Hebe Jebes Jan/Feb 2019

JAN/FEB 2019 HEBE JEBES Jan/Feb 2019

HEBE DRAGONS

AT THE CHINA CUP SE Asian Para Sailing Championships

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Hansa Open World Championships

Around the Island Race

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E D I T O RI A L Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Paul Arkwright Copy Editor Jayani Premaratne Proofreaders Paul Ordish, Lucas Cacioli Contributors Arnold Highfield, CK Chan, Lumiere Ng, Brian Fung, Sandra Snell, Bridget Chan, Mike Rawbone, Alfred Okoth

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Art Director Wong Ching Kwan Designer Heidi Chan

Photography and Images Herman Ng, Sean Baylis, Raymond Kwong, Fragrant Harbour, Tao Zi, Karen Chan, Gino Wong, China Cup International Regatta Organizing Committee, Freepik

A D VE RT I SI N G & SP O N SO RSHI P Aakash Ramesh Tel: (852) 2736 6339 a.ramesh@excelmediagroup.org

General Manager Lisa Keatley 2719 9682 gm@hhyc.org.hk

Operation, Facilities & Project Manager Matthew Bromley 2719 7921 matthew.bromley@hhyc.org.hk

PR & Marketing Manager Vivian Ma 2719 7913 pr_mgr@hhyc.org.hk

Marina Manager Charlie Lai 2719 7919 marine_mgr@hhyc.org.hk

Membership Manager Jessica Yau 2719 7927 membership@hhyc.org.hk

Sponsorship Coordinator Andy Lee 2719 7929 sponsorship@hhyc.org.hk

HR & Accounting Manager Carol Chan 2719 7925 accaa@hhyc.org.hk

General Office 2719 9682 2358 1017 (Fax)

Food and Beverage Manager Phil Mak 2719 7916 fnb@hhyc.org.hk Sail Training Centre Manager Rob Allen 2719 7930 stc_mgr@hhyc.org.hk hhyc@hhyc.org.hk www.hhyc.org.hk

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P U B L I SHE D B Y

GENERAL COMMITTEE Commodore Don Johnston Vice Commodore Paul Arkwright Rear Commodore—Operations Eddy Lo

Excel Media Group Limited Unit 101 Fourseas Building 208-212 Nathan Road Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Rear Commodore—Sailing Simon Jones

P RI N T E D B Y

Hon. Treasurer Robert Quinlivan

Paramount Printing Company Ltd 1/F, 8 Chun Ying Street Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate Tseung Kwan O, NT, Hong Kong

Hon. General Secretary Nigel Francis

Members Andrew Badenhorst Bridget Chan Carol Biddell Harvey Jessop Kam Kuen (John) Lo Joseph Lau Kay Patterson Simon Robertson

Address 157 Pak Sha Wan, 10.5 Miles Hiram’s Highway, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong

No part of this publication can be reproduced without consent from the Publisher. Copyright of all material is reserved throughout the publication. Contributions are welcome but copies of work should be kept, because Hebe Jebe takes no responsibility for lost submissions. The views, conclusions, findings and opinions published in this magazine belong to those expressing such, and do not necessarily represent those of the Publisher or editorial team.

MEMBER WINDSHIFTS

October 2018 / November 2018

OCTOBER 2018 New members

Absent members

Resigned members

Reactivated members

Dr Leung, Kin Nin Kenneth

Mr Kellow, Andrew Alan

Nil

Nil

Mr Lu, Chung Chun

Mr Mann, Roy Peter

Absent Members

Resigned members

Reactivated members

Mr Cheuk, Wai Ki

Mr Bush, Kevin Jerome

Nil

Mr Vandepol, Donald George Ms Chan, Wan Tuen

NOVEMBER 2018 New members Mr Luk, Chi Cheong

Mr Gontard, Nicolas Yvon Mr Wright, David

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CLUB CALENDAR

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New Year's Day

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SAT

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Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet

Curry Friday

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Curry Friday

HHYC New Year's Day Sailaway

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WED

THU

Saturday Sailing

Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training

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Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet

Saturday Sailing

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(Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

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Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training

(Hebe Dragons & Green (Hebe Dragons Laser & Fleet & Blue Fleet & Laser) Optimist)

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(Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

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Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet

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Chinese Lunar New Year's Day

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Second day of Chinese Third day of Chinese Lunar New Year Lunar New Year

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Saturday Sailing

Saturday Sailing

Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training

Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training

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(Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

18 Theme Buffet

Crazy Friday – Buy One Get One Free (4.00 pm – 8.00 pm)

(Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

(Hebe Dragons & Green (Hebe Dragons Laser & Fleet & Blue Fleet & Laser) Optimist)

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Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet

14 Valentine's Day Set Dinner

(Hebe Dragons & Green (Hebe Dragons Laser & Fleet & Blue Fleet & Laser) Optimist)

15 Theme Buffet

CNY Brunch Buffet with Lion Dance & Boat Blessing Ceremony

Saturday Sailing

Sunday Buffet

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(Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

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(Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

(Hebe Dragons & Green (Hebe Dragons Laser & Fleet & Blue Fleet & Laser) Optimist)

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Burns Night

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Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet

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(Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

(Hebe Dragons & Green (Hebe Dragons Laser & Fleet & Blue Fleet & Laser) Optimist)

Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet

HKSF Level 1 & 2 - A2

Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training

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Saturday Sailing

Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training (Hebe Dragons Optimist) (Hebe Dragons Optimist & Green Fleet)

(Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

Crazy Friday – Buy HHYC Monsoon One Get One Free Spring Series 1 (4.00 pm – 8.00 pm) Keelboat Race Training - A1

Saturday Sailing

(Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

HKSF Level 1 & 2 - A1

Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training

Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training (Hebe Dragons Optimist) (Hebe Dragons Optimist & Green Fleet)

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10 Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet

HHYC Kowloon Cup

(Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

CLUB CALENDAR

JANUARY

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(Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

(Hebe Dragons & Green (Hebe Dragons Laser & Fleet & Blue Fleet & Laser) Optimist)

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Chinese New Year F&B Arrangements Sailing Seminar

Mon, 4 February Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Tue, 5 February (Hebe Dragons Laser (Hebe Dragons Optimist) (Hebe Dragons Optimist Wed, 6 February Fitness Training) & Green Fleet) Thu, 7 February

Youth Race Training Youth Race Training Youth Race Training (Hebe Dragons Laser Fitness Training)

Youth Sail Training

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Club Events

Sailability Hong Kong

Events—other clubs

Hebe Dragons Sailing

Yacht Racing

Youth Sail Training

Sail Training

Club Events

Sailability Hong Kong

The Restaurant Closed at 4pm Closed all day

The Garden Bar Closed Closed 10am – 10pm (limited menu) Closed 10am – 10pm (limited menu) Closed

Events—other clubs

Hebe Dragons Sailing

Yacht Racing

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CLUB CALENDAR

02 November & December

REPORTS

06 Commodore 08 General Manager

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10 24HR Cheque Presentation 12 AGM 2018 14 Monsoon Winter Series 2018

WINE & DINE

18 F&B Upcoming Events 20 Wine of the Month

SAIL TRAINING CENTRE

22 STC Report 28 Hebe Dragon’s Coach Report 30 Annual Report Youth Laser Fleet

RACING

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40 SE Asian Para Sailing Championships 42 Hansa Open World Championships

HEBE BULLETIN

44 Becoming A HHYC Full Member 45 HHYC AGM 2018

FEATURES

46 The Longest Half Hour Crossing The North Pacific

HEBE COMMUNITY

54 HHYC Snooker Team Claims Annual Title

CLUB UPDATES

56 Vice Commodore 58 Rear Commodore—Sailing 59 Rear Commodore—Operations

HEBE HISTORY

60 The Psychedelic Seventies

32 Race Management 34 Upcoming Events 36 Congratulations to Windseeker

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SAILABILITY

CLASSIFIEDS 62 Classifieds

HHYC

• Windseeker achieves incredible success ranking overall 2nd in China Cup and Around the Island Race.

• HHYC’s commitment to SE Asian Para Sailing Championships to further the para sailing cause within Asia.

• AGM held on 10 December 2018.

• STC report stresses importance of school sailing programmes.

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The General Committee has been elected in an open and transparent process and the names of the members of the General Committee appear elsewhere in this issue of Hebe Jebes as well as on the Club’s website.

I have now served in every capacity on the General Committee including being a past-Commodore. I am honoured by the overwhelming show of your support—I will do my best to keep faith with you.

DON JOHNSTON

Commodore

談到發展，會員間出現了負面的反應。遊艇會現時正按照政府各項條例，進行合規的工作。這些工作非常重要，因為會影 響會所私人遊樂場契約的延續，也沖擊會所保留員工的能力。過去一屆的執行委員會制定了「基本工程清單」，這些工程 是可以負擔的。遊艇會要完全符合現時的法規，並且保持對現時會員數目的服務水平，必須進行這些工程。

REPORTS

REPORTS

As you know, the Annual General Meeting was held on Monday, 10 December, 2018.

It was extremely well attended with a record turnout of 406 members represented and 202 voters in the garden bar. My heartfelt thanks to all for showing such an interest in the wellbeing of the Club.

延續這個主題，我們需要動用資金解決初步法規問題，這些開支已經得到執行委員會的批准。如果需要額外開支，委員會 也會適時批准。在投放大額資金進行建築工程之前，我們會召開特別會員大會，索取會員同意。 新一屆的執行委員會第一次會議，已於2018年12月13日舉行。在大家讀到這份報告前，委員會已經開始履行職務。 最後，我希望2019年是所有會員和諧相處的一年。祝大家聖誕快樂、新年進步。

There have been some behaviours exhibited in the past year which have distracted attention from what was, in most other respects, a very successful year. The key one is that there has been evidence of members bullying and harassing the Club’s staff in the normal course of the staffs’ duties. This is disrespectful and will not be tolerated.

The General Committee (taken as a whole) has a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of the Club’s members (taken as a whole). No individual member (including myself) has any right to issue individual instruction to any member of the staff unless the General Committee expressly delegates that.

2018/19 General Committee

There has been an adverse reaction to development. The Club is working towards full compliance with the provisions of various government ordinances; and this work is vital as it impacts the continuation of the Private Recreational Lease and the Club’s ability to retain employees. The past General Committee has produced a list of ‘essential works’ which are affordable and will be coordinated by the new Planning and Works Committee. Implementing these allows full compliance with the current regulations and brings the Club into line with servicing the current level of membership.

Commodore Don Johnston

Vice Commodore Paul Arkwright

Staying with this theme, there are initial regulatory issues to resolve—and this requires some expenditure all of which either has been approved by the General Committee or, if more is required, will be so approved from time to time. Before any significant expenditure is committed for construction there will be an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) called to seek the members’ agreement.

The first meeting of the new General Committee was held on Thursday, 13 December 2018. By the time that you read this report the General Committee will already be starting to carry out its duties.

Hon Gen Secretary

Hon Treasurer

RC Operations

RC Sailing

Nigel Francis

Rob Quinlivan

Eddy Lo

Simon Jones

Human Resources (Chair)

OppsCom (Chair)

SailCom (Chair)

In closing, I sincerely hope that all members enjoy a harmonious relationship in 2019. I hope you all had a very merry Christmas and wish you a successful New Year.

24HR Race (Chair) 大家都知道，我們的週年大會，已經在2018年12月10日星期一於花園酒吧舉行。當晚 親身出席投票的會員202人，授權委任代表的會員406人，破了遊艇會的紀錄。我衷 心感謝各位關注遊艇會的福祉。 我們經過公開和透明的程序，選出執行委員會的成員。執行委員會委員的名單在本期 Hebe Jebes 中另有列明，也已於遊艇會網址上公佈。 現在我已經擔任過執行委員會裡所有的崗位，包括前任會長。大家對我的大力支持， 讓我感到無比榮幸，我定必竭盡所能，不讓大家失望。 過去一年，本來是遊艇會非常成功的一年。可惜出現了一些行為，轉移了大家的注 意力。有證據證明，在會所職員執行正常工作期間，有會員對他們做出欺凌和騷擾行 為。此等不尊重的行為，本遊艇會絕對不會容忍。

Planning & Works (Chair)

Power Boat (Chair) Hebe One (Chair)

Bridget Chan

Harvey Jessop

Sail Training (Chair)

Kam Kuen Lo (KK)

Simon Robertson

SailCom SailCom

F&B (Chair)

Andrew Badenhorst

Joseph Lau

F&B Planning & Works

24HR Race

Kay Patterson

Carol Biddell

Sustainability (Chair)

整個執行委員會，承擔著受信責任，必須以全體遊艇會會員的利益為依歸。除非得到 執行委員會明確授權，沒有會員（包括我自己）有任何權利，向職員發出任何指示。

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Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year.

