McGregor second in Hong Kong
The Dolphin Coast’s Hank McGregor suffered a rare second place in Hong Kong over the weekend.
The South African men followed up on the impressive domination of their women’s team at the ICF Ocean Racing World Championships, filling five of the top seven places, with McGregor losing a thrilling title race to defending champion Cory Hill.
Overnight winds whipped up three metre high swells, and made the fabled 22km Dragon Run course a test of pure downwind and ocean racing skills.
After having lost a few Dragon Run dices to McGregor, Hill was always watching over his shoulder as McGregor and Jasper Mocké shadowed him throughout the race.
With the pressure starting to tell in the closing stages of the race Hill and McGregor opted for a chancy inside line at the Kissing Whales turn, where McGregor lost time after being caught in the big surf.
“Hats off to Cory, he raced a great race,” said McGregor afterwards.
“I got swamped at Kissing Whales, and that cost me 60 or 70 metres.
“I had to gather my thoughts and come back, but it just wasn’t good enough.”
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