Rear Commodore—Sailing

BRIDGET CHAN Rear Commodore—Sailing After leaving SailCom for two years, I am glad to be back and standing again as the Rear Commodore–Sailing. Over the past two years, our Sailing Centre (SC) and SailCom have done fantastic jobs promoting sailing and racing. I am excited to be working with all of them again.

In the coming year, we would like to do more for our yacht cruising community, including organising activities for cruising boats to give these sailors more opportunities to meet each other to share their cruising knowledge and skills.

Since our SC started organising J/80 sailing every Wednesday and Friday last year, we have nurtured a group of J/80 sailors. This year we will develop a more comprehensive J/80 sailing plan to give even more members a taste of keelboat sailing and train them up in keelboat handling and hopefully get even more to join our keelboat racing events. Of course, with more frequent usage, our boats also require more maintenance work. A systematic boat maintenance plan will be developed as well. To ensure boats are being properly helmed and looked after, we will also ensure that all sailors on our J/80 approved helm list are equipped with enough knowledge and skills of boat handling to sail competently and safely. For any members who would like to join our J/80 sailing, please get in touch with the SC

Upcoming events:

Kowloon Cup (15/16 January) On 15/16 January we will host the Kowloon Cup Regatta. This is a two-day event with an Island Race on Saturday afternoon and a pursuit race on Sunday. On Sunday, boats will have their own start time based on their HKPN handicap rating. The slower boats will start first, and the race will finish at Rocky Harbour with lunch and a prize-giving at High Island (Yau Lei) Seafood Restaurant. The highlight of this pursuit race is that boats are required to keep doing laps around two marks at the Bay Islet waters and the finish mark after sailing the course until the race finishes at around 2:00 pm.

Monsoon Spring Series 2022 Every year, in conjunction with Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, our Club hosts the Monsoon Series, comprising the Monsoon Winter Series, the Monsoon Spring Series and the RHKYC Spring Cup. Awards will go to teams who get the best overall combined results over three race events. Last year the IRC and HKPN winners were Talkinghead and LoTech, respectively. This year it started with our Monsoon Winter Series from 23 October to 11 December. With very promising wind on most of the race days, teams of Talkinghead (IRC) and Lazy Piggy (HKPN) won in their respective classes and take the lead on the Monsoon Series. The 2nd Series, our Monsoon Spring Series, will start on 26 February and run until 9 April 2022. Come and join in!

Charisma Trophy 2021-22 The Charisma Trophy is presented annually to the boat that records the fastest time under sail around the Kau Sai Chau islands from 1 March to the last day of February of the following year. Mono-hulled keelboats not exceeding the length of 35 feet: if you would like to attempt this year’s challenge—don’t forget to do it before 26 February. For details, please check the club website. Lastly, volunteers are critical; contact the SC if you want to be part of our race management team. We will give you all the training you need to get involved in this essential and super fun activity.

在離開賽事委員會兩年之後，我很高興再次回到這裡，並被委任助理 會長（賽事）一職。在過去的兩年裡，帆船中心和賽事委員會積極推 廣帆船運動及比賽，我很高興能再次與他們共事。

在未來的一年，我們將為本地的遊艇航行活動投入更多精力，包括 組織遊艇航行的活動，讓船員結識新朋友，提供更多的機會予他們 分享知識和技能。

帆船中心從去年開始逢週三、週五舉辦J/80級帆船比賽，慢慢培育 了一眾J/80水手。今年，我們將制訂一個更全面的J/80級帆船培訓 計劃，讓更多的會員體驗在龍骨船上航行並增加相關訓練，藉此鼓 勵更多會員參與。此外，我們亦會制訂定期維修船舶的計劃，以確 保船隻性能運作正常；我們亦會確保水手具備足夠的知識和技能， 才能確保航行之旅安全。若會員有興趣參與該活動，請與賽事委員 會聯繫。

精彩活動一覽： 九龍盃（1月15日至16日） 我們將於1月15日至16日舉辦九龍盃帆船賽。這是一個為期兩天的賽 事，週六下午舉行環島賽，週日則是追逐賽。在週日，賽事團隊根 據各艇在HKPN的讓分系統排行榜，被安排在不同時間起步，較慢的 船隻會先啟航。比賽將於糧船灣結束，之後到有利海鮮漁村酒家享 用午膳和舉行頒獎儀式。最令人期待的莫過於週日的追逐賽了，該 賽事要求船隻圍繞匙洲水域的兩個賽標和終點賽標航行，預計當天 下午2點結束比賽。

2022春季系列賽 每年，我們都會與香港皇家遊艇會合辦系列賽，包括冬季系列賽、 春季系列賽及香港皇家遊艇會春季盃，獎項將頒發給在三個比賽 項目中獲得最佳綜合成績的隊伍。去年IRC和HKPN的得獎者分別 是 Talkinghead 和 LoTech。今年10月23日至12月11日將開始冬季系 列賽。在大部分比賽日子，風勢都很好。Talkinghead(IRC)和Lazy Piggy (HKPN)均在所屬級別的比賽中獲勝。春季系列賽將於2022年 2月26日開始至4月9日結束，萬勿錯過！

Charisma Trophy 2021-22 每年的 Charisma Trophy 將頒發予，在3月1日至翌年2月最後一天 於滘西洲以最短時間完成航行的單體龍骨船，該類船隻長度不超過 35英尺。若有意參與該項活動，請在於今年2月26日之前完成滘西 洲的航行旅程。關於活動詳情，可瀏覽本會網站。

最後，在此呼籲有興趣參與賽事管理團隊的人士，請聯繫帆船中 心。義工在任何賽事的貢獻都至關重要，我們將安排相關訓練，讓 義工參與的同時亦能享受箇中樂趣。