REPORTS

REPORTS

I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Mr Donald Johnston as the newly appointed Commodore together with other General Committee members listed on page 7 and thank Mr Peter Weiley and former committee members for their assistance during the past year, whilst not forgetting our sponsors and member volunteers for their support to all the club events in 2018.

We kicked off 2019 with our New Year’s Day Sailaway on 1 January. Our very first yacht race the Kowloon Cup is scheduled on 12 and 13 January and will finish at High Island where you can enjoy some great seafood.

LISA KEATLEY

General Manager

Other major racing event dates for the 2019 diary include Monsoon Spring Series (23 Feb, 16 & 30 Mar, 13 & 27 Apr), Sail Training Centre Open Day (4 May), Open Dinghy Regatta (18 & 19 May), Typhoon Series (9 & 23 Jun, 7 & 21 Jul, 3, 4, 18 & 24 Aug), Summer Saturday Series (15 & 29 Jun, 13 & 27 Jul, 10 Aug) and our annual charity event 24 Hour Charity Dinghy Race (5 & 6 Oct).

Continuing with our Scottish tradition, our annual Burns Supper, Dinner and Dance will take place on Friday 25 January, as everyone who has previously attended will know, it’s a great event, so please book early.

see better. be better.

We will also celebrate the CNY with our annual Lion Dancing performances and Boat Blessings on Sunday 17 February 2019, this is a lovely family occasion so we hope to see as many of you there as possible.

I hope 2019 is a happy, healthy and prosperous year and on behalf of the Club’s management and staff, may I wish you and your family a wonderful year of the Pig! Kung Hei Fat Choy!

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新年快樂! 相信大家已歡渡了一個愉快的聖誕和新年。 我想藉此機會祝賀 Donald Johnston 先生獲選新一屆會長，也恭喜各位新任執行 委員會委員（新一屆執行委員會委員列於第七頁）。非常感謝Peter Wiley先生和 上一屆執行委員會委員在過去一年作出的貢獻。當然還有所有贊助商和會員義工 支持本會2018年的各項活動。 我們已在1月1日舉行元旦航海及燒烤活動，以迎接2019年的來臨。今年第一場 帆船賽事「九龍盃」，將於1月12及13日舉行，以糧船灣為終點，到時大家可 享用海鮮大飽口福。

Sam Goodchild (GBR) wearing tycane pro better repellency against dirt and water with hydrophobic lenses adidas.com/eyewear

Optimized Bridge Size

收窄鼻樑,擴闊視野

通氣系統

TRI.FIT™

三個角度調節鏡腿

而2019年之主要賽事活動日期如下： 「春季系列賽」2月23日、3月16日、3月30日、4月13日、4月27日；「帆船 訓練中心開放日」5月4日；「公開小帆大賽」5月18及19日；「颱風盃系列 賽」6月9日、6月23日、7月7日、7月21日、8月3日、8月4日、8月18日、8月 24日；「夏季系列賽」6月15日、6月29日、7月13日、7月27日、8月10日； 及每年一度的「24小時慈善小艇賽」10月5日、10月6日。 為了延續我們的蘇格蘭傳統，一年一度的彭斯晚宴將於1月25日星期五舉 行。以往曾經出席晚宴的賓客都知道，這活動非常受歡迎，欲免向隅，請盡 早報名。 2月17日星期日，是一年一度舞獅表演和船隻祈福的大日子。新春佳節，希望 會員可以連同家人一起，出席此賀年活動。

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better repellency against dirt and water Sam Goodchild (GBR) wearing tycane pro with hydrophobic lenses Traction Grip™ adidas.com/eyewear 牽引力控制

Non hydrophobic lens with dried salt 乾鹽堆積在不含防水塗層的鏡片上

Double Snap Nose Pad™

雙扣鼻樑

Performance Insert™ Available

Hydrophobic Coating

防水塗層

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Floater

浮標 : 眼鏡落入水中能保持浮於水面

我期望2019年是充滿喜樂、健康和豐足的一年。本人謹代表白沙灣遊艇會管理 層和全體員工，祝大家豬年萬事如意！恭喜發財！

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CNY Brunch Buffet with Lion Dance & Boat Blessing Ceremony 17 Feb $298 per Adult $138 per Child (aged 3-11) 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm The Restaurant

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$438 per person 7.00 pm tae the wee sma hours The Restaurant Dress code: black tie or highland dress

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Crazy Friday

Burns Night Join us to pay tribute to the immortal bard and savour a wee dram of whiskey

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Themed buffet 18 Jan, 15 Feb

Sunday buffet 6, 13, 20, 27 Jan 3, 10, 17, 24 Feb

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WINE & DINE

wine of the month

January 2019 White

Red

Xanadu DJL Chardonnay 2016,

Mt. Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Shiraz 2016,

The bouquet of this elegant yet powerful Chardonnay offers fresh pears, nectarine, and citrus fruits with underlying hints of nougat, beeswax and Frangipani flowers. The palate is medium-full bodied and tightly coiled, displaying pears, white fleshed stone fruits and zesty lemony/grapefruit flavours. The wine offers a fine boned quartz-like structure complimented by a creamy/marshmallow texture derived from lees stirring. Taut, yet opulent, the intense fruit and bright acidity combine to focus the wine perfectly to a crisp, lingering fruit finish.

The bouquet of this elegant yet powerful Chardonnay offers fresh pears, nectarine, and citrus fruits with underlying hints of nougat, beeswax and Frangipani flowers. The palate is medium-full bodied and tightly coiled, displaying pears, white fleshed stone fruits and zesty lemony/grapefruit flavours. The wine offers a fine boned quartz-like structure complimented by a creamy/marshmallow texture derived from lees stirring. Taut, yet opulent, the intense fruit and bright acidity combine to focus the wine perfectly to a crisp, lingering fruit finish.

White

Red

Tenuta Santome Pinot Grigio IGT 2016, Italy

Azelia Dolcetto D’Alba Bricco Dell’Oriolo, Piedmont 2014,

Harvested Pinot Grigio grapes are fermented in stainless steel tanks. No MLF conducted then the wine was aged on lees for 60 days, followed by another 60 days of bottle ageing. Aromas of ripe peach, floral blossom on the nose, followed by an excellent structure and a balanced acidic presence. Dry and salty mineral finish.

100% Dolcetto Varietal. Aged exclusively in steel to exalt its attractive freshness. Intense color, red fruit, blackberry, blueberry, rose, sweet spices, deep fruity and floral flavors which persist for long. Aromatic and mineral.

Margaret River, Australia

February 2019

Grampians, Victoria, Australia

Italy

Beer of the month

January

February

Somersby Sparkling Rose

Brewdog - Vagabond Pale Ale (Gluten Free Beer) - Elvis Juice

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SAIL TRAINING CENTRE REPORT

by Rob Allen

SAIL TRAINING CENTRE

SAIL TRAINING CENTRE

END OF YEAR SAILING CENTRE REPORT 航海訓練中心年終報告

Our Senior Instructor running KGV challenge week, Antonio is also an ex student of KGV

Mason showing off his skills to classmates at CWBS Maxim from the Dragons squad at CWBS 學校航海課程 一如以往，我們會集中與本地和國際學校合作，舉辦航海體驗日、學校 航海週和課後航海訓練課程。 不論是每週一次的恆常課程，或是為期五天的航海證書課程，學校航海 課程都可以讓我們把學生帶到水上。 我們的主要目標是與本地學校合作，成立學校帆船隊參加本會的24小 時慈善小艇賽和在熨波洲舉行的校際帆船賽。 最近我們到了清水灣小學、沙頭角國際學校和啟新書院，向學生和當地 社區推廣帆船運動和本會。 如果你是學校員工、家長或學生，而希望把帆船運動納入課程的話，請 與我聯絡，一起討論如何帶領年輕人在白沙灣遊艇會投入航海的樂趣。 Hebe youth sailors at the CWBS fair

Holiday sailing and watersport camps Sailing for schools

STC Schools Promotional Days

As always, we will focus our time on working with local and international schools, operating Sailing Tasters Days, school sailing weeks and after school sailing programmes.

Our main goal is to work with the schools to create a school sailing and racing team, to compete in both our Clubs 24 HR Charity Dinghy Race and the inter-school regatta held at middle island.

Getting out onto the local waters of Sai Kung is the best way to spend your time and is the only place to really feel the independence as a young person in control of a small boat with the elements constantly changing out there. Although the sport of sailing may not be as popular as the field sports are with families, sailing is definitely a much more rewarding and life-changing sport that can see many positive differences in a young person’s life both at home and in the classroom.

Our recent promotions took us to CWBS, ICHK and RCHK school fairs to promote sailing and the Club to students and the local communities.

If you work for a school, or are a parent of a student who wants to see sailing on the school curriculum, contact me to see how we can help get more young people onto the water at HHYC.

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I N V E S T I N PA R A D I S E TO DAY

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The schools programmes allow us to get students onto the water, whether it be once a week on a regular basis or taking a five-day sailing certificate course.

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Our programmes during all school holidays have proven to be a big success this year. We had record numbers on the water this summer and have qualified many young people within the HKSF (Hong Kong Sailing Federation) and our HHYC club certificate schemes.

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假期航海和水上活動營

展望2019—裝備和資源

我們今年在學校假期舉辦的課程取得圓滿成功。今個暑假有 破紀錄的學生報名參加課程，當中許多年輕人取得了香港帆 船運動總會 (Hong Kong Sailing Federation) 和本會的資格 證書。

本會的執行委員會和旗官一直全力支持航海訓練中心。作為航海訓練中心的員工和活躍用家，我們十分感激今年 冬天本會投放在中心的資源。 下列的用品和資源已採購妥當，並會在未來數月陸續運到本會，為2019年3月開始的新一個航海季節做好準備。 • 4 艘 AB 4米安全艇，配備40HP 引擎 • 4 艘 RS quest小艇 (包括一套額外的賽事和活動風帆) • 8 艘 laser pico小艇 (包括一套額外的賽事和活動風帆) • 4 艘 Laser 4.7賽艇 • 26張訓練風帆，以配合本會的 26艘 optimists級別小艇 • 用以更好地存放航海訓練中心器材的儲存裝置 • 2 套J80龍骨船賽事帆 • 2套J80 龍骨船訓練帆 • 為所有26艘optimists小艇提供更好的儲存空間，特別是讓它們遠離岸泊並防止被颱風損壞。

有整整一個星期的時間來進行帆船訓練和水上活動是學習這 些運動的最好方法。我們的目標是教導每個學員懂得獨自駕 駛小艇，並給予他們信心去學習有別於其他運動的技巧。在 西貢揚帆出海是一個消磨時間的好方法，而且讓年輕人在不 斷變化的環境下駕駛小船是唯一能真正讓他們獨立的方法。 雖然帆船運動不像陸上運動那樣受家庭歡迎，但帆船運動肯 定是一種更有價值和能夠改變生命的運動，能夠從中看到年 輕人在家庭和課室以外生活的正面差異。

What’s NEW for 2019 Equipment & resources

展望2019—活動

The Clubs General Committee and Flag Officers have been extremely supportive of the Sail Training Centre.As staff and active users at the STC, we are very grateful for the investment that has been put into the Centre this winter.

我們有恆常的周末和假期訓練課程，這些課程越來越受歡迎， 而且年輕人的實力也越來越好，但我們也希望可以鼓勵更多成 年人和家庭參與這些活動和出海。

別忘了查看航海訓練中心專為本會使用者和會員而編制的 2019年活動和訓練時間表。

逢星期三我們都會為會員舉辦每周帆船會，讓他們租用小艇與 本會的員工一起出海，享受高質素的訓練和航海的樂趣。

The following kit and resources have been purchased and will be arriving at the Club over the coming months in the buildup to the sailing season kicking off again next March 2019.

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4 x AB 4m safety boats with 40HP engines 4 x RS quest dinghies (Including an additional set of race & events sails) 8 x laser pico dinghies (Including an additional set of race & events sails) 4 x Laser 4.7 racing dinghies 26 x training sails to match the 26 optimists owned by the Club Better storage units for the STC equipment 2 x sets of J80 keelboat racing Sails 2 x sets of J80 keelboat training Sails Better storage for all the 26 optimists dinghies, specifically to keep them off the hardstand floor and to prevent damage in the case of future typhoon warnings.

