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WINTER SERIES 2019 SHK Scallywag Foundation brings new sailors to Hebe 24 Hour Charity Dinghy Race cheque presentations

HEBE JEBES

HEBE HAVEN YACHT CLUB

ED IT O RIA L

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Vice Commodore Paul Arkwright Rear Commodore—Operations Eddy Lo Rear Commodore—Sailing Simon Jones Rear Commodore—Sail Training Harvey Jessop

P RIN T ED B Y

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MEMBER WINDSHIFTS OCTOBER 2019

October 2019 / November 2019 NOVEMBER 2019

New members

Absent members

New members

Resigned members

Ms Zheng, Huanran

Mr Sing,Yu Sum

Mr Martinello, Leonardo

Ms Talas, Siena Zuleika

Mr Molyneux, Lukas Charles

Mr Yeung, Ming Kwai

Mr Parsonage, Guy Timothy E.

Mr Chu, Joseph Sze Ho

Mr Molyneux, Oscar Alexander

Mr Chu, Kwai Chung

Mr Molyneux, Ruairi Tomas

Resigned members

Mr Schuhmann, Loan Ethan

Mr Adam, Oliver Archer

Mr Winkelmann, Paul Franz

Mr Chung Siu Hung

Mr Witt, David

Mr Denham, Geoffrey Thomas

Mr Wong, Hoi Ming

Mr Okaguchi, Yoshiaki

Mr Zeppezauer, Jonathan

Ms Sugden, Nicola Jane Reactivated members NIL

Absent Members Mr Freeman, Trevor Niel Mr Gardarsson, Bjarki Vidar

Mr Hamlyn, James M. O. Mr Hignett, Christopher Jon Mr Knowles, John Milne Mr Mumford, Stephen Loeonard Mr Sigurgeirsson, Steindor

Reactivated members

Mr Southall, Kade Peter

Mr Yau, Kwok Yau

Mr Trodd, Timothy David Mr Wong, Wai Fung Anthony

JANUARY TUE

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Spring Lantern Festival Buffet

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14 Valentine's Day Set Dinner

15 Saturday Youth Sail Training

16 Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet

Kowloon Cup

Saturday Youth Sail Training

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Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet

Japanese and Korean Theme Buffet

CNY Brunch Buffet with Lion Dance & Boat Blessing Sunday Buffet

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Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet Saturday Youth Sail Training

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Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet

Saturday Youth Sail Training

Saturday Youth Sail Training

HHYC New Year's Day Sailaway

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22 Saturday Youth Sail Training

23 Sunday Roast Sunday Buffet

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Scottish Theme Buffet

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Lunar New Year (Day 4)

Youth Sail Training

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Saturday Youth Crazy Friday – Buy Sail Training One Get One Free (5.00 pm – 9.00 pm)

31 Crazy Friday – Buy One Get One Free (5.00 pm – 9.00 pm)

Club Events

School Holiday Camp

Dinghy Racing

Hebe Dragons Sailing

Yacht Racing

Youth Sail Training

Sail Training

Club Events

School Holiday Camp

Dinghy Racing

Hebe Dragons Sailing

Yacht Racing

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CLUB CALENDAR

02 January & February

REPORTS

06 Commodore 08 Vice Commodore 10 General Manager

MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS 12 Member Highlights

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SHUTTERBUG

14 Halloween Party 2019 15 Christmas Party 2019

WINE & DINE

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16 F&B Upcoming Events 18 Wines of the Month

SAIL TRAINING CENTRE 20 STC Annual Review

40 Sailability Hong Kong Update—2020 and Beyond

FEATURES

Race Management Upcoming Events Monsoon Winter Series 2019 Race 1 Monsoon Winter Series 2019 Races 1 & 2 Monsoon Winter Series 2019 Race 3 Monsoon Winter Series 2019 Race 4 & 5

HEBE COMMUNITY

50 ECF Saint Too Canaan College—Our First Club Sun Hung Kai Scallywag Foundation Programme 54 24 Hour Charity Dinghy Race 2019 Cheque Presentations 56 The Third Commodore's Cup Invitation Golf Tournament 57 Sustainability Report

CLUB UPDATES

CLASSIFIEDS 62 Classifieds

HHYC

Member Highlights (p.12) Monsoon Winter Series roundup (p. 26) Lorette Roberts, author & illustrator visits HHYC (p. 44) Doors open for young sailors from ECF Saint Too Canaan College (p. 50) • 24 Hour Charity Dinghy Race cheque presentations (p. 54) • HHYC win Commodore's Cup Golf Tournament (p. 56) • HHYC volunteers clean up three local beaches (p. 57) • • • •

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44 Lorette Roberts Visit to HHYC 48 Revolutionary Auto Lifebuoy Leads New Trend Among Coast Guard Teams

58 Rear Commodore—Sailing 60 Rear Commodore—Operations

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As you all know, the Annual General Meeting was held on schedule and was attended by 131 members (either in person or by proxy) and proceeded uneventfully with all resolutions passed and the nominations for the General Committee elected unopposed. I am most grateful for your continued support.

DON JOHNSTON Commodore

The General Committee has met and dealt with all of its initial regulatory issues, elected the chairpersons of its 10 committees and agreed on 37 innovative goals for its current term.

The General Committee has also agreed to continue with the Staff Lai See Fund, whereby members are invited to pay one month’s subscription on a voluntary basis towards this fund, with a provision allowing members the opportunity to contribute a different amount or pay no contribution at all.

All funds raised are distributed equally to all staff members. This practice is adopted by many other clubs to ensure that all staff are treated fairly at Chinese New Year.

The social unrest, which has prevailed for the last six months, has impacted on the celebrations of Sailability due to the withdrawal of participants. The Tenth Anniversary Celebrations for the Hong Kong event have been postponed to 2020, and the Sailability Asian Championships have been cancelled altogether.

This is extremely sad, but understandable under the circumstances.

By now, most of you know the new General Manager, Rene Verhulst, who is settling in very well. And I expect that by the time that you read this, the new Human Resources Manager, Rony Wong will also have taken up his duties on 2 December 2019. We have long held the view that the Club needs an HR professional to deal with staff issues and to ensure regulatory compliance in a complex legal environment. My hope is that one of the first of many positive outcomes will be a reduction in the staff turnover rate, which should lead to a higher level of satisfaction on the part of both staff and members.

Once again, I draw your attention to the great progress that we continue to make on a long list of items—some of which are not visible to members— and I urge you to read the various reports in Hebe Jebes to stay abreast of future progress in this regard.

二十四小時慈善小艇賽確是一項出色的盛事，直接及間接地共籌得超過一 百二十三萬元款項。於賽事完結前數分鐘，強風突襲三十四艘小艇船隊。 全賴意外管理及控制程序及時啟動，加上所有的救生艇船員都受過專業訓 練，船員均能於十分鐘內安全上岸。有賴 Rob Allen 帶領下的員工 、 我 們的義工，以及 Bridget Chan 能幹帶領下的統籌委員會，障礙才能極速 解決，恢復平靜。 REPORTS

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Regarding the 24 Hour Charity Dinghy Race, this was indeed an outstanding event, with over $1.23 million raised directly and indirectly. The race was affected by a squall, which came through in the closing minutes capsizing a number of the fleet of 34 dinghies. The Incident Management and Control Procedure kicked in, as did the training of all safety boat crews, and all sailors were recovered and safely back on shore within ten minutes. This was a superb recovery by the staff led by Rob Allen, our volunteers and the Organising Committee ably led by Bridget Chan.

