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Rear Commodore—Sailing

ADAM GLENDINNING Rear Commodore—Sailing Fall is in the air. The past few weeks we’ve felt a distinct chill in the temperatures in Hong Kong as the northeast monsoon has brought in a refreshingly cooler change in seasons. Just in time, as the Monsoon Winter Series kicked off late in October. The Monsoon weather brings with it the finest sailing weather in Hong Kong, however instead of looking forward, for just a moment, lets pause to reminisce.
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Remember the good ol’ days? It must have been, oh I don’t know, a couple of years ago. Bear with me as I go down this nostalgic path but remember when we used to meet at The Garden Bar after racing, a chance to swap race stories, to thank the volunteers and acknowledge the race winners. I miss that very Hebe tradition.
We have continued to have a strong showing of race boats and volunteers to help run the races. As the pandemic unfolded, there were so many small, little issues that at the time seemed unmanageable. Can we use the slipway to launch boats? How many racers could you have on board? 4? 8? Looking back, there were so many hurdles and somehow, despite it all, you still showed up on race day ready to go racing. We have also continued to have new volunteers – new to Hebe and new to sailing - join us.
The good ol’ days, a chance to publicly say thank you to the volunteers and hand out race pennants. I miss those days and they will be back; hopefully soon! Thank you for reminiscing with me but in the meantime, we have racing to do in the Winter Monsoon series. I will see you on the start line and to the volunteers, a big thank you wave as we cross our respective finish lines.
秋天的脚步到来了。過去幾週東北季候風一掃酷熱,帶來乾燥、清爽的天氣。冬季 系列在也差不多約十月下旬開始,這種氣候條件於帆船比賽來說,再合適不過了。 這讓我不禁回想起以前這個時候。
還記得那些美好的日子嗎?大概是幾年前,我們常常在比賽後,和所有人在花園酒 吧慶功、感謝義工協助,和大家暢意交談。這個是白沙灣遊艇會的傳統,一提起便 讓人懷念不已。
這些日子以來,我們得到許多義工的熱心支持,協助賽事。因遵循防疫措施,許 多細微末節都需要兼顧:我們能使用這條船排讓船下水嗎?船上能負載多少人?4 個?還是8個?回顧過去,即便面臨種種障礙,大家排除萬難,於比賽當天現身, 務求比賽順利舉行。我們陸陸續續有許多新義工加入,對此我們非常高興。
過往美好的回憶歷歷在目,那些頒獎典禮、致謝義工的場面,我無比想念。希望很快 我們的生活能恢復以往。與此同時,冬季系列賽即將開展,希望到時候看到你們的身 影。當我們穿過各自的終點線時,也不妨和我們的義工們揮手示意,表示感謝。