Events Don’t forget to check out the 2019 events and training calendar that we have created for the users and members of the Club here at the STC. We have the regular weekend and holiday courses that will continue to grow with popularity and progressions that we are making here for the youth sailors, but we also want to encourage more adults and families to take part in activities and sailing on our local waters.

Every Wednesday we will have a weekly sailing club for members to come and hire a dinghy and go out with the Club staff to enjoy top-tip clinics and fun racing.

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Hebe One race day

Halloween party 2018 Taster day land drills

我們也舉辦星期三日落挑戰賽和星期五晚的J80 龍骨船帆船 賽，當然還有賽後在酒吧的啤酒暢飲。 周末進行的RS quest 小艇訓練課程是專為家庭，以及已完成 香港帆船運動總會1至3級課程而想更進一步的船員而設。使用 大三角帆和吊架來訓練，可以把你的經驗和樂趣水平帶到全 新高度。 以上都是我們希望在航海訓練中心建立的工作的例子，希望創 造一個更活躍和適合航海的環境，吸引更多人參與水上活動， 享受本會為大家訓練和出海而提供的環境和船隻。

J80 silent donation more land drills

We will also have Wednesday night sunset challenge, along with Friday night J80 keelboat match racing followed by beers in the bar.

RS quest dinghy training on weekends has been designed for families and sailors wanting to learn more advanced skills after your HKSF levels 1-3 have been completed. Training with spinnakers and trapezes will take your experience and fun levels to an all new high out on the water.

These are some of the examples of what we are trying to build at the STC, to offer a more active and sailing community to get people out on the water and enjoy the Club, environment and boats we have here for you to learn and sail on at the club.

The Club is absolutely delighted to announce that we have had a silent donation from a club member who has recently purchased 2 x J80 keelboats for the Club.

This will now complete the fleet to four club-owned J80 keelboats, to allow us to try to build back up the J80 fleet on race days at the Club's main events, as well as to be used for team building days, sunset sailing league, keelboat courses and other activities such as day charters and day trips to the other islands of Sai Kung.

A huge thank you once again to our J80 sponsor, who has asked to remain anonymous.

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Race management volunteers needed

Hebe Dragons squad trials

Next year we have many more events and regattas planned. If you are interested to help out on the committee boat on a race day, drive safety boats, mark laying, launching and landing dinghies, then please do get in touch. You do not need to be qualified, but only interested to learn and help out.

Plus, it’s a fun day out on the water with our team, so do get in touch and get involved.

We recently had trials for the Optimist Green & Blue squads, with the aim to create more competition and more sailors for the Hebe Dragons. This was an extremely well attended day with over 20 sailors taking part in the trials. We now have a large pool of youth sailors ready to start training from January onwards after school and on the weekends to improve their skills and work towards becoming a Hebe Dragons Race team member.

Race Management Team on the water

本會很高興宣布，獲得一名會員匿名捐贈最近購買的兩艘 J80龍骨船。 兩艘新加盟的船隻令到本會的J80龍骨船增至四艘，令我們 在本會的主要賽事日有備用的J80船， 也可以用於隊伍建 設日、日落帆船聯賽、龍骨船訓練課程和其他活動，例如租 船出海往返西貢和其他離島等服務。衷心感謝匿名捐贈J80 的會員。 招募賽事管理義工 我們計劃在明年舉辦更多活動和賽事。如果你有興趣在賽事 日在會艇上幫手、駕駛安全艇、設置浮標、推出和收回小 艇，請與我們聯絡。你無需有任何資格，只要有興趣學習和 協助我們便可以了。而且，你能夠與我們的團隊一起在水上 度過有趣的一天，快與我們聯絡，一起參與。

The STC Team Finally, this year has been such a busy year on and off the water. The STC has really grown and developed in the past

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航海訓練中心隊伍 最後，今年是水上和陸上均非常繁忙的一年。航海訓練中心 在過去12個月日益壯大和發展。我們看到越來越多的人參與 航海活動。 有賴全職的航海訓練中心隊伍的努力，我們才能有如此成 就。Joyce、Alfred、Sharkey和 Antonio一直是我、本會和 航海訓練中心的支柱，而且一直盡忠職守，確保我們舉辦的 所有訓練、課程和活動都是高質素和專業的。他們的高標準 是我們擁有的團隊精神的證明。本會很榮幸能夠與這支團隊 一起在各種壓力下努力工作，以確保我們擁有一個能夠讓會 員和本會都感到自豪、非常成功的航海訓練中心。大家做得 好!白沙灣遊艇會致以萬分感激!

Hebe Dragons 隊伍選拔 我們最近為Optimist的綠組和藍組進行選拔，旨在帶來更 多競爭，挑選更多選手加入 Hebe Dragons。選拔當天有超 過20人參與，令我們現在有大量年輕的船員準備在1月課餘 時間和周末開始投入訓練，以改善他們的技巧，爭取成為 Hebe Dragons的隊員。 綠組體驗 是一個全新的課程，配合由HKODA (Hong Kong Optimist Dinghy Association)的Gregoire Lacouture創辦的 初級帆船賽。Gregoire建立了一個基層帆船訓練計劃，未 來數年將可以看到HKODA的成長和發展。而我們的新藍組

The GREEN FLEET EXPERIENCE has been a brilliant NEW programme and addition to junior racing that was established by Gregoire Lacouture from the HKODA (Hong Kong Optimist Dinghy Association).

Gregoire has put in place and established an essential grass roots race programme that will see the HKODA grow and develop over the coming years. This is where we will be focusing our new Blue and Green fleet sailors to attend all the races and regattas over the year, with the aim to prepare them for main fleet racing on the HKODA National circuit. Great job Gregoire.

和綠組船員也會集中參加所有賽事，目的是讓他們為參加 HKODA的主要船隊的賽事做好準備。Gregoire，做得好!

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J80匿名捐贈

Race management volunteer team

12 months. We have seen a huge number of people take to the waters and go sailing.

This would not be possible without the amazing efforts of our full time STC Team.

Joyce, Alfred, Sharkey and Antonio have been a rock for me and the Club at the Centre and have always gone above and beyond their call of duty to ensure that we operate training, programmes and events at an extremely high and professional level expected by the club. The high standards they have all set themselves is a testament to the great team spirit we have. The club is lucky to have this team together and working so hard under all types of pressure to ensure that we have a successful sailing Centre that the members and the Club can be proud of. Great job to you guys too.

You are all very much appreciated here at Hebe haven.

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by Alfred Okoth

Hebe Dragons Sail Away Day

I must honestly say these results are a by-product of the relentless work ethic and commitment from all the individual sailors and the team as a whole. You sailors should be proud of yourselves.

This year we have also expanded and doubled up the number of sailors training and wanting to join the racing team. We have created a pathway for all sailors wishing to join the Hebe Dragon. A sailor’s assessment will be done every six months, and sailors will be moved up or down based on their skill level.

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HEBE DRAGON’S COACH REPORT

Hehe Dragons Pathway

I must also thank all the moms and dads who have been the core supporters of the Dragons. In addition, a big thank you to Herman Ng who has spent hours of his time on the water taking some cool shots and capturing the sailors right moments. A big thank you to Iris Yuen for taking the leader’s position in the overseas regattas. A big thank you to Harvey Jessop for sponsoring the team bonding activity (sailing on his boat and lunch in Yau Lei). A big thank you also to Vivio Chan for posting and keeping the Hebe Dragons Face Book page updated. And lastly to Francis Hurley for helping design and order the team’s uniform.

On a final note, thanks again to the Hebe Dragons sailing team, Sail Training Centre team, and parents of the team for making this a great year and I look forward to 2019.

團隊優越表現例子如下：

Hebe Dragons 教練 Alfred Okoth 報告 2018年即將過去，是時候反思成就和失敗。過去一年，Hebe Dragons 團隊過得很精彩。每個隊員大有進步，所有船員加入新 的團隊（optimist晉升到laser、綠色團隊晉升到主隊）後，也適 應良好。年中也有新的船員加入Dragons大家庭。 我們團隊現時有9位laser、7位樂天主隊( Dragon)、7位綠色團隊 和7位藍色團隊船員。我們希望把laser和optimist主隊船員數字均 增至10人。 With 2018 in rear view, giving us opportunity to review and reflect on our achievements and failures, I must say it has been a great year for the Hebe Dragons Team, with everyone making huge improvements and also sailors settling into their new classes (optimist to laser and green fleet to main team), plus new sailors joining in the Dragon’s family.

Our team has currently got nine lasers, seven optimists’ main fleet (Dragons), seven green fleet and seven blue fleet sailors.

We are aiming to increase the number of laser sailors to 10 and optimist main fleet to 10.

2018 has been one of the most pleasurable years of coaching the team. Antonio and myself are proud of how the team has performed in each championship local and international. We have had some great results in these championships.

Here are some highlights of the team’s 2018 results • Lumiere Ng—won the 2018 Enoshima Summer Regatta and Brian Fung in 2nd place. Lumiere Ng also won the 2018 Japan International Regatta.

• Meisha Cup Regatta China—Steven Chan in 4th place, Brian Fung in 5th place and William Tsui in 8th place.

• In the 2018 Topper World Championship, Patrick Feng finished 16th place, Jeremy Ma 18th place, William Tsui 61st, Brian Fung 77th, Steven Chan and Timothee Borrute.

• 2018 China Cup Regatta – Hebe Dragons team in 2nd place Brian Fung, Ian Duncan, Tomothee Lacoture and William Tsui (keel boat team).

Optimist Team • Peter Jessop became one of the youngest Hong Kong sailors to be selected at the 2018 IODA Asian Championship, he also ranked 1st in HKODA under 10 years • Richard Tsui finished 4th at the 2018 Topper Worlds Championship • Peter and Richard help the Hong Kong team finish 2nd at the Japan International Regatta • Alisha Okayama and Faber Liuw finished 1st and 2nd at the HHYC Open Dingy Regatta

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對於教練來說，2018年也是令人欣喜的一年。Antonio和我看到 團隊在各項本地和國際賽事中，表現出色，深感安慰。

• Lumiere Ng—贏得2018 江之島夏季帆船賽冠軍，而 Brian Fung榮獲第二位。Lumiere Ng 也贏得2018日 本國際帆船賽冠軍。 • Meisha Cup 中國帆船賽—Steven Chan取得第四 名、Brian Fung取得第五名、而William Tsui取得第 八名。 • 2018 Topper 世界大賽—Patrick Feng取得第十六 位、Jeremy Ma第十八位、William Tsui 第六十一 位、Brian Fung 第七十七位、Steven Chan and Timothee Borrute.

• 2018 中國盃帆船賽—Hebe Dragons以第二名完成 賽事。Brian Fung, Ian Duncan, Tomothee Lacoture and William Tsui (keel boat team).

老實說，取得如此驕人的成績，有賴全體健兒努力不 懈、全情投入，終極發揮團隊精神，所有船員都應深 感自豪。 這一年間，我們提升了想加入比賽隊伍的船員訓練， 為每一位想成為Hebe Dragon 的健兒，創立了入選途 徑。我們每六個月評核一次，按船員技巧水平，決定 晉升或者降級。

我要感謝每一位船員的父母，在過去一年對他們的鼎力支持。此外， 感謝Herman Ng 投入大量時間，為船員拍照，捕捉最精彩動人的時 刻。感謝Iris Yuen帶領船員參加海外帆船賽。感謝Harvey Jessop贊助 團隊聯誼活動（載船員出海、有利海鮮午餐）。也要感謝Vivio Chan 在Facebook上載消息，並不斷更新Hebe Dragons網頁。最後要感謝 Francis Hurley幫忙設計和訂製團隊制服。 再一次感謝Hebe Dragons團隊、航海訓練中心團隊、和所有船員的家 長，讓過去一年如此難忘。展望2019年，再創高峰。

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YOUTH LASER FLEET Captain Brian

by Brian Fung (Fung Long Hei)

While during summer some of us went to regattas overseas, Lumiere and I attended two regattas in Japan. Lumiere got 1st overall in both competitions and I got 2nd overall in one of them. By the end of summer, our team had also attended the Topper World Championship and the Meisha Cup in China. Three of us got into the top five in the Meisha Cup and our sailor Richard got 3rd overall in 4.2 fleet and I got into 3rd overall in silver fleet of topper 5.3. I think we had really great results in the summer.

