Tesla Named Presenting Sponsor for Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s Pedro Blanco Race

The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club has announced electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors as their new Presenting Sponsor for the Pedro Blanco Race.

The event will take place on the weekend of 22 and 23 March 2014 – an event considered to be the ideal preparation for the Rolex China Sea Race scheduled to start in Hong Kong on 16 April 2014.

The Pedro Blanco Race is a Category 3 offshore race around Pedro Blanco Rock, healing which lies east of Hong Kong.  

“Our partnership with Tesla is ideal as their company’s ethos is consistent with the ‘green’ philosophy of sailing.  Sailing is probably the most sustainable and renewable way to travel, and I can think of no other brand at the moment that is at the forefront of green technology packaged into a performance vehicle” said Torrey Dorsey, the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s Corporate & International Partnerships Manager.