Longcheer Yacht Club
www.longcheer.com
Widely regarded as China’s finest yachting marina, Shenzhen Longcheer Yacht Club, nestling beneath Qi’niang Mountain, overlooks Daya Bay to the east of the city. It offers various nautical activities including diving, fishing, motorboating, windsurfing as well as yachting.
It includes mooring for 274 yachts, 400 yacht platforms while the club building includes hotel accommodation, western and Chinese restaurants, a wine bar, a map room, shop, meeting and viewing rooms.
Address: Nanao Town, Shenzhen, 518121, China. Tel (00 86) 755 844 23111; Fax (00 86) 755 844 23210
e-mail: szlangqi@public.szptt.net.cn
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
www.rhkyc.org.hk
One of the oldest and most prestigious clubs in Hong Kong, the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is proud of its rich, colourful history, which stretches back more than 150 years of social and competitive sailing and rowing. The Club today has evolved into a multi-faceted and cosmopolitan organisation and its membership enjoys a comprehensive range of facilities and services, both afloat and ashore. Kellett Island in Causeway Bay is the Club's principal base, and acts as the parent site to the two smaller branches of the Club, at Shelter Cove near Sai Kung which is the base for cruisers, and Middle Island in Deep Water Bay which is the home to dinghy sailors, sail training and rowing. With its top-class facilities and a jam-packed sailing calendar, the RHKYC has always been at the forefront of Hong Kong’s sailing scene, and sets the standards for both local and international sailing. The Club has an excellent track record in organizing successful and well-attended regattas.
Beneteau First 40.7
www.beneteau.com
For last year’s regatta, our investment included the purchase of ten of one of the world’s most popular yachts, the Beneteau First 40.7 to allow teams to compete in a single class event.
The move was praised by competitors and media alike as a demonstration of our ambition in creating the perfect yachting environment and we will continue to buy more 40.7s in the coming years.
As our supplier, Simpson Marine says: "Bénéteau First is a range of high-performance yachts that combines serious racing features with spacious accommodation." "The First 40.7 is the most successful 40 footer of its time with more than 700 units built to date. This best seller is equally at home racing at high level (winner of Rolex Sydney-Hobart race) or out on a family cruise."
In the future
To further develop the China Cup, the organizers will invest 200-300 million RMB (US14m-US21m) over the next three years in building new facilities, personnel training and industry expansion, as well as providing a youth training base to raise the nautical awareness and sporting spirit of future generations.