In November, our team attended the China Cup for racing the Fareast 23r and this time we needed to work together since it was a sports boat. Thanks to our teamwork, we got 2nd overall among the other sailors.

We have had a marvelous year and we have achieved many different things. Some of us have won awards in different competitions and I think we have a much stronger team compared to last year. Nonetheless, the team will continue to improve and strive for excellence.

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ANNUAL REPORT

At the start of the year we did not do really well at Hong Kong Race week, but we gained a lot of experience from the strong winds. At the festival of sports we started getting better results. After that when it came to the Hebe regatta, we became more competitive and our sailor Patrick even got 2nd overall among the Hong Kong sailors.

暑假的時候，我們有部份選手遠赴海外參賽。我和Lumiere 參加了日本兩項帆船賽。Lumiere在兩項賽事都奪得了第一 名，而我在其中一項賽事得到第二名。暑假尾聲的時候，我 們的隊伍也參加了Topper World Championship和在內地舉 行的Meisha Cup。三名隊員躋身了Meisha Cup 的頭五名， 隊員Richard更在4.2組別得到第三名，而我在 topper 5.3銀 組得到第三名。我認為我們在這個夏天的成績非常好。 在11月，我們的隊伍參加了中國盃的Fareast 23r組別。由於 參賽的是一艘運動艇，我們要好好合作。有賴我們的團隊精 廠，我們奪得了第二名。 我們的隊伍已越來越強大，希望可以繼續進步，做得更好!

Opening ceremony at the China Cup

I think our team has become much stronger and I hope we can keep progressing and getting even better results.

我們度過了精彩的一年，而且達成了很多目標。我們當中有 些人在不同的賽事勝出了，我認為我們這個隊伍比起一年前 的實力強了很多。無論如何，我們都會繼續努力進步，爭取 更好成績。 我們在年初舉行的香港帆船賽週表現未如理想，但我們在強 風中汲取了許多寶貴的經驗。在體育節的時候我們的成績進 步了。到了白沙灣帆船賽的時候，我們更有競爭力，隊員 Patrick更在全港選手中奪得總成績第二名。

Dragons pre-race briefing

2nd place for the Dragons at the China Cup

Brian and the Hebe Dragons at the China Cup

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Brian takes 3rd place overall in the Silver fleet Topper World Championships in Shenzhen this summer

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5

0321

0.8

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2

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0.8

3

0314

0.7

1017 1344 2040 0712 1457 1823 2354 0205 0850 1223 1937 0058 0702 1421 1833

1.6 1.4 2.5 0.9 1.6 1.5 2.0 0.8 1.5 1.3 2.5 2.3 0.8 1.8 1.3

1054 1417 2110 0747 1548 1935

1.6 1.4 2.5 1.0 1.7 1.5

1.5 1.3 2.3 0.9 1.7 1.3

0.6 1.6 1.3 2.6 2.0 1.0 1.9 1.4

1.5 1.4 2.3 0.9 1.7 1.2 2.1 0.8 1.4 1.4 2.3 0.8 1.9 1.0

1007 1325 2023 0625 1333 1819

0251 0943 1315 2026 0159 0741 1515 1943

0936 1240 1951 0558 1257 1730 2346 0102 0803 1048 1822 0546 1241 1734

0152 0854 1205 1919 0049 0618 1323 1827

0.7 1.5 1.3 2.4 2.1 0.9 1.9 1.1

0214

2.2

0332

2.0

0834

0.9

0923

1.0

1610 1957

1.8 1.6

1707 2156

1.9 1.5

日期

10

17

24

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日期

13

20

27

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日期

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9

16

23

29

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日期

10

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24

30

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賽事結果 HHYC Monsoon Winter Series 2018

冬季系列賽 2018

IRC Division

Rank 名次 Boat name 船名 Sail number 帆號 Skipper 船長 1st

Talkinghead

1995

Joe Leung

2nd

Quest

2533

Helmuth Hennig

3rd

Outrageous

818

Colin Johnson

HKPN Division A

Rank 名次 Boat name 船名 Sail number 帆號 Skipper 船長

32

1st

Windseeker

1198

Bridget Chan

2nd

Temujin

1380

Joseph Chan

3rd

Bits & Pieces

1326

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RACING

賽事預告

Kowloon Cup 2019

12 & 13 January 2019 A distinctive HKPN yacht racing event with exciting competitions and plenty of fun!

HHYC Monsoon Spring Series 2019

23 February, 16 March, 30 March, 13 April, 27 April 2019 Monsoon Spring Series 2019 will be held as a part of Monsoon Series 2018-2019 as well as the first club racing series of 2019.

Join the Series for a great start to your racing schedule of the New Year!

More race details are coming soon!

Crew Helm/Ladies Helm 2019

9 March 2019 A fun racing event which includes the Crew Helm Division and the Ladies Helm Division An Island Race open to all yachts with a HKPN rating Join either division and enjoy this fun race day!

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WINDSEEKER OVERALL 2ND IN CHINA CUP REGATTA & 2ND IN AROUND THE ISLAND RACE (ATIR)

祝賀Windseeker 在2018中國杯及ATIR取得好成績

had already been raised, and the race was going to start in three minutes! Any mistake or wrong decision made and we would have missed the opportunity to take part in this riveting race!

I was quite happy with a few things in this race. First of all, the weather was great.

Most of the time it was cool and the wind was at a steady third-grade. All of us could enjoy sailing. Secondly, our performance was more than satisfactory in two aspects— in choosing the route and handling of the sail and finishing the race before 3.00 pm.

Success in the first aspect made us able to stay in the lead from start to finish, until we were crossed by some other late starters at Ap Lei Chau mark. Both these achievements were our best at ATIR in a decade.

Bridget Chan (Windseeker 的 船主 boat owner和船長 skipper) 能在短短兩個星期內於這兩個大賽(共6天比賽)中取得總成績第二名令我 們感到很興奮。 今屆巳經是Windseeker第八次參加中國杯，他們之前拿過兩次第一名及 一次第三名。相比過往賽事，今年的賽事周期從4天增加至5天，很需要 船員的支持。由於船員的工作及其它的原因，有兩天我們遇到了人手不 足的問題。或許對有些船來說，少一個或兩個船員的問題不大，但對於 Windseeker,一艘30船齡的帆船，無論在帆、帆索、絞盤（winch）等控 帆的索具上均對船員人數有所要求的船隻來說是相當大的挑戰。亦因此 在幾埸比賽中我們就祗能放棄在中段的順風航行段(downwind leg)使用 球帆以減少出錯，亦因此影響了我們最終整體成績。 今屆能取得總成績第二名主要是靠隊員的團結及應變力，特別有幾埸 在風向及風速不斷改變時，我們能作出正確的判斷令我們爭取到較好 名次。 作為船主及船長，我非常感謝隊員們的努力及在困難時候發揮團結精神。

Bridget Chan (owner and skipper of Windseeker) We are overwhelmed with joy of being able to win overall 2nd in these two major races in just two weeks time (total of six race days)!

Henry Lee (技術員 technician 和繚手trimmer)

In the past, Windseeker had won 1st place in China Cup twice and 3rd place once. This is the eighth year of their participation. Compared to the past, this year the race cycle expanded from four days to five days, quite demanding of the sailors’ commitment. Due to the crew's daily work and other reasons, we were in shortage of manpower on two race days. Perhaps for some boats it was not critical just to miss one or two crew members, but for Windseeker—a 30-year-old boat—it was a huge challenge to make sure that we could meet the requirement of the number of crew members handling the sail, the rig, the winch, etc. Therefore, we were forced to abandon the ball sail during downwind leg in a few races, thus affecting our overall result.

由於我們所屬的組別8點15分就要起步。當天晨早5點便從白沙灣出發往 銅鑼灣，7點時正當進入佛堂門口時,突然發動機出現異常繼而死火。有 經驗的船家都知道佛堂門水流急,大部份的船都會選擇用發動機。由於水 流已把我們的船推至堂口,改道繞東龍島外邊已無可能,我們即當機立斷, 將唯一已上好的頭帆打開順著風及水流衝出堂口,有驚無險通口了。但迎 來又另一挑戰,此時風開始減弱,如何能在一小時趕到出發線! 別無選擇祗 能ㄧ搏,立即升上主帆並以正順風行駛,採用最短的航線向銅鑼灣,當我們 抵達起步區時賽事凖備旗號巳升了,3分鐘後就起步!回想起來當時任何遲 疑或ㄧ個錯誤的決定都會令我們無緣參與這次迷人的賽事啊!

It is the unity and resilience of our crew that won us overall 2nd this year. Although the wind and wind speed were changing rapidly in a few races, we could manage to make the right judgment calls so that we could strive for a better place.

As a boat owner and skipper, I am more than grateful for the incredible team spirit my crew displayed in times of difficulty.

Henry Lee (technician and trimmer) I have been racing on Windseeker for a few years, and this year’s ATIR can be described as thrilling and happy.

What’s thrilling is that we were almost saying goodbye to this year’s race.

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RACING

RACING

CONGRATULATIONS TO

已經在Windseeker比賽了有幾年，今年的ATIR可以用險及喜來形容。 險是我們差點就與今屆比賽無緣。

這次賽事有幾點令我們非常開心。首先,天公做美,天氣清涼,大部分時間 吹著穏定的三級風,讓大家都能享受航海的樂趣。其次,我們很滿意我們 在選擇航線和控帆這兩方面的表現, 。航線選擇得好令我們能從起步一 直都作為領頭船,直到鴨利洲的浮標才開始被後起步的快船追上,而最終 我們在3點前完成,這兩項都是我們近十年參加ATIR以來最好的成就。 As our group had to start at 8.15 am, we had to depart for Causeway Bay from Hebe Haven at 5.00 am. When we entered Joss House Bay at 7.00 am, the engine suddenly malfunctioned and broke down. Experienced sailors know that the current at Joss House Bay is kind of irritating and that most boats will use the engine. Since the current sent us to the entrance of the Bay, there was no way we could change the course to Tung Lung Island. We immediately decided to raise the already lifted headsail and sail downwind out of the Bay entrance. This saved us dramatically. However, yet another challenge presented itself. The wind died down, how could we get to the start line in one hour? We had no choice but to make a bet. We lifted the main sail and sailed downwind, took the shortest course and headed to Causeway Bay. When we arrived at the start line, the flag

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RACING

Wendy (trimmer) Although the races over the two weeks made me exhausted, I am happy with the result.

Ming (foredeck) As a foredeck, I believe I had the best experience in regards to the competitive atmosphere since the most competitive moments were at the start and rounding the marks.

Wendy (繚手 trimmer) 參加了兩個星期緊密的比賽,雖然感到佷累,但對取得的成績 又感到很開心。

Ming (前甲板foredeck) 作為foredeck,我相信我最能體驗比賽的競賽氣氛,因為往往 爭得最激烈的就是在起步和在浮標轉向時。

This year, China Cup implemented better managament­—with judges on the water. The highprofile referees and their proactive enforcement enhanced the level and fairness of the race, as well as minimising irregularities which may have led to boat crashes.

Windseeker was damaged by boats in previous regattas which failed to give right of way.

今年的中國杯設有水上裁判,高水平的裁判員及其積極的執法,提高了比賽的水平及公平性, 亦減少犯規,避免了撞船機會。 Windseeker在過往幾屆中均被未有避讓的船隻所撞並造成損壞。

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SAILABILITY

Sailability Hong Kong and HHYC invited 10 nations/cities to participate in this first ever such event in Asia.

SAILABILITY

All the sailors and coaches

Takumi Niwa—Japan. Champion Hansa 303 Singles Class. Cup presented by Dr. James Lam, President HK Paralympics

Sponsored by ‘Team LoTech’, we had some 30 sailors and coaches present from overseas who competed for podium finishes in the 2.4mR and Hansa 303 (single and/or doubles).

For those who wonder why we have only invited 10 nations/ cities, it was quite simply because we have a limited number of boats in each class. As everyone knows, moving boats around in containers internationally is very expensive!

This initiative was to try and further the para sailing cause within Asia; a commitment given to World Sailing who in return have sponsored Sailability Hong Kong for several events including the Para Worlds in Sheboygan, USA during September this year.