你們都知道週年大會如期舉行了，共有131位會員參加 (親自蒞臨或通過代 理) ，所有決議和所有執行委員的提名都順利通過。我對你們始終如一的 支持表示非常感激。 執行委員會已經達成及處理所有最初的監管問題，選出了十個委員會的主 席，並同意三十七個本任期的創新目標。 執行委員會亦已同意繼續運作員工利是基金，藉以邀請會員以自願性質繳 付一個月的會費，讓會員能自由選擇捐獻不同金額或不作捐獻。所籌得的 款項將全數平均分配給所有員工。很多其他的會所都採用這個模式，確保 所有員工於農曆新年時都得到公平待遇。 過去六個月，社會動盪持續。參加者的退出影響了航海的慶祝活動。十週 年的香港慶祝活動將延至2020年舉行， 而航海亞洲錦標賽已經取消。 這 是非常遺憾的事，但在現況下可以理解。 現在，你們很多人都知道新任總經理 Rene Verhulst 非常適應新工作。 我猜想，當你們看到這篇文章時，新任人力資源經理 Rony Wong 亦已於 2019年12月2日上任。我們一直相信遊艇會需要一位人力資源專家處理員 工問題，並確保在複雜的法律環境下維持應有的監管。我希望其中一項正 面的成果是減低員工的流失率，應能從而令員工及會員更滿意。 再次，我希望各位關注我們接下來一連串項目的良好進度，當中有些是會 員看不到的。我亦希望大家細閱 Hebe Jebes 內的不同報告，緊貼有關這 些方面的未來發展。 最後，節慶季節即將到來，我藉此機會祝願各位有個安全和開心的聖誕 節，以及和平豐盛的新年。

In closing, the festive season is approaching, and I take this opportunity to hope that you all had a safe and happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year to come.

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REPORTS

HAB Expression of Support—draft has been sent to the Home Affairs Bureau (HAB) for its comments prior to formal submission. After a bit of toing and froing, the HAB has come back with a couple of minor amendments that we need to address. So, we are cautiously optimistic that this is a workable approach.

PAUL ARKWRIGHT

Vice Commodore

Project Manager—to help cope with the growing liaison, chasing and management that comes from multiple projects, we have sought expressions of interest for engaging a part-time Project Manager (initially for one day per week) to help manage projects once seawall is underway. This will grow quite quickly to a fulltime manager role, as more projects come on line.

Seawall repairs—the site investigation report has been submitted to the Building Department (BD) for the BA14 approval and we currently awaiting AECOM's full design recommendations which we will bring to GenCom shortly.

Marina pile extension/replacement project—the studies to date indicate that the existing piles are not strong enough so we will need to replace in-situ with new piles to support marina pontoons. Before proceeding to Stage 3B of the consultancy agreement, i.e., "Design and Costing of Replacement Marine Piles and H-Columns", we have requested ballpark budget costs from AECOM before Christmas of the following two options: • Option 1: Retain and extend existing piles, with new piles added as necessary, to achieve the 25-year design life; • Option 2: Complete replacement of all piles (with additional piles if necessary) to achieve the 50-year design life.

AECOM will issue the final report with the amendments shortly.

General utilities survey—completed for use by all subsequent contractors on site.

Access lift platform—we have obtained Fire Services Department approval for the FM200 fire suppression system and are awaiting BD approval of the same. In line with Carmen Chan's advice (our Authorised Person), we are now submitting the amended plans for the new access lift to BD. In parallel, the FM 200 system will then be bespoke for the Club to ensure we are fire safety compliant throughout the premises. In this regard, the Home Affairs Department (HAD) has written to the Club in respect of the (Safety of Premises) Ordinance Cap. 376 with their request for the status of the ‘proposed Alteration & Addition (A&A) works’. We have replied to clarify that the proposed alteration and addition works will have some minor effects on the existing layout of the licensed premises, as shown on the plans currently held with their office and that we are currently in the process of finalising and obtaining BD approval and sign-off for the A&A works. As soon as this has been approved, we will then submit the requested updated plans with the revised licensed area demarcated for their consideration and approval.”

開始前，我首先要衷心感謝我們臨時的總經理 Rene Verhulst爭分奪秒行動， 令遊艇會的一切事情都籌備得更好。我期待和他及他的團隊合作，一起繼續把 事情做好。對籌劃及工作委員會(PWC) 來說，將會又是十分繁忙的數月。以 下是有關目前各項項目進度的重點： 民政事務局「表示支持」—草稿已經寄至民政事務局，在正式遞交前先諮詢他 們的意見。經過一些修訂，民政事務局只回覆一些我們需要處理的小修改。所 以我們審慎樂觀地認為這是可行的方向。

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Let me start by saying a huge thank you to Rene Verhulst, our interim GM, who has hit the ground running in getting things better organised at the Club, and I look forward to working with him and his team as we continue to get stuff done. For the Planning & Works Committee (PWC) it’s been another busy couple of months and here are the bullet-point highlights on progress to date.

項目經理—為幫助處理多個項目中的管理需求，我們正招聘一位兼項目經理（ 最初每週一天）協助當海提修復進行的時候去管理不同項目。隨著多項目的開 展這將會成為一個重職職位。 海堤修復—場地勘察報告已呈交至屋宇署作BA14 批核，我們現等待AECOM 的全盤設計建議，然後將很快把它交給執行委員會。 碼頭樁柱擴展/更換項目—直至目前為止的研究顯示，現有樁柱不夠堅固，所 以我們將會需要原地更換新樁柱，以支撐碼頭浮橋。進入3B階段的顧問協議 前， 即是"更換碼頭樁柱及H型樁的設計和成本"，我們已要求AECOM在聖誕 節前提供以下兩項選擇的大約預計成本： • 選擇一：保留及擴展現有樁柱。如需要，加上新樁柱，以達至二十五年 設計壽命； • 選擇二：更換所有樁柱 (如需要，加上額外的樁柱)，以達至五十年設計 壽命。 AECOM很快會發出附修改事項的最終報告。 總設施調查—已完成。讓所有在現場的承辦商使用。 進出升降機平台—我們已獲消防處批准FM200滅火系統，現等待屋宇署批 准。根據Carmen Chan的建議(我們的認可人士)，我們現在呈交新的進出升降 機更改計劃至屋宇署。屆時將為會所訂做FM 200 系統，確保我們的物業符合 消防安全規格。這方面，民政事務總署就有關(房產安全) 條例第376章書面通 知遊艇會，附上他們對「擬加建及改建 (A&A) 工程狀態的要求」。我們已回 覆，對建議的更改作澄清，而額外工程將會對現有許可建築物外觀有輕微的影 響。他們的辦公室目前制訂的計劃顯示，我們正處於定案階段，要獲得屋宇署 批准及簽署A&A 工程。一旦獲批，我們將遞交要求更新的計劃，加上修訂後 的劃定許可區域給他們考慮及批准。 鏡頭監控遊艇會附近的海平面，特別是颱風季時我們正物色適合保安鏡頭安 裝(附高度量度標記在上)的在碼頭的樁柱上， 在颱風來臨時能夠監控海平面的 情況。 最後 我參加了多個帆船比賽。上月在 Patrick Yam的Baby Beluga，一艘32.5 Beneteau First上成功獲得一些中國大陸和香港的比賽獎項回家。

First Place & Beneteau Cup, HKPN 1251+, Solaris Yachts Around the Island Race 2019

Camera to monitor sea level around the club, especially during typhoons—we are researching an interruptible power supply for a selected camera focused on a marine pile (with height measurements marked on it), to help better monitor sea levels, during typhoons.

