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Jelik stuns champion, leads Subic-Bora race

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BORACAY—Top contender Jelik, skippered by Hong Kong’s Frank Pong, drew the first blood as foreign entries dominated the 7th Standard Insurance Subic Bay to Boracay Race.

Jelik defeated last year’s champion TP 52 Davidson Centennial III of Judes Echauz.

Reichel/Pugh 75 Jelik, last year’s runner-up, ruled the IRC Racing Class with a corrected time of twenty eight hours, 19 minutes, 46 seconds in the 210-nautical mile of the event presented by PLDT SME Nation, Tanduay Rum, Cebu Pacific, The Lighthouse Marina Resort, Watercraft Ventures Inc. and Seawind Hotel Boracay.

Defending champion Centennial III came in second in 30:29:37, while Smith 72-Custom Antipodes steered by Geoff Hill, took third place 30:40:30.

 This gave Jelik a solid start in the combined series of the four-day Boracay Cup Regatta that started Tuesday morning from this pristine beach resort to Carabao Island off Romblon and back.

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 Pong, the 2013 Asian Yatching Grand Prix Skipper of the Year and 1997 President’s Cup Champion, outclassed 15 other elite sailors from Asian countries, Australia, Germany and China, including record holder Syd Fisher’s Dubios 90 Ragamuffin 90 skiperred by David Witt.

 Perfect conditions marked the Subic-Boracay race as competing boats sailed under strong winds, according to American race officer Jerry Rollin.

 The four-day regatta, which will be a combination of Point-to-Point and windward/leeward courses, is part of the Asian Yachting Grand Prix season with captain Marty Rijkuris as the main judge.

 Aside from bragging rights, participants will gain precious points for the much-coveted Asian Yachting Skipper and Yacht of the Year awards.

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