SE ASIAN PARA SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 – 9 December 2018

The results of the championship were 賽果如下: 1] 2.4mR Champion—FOO Yuen Wai representing Hong Kong 2nd—LIONG Wun Wah representing Macau 3rd—LIM Kok Liang, Deserie representing Singapore

FOO Yuen Wai—Hong Kong.

Champion 2.4mR Class. Cup presented by Karl C Kwok, Vice President HK Olympics

香港航能和白沙灣遊艇會邀請了10個國家和地區的選手參加這 項亞洲首次舉辦的賽事。

Takumi Niwa – Japan. Overall Champion Hansa 303 Class. Cup presented by Bridget Chan, Rear Commodore Sailing HHYC on behalf of the event Title Sponsor ‘Team LoTech’

賽事由‘Team LoTech’贊助，共有30位來自海外的選手和教練 參加，競逐2.4mR 和Hansa 303 (單人和雙人)組別的賽事。 對於我們為甚麼只邀請10個國家和地區的選手參賽，原因很簡 單，因為我們在每個級別的船隻數量有限。眾所周知，以貨輪 來運送船隻到外地是很昂貴的! 舉辦這項賽事的目的是希望促進亞洲的殘疾人士帆船運動，也 是回應對 World Sailing的承諾。 World Sailing曾在多項賽事 中贊助香港航能，包括今年9月在美國希博伊根舉行的殘疾人 士帆船世界賽。

2] Hansa 303 Singles Champion—Takumi Niwa representing Japan 2nd—WU Chi Chian representing Taiwan 3rd—NG Xie Zhen representing Singapore 3] Hansa 303 Doubles Champion—PUK Chi Yeung and LEUNG Yuk Chun, Sylvia representing Hong Kong 2nd—XIA Lisa and WANG Philip representing China 3rd—SUI Kan Sing, Tom and Lau Wai Man, Raymond representing Macau 4] Overall winner Hansa 303 Takumi Niwa representing Japan

Our thanks also go to the following who presented cups and medals at the prize-giving ceremony on 9 December 2018.

Mr Karl C Kwok—President Hong Kong Olympics Organisation Dr James Lam—President Hong Kong Paralympics Mr Martin Lam: General Secretary Hong Kong Paralympics Ms Bridget Chan—Rear Commodore sailing at HHYC who represented our sponsor who regrettably was away of overseas Our sincere thanks go to our title sponsor ‘Team LoTech’, HHYC, our other sponsors, members of the Hong Kong sailing community, particularly HHYC members and Sailability volunteers who have agreed to drive safety boats, become mark layers and to generally support this event.

感謝在2018年12日9日於頒獎禮上頒發獎盃和獎牌的人士。

港協暨奧委會會員事務委員會郭志樑先生 香港殘疾人奧委會暨傷殘人士體育協會主席林國基醫生 香港殘疾人奧委會暨傷殘人士體育協會秘書長林俊英先生 白沙灣遊艇會賽事委員 Bridget Chan 女士代表因為身在海外未 能出席的贊助商。 感謝賽事的冠名贊肋商 ‘Team LoTech’、另一個贊助商白沙灣遊 艇會、本港帆船運動界的人士，特別鳴謝協助駕駛安全艇、擺設 標記各和全力支持今次賽事的白沙灣遊艇會會員和航能的義工。

PUK Chi Yeung and LEUNG Yuk Chun, Sylvia—Hong Kong. Champions Hansa 303 Doubles Class. Cups presented by Martin Lam, General Secretary HK Paralympics

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SAILABILITY

SAILABILITY

HANSA OPEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS October 2018 – Hiroshima, Japan

HK girls' team

Hansa世界公開錦標賽 2018年10月 – 日本廣島

by Mike Rawbone

A total of 23 sailors and support staff left Hong Kong on 9 October to take part in the Hansa Open World Championships, returning on the 20 October. These comprised: •

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Six sailors from Caritas Lok Yi School (two x ID sailors and four teachers) Two sailors from TREATS Charity (ID sailor plus social worker) Six sailors from our Saturday sailing group (three ID sailors plus three supporting sailors) Three Para Sailors representing Hong Kong One Para Sailor representing Macau (trained in HK) Five support staff (Senior Instructor, one parent and three HHST Volunteers)

總共23位選手和工作人員在2018年10月9日從香港出 發，遠赴日本參加Hansa公開世界錦標賽 ，並於2018年 10月20日回港。成員包括: •

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• • •

明愛樂義學校的六位成員 (兩位 ID選手和四位 老師) 親切的兩位成員 (ID 選手和兩位社工) 本會星期六課程的六位成員 (三位 ID選手和三 位支援選手) 三位代表香港的殘疾選手 一位代表澳門的殘疾選手 (在本港訓練) 五位支援的工作人員 (資深導師、一位家長和三 位HHST義工)

The Hong Kong team

Every sailor exceeded our original expectations given the world class level of competition from some of the strongest sailing nations in the world which included Poland, Japan, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, France, USA, and Spain to name but a few.

Remembering it was an ‘open’ event our para sailor PUK Chi Yeung finished 5th overall in the Hansa 303 Singles (53 boats competing) and FOO Yuen Wai a very creditable 9th overall in the Liberty (35 boats competing). Also of note was that one of our Saturday sailors (Leo Purdie) together with his crew Joel Suarez Filipe managed to finish 7th in one race in the Hansa doubles (48 boats)—a fantastic achievement for an ID sailor who only trains on a Saturday and has never before competed seriously let alone internationally.

Both Lok Yi School and TREATS beat many of the other nations and finished in the 40’s overall. Our ID training cannot be that bad so credit to Mark Gor and Paul NG who are the senior instructor/instructor respectively for this group! And yes, Edison (Ed) Tang, you continue to get good results from the para sailors too…so well done everyone!

參加這項賽事的選手有不少是來自帆船運動強國，例如波 蘭、日本、英國、澳洲、新西蘭、荷蘭、法國、美國和西 班牙等，競爭力可算是世界級的，而我們選手的表現都超 出了我們預期。 這也是一項「公開」賽事。我們的殘疾選手 PUK Chi Yeung在 Hansa 303 單人賽 (53艘船參賽)組別總成績得 到第五名，而 符遠威也在Liberty (35艘船參賽) 組別總成 績奪得第九名。值得一提的是，我們一位星期六課程的選 手 (Leo Purdie) 和他的隊員Joel Suarez Filipe在Hansa 雙 人賽 (48艘船) 賽事得到第七名，對於只在星期六才接受訓 練，而且從未參加過大型賽事，更不用說國際賽的船員來 說，這是一個很了不起的成績。 樂義學校和親切的隊伍也擊敗了許多外國的選手，總成績 排四十多名。我們的ID 隊員能有 如此好成績，應歸功資深 導師Mark Gor和導師 Paul NG!還有 Edison (Ed) Tang， 是你令殘疾選手繼續有好成績……大家都做得很好!!

PUK Chi Yeung finished 5th overall Race start

One of the largest contingents present apart from Japan and Australia. 我們是日本和澳洲代表隊以外最多人的隊伍之一。

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HEBE BULLETIN

HEBE BULLETIN

HHYC AGM 2018

BECOMING A HHYC FULL MEMBER Jan/Feb 2019 Guidelines for transfer of membership from Senior Associate to Full Member Eligibility for full membership is outlined in the Articles.

Each application requires the support of three GenCom members and is conferred by a vote at GenCom. Full membership confers additional voting rights of five votes compared to one for Senior Associate members.

The purpose of this class of membership and voting rights is to convey greater voting power to members who had demonstrated a commitment to support the Club and its aims as defined in the Articles and as required under the terms of the Club's lease.

As a guideline for assessment, the following should be considered the applicant must: 1. be a Senior Associate Member of good standing for at least three years; and 2. have served on club committees for a suggested term of at least two years; and 3. have volunteered their services at club events and/or assisted in running sailing or club events at least once per year in the past three years; OR have participated in at least five club sailing events or other sailing programmes in the past 12 months.

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白沙灣遊艇會會員週年大會 2018 After two postponements, our AGM was finally held on 10 December 2018 and things ran exceptionally smoothly and the only things broken were several records…

資深普通會員轉為正式會員的申請指引

兩次延期後，我們的會員週年大會終於在2018年12月10日舉行，事情進行得非常順利，也打破了一些記錄......

公司章程概述了正式會員的資格。每項申請需獲得三名 GenCom 成員的支持,並於 GenCom 投票授予。 正式會員擁有共五票的投票權,資深普通會員則只有一票。此 會員等級和投票權旨在給予投入支持遊艇會的會員更大投票 權,其目的如章程細則所界定,並根據遊艇會的租賃條款作出。

Highest level of attendance in Hebe history Over 200 members showed up in person on the night

白沙灣遊艇會歷史上最高出席率 當晚有超過200名會員親自出席

Highest number of votes cast Grand total of over 1,000 votes

最多的投票數 超過1000份投票

One of the shortest ever AGMs At 1 hr 30 mins, all business had been concluded by around 9.10pm

有史以來最短的會員週年大會之一 歷時1小時30分鐘，所有事項在晚上9點10分 左右完成

Longest script 55-page script to make sure everything went to plan

最長的稿件 共有55頁稿件，以確保一切都按計劃進行

Welcome to our new General Committee

歡迎我們新的委員會

作為評估指引原則,應考慮以下事項一申請人必須: 1. 成為信譽良好的資深普通會員最少三年;及 2. 在最少在建議的兩年任期內擔任遊艇會委員會成員;及學子 3. 過去三年,最少每年一次在遊艇會活動自願提供服務和/或 協助舉辦帆船或遊艇會活動;或在過去12個月內,最少參加五 次遊艇會帆船活動或其他帆船課程。

TE VO

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FEATURES

FEATURES

THE LONGEST HALF HOUR CROSSING THE NORTH PACIFIC

by Sandra Snell

After 30 tough days—helming the beautiful Strait of Juan de Fuca

It is 3.30 am and the ‘off-watch’ have just been woken from slumber for their 4.00 am shift.

I am on deck, sitting on the rail in a howling wind and taking a constant drenching from waves. I am also being pelted by icy hail and desperately hoping those relieving me will be on time, or better still, early for their watch. It is freezing cold, I am exhausted and my dreams of a warm, fleecy sleeping bag just won’t go away. This truly has to be the longest half hour in history!

This is the mighty North Pacific Ocean at her best and racing across her has to be one of the greatest tests of endurance I have undertaken. It was not just physically demanding but it also required an enormous amount of mental focus and discipline.

In February this year, I was given the incredible opportunity to take on the challenge of sailing from Qingdao, China to Seattle, USA in Leg 6 of the 2017/18 edition of the Clipper Round-The-World Race. Knowing my passion for ocean racing and having completed Leg 4 of the Clipper race two years ago, both Clipper staff and my husband Nigel secretly conspired to make me an offer for the current race which was too hard to refuse!

Not surprisingly, Leg 6 seems to be the most difficult leg for Clipper to market and sell, as it has somewhat of a tarnished reputation. The thought of monstrous seas, endless low pressure systems and limited opportunity for rescue tends to detract from its appeal. Our journey was expected to cover just over 5,500 nm and most of this would be well out of reach of land in a remote, feisty and very cold ocean.

Having prior Clipper experience, the only pre-race requirement for me was a one week refresher training course in Gosport, UK. Given the very short lead time to the start of Leg 6, I had only one option for training dates and that fell in the first week of March. Coincidentally, the weather Gods determined that I should be well prepared for racing by sending the notorious ‘beast from the east’ weather system to the south coast of the UK on day one of my training. Thirty centimetres of snow on the deck and docks made for a new and thrilling experience.

The weather was so poor that even the Gosport pubs were closed! This, of course, resulted in a great degree of distress for some of my fellow sailors who embarrassingly resorted to banging on the door of the local watering hole until someone appeared to politely confirm that business was indeed suspended due to weather. On a really positive note though, the weather provided me with a perfect opportunity to test out my new drysuit and refine my packing list for the actual race. I was determined this time to remain as dry as possible and subsequently warmer.

Clipper founder Sir Robin Knox-Johnson officiates at the ceremony for race start

Fortunately, most of my gear from the previous race, especially base layers were still in reasonable condition.

In order to be appropriately outfitted for ocean racing in extreme conditions, the cost of gear can add up.