And finally…

In other news, I did have time to do a bit of sailing, and in the last month on Patrick Yam’s Baby Beluga, 32.5 Beneteau First, we managed to take home a bit of silverware in mainland China and Hong Kong, China.

First Day Winners & Overall Third Place, HKPN Division B, China Cup 2019

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Firstly, my very best wishes for 2020 to all members. We are at the gateway of a new and exciting decade! For those who went overseas, I hope you had a pleasant and well-deserved holiday break!

RENE VERHULST General Manager

My first two months with the Club have flown by—it’s been a very interesting, enjoyable and busy time. I have had the pleasure of chatting with many of you, and I am looking forward to meeting many more. Thank you all for making me feel at home.

I am listening to both my team and members, in order to learn what is going on in the Club and to hear your comments, ideas and suggestions, so I can get a good understanding of what lives among the members. From there on I’ll move forward to try and make the necessary improvements, under the directions and guidance of the General Committee. I can see a lot of potential to implement changes that will benefit the Club in many ways.

Keep an eye on the approaching F&B events for the Chinese New Year and the upcoming sailing calendar. The traditional Lion Dance, Boat Blessings and Burns Supper are all on the programme, and the Club will be closed all day on the 25 January 2020. The Kowloon Cup is scheduled for the 18 and 19 January and will end up at the Yau Ley Seafood restaurant for the fun prize-giving event.

We strive to keep our members’ database up to date, so please ensure that you inform the Club should you change your address, family status, mobile number or email address so that we can keep you abreast of all that’s going on at the Club. (Contact Jessica Yau at membership@hhyc. org.hk).

能夠成為 Lisa Keatley在白沙灣遊艇會接班人是我的榮幸。白沙灣遊艇 會，座落於位置獨特又古雅的西貢，被最適合舉行帆船活動的一些水域 和海灘圍繞，確是香港的避風港。對我來說，這亦有一點 「回家」的感 覺，因為自2000年起在香港和澳門居住了很多年。我過往十年都在新加 坡居住和工作，而在那以前我大多在世界各地遊歷，如同熱情好客的 「 吉卜賽人」般。 REPORTS

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It is my pleasure and privilege to take over the helm of the Hebe Haven Yacht Club from Lisa Keatley. Set in the unique and quaint area of Sai Kung, the Club is indeed a haven with some of the best sailing waters and beaches in Hong Kong. For me, it’s also a bit of a ‘homecoming’ because I have spent many years in Hong Kong and Macau in the early 2000s. Over the last 10 years I have lived and worked in Singapore and, before that, pretty much all over the world, as a hospitality ‘Gipsy’.

在此，我衷心祝福各位會員在二零二零年都幸福健康。我們即將邁進下一 個嶄新又令人興奮的十年！身處海外的會員，我希望你們渡過一個應得的 愉快假期！ 我在白沙灣遊艇會的首兩個月過得非常快，所有事情都十分有趣，我非常 享受這段繁忙時光。很榮幸能夠和你們聊天，亦很期待往後可以見到更加 多的會員。感謝各位令我感到賓至如歸，遊艇會就像我的家一樣溫暖。 我細心聆聽了團隊和會員的話，好讓自己能夠了解白沙灣遊艇會發生的大 小事務。而聆聽各位的意見，想法和建議也能讓我知道會員間的動態，我 將能夠在執行委員會的指引下嘗試作出所需的改善。我看到很多需要改變 的地方，這些不同方面的改善和改變會令白沙灣遊艇會變得更好。 請留意即將舉行的餐飲部新年活動及接下來的帆船活動時間表。傳統的舞 獅、船隻祝福儀式，和蘇格蘭節日Burns Supper將會陸續舉行。白沙灣遊 艇會將會在二零二零年的一月二十五日休會一天。九龍盃訂於二零二零年 一月十八及十九日舉行，並將於賽事結束後，在有利海鮮漁村舉行好玩的 頒獎活動。 我們致力更新會員資料庫，因此如閣下更改了地址、家庭狀況、電話號碼 或電郵地址，請通知白沙灣遊艇會，讓我們能令你緊貼所有白沙灣遊艇會 的最新消息。(請以電郵聯絡Jessica Yau ：membership@hhyc.org.hk) 謹此代表全體白沙灣遊艇會的團隊成員，祝你和你的家人渡過一個愉快的 節慶月，和一個開心及豐盛的鼠年。 恭喜發財！ 期待在白沙灣遊艇會見到大家。

On behalf of the entire team of the HHYC, I would like to wish you and your family great festive months ahead and a happy and prosperous Year of the Rat. Kung Hei Fat Choy!

I look forward to meeting you all at the Club.

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This a new section in Hebe Jebes where we say a huge thank you to members who have been helping the Club recently, including (and by no means limited to): MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

這是 Hebe Jebes 的新環節，用以向最近服務過本會的會員致謝，包括 ( 而不限於 )：

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Rob Quinlivan—Rob has been instrumental in bringing the SCALLYWAG FOUNDATION Sailing Programme to HHYC. His connections with SUN HUN KAI have allowed HHYC to become the home of the SCALLYWAG FOUNDATION and its first training centre in HK!

Rob Quinlivan—Rob 幫忙引入 SCALLYWAG 慈善 基金航行計劃至白沙灣遊艇會。他與新鴻基的連繫， 讓白沙灣遊艇會成為 SCALLYWAG 慈善基金的家， 以及香港首個訓練中心。

Frank Pong—a big thanks to Frank for his support in sailing and helping bring in mainland sailors to the Club and J80 fleet!

Frank Pong—感謝他對航海活動的支持，以及幫助 引入大陸船員及 J80 艦隊到遊艇會。

Jeremy & Alex Sheldon—thank you to our members Jeremy & Alex for their financial support as title sponsors of the Club's Open Dinghy Regatta in the past two years events. We really appreciate your support!

Jeremy 和 Alex Sheldon—Jeremy 和 Alex， 感 謝 你們作為贊助人，在過去兩年的遊艇會公開小艇賽 活動為會員提供金錢上的支持。真是非常感激你們 的支持。

Mike & Kay Rawbone—Sailability Hong Kong Founders & Chairpersons have continued to take the program to new height. Well done folks!

Mike 和 Kay Rawbone—是航能香港的 創辦人及主席，持續把活動提升到更高 層次。你們做得非常好！

Eric Tomter & Nigel Slattery—our two club Race Officers have once again been on the water most weekends running the clubs racing & regattas. Great effort gents and it’s always fun to work with you both!

Eric Tomter 和 Nigel Slattery—我們的 兩位遊艇會比賽主持人再次於大部分的 週末監察遊艇會比賽及帆船賽。感謝兩 位先生的努力，和你們共事總是十分有 趣。

Bridget Chan—an incredible effort from Bridget who showed outstanding leadership at this year’s 24 Hour Charity Dinghy Race, helping to raise over $1,000,000 for the charities!

Bridget Chan—Bridget 非常努力，在 本年的二十四小時慈善小艇賽中，顯示 出色的領導能力，協助慈善團體籌得港 幣超過一百萬元。

Simon Jones—Simon will be leaving us in April this year, but we want to thank you for leading the Sailing Committee and Club events. It’s been a privilege to work with you and good luck back in sunny Wales with Carol. Enjoy your retirement­—we hope to see you back in HK and at HHYC again soon!

