HONG Kong businessman and sailing enthusiast Sam Chan, owner of the yacht Freefire, turned to Southampton-based GAC Pindar to find a speedy replacement from Europe
GAC comes to the aid of Hong Kong sailor with high speed mast delivery
HONG Kong businessman and sailing enthusiast Sam Chan, owner of the yacht Freefire, turned to Southampton-based GAC Pindar to find a speedy replacement from Europe when he discovered that the vessel's mast had broken.
THE integrated specialist services provider for the marine leisure sector got into action and, within just two weeks, made all the arrangements and trucked the 24-metre long replacement mast weighing 700 kilogrammes from Valencia, Spain to Luxembourg, where it was flown to Hong Kong.
GAC Pindar's operations coordinator, Maritza Lopez says that with the mast's bulk, it required delicate handling with a high level of precision: "Jobs of such nature usually require meticulous planning and preparation. In this case, due to the urgency of the job, there was little turnaround time, but that did not stop our experienced team from delivering the mast on time."
Sam Chan's boat captain, Russ Parker, said: "We turned to GAC Pindar, the official logistics provider of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. GAC Pindar has an in-depth knowledge of racing team requirements, and understands the intricacy and urgency needed to make things happen. We are very pleased with a job well done and us now having the opportunity to get back on the race course!"
In Hong Kong, GAC's local team took over and delivered it to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. GAC Hong Kong's managing director Alwyn Mendonca says: "By combining GAC Pindar's yachting sector expertise with our local know-how and logistics experience and competence, we can provide the best of both worlds and we're confident of handling more jobs like this in the future."