However, economising on gear can lead to a very miserable experience. Reflecting on my race this time, I was in much better shape during and after the race thanks to staying dry at the core and keeping hands and feet relatively warm. All Nigel’s world- wide research for the ‘ultimate’ gloves would prove well worth it!

After sadly experiencing three deaths in the last two editions of the race, Clipper has instituted a final skills assessment prior to race start. While not particularly arduous, the assessment has been designed to stress the importance of acquiring appropriate knowledge and skills, especially when there will be situations where people’s lives depend on your ability to use these skills instinctively. Although a race for amateurs, there is rightly an expectation of commitment to skill development.

Departing Wanda Yacht Club, Qingdao

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Long way to fall from the windward rail

Then followed eleven more agonising days of bobbing from one wind hole to the next, occasionally gaining speed and distance on the remainder of the fleet but then compressing again for essentially another race start. This was mind numbing and tested frayed tempers. We were sailing south east, past the Korean peninsular and to further test our resilience was the endless presence of fishing boats and their nets, which seemed as if they were strung from one side of the sea of Japan to the other. There was no avoiding them. While I felt sympathy for the fishermen (whose livelihoods we were disrupting), after one entire four hour night shift of leaning over the edge of the boat, cutting away netting and floats I was exhausted and frustrated. We had been completely trapped and had no other option.

Once we rounded the southern-most tip of Japan and started heading north east, the North Pacific started to live up to her reputation. We encountered nasty conditions, a strong headwind clashing with the equally strong Kuroshio current which flows in a northerly direction up the east coast of Japan. It was wonderful to finally have some decent wind but some of my team mates were not so thrilled to be suffering from seasickness. Conditions remained brutal until we could crack off the breeze and sail in more comfortable reaching conditions.

The race plan was to head north east, toward the international dateline (at 180 degrees longitude), staying beneath a limit of 45 degrees North, an exclusion zone

designed to keep us from straying too far north into any potential ice drifts. At 150 degrees West we would be free of the exclusion zone and could set course to finish offshore between the north west tip of Washington State and Vancouver Island. The anticipated rhumb line distance was 5,534 nm, however, our boat would ultimately sail 5,826 nm. We added extra miles at times, not always by choice.

In one instance we encountered a low pressure system which delivered hurricane force winds and a phenomenal sea state which resulted in sailing an extra 60 nm in the wrong direction. There was really no option, as the idea of gybing in waves as tall as the mast and 70 - 80 knots of wind seemed like a recipe for carnage. This was just one of the numerous big adventures on the high sea during this leg.

One of the drills practiced repeatedly during training is the man-overboard rescue and Clipper has now introduced ‘tethered man-overboard’ retrieval, seemingly because this situation is becoming more popular! I think everyone has got the message about the value of tethering on to the boat after dark and when conditions are rough. However, just being tethered on does not ensure that you don’t end up over the side. There is a lot of force in the mountainous waves that break over the boat and it is easy to be swept out of position. This was how we lost a crew member off the foredeck during a sail change. There is nothing more heart stopping than noticing someone has suddenly vanished, with the knowledge that there can only be one place they have gone. Thankfully in this instance the sailor was still tethered to the boat, albeit bouncing around on the bow sprit. Bruising and jangled nerves were the extent of the aftermath, but the outcome could have been so much worse.

In the early stages of our race we had received the very sad news of a man overboard during the Volvo Ocean Race which was taking place at the same time as the Clipper race.

The sailor was unable to be recovered and it was a sobering moment as we reflected on the risks of racing across oceans and the vulnerability of humans in the hands of Mother Nature.

Our skipper’s blog on 6 April describes another:

With the absence of wind at the start of the race, we were going to be overdue into Seattle, forcing the cancellation of a number of planned events as well as postponement of the prize-giving ceremony. It was a bitter blow, especially for some of the circumnavigators who had not seen family in a long while and were hoping for a decent break to catch up on news of life at home. As a final taunt from the weather we hit another patch of very light air only hours before the finish line which saw six boats compressing and vying for a position between 2nd and 7th! Who would have thought after so many miles, all the highs and lows that it would come down to this.

By the narrowest of margins we placed 5th overall, out of the eleven competing boats.

got thrown around violently before crash gybing.

It would be very challenging to stay safe and sane (well, relatively) in these situations without the cooperation and support of a great team of people. Throughout fatigue, frustration and danger, our race was a team effort.

Recognising the value of this only serves to reinforce my enormous admiration and respect for solo circumnavigators who deal with every circumstance alone.

There are certainly great challenges but also great rewards to such an adventure. The absolute beauty of the ocean itself, along with the whales, albatross and numerous other wildlife make it an awe-inspiring environment which you cannot help but feel privileged to be experiencing. The feeling of literally flying through the night with a sky packed full of stars as a backdrop is unparalleled and there is no better opportunity to reflect on what makes you a stronger person on the inside and out.

In the words of a brave adventurer—“I think anyone who gets this chance should grasp it. It isn’t for everyone, but you should challenge yourself.” (John Fisher, lost at sea, Volvo Ocean Race, March 26, 2018)

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The race start date in Qingdao was 23 March and I had been assigned to the yacht ‘PSP Logistics’. China is well renowned for impressive ceremonies and our dock-out did not disappoint. We had amazing costumes, drums, fireworks and flag-waving crowds. It was certainly an exciting start to what would turn out to be a tough, thirty-day journey. Our pre-race crew briefing had included a detailed weather forecast and we were well aware that we may encounter a number of light patches between Qingdao and our rounding mark at the southern tip of Japan. ‘Light patches’ would end up being an understatement and would initially delay our race start by 16 hours as we motored to a position with enough breeze to reasonably start a race.

“What a day we had yesterday, not long after I wrote my last blog, a huge wave broke over us, otherwise known as being pooped. The boat Thankfully the foreguys held and we got ourselves sorted out with no one hurt. The aftermath though has left us with a bit of damage. The forward helm cage on the starboard side was crushed, meaning we have had to cut half of it off. Thankfully, we still have the helm on that side although it does look a little sorry for itself as it is bent aft at an angle. We can still use it though so that is a plus.

The compass on that side also got ripped off so we have only one compass now, meaning that when we gybe we have to gybe the compass too! Safe to say that we were a bit slow yesterday while we were getting ourselves sorted out, meaning we lost a bit of ground and were unable to make the Scoring Gate which is a bit of a shame. The team did a great job and really took it in their stride.

Thankfully these things are quite rare but it goes to show the sheer power of the ocean.”

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Provisioning for Leg 6

天氣實在太惡劣了，導致戈斯波特的酒 吧也要關門!這令到我部份隊友感到很痛 苦， 他們唯有硬著頭皮跑去當地的酒館 敲門，直至有人告訴他們因為天氣太壞 了，所以要暫停營業。從好的方面看， 這種天氣給予我極佳的機會測試新的乾 式潛水衣和重新整理參賽行李清單。這 次我決定要盡量保持乾爽和溫暖。

最漫長的半小時 橫渡北太平洋 時間是午夜3時30分，執行看守任務的船員 剛剛從沉睡中醒來，準備4時當值。我坐在 甲板的軌道上，受到狂風和冰冷的冰雹夾 擊，身體被海浪浸透，並祈求那些助我脫 困的人會準時，甚至提早來接更。那時非 常寒冷而疲倦，而我對溫暖柔軟的睡袋的 渴求在腦中揮之不去。這真是史上最漫長 的半小時!

幸好，許多我以往參賽的裝備，特別是底層衣物仍然狀態良好。為了能穿著適合的裝束在極端的天氣下航行，裝 備的開支少不免會增加。相反，價錢經濟的裝備可能會帶來悲慘的經驗。 回想這次賽事，我在賽事期間和之後仍 然處於很好的狀態，這全靠我保持身體乾爽和手腳溫暖。Nigel在全球搜羅所有極致手套的努力證明了沒有白費! 過去兩屆的賽事不幸有三人死亡之後，Clipper 賽會加設賽前最後技術評估。雖然評估不是特別艱難，但其目的是 強調學懂適當知識和技術的重要性，特別是在有人命依賴於你本能地使用這些技術的情況下。雖然這是一項業餘 賽事，但對技能發展的承諾是必須的。

這裡是壯闊的北太平洋。橫渡太平洋是挑戰 我耐力的最大考驗之一，它不單講求體力， 也講求大量的專注力和紀律。 我在今年2月得到這個絕佳的機會，可以 參加 2017/2018 年度的 Clipper RoundThe-World 帆船賽的第六賽段，由中國青 島航行到美國西雅圖。由於知道我非常熱愛 海洋航行，加上在兩年前完成了Clipper 賽 事的第四賽段，Clipper 的工作人員和我的 丈夫Nigel 密謀讓我得到參加今次賽事的這 個難以抗拒的機會!

毫不驚奇地，第六賽段是在市場推廣方面最困難的一個賽段，這全因 它有點聲名狼藉。浩瀚的海洋、無窮無盡的低壓區和有限的救援機 會，令它吸引力大減。我們的航程預計會長達超過 5,500 海浬，當中 大部份時間是身處遙遠、洶湧、寒冷而看不見陸地的大海中央。 有了以往參加 Clipper 賽事的經驗，我在賽前的唯一要求是到英國戈 斯波特參加為期一星期的複修訓練課程。由於距離第六賽段開始的時 間很短，我只有一個訓練日期可以選擇，那是3月第一個星期。巧合 地，天氣之神認為我應該要好好為賽事做好準備，所以在我訓練的第 一天便派出了「來自東方的野獸」到英國南岸。甲板和碼頭上30厘米 的積雪為我帶來了全新和驚險的經驗。

Heavy weather day

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Lacking enthusiasm to get this monster headsail repacked

青島的啟航日期是3月23日，我被派到 PSP Logistics船上。中國以令人印象深刻的典禮而聞名，我們的啟航儀式 也沒有令人失望。歡送我們的群眾穿著華麗，還有鑼鼓、煙花和揮揚的彩旗。 對於接下來30天的艱辛旅程，這個 送行儀式實在是令人興奮的。賽前的船員簡報會作出了詳盡的天氣預報，我們都知道會在青島和日本南端的繞圈標 記之間遇上一些小問題。這些小問題最終會不被重視，但把我們的起步時間推遲了16小時，因為我們要駛往有足夠 微風的位置才能起航。接下來是11天從一個風洞到下一個風洞的痛苦日子，有時候我們會乘風加速領先其他船隊， 但然後又要壓抑下來，基本上是另一個比賽的開始。這實在令人頭疼，也考驗我們的脾氣。我們向東南方向航行， 經過朝鮮半島，在這裡我們的考驗是無數的漁船和它們的漁 網，彷彿它們是由日本海的一邊連接到另一邊似的。我們實 在避無可避。雖然我有點同情那些漁民 (因為他們的生計被 我們干擾了)，但在一個晚上連續四小時守在船邊，不停地割 斷漁網和漂浮物之後，我已筋疲力盡，而且很沮喪。我們已 被困，別無選擇。.