Simon Jones— 今 年 四 月，Simon 將 離開我們，但我們想感謝他帶領航行委 員會及遊艇會活動。很榮幸與你一起 工作，祝你和 Carol 回到陽光和煦的威 爾斯後萬事如意。好好享受你的退休生 活，並希望很快能夠在香港及白沙灣遊 艇會重聚。

Don Johnston—our Commodore and fearless leader has worked extremely hard behind the scenes for the Club to continue to help the Club have an exciting future on and off the water. Thanks for all your hard work and leadership Commodore!

Don Johnston—我們的會長是無所畏 懼的領袖，一直非常努力地在遊艇會 背後默默工作，持續協助遊艇會未來舉 辦刺激有趣的水上及水以外的活動。會 長，非常感謝你的辛勤工作和領導！

Kay Patterson—thanks to Kay not just as one of the Chairpersons of the 24 Hour Charity Dinghy Race Committee, but also for supporting the Club behind the scenes with the HR Department and adult sailing activities!

Kay Patterson—感謝 Kay 作為二十四 小時慈善小艇賽的主席之一，亦感謝她 和人力資源部門聯絡，並對遊艇會的成 人航海活動作出貢獻。

Bell handle donation

Frances Hurley & Harvey Jessop— both Frances and Harvey have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to assist with the Hebe Dragons and Sailing Centre Committee. The STC has been very appreciative of her efforts to help us develop the Club Youth Racing Teams!

Frances Hurley 和 Harvey Jessop— Frances 及 Harvey 在背後不辭勞苦地 協助白沙灣龍隊及航行中心委員會的 工作。帆船訓練中心一直衷心感激她 幫助我們發展遊艇會青年人比賽團隊 的努力。

廳室鐘繩換新裝鐘繩

Nicci Voigt—we’d like to say a huge thank you to Nicci for organising the wonderful club calendar that you see for sale on the bar. If you haven’t already, please purchase your copy and all proceeds raised will go to support ‘The Development Fund for Youth Sailing’. This fund has been established to assist young sailors in developing their sailing skills and help support them at a competitive level.

Nicci Voigt—我們非常感謝 Nicci Voigt 協助遊艇會 2020 年度日曆銷售。如果你 仍未購買，請到會所酒吧購買一份。所有 籌得的款項將用以支持「青年航海發展基 金」。這基金為協助青年船員發展他們的 航行技巧及在競賽級別提供幫助。

Thanks to Captain Sunny Lo (on the left) and Sunny Leung of Team LoTech’s generous donation. The bell, which hangs above the bar in the club restaurant, has been modernised with an entirely handwoven bright bicolour new handle from Dyneemas. Next time when you wish to buy everyone in the room a round of drinks, you know where to go!

感 謝 LoTech 團 隊 的 船 長 Sunny Lo ( 左 邊 ) 及 Sunny Leung 的 慷 概 捐 贈。 遊 艇 會 的 餐 廳 有 了 這 個 全 新， 以 Dyneema 物料全人手編織而成的光亮鐘繩後，變得更富現 代感。下次當你想為房間內的所有人買飲料時，你知道要到 那裏買啦！ 13

MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS 傑出會員

HALLOWEEN PARTY 2019

CHRISTMAS PARTY 2019

SHUTTERBUG SHUTTERBUG

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WINE & DINE

WINE & DINE

Crazy Friday Buy One Get One Free (5.00 pm – 9.00 pm) 31 January, 28 February

Chinese New Year Specials • •

Spring Lantern Festival Buffet 7 February CNY Brunch Buffet with Lion Dance & Boat Blessing 9 February

Valentine's Day Set Dinner 14 February

Curry Friday 3 January

Sunday Roast / Sunday Buffet 5, 12, 19 January 2, 9, 23 February

Burns Night 21 February

Theme Buffet

Chinese New Year F&B Arrangements Date

The Restaurant

The Garden Bar

24 January (Fri)

Closed at 4pm

Closed

25 January (Sat)

Closed all day

Closed

26 January (Sun)

10am–10pm (Limited menu)

Closed

27 January (Mon)

10am–10pm (Limited menu)

Closed

6.30 pm – 9.30 pm Restaurant • •

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Japanese and Korean Theme Buffet 17 January Scottish Theme Buffet 28 February

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WINE & DINE

wines of the month

January 2020 White

Red

Battle of Bosworth Chardonnay 2018, McLaren Vale, Australia

Battle of Bosworth Graciano 2016, McLaren Vale, Australia

Stone fruits and citrus on the nose, a touch of cashew nut and great length and acidity to balance the richness.

The Graciano is a single vineyard, mediumbodied wine with red fruit and spice on the nose, a little black pepper as well as red fruits and dried herbs on the palate.

February 2020 White

Red

Alsace-AOC Les Faitieres Riesling 2016, France

Valle Andino Cabernet Sauvignon Res Esp 2014, Chile

This long tasting wine has a great personality, a wonderful expression of its type, with minerals, elegance and beautiful bouquets.

Beer

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This wine offers an intense fruity sensation made of ripe fig, black , red berries and chocolate notes. A well defined structure with smooth tannins and gratifying aftertaste.

January

February

Carlsberg Draught

Estrella Damm

SAIL TRAINING CENTRE

I want to start this article by taking the opportunity to thank all of the full-time sailing team, who have worked tirelessly behind the scenes and during each training session, program and event to make sure that the Club has been represented to the best of our abilities to the membership and members of the public. They deserve all the praise for making our Sailing School and Club a fun and vibrant environment for you to enjoy your sailing and water-based activities.

by Rob Allen

have seen tremendous development under his guidance.

They now participate in local regattas and we hope to see the Sailors challenging at future HK Ranking Regattas.

Once again, we have seen hundreds of students from both local and international schools take part in various training programs with us at the Club. The programmes vary from initial one day taster days, after school sailing and taking part in a full-week sailing course during a Challenge Week / CAS Week program through the School.

Large numbers of students have continued with further training in the sport and we have been pleased to see many students become regular sailors at the club.

School holidays have seen record numbers taking part in sailing and watersports courses during Easter, summer and October half-terms.

We look forward to working with the HKSF New Sailing Scheme in the future— now that they accommodate optimist and keelboat training under the new Sailing Scheme they have recently launched.

Huge thanks to the sailing team 2019 proved to be not only a successful year for the STC, but a year full of challenges, development and growth, all whilst having a lot of fun on and off the water.

Literally hundreds of students have been taking to the water, with major events in both keelboats and dinghies throughout the year, as well as significant partnerships such as the Sun Hung Kai ‘SCALLYWAG FOUNDATION’—using our club as the home of their new Sailing Scheme for underprivileged local students and members of the community to enjoy the opportunity to get out onto the water and take part in our sport.

The Hebe Dragons have excelled under the leadership of our coaches, Alfred, Antonio and Clement, with a large number of new and beginner sailors joining both the Blue and Green Fleet Squads.

Team Leaders Harvey, Frances, Iris, Mariken, Hermen and Rob B, have provided great support and a clear communication channel to the parents of the sailors in the Laser and Optimist Squads.

A special mention to the Laser Squad who had 5 out of 6 HK National Squad Sailors take part in the Canadian Laser World Championships, as well as regular outstanding performances from our Youth Sailors, Vienney, Kristopher, Felix, Seb, Mason, Faber and of course Peter Jessop who was recently crowned #1 ranked Optimist Sailor in HK at the ABC Southside Regatta.

