Port Shelter Regatta 2022

X-Terminator takes Temujin on the inside

牛尾海小帆賽 2022

Conditions were fluky inside Port Shelter on Sunday, the 9th of October, for Day 2 of the Port Shelter Regatta 2022. This forced race officer, Howie Suen, and his assistant, Bonnie Cheng, to go in search of more consistent breezes beyond Shelter Island. There they found a 7- to 9-knot easterly, oscillating between 95 and 106 degrees.

Having headed out further than intended, they hoisted the AP postponement flag and began setting up the course for the first of two geometric races, at the same time allowing the slower boats to arrive.

Some 27 minutes after their scheduled midday start, seven IRC boats slipped away on Race 2. In a clear start and 8-knot breeze, they headed for a black windward mark, laid at a distance of 0.9 nautical miles at 95 degrees, passing through a leeward gate.

The seven Sportsboats, comprising two VX Ones, Serendipity and FAB, and five Magic 25s, followed five minutes later, on the same course.

Six J/80s and eight HKPN A Division boats started at 1237, also on two laps, but on a shorter course around a windward orange buoy at 0.8nm. Meanwhile, the breeze had eased slightly, swinging more southeasterly. The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 40.3, Scintilla, and the GP26, Havoc, were both on-courseside (OCS) and, despite calls by race management, took some time to return. By the time Scintilla did come back, the start line had already closed...

Finally it was the turn of the five HKPN B boats, also on two laps of the shorter course. Mystique was OCS.

10 月 9 日，即 牛尾海小帆賽 2022 的 第 2 日賽事，牛尾海的狀況欠佳。競 賽官 Howie Suen 和他的助手 Bonnie Cheng 被逼於牛尾洲以外的範圍尋 找有更穩定的風勢的賽場。他們在該 處發現了一段 7 到 9 節的東風，擺動 角度介乎 95 到 106 度之間。

由於比原定計劃需要到更遠的區域， 他們升起了 AP 的延期旗幟，開始爲 兩個幾何級別的首個賽事設置賽道， 同時讓速度較慢的船隻先行到達。

賽事較原訂時間正午遲了 27 分鐘開 始，7 艘 IRC 船隻為第 2 場賽事出發。 他們在 ８ 節的風速中俐落地出發，穿 過下風閘道，向距離岸上 0.9 海里及 95 度方向的黑色的迎風標航行。

7 艘 Sportsboats 包括 2 艘 VX One、 Serendipity 及 FAB，以及 5 艘 Ｍagic 在5 分鐘後出發駛向同一條航道。

6 艘 J/80 及 8 艘 HKPN A 組船隻於 中 午12時37分出發進行同樣 2 圈賽事， 但航行於 0.8 海里處的橙色迎風標 一帶的較短路線。 與此同時，微風 稍為緩和並吹向東南方。Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 40.3 Scintilla以及 GP26 Havoc 同樣脫離了航道 (OCS)，即使 受賽事管理團隊召喚，仍需要一些時 間才返回航道。等到 Scintilla 回來之 時，起跑線已經關閉。

最後到 ５ 艘 HKPN B 組船隻，同樣 是在較短的航道上進行了兩圈賽事。 Ｍystique 亦脫離了航道 (OCS)。

Around the course there was plenty of action, particularly at the leeward gate. Several boats, including Blu and Victoria in IRC and the J/80, Jive, left it late or struggled to douse their kites and washing them in the process.

Race 3, the final, got underway at 1355 in the same start sequence. The RO had considered extending the courses but, fortunately, left them unchanged. A wise call, given that the breeze eased to 4 knots around 1445, before recovering some 15 minutes later.

At the end of the day, in IRC the Grand Soleil 44, Wild Card, took line honours in Race 2 finishing 4th on handicap. Kiasu took line honours in Race 3 and 2nd on handicap. The Archambault 35, Dexter II, claimed handicap honours in both to also take overall. Kiasu, Wild Card and Talkinghead were all tied on 9 points overall with the tie broken by the results of the last race – Kiasu 2nd and Wild Card 3rd.

In Sportsboats, the VX One Serendipity appeared to be leading FAB for most of Sunday’s races but FAB still managed to take line honours and handicap honours in both. The Magic 25, Hotwired, finished 3rd in Race 2 with Gnarwhal 3rd in Race 3. FAB’s skipper, Russ Parker, was also happy to claim overall, even with four-year-old sails compared with Serendipity’s newer ones. Gnarwhal finished 3rd. Baring Asia 2 claimed two wins in the J/80 Class with Baring Asia 1 2nd in Race 2 and the Hebe Dragons on Jelik 7, 3rd. In Race 3, Jazz finished 2nd with Jelik 6, 3rd. With Baring Asia 2 having retired from Saturday’s islands race, it finished 2nd overall, losing out to Jazz and Baring Asia 1.

The Swan 53, Athena, took line honours in both HKPN A races, finishing 5th on corrected in both. Temujin won handicap honours in Race 2 and finished 2nd in Race 3, to claim the overall title. Harpseal finished 2nd in Race 2 and won Race 3 to finish 2nd overall. X-Terminator and Jibulai finished 3rd in Races 2 and 3 respectively, with X-Terminator 3rd overall.

In HKPN B, Amaze claimed line honours in both races, finishing 1st in Race 2 and 2nd in Race 3 on handicap. Delight won Race 3, but it was No One Else with a 2nd and 3rd and 2nd place in Race 1 that took overall. Amaze finished 2nd overall and Delight 3rd.

Meanwhile, the last event in this year’s HHYC’s Steering the Course Women’s Sailing Festival was incorporated into the regatta with the Women On Water (WOW) Ladies Helm 2022. This applied only on Sunday to the J/80 and HKPN classes all of whom sailed the same course in Races 2 and 3 of the regatta. Lesley Anderson, helming X-Terminator, claimed overall honours with a win in the first race of the day and a 4th in the second, out of the 11 participating women.

