Hong Kong ILCA 6 sailor Stephanie Norton won a bronze at the ILCA 6 (Open) class at Kiel Week 2023

Congratulations to Hong Kong ILCA 6 sailor Stephanie Norton who won a bronze at the ILCA 6 (Open) class at Kiel Week 2023!

Nancy Highfield and Peter Jessop also performed well in the same class of races. Except for a disqualification in the fourth race due to a false start, Nancy performed steadily in the other races, and finally ranked 6th among 146 sailors; while Peter, who is only 15 years old and is the youngest sailor in this class of the Hong Kong sailing team, finished in 28th place.

The following are the final rankings of Hong Kong sailors at Kiel Week 2023:
Woman’s Dinghy (ILCA 6):
Nancy Highfield 12/43
Stephanie Norton 15/43

ILCA 6 (Open)
Stephanie Norton 3/146
Nancy Highfield 6/146

Peter Jessop (HHYC) 28/146
Jeremy Ma (HHYC) 58/146
Luk Lok Hin 98/146

49er：
Akira Sakai & Russell Alysworth 35/64
Casey Law (ABC) & Jack Dingemans (RHKYC) 48/64
Douglas Leung & Augustin Clot 54/64

49er FX:
Sandy Choi & Maddalena di Salvo 30/40

29er (Euro Cup):
Cameron Law (ABC) & Christopher Lam (ABC) 35/168
Emily Polson (RHKYC) & Tiffany MAK (ABC) 39/168
Ethan Kong (ABC) & Aaron Dampier (ABC) 117/168
Jamie Tsang & Mak Cheuk Wing 120/168

Kiel Week is only the beginning for the Hong Kong national sailing team at different European championships this summer; they will continue to race in Europe.

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Photographer: Christian Beeck