Congratulations to the entire sailor sin, the squad who has shown true sportsmanship on and off the water, and represented the values we have in place at HHYC and in the Hebe Dragons.

HHYC is the Home Base of the HK Laser Regional Squad.

This Squad has been training with Coach Clement and we

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Saturdays are as popular as ever with Sailors taking to the waters from Beginner to Advanced levels in our Junior program. Alongside Sailability HK, Saturdays are always buzzing with a good vibe and atmosphere at the Club; so come and check it out to see what we get up to at Hebe Haven.

The Club will be running our annual Assistant Instructor Course in early spring, so if you are a keen sailor wanting to either help out on Sailing Courses or a young sailor who isn’t interested in racing, then this is the pathway into coaching at the Club.

Speaking of Volunteers, we are always in need of members and volunteers to help us with the race management teams for both dinghy and keelboat events during the year. Don’t worry if you are not experienced or confident, as we offer training and support in what is actually a great way to meet other members and have a fun day on the water, either on the Committee Boat ‘Hebe One’ or as a mark layer on the Rescue Boats.

The Club is now a certified RYA Powerboat School, and we offer training courses that are very much practical-based programmes.

Unlike the HK Powerboat License which is all theory and shorebased, the RYA Powerboat Courses are very much hands-on and will give you the confidence to take out your new boat or to volunteer as a safety boat driver or mark layer at one of the many regattas and events we host at the Club.

航海訓練中心年度回顧 開始這篇文章之前，我想先藉此機會感謝所有帆船訓練團 隊的全職隊友。他們在背後不辭勞苦地工作，在每個訓練 環節，計劃及活動當中都確保遊艇會向會員及公眾人士展 示我們的能力。他們值得所有讚美和掌聲，因為你們使航 行學校及遊艇會成為一個既有趣又充滿活力的環境，讓人 能夠享受航海及水上活動的地方。 二零一九年證明了不僅是帆海訓練中心成功的一年，亦是 充滿挑戰的一年，發展及成長的一年，大家都在水上及陸 地享受無窮樂趣。 確實有數以百計的學生前來參與水上活動，加上本年度主 要的龍骨船及小艇活動，以及與其他機構的協作，如新鴻 基 SCALLYWAG 慈善基金以我們的遊艇會作為他們新航海 計劃的根據地，為本地弱勢學生及社區人士提供接觸及享 受水上運動的機會。 在我們的教練 Alfred、Antonio 及 Clement 的帶領下，白沙 灣龍隊成就卓越，亦有大量新的及初學的船員加入藍及綠船 隊。 船 隊 長 Harvey、Frances、Iris、Mariken、Hermen 及 Rob B 為 Laser 及 Optimist 帆船隊的船員父母給予大力支 持及提供清晰溝通渠道。 特 別 提 及 Laser 隊， 當 中 六 位 港 隊 船 員， 有 五 位 參 加 了 加 拿 大 世 界 錦 標 賽， 以 及 我 們 年 輕 船 員 Vienney、 Kristopher、Felix、Seb、Mason，Faber 一如既往的傑出 表現，當然還有最近在 ABC Southside 帆船賽獲得冠軍 的 香 港 的 Optimist 船 員 Peter Jessop。 恭 喜 整 隊 sailor sin，這隊伍在水上及陸地都展示真正的運動精神，並展示 我們白沙灣遊艇會及白沙灣龍隊的價值觀。 白沙灣遊艇會是香港 Laser 地區隊的基地。這個隊伍一直 和教練 Clement 進行訓練，我們亦看到教練指導下的巨大 進步。他們現在參加本地的帆船賽事，我們期待船員挑戰 未來的香港排名帆船賽。 再次，我們看到數以百計本地及國際學校學生，和我們一 起參與遊艇會的不同訓練計劃。計劃包括一天試航日，課 後航海及海透過學校挑戰週 / CAS 週計劃中，參與為期一 星期的航行課程。

SAIL TRAINING CENTRE

STC ANNUAL REVIEW

大量學生繼續水上運動的訓練，我們亦很高興看到很多 學生成為遊艇會的常規船員 。 在復活節，暑假及十月學期中的學校假期，看到破紀錄 的參與航海及陸地課程人數。我們期待將來與 HKSF 新 航行計劃合作，現在他們在最近推行的新航海計劃中， 加入了 Optimist 船及龍骨船訓練 。 星期六一如既往的熱鬧。我們初級計劃中的初學者到進階 級別船員都來到水上。星期六的遊艇會與航能香港一起， 總是充滿氣氛。所以各位請前來發掘和看看我們在白沙灣 有甚麼新活動吧。 遊艇會將會在初春舉辦助理教練的週年課程。所以如果你是 一位熱心的船員，希望協助航海課程，或年輕的船員但對比 賽不感興趣，這就是你在遊艇會擔任教練的途徑了。 提及義工，我們一直都需要會員及義工幫助，和比賽管 理團隊一起為一年間大大小小的小艇及龍骨船活動服務。 如果你沒經驗或缺乏自信，不用擔心，因為我們提供訓 練及支持這確是一個和其他會員見面的好機會，又可以 在水上度過愉快的一天，無論是在會船「Hebe One」上， 或在救生艇上放置標記。 遊艇會現在是一個認證的 RYA 快艇學校，我們提供的訓 練課程以實踐為主。不像香港快艇牌照的課程，全是理 論及以岸上活動為主。RYA 快艇課程非常實用，能給你 自信駕駛新船，既能選擇擔任駕駛救生艇義工，在其中 一個帆船賽中放置標記，或在遊艇會主持的活動中幫忙。 二零二零年的遊艇會因同時計劃舉行更多刺激的新活動、 訓練及計劃，將會更大型和組織得更好。但是，沒有會 員及社區的支持，我們便不能達成。請抽空蒞臨，學習 航海，並深入發展你的技能。如果你已經是一名船員， 加入可結伴會賽艇的會員，或學習駕駛救生艇，你便能 夠以及自信地參與更多的遊艇會活動。我們是個家庭遊 艇會，充滿歡樂，但我們需要你的幫助以讓這一切成真。 非常期待在遊艇會見到你。

2020 is going to be even bigger and better, with exciting plans for new events, more training and programmes scheduled to operate out of the club. However, we cannot achieve this without the support of our membership and community. Please do take the time to come and learn to sail and to develop your skills further. If you’re a sailor already, join a member who has a racing yacht or learn to drive a Safety Boat so that you are able and confident to come out and get involved with the Club Events.

We are a family club, it’s a lot of fun, but we need your help to make this happen.

I look forward to seeing you down at the club soon and on the water.

