Hong Kong industrialist Frank Pong owns and races a wide variety of boats. Lately he jumped into the RC 44 class, created by Russell Coutts with a full inventory of UK-Halsey MatriX Titanium sails. The boats are extremely high performance and look like half-scale America�s Cup class boats.
Pong�s first class event was the Malcesine Cup on Italy�s Lake Garda. The following report is from UK-Halsey Hong Kong�s Barry Hayes who sails with Frank: �The first half of the regatta was match racing, another first for Frank Pong and his team sailing KIKI, who are more used to racing Maxis. After two days and little wind the matches didn�t get fully finished, so highest points were taken, which gave Dean Baker the win. Frank Pong did a massive job, learning every step of the way. He proved that an owner driver can compete against some of the very best match races in the world: Russell Coutts, Dean Baker, Sebastien Col and Ray Davies.
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