Want to experience the Volvo Ocean Race? It may be your one and only chance in Hong Kong
Government’s HK$25 million support crucial in bringing the seven-yacht fleet to Hong Kong for the first time next week
Organisers have called on the public to get behind the Volvo Ocean Race when the seven-yacht fleet arrives in Hong Kong from Melbourne next week, heralding it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience to watch racing at its best.
Hong Kong hosts the end of the fourth leg of the 45,000-nautical mile race with the city the only stopover in Asia from a total of 10 legs that also featuresLisbon, Melbourne, Auckland, Cape Town, Gothenburg and The Hague.
“We don’t know if we can bring the event back to Hong Kong in future because of its [high running] costs and because there is stiff competition for hosting rights of having it in the city,” said Tong Yui-shing, president of the Hong Kong Sailing Federation.
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“We have never been able to do this before. This is the first time we have also entered a yacht in the world-class event.