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The President's Cup Regatta is an annual yacht race in the Philippines that attracts competitors from all over the world. It is one of the highly anticipated sports tourism events in the Philippines. == History == In 1993 a local sailing event was organized called The Easter Regatta which drew five local participants sailing from Subic Bay to Caylabne Bay in the mouth of Manila Bay. ''Merkano'', an S&S36 skippered by Azelio Beano, won the Racing class, while ''Airtight Garage'', a Humprhies half tonner skippered by Alan Burrel, won the Cruising class. The pioneer organizers of the event were MYC Commodore Ray Ordoveza, MYC Race Committe Chairman George Hackett, Jerry Rollin, and Allen Lundy. The next year in the organizers of the Easter Regatta suggested to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, organizers of the China Sea Race (a biannual race from Hong Kong to Manila Bay), to integrate the Easter regatta in their race schedule. A course was made to race from off Manila Yacht Club, to Corregidor island, and then a next leg from Corregidor to Subic Bay. That sparked the interest of international participants. In 1995 though a China Sea Race "off year", attracted more international participants as the RHKYC organizes the Hong Kong to San Fernando race. Participants of this race readily sailed down the coast to Subic Bay to participate in the Easter Regatta held in Subic Bay. Big names included Neil Pryde, Olympic yachtsman Grey Gibson, and Andy Lam and ''Joy Ride'' a J35 which won the previous year's China Sea Race series. In 1996 RHKYC and MYC decided to organize the finish of the China Sea Race at Subic Bay, this meant that there were more boats interested in joining the Easter Regatta as well. ''Beau Geste'', an ILC skippered by Karl Kwok, as well as local boats ''Vida'' of Ray Ordoveza and helmed by Olympic medalist Steve Benjamin, ''Body Shots'', helmed by J24 world champion David Bedford, ''Suicide Blond'' a Mumm 36 and another Mumm 36 ''Intabinda'' chartered by Neil Pryde after his boat ''Boogie Flash'' suffered damage six hours after the start of China Sea Race, he returned to Hong Kong and flew to Manila and then to Subic to join the racing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「President's Cup Regatta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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