「Red Kite II號」連奪這組冠軍及國際讓分制賽之總冠軍。

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香港游艇會兩年一度的「聖法蘭度帆船大賽」已完滿結束，首先衝線之船隊為「Strewth號」，於4月10日下午4時19分46秒到達菲律賓北面之目的地，聖法蘭度。

十九艘參賽船隻體積、重量及設計不一，因此國際讓分制度便用上，跟據各船隻之體積、付重、設計等得出不同系數公平計算每隻船的完成時間作裁定名次。   在國際讓分賽超級巡航艇組 「Xena號」奪魁。 而在國際讓分賽賽艇組則出現了大衛跟巨人歌利亞之戰的局面；  賽果是由體積最小的「Red Kite II號」擊退身經百戰之「Strewth號」， 連奪這組冠軍及國際讓分制賽之總冠軍‧這也實踐了船隊在起航時的決心 -- 以船上之極基本設施驅使他們積極以最短時間完成航程。

「聖法蘭度帆船大賽」始創於一九七七年，今年已是第十六屆。這項480海浬香港至菲律賓的賽事被列為皇家帆船大賽會 (Royal Ocean Racing Club) 一級離岸賽事。

Algarve, Portugal – Switzerland’s Neel Jani emerged victorious from an action packed Feature race at Vodafone A1GP Algarve, The result means Jani now has ten A1GP victories to his name – more than any other driver in the history of the sport. Portugal’s Filipe Albuquerque drove a fantastic race to come through to second, while Fairuz Fauzy was third for Malaysia.  Ireland’s Adam Carroll finished second on the road, but a subsequent penalty dropped him to fifth.

Switzerlandtherefore regained its championship lead with 88 points from Ireland (86) and Portugal (82) however if dropped scores were taken into account at this stage, Ireland would still remain at the top of the championship by two points.

Race-winner Neel Jani said: “There was everything in it (the race). Coming from third, having second, then to the pit stop and getting the lead, losing the lead and having Adam really put me under pressure at the end. We were a bit lucky today and we were very unlucky yesterday so it’s a balance.

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