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TIDE—Waglan Island 橫瀾島潮汐資料

Words Sailing Committee

January —月 2020

February 二月 2020

Sunday 星期日

Saturday 星期六

Saturday 星期六

Sunday 星期日

Date

Time

Height (m)

Date

Time

Height (m)

Date

Time

Height (m)

Date

4

0107

1.77

5

0351

1.60

1

0009

1.83

2

0918 1751 2258

1.17 1.89 1.54

0958 1817

1.23 2.00

0731 1524 2012

1.10 1.75 1.43

0402

0.53

0443

0.48

0307

0.55

日期

11

18

25

時間

高度 (米)

日期

12

時間

高度 (米)

日期

8

時間

高度 (米)

時間

Height (m) 高度 (米)

0043

1.65

0759 1606 2146

1.18 1.83 1.38

0344

0.47

1049

1.57

1131

1.59

0957

1.53

1030

1.58

1.34

1454

1.33

1319

1.33

1416

1.26

2123

2.61

0328 0754 1543

1.67 1.22 2.05

2148

1.22

2126

2.63

0332 0853 1638

1.85 1.08 1.98

2154

1.4

0409

0.60

1106

1.56

19

26

2218

2.64

0459 0941 1729

1.66 1.20 2.10

2349

1.25

0444

0.61

1137

1.57

15

22

2026

2.54

0208 0717 1447

1.91 1.07 1.98

1957

1.23

0313

0.67

1011

1.59

16

23

0344

0.67

1035

1.61

1433

1.33

1511

1.31

1350

1.31

1433

1.25

2127

2.49

2204

2.45

2040

2.35

2120

2.34

0016

1.89

0609

1.10

1304

1.82

1843

1.18

賽事結果 HHYC Monsoon Winter Series 2019 (19 October – 14 December) IRC Division

HKPN Division

Rank 名次 Boat name 船名

Rank 名次 Boat name 船名

1st

Talkinghead (HKG 1995)

1st

Bits & Pieces (HKG 1326)

2nd

Outrageous (HKG 818)

2nd

Windseeker (HKG 1198)

3

X-Terminator (HKG 1661)

3

H3O (HKG 2242)

22

9

Time

1408

29

rd

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賽事結果 24 Hour Charity Dinghy Race Rank 名次 Boat name 船名

Skipper 船長

1

Imperial Poona Yacht Club Etchells

Jamie McWilliam

2nd

Team RBJs

Cynthia Law

3

Para Warriors

Ed Tang

st

RACING

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Top Fundraiser Team – Temujin / Captain: Joseph Lau Team Spirit Trophy – Hebe Old Dragons / Captain: Don Johnston School Spirit Trophy – Nord Anglia International School / Captain: Rylan Holt Charity Spirit Trophy – Children’s Cancer Foundation / Captain: Chow Donovan Mark Inter-school Challenge Cup – French International School / Captain: Timothée Bourrut Lacouture

賽事預告

New Year’s Day Sailaway & BBQ 元旦航海及燒烤

1 January 2020 2020年1月1日

Kowloon Cup 2020

九龍盃

18, 19 January 2020 2020年1月18, 19日

RHKYC Monsoon Spring Cup 2020 春季盃

22 Feb, 23 Feb 2020 2020年2月22日，2月23日

HHYC Monsoon Spring Series 2020 春季系列賽

7 March, 21 March, 28 March, 18 April, 25 April 2020 2020年3月7日，3月21日，3月28日, 4月18日, 4月25日

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RACING

RACING

It wasn’t long before Xena had her spinnaker fully flying, with that she kicked up her heels and regained the race lead. Both boats stayed right, and Xena, although sailing a longer course to the bottom mark, was slowly but inexorably easing away from Outrageous. After the gybe to port to take the boats back into the leeward mark, there was little Outrageous could do, but sail as fast and low as possible.

It was then two thirds of the way down the run that Xena ran into technical problems, and was forced to drop her spinnaker, and ultimately retire. The next lap saw more shifty conditions, and it was a balancing act of trying to take advantage of the wind shifts, whilst minimising the number of manoeuvres while heading up the course. Talkinghead had opted to go up the right side of the course, while Outrageous stayed in the middle. But, when we converged nearing the weather mark, it was all status quo.

WINTER MONSOON SERIES RACE 1

by Adam Glendinning

The opening round of the HHYC Monsoon Winter Series was held on 19 October. The racing was held in fine warm fall conditions, with a moderate SE breeze of 10 – 12 knots.

Two windward/leeward races were scheduled, and in the IRC class there was a light turnout for the opening round, with just four boats signing on—Xena, a powerful X-55, Talking Head, X-Terminator and Outrageous.

Warning signal for the three lap Race 1 was 1355, for a 1400 start, and all the crews were eager to be back on the water after a nice break since the end of the 2019 Typhoon series. All the boats made a fine start, with X-Terminator up at the committee boat end. Talking Head was off to our starboard, with Xena down the line towards the pin end.

With only four boats on the line, everyone had a clear lane, and on board Outrageous we were just after a clean start in this first race of the new series. Shifty conditions were on offer for the first beat, and indeed

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for the afternoon, and a drag race ensued with Xena, and Outrageous trying to gain enough water to cross Talkinghead and X-Terminator.

Talkinghead became the first boat to tack away, when we were about to point higher, and put her in our bad air.

Xena was next to go and crossed the fleet, but with the shifty conditions, a game of snakes and ladders ensued.

On Outrageous, we were trying to not let Xena break away.

When Xena came back across on starboard farther up the course, she crossed us, but we had held the gap to 100 meters. When she overstood the port Lay line, we reached the weather mark together, with Xena just inside Outrageous.

Both boats hoisted their spinnakers on a bear away set, Xena her big grey asymmetric, and Outrageous her symmetrical. Flying a symmetrical kite, Outrageous was able to point deeper towards the bottom mark, and cut inside Xena’s transom. When on the hoist, Xena suffered a wrap in the spinnaker, this allowed Outrageous to nudge her bow ahead.

By the start of the third and final leg, the winds had softened markedly—conditions that don’t favour the IOR design of Outrageous. By the time the boats rounded the weather mark the final time, Talkinghead was just behind Outrageous, and both yachts hoisted the spinnakers on a bear away set.

In the softer conditions, Talkinghead was able to use her asymmetrical spinnaker to good effect, and slowly went over the top of Outrageous. When the yachts gybed back onto port for the run to finish line, Talkinghead comfortably crossed Outrageous to finish with line honours, and first on corrected time. X-Terminator crossed the line third, but on corrected time came a well-deserved second, with Outrageous third.

The second race of the afternoon was started as soon as was practicable after the remaining divisions had finished Race 1. The wind had thankfully filled back in to a SE 10 – 12 knots. A change of helm on Outrageous saw Colin Johnson back on the tiller, and with that, a more assertive start strategy. Positioned well, we were just to windward of Talkinghead in the approach to the line, just inside the committee boat.

Time, speed and distance were all looking great, and all would be perfect if not the presence of an HKPN boat meandering down the start line on port, inside 10 seconds to the gun.

Outrageous tacked on the next knock, to consolidate, and rounded the weather mark leading the fleet comfortably.

Simon Jones, Rear Commodore—Sailing highlighted this issue in his September column in Hebe Jebes, and it serves as a reminder for boats not in the start sequence to please keep clear of the start line.

The remaining legs went off smoothly, and Outrageous finished with line honours. Behind, X-Terminator sailed an excellent race, finishing second on the water, a minute ahead of Talkinghead. On corrected time, it was Outrageous, X-Terminator and Talkinghead all within three minutes of each other.

This heart-stopping moment aside, it was a clean, even start by the fleet. The shifty conditions carried over from Race 1, and a healthy lift part way up the first beat had us nearly laying the weather mark.

The committee boat end had indeed paid off.

It was a fantastic afternoon of racing—blue skies, fresh breezes (most of the time) and close racing. Sincere thanks to RO’s Eric Tomter, Rob Allen and Queenie Ho from the sailing office. Also, to Colin Johnson for (temporarily) giving me the helm of Outrageous in Race 1.