Bonnie Yung’s DEA II, with a 5th in the first and a 1st in the second race, finished 2nd overall. Three women, Chin Hoi Hon, helming Jibulai, Sandrine Bourrier helming Baring Asia 2, and Bridget Chan on Minnie the Moocher, tied on 9 points for 3rd place. Chin Hoi Hon’s 3rd place in the second race broke the tie for 3rd overall.

The awards presentation was held back in the Garden Bar and was well attended with a constant supply of canapés and sponsored gwei-lo beer. Henry Atkinson, representing the sponsor, was on hand to present the awards.

With an encouraging 40 of 43 entries out on the water on Sunday, a semblance of normality appears to be returning to Hong Kong’s sailing scene. Perhaps more encouraging was that over 40% of the combined J/80 and HKPN fleets were helmed by women. No matter the results, all were rewarded with a glorious day, both on and off the water, in balmy conditions and the idyllic backdrop of Port Shelter.

在航道一帶發生了小事故，特別是在下風閘道一帶。包括 IRC 賽事中 的 Blu 及 Victoria，J/80 的 Jive 的幾艘船隻晚了駛離下風閘道，或是潑 濕或浸濕了船帆而爭扎一番。

最後的第 3 場賽事在下午1時55分 以同一個出發順序開始。競賽官考 慮過延長航道，但幸好最後未有變動。鑑於微風在下午2時45 左右減 弱到 4 節，然後在大約 15 分鐘後恢復，這是一個明智的決定。

當天在最後的 IRC 賽事中，Grand Soleil 44 Wild Card 於第 2 場賽事 勝出，並於障礙賽中排名第 4。Kiasu 在第 3 場路線賽中勝出，並於 障礙賽中取得第２名。Archambault 35 Dexter II在兩場障礙賽中獲 勝，並獲得了總冠軍。Kiasu、Wild Card 和 Talkinghead 以 9 分的成 績打平手，最後一場賽事打破了平局，由 Kiasu 取得第 2 名，Ｗild Card 排名第 3。

Sportsboat 賽事中，星期日的賽事大部分由 VX One Serendipity 領先 FAB，但 FAB 最終依然奪得了路線賽與障礙賽的殊榮。

Ｍagic 25 Hotwired 於第 2 場賽事中排名第 3，Gnarwhal 於第 3 場賽 事取得第 3。即使要跟較新型的 Serendipity 的帆船比賽，能以擁有四 年航齡的帆船出賽，FAB 的船長 Russ Parker 很高興仍能贏取賽事總 冠軍。Gnarwhal 以第 3 名結束。J/80 級別賽事由 Baring Asia 2 取得兩 勝，第２場賽事由 Baring Asia 1 取得第 2 名及白沙灣龍隊的 Jelik 7 取得 第 3。 第 3 場賽事由 Jazz 以第 2 名及 Jelik 6 第3名完結。由於 Baring Asia 2 自星期六的島嶼賽退出，它以總成績第 2 名完成賽事，輸給了 Jazz 和 Baring Asia 1。

Swan 53 Athena 在兩場 HKPN A 組賽事勝出了路線賽，修正成績為兩 場賽事的第 5 位。Temujin 取得第 2 場障礙賽的冠軍，並於第 3 場賽事 取得第 2 名，取得總冠軍。Harpseal 在第 2 場賽事中獲得第 2 名．並勝 出了第 ３ 場賽事，取得總成績第 2 名。X-Terminator 和 Jibulai 分別在 第 2 場和第 3 場賽事獲得第 3 名，X-Terminator 總成績體排名第 3。

在 HKPN B 組賽事中，Amaze 勝出了兩場路線賽，並於第 2 場賽事中 獲得第 1 名及第 3 場障礙賽的第 2 名。Delight 勝出了第 3 場賽事，但 最後由於第 1 場賽事中獲得第 2、第 3 和第 2 名的 No One Else 獲得了 總成績第 1 名。Amaze 取得總成績第 2 名，Delight 排名第 3。

與此同時，今年白沙灣遊艇會 Steering the Course 女子帆船運動節的 最後一個項目被納入至 Women On Water（WOW）女子舵手賽 2022 的帆船賽之中。這僅用於星期日的 J/80 和 HKPN 級別賽中，於第 2 場 和第 3 場賽事中航行於相同的航道的參賽者。在 11 位女參加者中，掌 舵 X-Terminator 的 Lesley Anderson 勝出了當天的第 1 場賽事，並於第 2 場賽事中取得第 4 名。

Bonnie Yung 的 DEA II 在第 1 場賽事中取得第 5 名，並在第 2 場賽事 中獲得第 1 名，總成績排名第 2。三名女士，掌舵 Jibulai 的 Chin Hoi Hon、掌舵 Baring Asia 2 的 Sandrine Bourrier 和 Minnie the Moocher 的 Bridget Chan，以 9 分並列第 3。Chin Hoi Hon 於第 2 場賽事以第 3 位 的成績打破平局，取得總成績第 3 名。

頒獎典禮於花園酒吧舉行，大家均踴躍參與，現場更提供源源不斷 的小吃和獲贊助的 鬼佬牌 啤酒。代表贊助方的 Henry Atkins 為大 會頒發獎項。

星期日在 43 艘船隻中，有 40 隻船隻出航，香港的航海活動似乎逐漸 回復正常。更令人鼓舞的是有超過 40% 的 J/80 和 HKPN 混合船隊由 女士負責掌舵。無論賽果如何、身處海上還是岸上，在溫暖的天氣和 牛尾海如詩的美景中，大家都度過了精彩的一天。