Seng Huang Lee, on his experience of completing his first offshore race.
This is the second Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club race record that Scallywag holds – she also sailed into the record books last November with a time of 23 hours, 31 minutes and 52 seconds in the Hong Kong to Hainan Race .