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當我們正想朝更高處航行，把 Talkinghead 拋離我們 航行時的風後面，Talkinghead 竟搶先風調向。Xena 跟隨其後，穿過艦隊。由於狀況多變，一場刺激的海 上角力賽就此展開了。在 Outrageous 上，我們努力 阻止 Xena 取得至有利位置。 當 Xena 回到右舷遠離賽道時，她駛越我們，但我們 仍然盡力和她保持一百米的距離。當她繼續在港口的 虛擬線航行時，我們一起到達標記處，Xena 剛駛至 Outrageous。

冬季系列賽 第一輪比賽 首輪白沙灣遊艇會冬季系列賽賽事已 於十月十九日舉行。正值秋暖時節， 海面吹和緩適中的十至十二節東南 風。 兩 場 順 風 / 逆 風 賽 事 如 期 舉 行。 在 IRC 級別，參與首輪賽事的隊伍較 少，只有四艘賽艇參加，包括：Xena , 一 艘 強 勁 的 X-55 船 Talkinghead, X-Terminator 及 Outrageous。 第一輪三圈賽事的預告訊號在下午一 時五十五分響起，下午二時正比賽正 式開始。 二零一九年颱風盃結束之 後，好好休養生息，回復朝氣的所有 船員都急不及待重返水上航海。所有 賽艇都順利啟航。 X-Terminator 駛 至會船船尾，Talkinghead 則在我們 的右舷，而 Xena 則沿線駛向標識。 航線上只有四艘賽艇，各有通暢分明 的航道。在 Outrageous 上，我們剛 順利開始這新系列的首輪賽事。從一 開始便出現不穩的狀況，的確在下午 時分，我們與 Xena 展開一場阻力賽， 嘗試帶動足夠的水越過 Talkinghead 及 X-Terminator。

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賽艇都懸掛起大三角帆，準備改變航道。Xena 的帆 是灰色很大的一塊，形狀不對稱；而 Outrageous 的 帆是對稱的。揚起對稱的帆，Outrageous 得以朝底 部標記再邁進，切進 Xena 的橫梁。懸帆時，Xena 的大三角帆纏捲起來，Outrageous 因而能夠輕鬆領 先。 沒多久，Xena 便重新令大三角帆攤開飄揚，並加速 再次領先比賽。賽艇都留在右邊行駛， 而 Xena 雖然 在賽道上航行較遠才抵達底部標記，卻慢慢的，非常 輕鬆地駛離 Outrageous。帆向改變船隻的航道，向 港口前進，並把賽艇帶回逆風標記後，Outrageous 便沒有太多事可以做到，只能盡量以快速及較低位置 航行。 賽事進行了三分之二時，Xena 遇上技術問題，被逼 放下大三角帆，最終退賽。下一圈出現更多變不穩的 狀況，是考驗利用風勢保持平衡的技術時間，同時要 盡量在前往賽道時減少操縱的次數。Talkinghead 選 擇往賽道右邊航行，Outrageous 則繼續在中間航行， 但當我們聚集標記附近時， 一切都成現狀了。 第三和最後路程開始時，風勢明顯緩和減弱，這狀 況不利 Outrageous 的 IOR 設計。當賽艇最後一次航 繞 標 記 時，Talkinghead 剛 落 後 Outrageous， 兩 艘 賽艇都懸起大三角帆改變航道。在風力柔和的狀況 下，Talkinghead 能夠善用不對稱大三角帆，逐漸超 越 Outrageous。當賽艇轉回港口爭相航行至終點線 時，Talkinghead 輕鬆超越 Outrageous 以首名衝線， 於修正時間後亦獲第一名。X-Terminator 以第三名 衝線，修正時間後獲應得的第二名，Outrageous 獲 得第三名。 下午的第二場比賽盡快在餘下組別完成第一輪賽事 後 開 始。 幸 運 地， 風 力 重 回 十 至 十 二 節 東 南 風。 Outrageous 更換舵手，由 Colin Johnson 再掌舵， 配 上 更 決 斷 的 啟 航 策 略。 定 好 位 置 後， 我 們 只 在 Talkinghead 迎風方向駛近航線，剛剛好在會船內。

時間、速度和距離都看似甚佳。如果不是在鳴槍後的 十秒，一艘 HKPN 船隻突然出現，蜿蜒航行於港口 上的啟航線上，就能有一個完美的啟航。 帆 船 駕 駛 助 理 會 長 Simon Jones 在 九 月 的 Hebe Jebes 專欄內特別提出這個問題，以提醒不在啟航序 列上的賽艇要遠離啟航線。 拋開這令人心跳停頓的緊張時刻，船艇啟航時是無 障礙以及公平的。不穩狀況從第一輪比賽開始持續， 而且一開始時的風向改變令我們差點把標記放倒。會 船的船尾的確成功。 Outrageous 在下一次風向逆轉時改變航向，以穩住 船隻，從容不迫地帶領船艦航繞標記。 餘下的航程都進行的非常順利，Outrageous 以首名 衝線，隨後的 X-Terminator 表現出色，以第二名完 成比賽，比 Talkinghead 領先一分鐘。更正時間後， Outrageous、X-Terminator 及 Talkinghead 完 成 賽 事的時間只相距三分鐘內。 這 是 一 場 美 妙 的 下 午 賽 事， 在 大 部 分 的 時 間 也 是 藍 天 白 雲， 清 風 送 爽。 衷 心 感 謝 比 賽 主 持 人 Eric Tomter，以及航海訓練中心的 Rob Allen 和 Queenie Ho。另外，感謝 Colin Johnson 在第一輪比賽給我 掌舵 Outrageous。

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MONSOON WINTER SERIES 2019 RACES 1 & 2

by Chris Howarth

It is good to see the continuing collaboration between the territory’s yacht clubs and the three-part Monsoon Series 2019-20. The first part is the Hebe Haven Yacht Club’s Monsoon W inter Series 2019, comprising eight races over five Saturdays from 19 October to 14 December 2019. The second part is the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s Monsoon Spring Cup on 22 and 23 February 2020, followed by another eight races in the Hebe Haven Yacht Club’s Monsoon Spring Series from 7 March to 25 April 2020. Results for the overall series will use the Cox-Sprague Scoring System, and all races will be in or around Port Shelter.

Saturday 19 October, saw the start of the HHYC’s Monsoon Winter Series 2019 comprising two geometric races. Initial forecasts were varied with 6 – 7 knots building, whilst others were predicting easing breezes.

However, out in Port Shelter, a good 9 to 10-knot breeze was blowing.

Incidentally, with the Rugby World Cup being televised in the Club’s Garden Bar, the organisers were anxious to keep races short to enable the completion of the prize-giving before the second quarter-final began at 1815.

Conditions were just right when the warning signal for the IRC boats was sounded at 1355 for their three-lap windward/leeward race to a mark set at 0.7 nautical miles and 120 degrees distant. The X-55 Xena had a good start but later dropped its sails and retired leaving just three boats racing. The Sportsboats, which might otherwise have been racing, were competing elsewhere in their own championships.

The second start at 1405 saw 13 HKPN boats hit the line with Bits & Pieces best placed. Lazy Piggy was caught OCS and obliged to restart, whilst the rest headed out for two laps of the windward/leeward course around a mark at 0.6nm.

In IRC, after three laps, Talkinghead overhauled Outrageous by 30 seconds to take line and handicap honours ahead of X-Terminator, which experienced spinnaker halyard problems, and Outrageous which came in 3rd.

The MC 31, H3O, claimed line honours in HKPN but lost out to Bits & Pieces on handicap, with Windseeker in 3rd.

Bucephalus rounds the mark

A second race of two laps for IRC soon got underway at 1520 with Outrageous and Talkinghead leading the field whilst X-Terminator was slow out of the blocks.