Arriving in Seattle 當我們繞過日本最南端並開始向東北方向航行時，北太平洋 也開始展示它的威力。我們遇上了惡劣的情況，強勁的逆風 與沿著日本東海岸向北流動的強勁黑潮正面交鋒。最後風勢 好了一點，但我們的船員都因為暈船浪而沒有太過興奮。 情況一直很惡劣，直至我們突破微風，在較為舒適的環境 下航行。 我們的航行計劃是向東北航行，朝著國際日期變更線(在180 度經度)進發，保持在北緯45度以下，而這是一個禁區，旨在 防止我們向北偏移到任何潛在的浮冰。在西經150度，我們將 不會受到禁區的影響，可以在華盛頓州西北端和溫哥華島之 間完成海上航行。預計的垂直航線距離是5,534海浬，但我們 的船隊最終航行了5,826海浬。我們有時是在無可選擇的情況 下延長航程的。有一次，我們遇上了一個低壓區，颶風和駭 人的海洋狀態導致我們在錯誤的方向上航行了60海浬。我們 實際上沒有任何選擇，因為在與桅杆一樣高的巨浪和70-80 風節中轉向似乎是大屠殺的秘訣。這只是我們在這個賽段中 遇到無數的大冒險之中的其中一個。

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「昨天真是難捱的一天。就在我寫了上一篇日誌之 後不久，一個大浪向我們撲來，或者可以說是船尾受 襲。在撞擊轉向之前，帆船被猛烈地拋來拋去。感謝 船頭的船員緊守崗位，我們得以解決問題，沒有人受 傷。可是後續的情況給我們留下了一點點損害。右 舷側的前舵蓋碎了，這意味我們不得不將其中一半割 掉。值得慶幸的是，我們仍然可以在那邊掌舵，雖 然它在某個角度向後彎曲了。它仍然可以使用，這是 好事。那邊的指南針也被扯掉了，所以我們現在只有 一個指南針，這意味著當我們轉向時我們也要轉指南 針！可以肯定地說，因為我們昨天要解決問題，所以 令我們慢了一點，這意味著我們失去了一些優勢，無 法取得Scoring Gate，實在有點羞愧。這個隊伍做得 很好，確實能很好地應對。其實這些情況是非常罕見 的，但它顯示了海洋的絕對力量。」

在訓練過程中反複練習的其中一項是人員墮海救 援，Clipper現在引入了「繫連人員 - 舷外」搜救，似 乎因為這種情況越來越普遍！我想每個人都知道在入 黑後和海面狀況惡劣的情況下繫穩在船上的重要性。 可以，只是繫在船上並不能確保你不會墮海。撲向船 隻的洶湧巨浪力量非常驚人，很容易把人捲走。前甲 板上一名船員就是這樣在換帆期間消失了。沒有甚麼 比看到某人突然消失更能令心跳停止，而且我們知道 他們只能去一個地方。值得慶幸的是，在這件事故 中，船員仍然被拴在船上，在船頭上被拋來拋去。雖 然他有瘀傷和神經刺痛，但如果不是拴著的話，後果 可能會更嚴重。

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我們的船長在4月6日的日誌記載了另一個險情: 在賽事的初段，我們收到令人非常悲傷的消息。與Clipper 賽事同時間進行的Volvo Ocean帆船賽，有一名船員不幸墮 海，未能尋獲。這是個發人深省的時刻，讓我們反思了跨 越海洋的風險以及人類在大自然中是何等脆弱。 由於啟航時沒有風，我們將不能如期抵達西雅圖，導致我 們要取消部份計劃好的活動，甚至要押後頒獎禮。這是一 個痛苦的打擊，特別是對於一些長時間沒見過家人的環球 航行者來說，他們都希望可以有足夠的休息後才回家。抵 達終點線前幾小時，天氣再一次向我們嘲諷，風勢非常 弱，有六艘船正在爭奪第二名至第七名的位置！經過長長 的旅程之後，誰會想到結局會是這樣。在一輪激烈的爭逐 之後，我們在11艘帆船中排名第五。 如果沒有偉大團隊的合作和支持，在這些情況下保持安全 和理智（相對而言）是非常具有挑戰性的。全靠團隊的功 勞，我們才能克服疲勞、挫折和危險。這一點令我對需要 獨自處理各種情況的單獨環球航行者更加欽佩和尊重。 這種冒險有很大的挑戰，同時也有很大的收獲。海洋的極 致美麗，以及鯨魚、信天翁和許多其他野生動物使它成 為一個令人敬畏的環境，令你不得不感恩可以有如此獨特 的體驗。在佈滿星星的夜空下航行的真實感覺是無與倫比 的，這也是一個好機會來反思是甚麼讓你成為一個身心更 堅強的人。 引用一位勇敢的冒險家的話來說 :「我想任何有機會的人 都應該好好把握。它不一定適合所有人，但你應該挑戰自 己。」他是在 2018年3月26日Volvo Ocean Race 墮海的 船員 John Fisher。

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Chan expressed, “Every player from each club has to play two single games in the match. I won one game against ABC but lost the second game to RHKYC by the black ball. Luckily my games were not the last and the team score against ABC was 3-3. Steve had his usual win and it was when the final ball was sunk we all jumped to accept the victory. The only thing on our minds were that we—a club with no snooker table in-house—had won the Tournament.”

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Post-victory celebration

Tri-club Snooker Tournament champions: Arnold Highfield, CK Chan, Steve So, and Stuart Mason

The honour of taking the winning frame went to Stuart. A word about Stuart; when he is good, he is unstoppable but when he is bad, he is awful.

However, that game he outdid himself with a fantastic performance, or perhaps his opponent in-did himself. The result was critical because, in the end, we won by just one frame.

HHYC SNOOKER TEAM CLAIMS ANNUAL TITLE

by Arnold Highfield and CK Chan

You really need to read this. Really, you should. Only very rarely has a news story about club activities struck with such importance. It is—wait for it—about snooker!

For those reading this and feeling underwhelmed, one must ask if you have any concept of the drama and tension accompanying the annual Tri-Club Snooker Tournament.

The level of commitment shown to the dress code at the Hong Kong Club is dramatic in its own right, let alone the tension of choosing the correct utensil to use at even their lowest rated restaurant.

Before the event began, Team Captain CK led us in fitness training and briefed us on proper decorum. We got the message from CK to not let HHYC down and, more importantly, not cheat. Well, not to cheat too much at least.

CK Chan, Team Captain, HHYC affirmed, “Our goal and expectation has always been to win the Annual Tri-Club Snooker Tournament.”

So there we were, in the basement of the Hong Kong Club where there are no less than three immaculate snooker tables. For those counting, that is three more than HHYC has got.

Chan noted, “We don't have a snooker table at the Club but the members get together frequently to practise at other venues. We also have regular matches with other yacht clubs at their clubs.”

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The team consisted of the aforementioned CK Chan, Stuart Mason, Steve So and myself.

A word about Steve; he is really good at snooker and is very likely to win all his games. The rest of us—on the other hand—watch a lot of snooker on television, observing carefully and failing to learn anything from it.

Luckily for us, much of the same can be said of the worthies from the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC) and Aberdeen Boat Club (ABC), so it was very close on the night. Well, it was close when we played ABC, but somehow RHKYC, the world's largest yacht club, seem to—for some reason—focus on boats and not snooker.

I think RHKYC won one game, perhaps. However, before it was all over, they had gone, vamoosed, with tails firmly between their legs. They all claimed they had pressing appointments at home but we were not so sure.

Contrarily, ABC are a different bunch. They are competitive and—because of the poor yachting conditions way down there—they obviously practice snooker a lot on their table.

But we won! Yes, we really did. We are the Tri-Club Snooker Champions! Importantly, we all contributed at least one win to the tally and Steve, as usual, was unbeaten.

Chan reflected, “I would like to dedicate this win to the members of the team. Because the final score was 6-5, none of us could have afforded to lose a game and it brought out the best in us. We expect to keep on practising to follow up this year’s effort with another win next year.”

Team captain CK Chan with the trophy

So we have bragging rights. Please feel free to brag when you as yacht racers are out on the course. There is now no more ‘Starboard!’ or ‘Water.’ No, now it is, ‘Give way to the Tri-Club Snooker Champions!’

你一定要閱讀這篇文章。真的，你必定要看看。從來只有很 少數關於本會活動的消息是如此重要。這是關於桌球的!

香港遊艇會好像勝出了一場。但是，賽事結束前，他們已夾着 尾巴走了。他們都說家裡有緊要的約會，但我們都不太肯定。

讀着這篇文章並且感到不屑的人，究竟你知不知道一年一度 的桌球三角賽(Tri-Club Snooker Tournament)是如何充滿戲 劇性和戰情緊湊?香港會的衣著規範本身已夠戲劇性，更不用 提在他們評價最低的餐廳選擇正確餐具的緊張情況。

相反地，香港仔遊艇會很不同。他們很有競爭力—可能是因為 他們的航行環境惡劣—明顯地他們花了很多時間來練習桌球。

賽事開始前，隊長CK 帶領我們進行體能訓練，並向我們講 解禮儀。CK 告訴我們不可以令白沙灣遊艇會失望，更重要 的是，不能作弊。喔，至少不能作弊太多。 白沙灣遊艇會的隧長CK Chan一再強調:「我們的目標和期望 就是要勝出一年一度的桌球三角賽。」於是我們身在有三張桌 球枱的香港會地庫。那兒的桌球枱比白沙灣遊艇會多三張。 Chan說:「本會沒有桌球枱，但會員會經常聚集在其他會員 的地方一起練習。我們也經常到其他會所參加比賽。」我們 的隊員包括上述的CK Chan、Stuart Mason、 Steve So 和 本人。 關於 Steve，我要說的是: 他打桌球的技術非常好，很可能會 勝出所有場數。至於其他人—另一方面—經常看電視播出的 桌球賽，細心觀察，但從中學不到甚麼。 幸好，我們的對手香港遊艇會和香港仔遊艇會也不相伯仲， 所以當晚水準很接近。當我們與香港仔遊艇會對賽時的確很 接近，但是，全球最大的遊艇會—香港遊艇會，似乎因為某 些原因，只專注於船隻而不是桌球。

但我們勝出了!是啊，我們做到了。我們是桌球三角賽冠軍!重 要的是，我們各人都贏了至少一場，而一如以往，Steve未嚐 一敗。 Chan說:「每間遊艇會的每位選手都要打兩場單打賽。我對香 港仔遊艇會贏了一場，但第二場因為一個黑球輸了給香港遊艇 會。 幸好我不是最後一場，我們與香港仔遊艇會打成3-3平 手。Steve延續了他的勝利，當最後一個球打入時，我們都跳起 來歡呼。我們心裡只想着一件事—一間沒有桌球枱的遊艇會— 勝出了。」 領獎的榮譽歸予Stuart。關於Stuart，我要說的是: 當他狀態大 勇時，他是銳不可擋的。但當他不在狀態時，他可以很恐怖。 但是，他在賽事中表現神勇，或是他的對手成為了他。賽果是 很接近的，因為最終我們只贏了少許。 Chan檢討說:「我要把這次勝利獻給隊員。總分是6-5，我們其 中一人都可能會輸掉賽事，但我們都盡力了。我們希望可以繼 續練習，延續今年的努力，來年衞冕。」 所以我們有吹牛的權利。 當你身為船員出賽時，也請隨意吹 噓。 現在不用再喊「右舷！」或「水」。不，現在是，「讓位 給桌球三角賽冠軍！」

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Vice Commodore

非常感謝所有出席週年大會投票的會員，無論你神聖的一票投了給誰，當晚大家踴 躍出席，顯示出你們充滿熱情，要把遊艇會推往正確的方向前進。本人非常榮幸當 選副會長。有一位我非常尊重的人曾經說過：「陳腐終無用，行動最實際。」的而 且確，我們有好多工作要開展。

Bringing us together We have already started with measures to help get everyone working together more harmoniously, irrespective of their background. Watch this space…the ultimate aim is to enhance cohesion, hear all sides and keep the Club a fair place where everybody respects differences of opinion and everyone follows the rules.

我們已經開始著手制定一些措施，讓不同背景的人，也可以更加和諧地一起工作， 請大家拭目以待。我們最終的目的，是要凝聚力量、廣納意見，確保遊艇會是一個 公平公道的地方，每個人都互相尊重、求同存異、謹守法規。

Updated Club Articles of Association (AOA) There was a members’ forum in the last term, where members contributed to ideas to help change the AOA, in conjunction with changes made to bring them into line with the Companies Ordinance. Ideas discussed included the introduction of a new sports membership category to make it easier for younger sailors to join the Club and a two-year General Committee term with only 50% of directors changing each year to help enhance continuity of the General Committee. These have been incorporated into a draft of the AOA which has been passed to the new Honorary General Secretary (Nigel Frances). The process of adopting the AOA will involve further members’ forums and an Extraordinary General Meeting of members.

Having done that, the revised AOA will then need to be approved by the Lands Department and the Companies Registry.

在會員大會上，有會員對組織章程提出了一些新想法。我們把這些新概念融入了組 織章程。我們修訂了部份條文，確保章程與公司條例相符。有人建議設立新的運動 會員類別，年輕的船員可以更加容易加入遊艇會。還有建議把執行委員會任期改為 兩年，而半數的委員每年換屆，增強執行委員會的延續性。這些新概念已被放入草 擬的組織章程，這項工作現在已經交給Nigel Frances。在採用新章程前，章程會在 會員大會和特別會員大會上完成章程修正的工作。然後我們會在本屆期內，邀請會 員通過新的章程。修定的章程也需要得到本區地政處和公司註冊處的批准，遊艇會 的契約才可以續新。

Making essential works happen I have already started putting together my Committee, now known as the Planning and Works Committee, to monitor the essential works; much of this work is closely linked to the conditions of our lease. This Committee will build on the great work already done to ensure compliance with all the relevant government regulations in relation to existing club facilities. I would ask for your patience while waiting for the various government departments to each give respective approvals in this regard.

