HA LONG BAY, VIET NAM WINNERS OF RACE 8: SPRINT TO THE CITY OF A HUNDRED ISLANDS

It’s third times a charm for Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam as it is named winner of Race 8: Sprint to the City of a Hundred Islands and marking its third win of the Clipper 2023-24 Race.

A short, sharp sprint of just 600nm and four days of racing saw Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam play an early tactical wild card as it veered further south as it rounded Hainan Island. This was a risk that paid off as the team made great progress on the leading pack and finished 8nm ahead of its nearest competitor.

Taking the second place on the sprint to Zhuhai was Perseverance, who after an intense race secured its fourth podium of the edition. The team stormed to the top of the leader board at the Prizegiving in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

The third podium place goes to Dare To Lead who was just 0.21nm behind Perseverance (based on the distance to the centre of the Finish Line on which the results are based). This result for the team led by Ryan Gibson, means a fourth podium position.

Full Race 8 results:

1st Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam 33.70

2nd Perseverance 41.56

3rd Dare To Lead 41.77

4th Yacht Club Punta del Este 42.15

5th Zhuhai 44.75

6th Our Isles and Oceans 45.39

7th UNICEF 45.73

8th Qingdao 46.07

9th Washington, DC 47.26

10th PSP Logistics 52.94

11th Bekezela 61.71

After close monitoring of the fleet’s progress over the past 24 hours, the Clipper Race Committee made the decision to shorten Race 8 due to a large wind hole that had developed between the fleet and the Finish Line, as well as the tidal heights that put a restriction on the fleet’s entry times to the Jiuzhou Zhuhai Marina. The race officially ended at 0000 UTC (0800 LT) today, 6 March.

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