Happier and safer workspaces At the same time, we will upgrade club facilities so they provide a safe and more conducive environment not just for members, but also for all our staff who put so much effort in serving us all and making the Club the great place it is.

CLUB UPDATES

CLUB UPDATES

PAUL ARKWRIGHT

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to vote at the AGM—no matter who you voted for—the amazing turnout on the night showed that members care passionately about steering the Club in the right direction. As I take up the honour of becoming Vice Commodore, I am reminded of what someone whom I respect a lot once said: platitudes won’t cut it—action is what’s needed. And, for sure, there is much work to do.

凝聚力量 和諧共處

適時更新組織章程

基本工程 勢在必行 我已經開始組織相關的委員會，現在的「基本工程委員會」去監察必要性工作。而 大部份工程與契約條件息息相關，委員會會全力推動工程的實施，確保遊艇會現有 設施符合所有相關政府法規。我們希望各位能耐心等待各政府部門批准各項工程。 工作環境 愉快安全 同時，我們將提升會所設施，提供一個安全和更友善的環境，讓會員和所有員工享 用。沒有員工鼎力提供優質服務，遊艇會也不可能成為眾人如斯熱愛的地方。 所有工作必須達致成本與效益中間的平衡。我們需要善用會所的資金和效率，讓所 有工程盡快完成！我責無旁貸，定必盡力推動。 謝謝大家！ 謹祝大家新年快樂、新春進步！

All of this work will need to achieve the right balance between cost-effectiveness— so we best utilise club funds, and efficiency—so that it actually gets done ASAP! I’ll do my best to make this happen.

Cheers PS Happy New Year and CNY!

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Rear Commodore—Sailing

My one-year term will soon be completed. In the past year, thanks to all the committee members and colleagues, the work has been carried out smoothly, and that we were able to resume normal operation quickly after the damage brought by Typhoon Mangkhut.

Dinghy sailing and sail training is in a very health condition, and I will need to spend some time to educate myself on its operation and performance. Having said that, there is an expectation that the position of Rear Commodore - STC will be resurrected; which I would very much welcome.

Regarding the waiting list of the hardstand and mooring facilities, the Marine Office is striving for improvement. In the coming months, we hope to check and clean up some unusable vessels which have occupied our facilities for a long time so that we can shorten the waiting list.

On the yacht racing front, HHYC has established two very popular race series being Typhoon Series (81 boats entered) and Summer Saturday Series (53 boats entered) which need to be nurtured. The numbers of entries for the Monsoon Winter and Monsoon Spring Series are, by comparison, low and efforts will be made to encourage more competitors. The Sailing Committee has identified a number of other areas that also need attention and these will get my focus in the short term:

Christmas is around the corner, I wish you all a Merry Christmas!

• Modify the format of the Mirs Bay weekend to encourage more participants in the Wong Shek BBQ, overnight mooring and Return Pursuit Race; • Re-format the Countess Cup, as the original intent of a dedicated race for boats with high HKPN ratings has failed to ignite sustained interest; • Build-up the participation of members in race management, as we rely too heavily on a small number of dedicated race officers and supporters; and • Encourage more participation in the more social sailing events; such as the Sail Away Days.

CLUB UPDATES

CLUB UPDATES

SIMON JONES

As I start my year as Rear Commodore Sailing, a couple of months later than expected due to the unfortunate ‘politics’ which delayed the original AGM, I look forward to an interesting and progressive 2019 on the dinghy and keelboat front.

Before I elaborate further, it would be remiss of me not to give a hearty thank you to my predecessor as Rear Commodore, Bridget Chan. For the past two years, Bridget has committed all of herself and her time to the position and has ensured that HHYC has continued to improve on its organisation and management of sailing activities. I can only hope to emulate Bridget’s commitment.

There are still a lot of works have to be done by the Marine Office. These include repairing the pontoon and seawall. I wish the next Operation Committee will continue the effort to complete the works successfully.

EDDY LO

Rear Commodore—Operations 一年的任期快將完滿，在過去的一年裏感謝各委員及小組委員，各同事的協 助，令各項工作得以順利進行，在颱風破壞後能迅速回復正常運作。 海事部仍有大量工作，如船橋及海堤维修，希望下屆海事委員會繼續努力， 順利妥善完成。 有關船位輪候，海事部仍在努力改善情況，未來數月希望能盡量檢查及清理 一些不能使用之船隻長期佔用會所設施，希望能加快船位輪候。 聖誕節將至，預祝大家聖誕快樂！

Dinghies in the north pontoon and some derelict boats

If anyone reading this is interested in contributing time to race management (no experience required) please contact the Sailing Office. Also if anyone is interested in joining the Sailing Committee, the Sailing Office can give you my contact details; give me a call.

Next up on the Yacht Race agenda are the Boxing Day Rally in December and the Kowloon Cup in January 2019; with the Monsoon Spring Series commencing in early March. If you are looking for a crew—even if you have no experience—the Sailing Office can put you in touch with skippers or just turn up on any race day and you will have a good chance to get onboard.

See you on the water.

由於「政治」因素導致原定的會員周年大會要押後，令我延遲了幾個月才正式接任帆船駕駛助理會長。我期望2019年在小艇和龍骨帆 船上會是一個有趣而有進展的一年。在我繼續談下去之前，我必須向前任助理會長Bridget Chan致以衷心感謝。過去兩年，Bridget為 這個職位獻出了她所有時間和心血，確保了白沙灣遊艇會帆船運動的組織和管理不斷改進。我希望自己能延續 Bridget 的承諾。 小艇航海活動和帆船訓練的工作進行得非常順利，我需要花一點時間來熟習其運作和職能。話雖如此，有人希望重新設立航海訓練中 心助理會長的職位，而我對此表示非常歡迎。

• • • •

在帆船賽事方面，白沙灣遊艇會舉辦了兩個非常受歡迎的系列賽—颱風盃系列賽(81艘船參賽)和夏季週六系列賽(53艘船參賽)。至於 Monsoon冬季系列賽和Monsoon春季系列賽的報名人數相對來說較少，我們要努力鼓勵更多選手參賽。帆船駕駛委員會也確定了一些 需要關注的地方，我在短期內會著手處理: 修改大鵬灣週末活動的形式，鼓勵更多人參加黃石燒烤會、夜間停泊和來回追逐賽; 重新策劃伯爵夫人盃(Countess Cup)，因為原本希望有更多HKPN評級高的船隻參賽的意圖共未能令選手的興趣延續下去; 招攬更多會員參與賽事管理，因為我們過分依賴少數盡心盡力的賽事總監和支持者; 和 鼓勵更多人參加社交帆船活動，例如 Sail Away Days。 如果大家有興趣抽空參與賽事管理(無需經驗)，請聯絡帆船駕駛辦公室。此外，如果大家想參與帆船駕駛委員會的話，辦公室也會把 我的聯絡方法告訴你，致電給我吧! 即將舉行的賽事包括 12月的Boxing Day Rally和 2019年1月舉行的九龍盃，而Monsoon春季系列賽將於3月初展開。如果你想加入船 隊，即使你沒有經驗，帆船駕駛辦公室可以介紹船長給你，或在賽事來觀賽，你必定有機會上船一試身手。水上見!

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Maintenance team at work on the whalers and connectors adjustable cross supports

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HEBE HISTORY

HEBE HISTORY

當我在1973年加入白沙灣遊艇會(HHYC)時，會所只 是非常小建築物連同一個露台位置。在古舊的藍色 門背後，就是一個偌大的esky雪櫃，裡面擺滿啤酒 和錢箱，大家都會自動自覺支付飲品費用。如果是 今日，我不太清楚這樣是否行得通?_ _附近有一排 人，大家都在售買煎蛋和薯條等的食物。這裡出售 的全都是簡單的食物，但卻帶來了歡笑，大家也會 打成一片，飲得興高采烈，盡見會員們的真性情。 在我和丈夫(他是一位英軍)購入一艘黃色帆船之 前，我對白沙灣所知有限。 我們從沒有為帆船命 名，而且她也不是很易操作，不過她擁有雙引擎， 足以帶我們起航離開白沙灣到更遠的地方，就是現 在有很多魚排的所在地。那時候，您差不多可到任 何沙灘，因為所有沙灘都非常清潔。您甚至可以獨 個享受整個沙灘的環境! 然後，我們購買了一艘 21 呎的Bayliner遊艇，我就變得更熱衷於出海活動。現 在，我仍是遊艇委員會的成員之一。

THE PSYCHEDELIC SEVENTIES

在1970年代至80年代早期，西貢並不像現在那樣 “人口密集” 。那時，西貢少有食肆，於是，無論 是HHYC會員或當地居民都會視會所為西貢的聚腳 點。那時有很多國泰機師或員工在那一帶居住，他 們的工作絕不是朝九晚五的，所以會所酒吧在任何 時間都非常繁忙。當中不少國泰員工都擁有豐富和 實際的船隻操作經驗，他們又會利用工餘時間協助 遊艇會發展。

Eggs, chips and laughter

by Lesley Anderson

When I joined HHYC in 1973, the Club was just a little building with a small balcony area. Inside an old blue door there was a large esky full of beer and an honesty box where you left the money for your drinks. I am not sure how well the concept would work today though.

Somewhere along the line, somebody started serving eggs and chips. The food was very simple, but there was always a lot of laughter and a lot of drinking that took place. There were some real characters then.

I knew very little about Hebe Haven until my husband at the time (who was a soldier with the Royal Anglicans) and I bought a half-share in a junk which had a bright yellow sail. We never did give her a name and she wasn’t a great boat to sail, but she did have a two-stroke engine, which was enough to take us beyond Shelter Cove to the area

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where the fish farms are now. You could go to almost any beach those days and they would be lovely and clean.

Often you would have an entire beach to yourself. A bit later, we moved up to a 21ft Bayliner, and gradually I became more involved with sailing. I am still a member of the sailing committee.

In the 1970s and early 80s, Sai Kung wasn’t the ‘chintzy’ place it is now. In fact, eating and drinking choices were very limited, so for many HHYC members, the Club was their local pub. There were a lot of Cathay people that lived around the area, who obviously didn’t have nine-five jobs, so at any time of the day the bar was usually busy. A lot of the Cathay people were practical and very handson. They also seemed to have lot of spare time too so that helped the Club immensely.

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請在1月26日星期六（僅限這一天）下午6點前將您的舊電腦，手提電腦，電 視，掃描器和打印機放回停車場範圍（操場旁邊）。這些舊裝置將被回收。 What happens to them.....

Items in good condition will be picked out and refurbished for donation to deserving Hong Kong families. The complex e-waste will be dismantled to remove elements of the equipment, for example, cable, capacitors and coils, for recycling. Toxic substances, such as mercury-containing backlight of flat panels and leaded glass of cathode ray tube televisions will be removed in a controlled environment and sent separately for proper treatment. The remaining recyclable components will then be shredded and sorted into different types of useful materials, such as metals and plastics for reuse as secondary raw materials. 舊裝置被回收後...... 狀態良好的物品將會被挑選出來並翻新，以便捐贈給有需要的香港家庭。複雜的電子廢物將會被拆除並分 成不同的元件，例如電線，電容器和線圈等等，以便回收利用。有毒物質，例如含有汞背光和陰極射線管 的平板顯示器和使用含鉛玻璃的電視，將在受控環境中移除，並單獨發送及處理。然後將剩餘的可回收物 料切碎並分類成不同類型的材料，例如金屬和塑膠，以作為次級原材料並再利用。

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As supplied by Halewood Vineyards to Sainsbury's and Waitrose we now have in stock; As supplied by Halewood Vineyards to Sainsbury's and Waitrose we now have in Special Reserve Pinot Noir, Special Reserve Feteasca Neagra, Private Reserve stock; Sauvignon Blanc and Colina Pinot Noir Rose.

Special Reserve Pinot Noir, Special Reserve Feteasca Neagra, Private Reserve Sauvignon Blanc and Colina Pinot Noir Rose.

Costs are highly reasonable and cases are delivered free for 6 bottles or more.

Contact us today and visit our webpages. Based in Sai Kung for Sai Kung.

Costs are highly reasonable and cases are delivered free for 6 bottles or more.

Contact us today and visit our webpages. Based in Sai Kung for Sai Kung.

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