HKPN again followed on their shorter two-lap race at 1530 with only La March missing from the line-up.

H3O and Bits & Pieces tacked early into cleaner air although the breeze was indeed easing, down to 6.5 knots.

H3O benefitted significantly on its downwind runs by using its turquoise asymmetric to lead the HKPN fleet on the first rounding of the leeward mark, but was overhauled by Bits & Pieces on the upwind leg. H3O again closed the gap but missed out on line honours behind Bits & Pieces by four seconds, which claimed the daily double. H3O again finished 2nd with Temujin in 3rd.

HKPN started at 1405

The relatively short-handed crews on No One Else, Bucephalus and DEA II, sailing without spinnakers, finished well down the pack as the breeze continued to ease.

Back at the Club, after the awards presentation of pennants and bottles of wine, the sponsored San Miguel rapidly disappeared.

Tornado working its kite Bits & Pieces crosses the start line

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MC31 的 H3O 在 HKPN 組別賽中取得冠軍，但在讓 分賽則從 Bits & Pieces 輸掉冠軍，Windseeker 得 第三。 第 二 場 兩 個 圈 的 IRC 繞 圈 賽 在 15:20 開 始。 由 Outrageous 和 Talkinghead 領先，而 X-Terminator 則未能趕上。 HKPN 組別兩圈賽緊接在 15:30 舉行，風勢較之前稍 為緩和，大約只有 6.5 海浬，La March 没趕及和其 他帆船一同出發。H3O 和 Bits & Pieces 佔了上風。 在繞過第一個浮標時，H3O 利用翡翠綠色的球型帆 佔盡下風的優勢，領先 HKPN 賽中其他船隻，但被 Bits & Pieces 在上風時趕過。H3O 嘗試收窄差距， 可惜最後仍以 4 秒之微由 Bits & Pieces 首先衝過終 點。取得兩場比賽冠軍。H3O 第二，鐵木真第三。 在 風 勢 持 續 減 弱 的 情 況 下，No One Else， Bucephalus 和 DEA II 在没有三角帆情況下，最終順 利完成賽事。 大會續於會所花園酒吧內宣佈賽果、頒授錦旗和葡萄 酒，贊助商的啤酒在一片歡呼聲中迅速消失。 Temujin approaches the mark

Passing close to the committee boat

2019 冬季系列賽及第一及二場賽事 2019-20 季候風系列賽是本地遊艇會聯合舉辦的 盛事。賽事分為三部份，首部份為白沙灣遊艇會 2019 冬 季 系 列 賽 , 由 2019 年 10 月 19 日 起 至 12 月 14 日，橫跨五個星期六共八場賽事。 第二部份 是 香 港 遊 艇 會 的 春 季 季 候 風 賽， 於 2020 年 2 月 22 及 23 日舉行。最後一部份，是八場白沙灣遊艇 會舉行的春季系列賽，由 2020 年 3 月 7 日至 4 月 25 日。系列賽成績將會以 Cox-Sprague 計分系統 計算，而所有的賽事將會在牛尾海附近進行。 白沙灣遊艇會於 10 月 19 日星期六舉行了 2019 冬 季系列賽的兩場浮標賽事。天氣預測風力為 6-7 海浬，海面會有微風。但進入牛尾海時，海面正吹 著 9-10 海浬的風。

因為不少帆船參加了其他比賽，IRC 組別賽只有 4 艘船 參加。比賽開始的信號在 13:55 響起，當時天氣非常適 合比賽。三圈的繞圈賽浮標相距 0.7 海浬，120 度的位 置。雖然 X-55 Xena 在起步時搶佔優勢，但其後因船 帆出現問題而退出，最終只有 3 艘船繼續比賽。 第二場 HKPN 組別賽，13 艘船在 14:05 由起步線出發。 Bits & Pieces 搶得有利位置，Lazy Piggy 被判偷步， 需要從新起步。其餘的船便展開了 0.6 海浬的 2 圈繞 圈賽。 在 IRC 組別賽，經過三圈的賽事，Talkinghead 以 30 秒 優勢衝線。X-Terminator 上三角帆時出現困難，結果亦 由 Talkinghead 取得讓分賽冠軍。Outrageous 緊守第三。

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2nd in IRC, Outrageous

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2019 年冬季系列賽的第三輪賽事於十一月二日星 期六舉行，當日賽事有點趕急。因為白沙灣遊艇 會在下午五時於花園酒吧直播欖球世界盃，環島 比賽提前於下午一時三十分舉行。而下午的賽事 一般在下午二時正開始。 委員會船隻停泊在牛尾海海口附近，當時海面吹 八至九節東風。 比賽負責人 Eric Tomter 決定用 較短的環島賽道，於下午一時三十分， 讓 IRC 帆 船繞過平面洲、甕缸洲、匙洲及平面洲，終點訂 在小棕林海灘 ( 賽道 31)。主持人為 HKPN 船隊選 擇差不多但較短的賽道 30，繞過平面洲、 匙洲和 平面洲，終點位於小棕林海灘附近，於下午一時 三十五分啟航。 本 來 有 六 隊 IRC 帆 船 隊 報 名， 但 最 終 只 有 四 隊 出 席。 加 上 X-Terminator 隨 即 退 出， 只 剩 下 Xena， Outrageous 和 Talkinghead 進行比賽。

Xena rounds Bluff Island

AmAze in HKPN

比賽開始後不久，風力便減緩，因此航繞平面洲 時的速度較慢，留待港口。但漸漸地微風增強， IRC 船利用橫向風加速，前往甕缸洲，穿過間隙， 進入糧船灣海，航繞匙洲，前往縮短賽道的平面 州隔行終點。

MONSOON WINTER SERIES 2019 RACE 3

by David Robinson

Proceedings were a little rushed for Race 3 of the Monsoon Winter Series 2019, held on Saturday, the 2 November. With the Rugby World Cup being livestreamed in the Garden Bar of the Hebe Haven Yacht Club at 1700, the start time of the scheduled islands race was brought forward to 1330. Normally, afternoon racing starts at 1400.

Not long after the starts, the wind eased, and it was slow progress around Table Island, leaving it to port.

But gradually, the breeze improved and the IRC boats picked up speed with the wind on the beam and headed for Bluff, through the gap and into Rocky Harbour, around Bay and down to the shortened finish off Table Island.

The committee boat dropped anchor near the mouth of Port Shelter in an easterly of 8 to 9 knots. Race Officer, Eric Tomter, decided on shorter island courses and at 1330, sent the IRC fleet around Table, Bluff, Bay and Table Islands, with a scheduled finish off Little Palm Beach (Course 31). For the HKPN boats, he chose the similar, but shorter, Course 30 which took in Table, Bay and Table Islands with a scheduled finish near Little Palm Beach. They set off at 1335.

Also enjoying the breeze into Rocky Harbour, the HKPN frontrunners were soon rounding Bay Island, hoisting their kites and running back down to the shortened finish off Table. First across the line was the China-built MC31, H30, at 14:49:15 but a minute later Bits & Pieces finished and claimed handicap honours. H30 was 2 nd and Windseeker 3 rd with Lazy Piggy in 4th.

There were six entries in IRC but only four showed up and X-Terminator subsequently retired, leaving Xena, Outrageous and Talkinghead to battle it out.

In HKPN, there were 13 entries; nine showed up with hot favourites Bits & Pieces, H30 and Lazy Piggy all in with a chance.

HKPN 則有十三隊報名，最終有九隊出席，包括 熱 門 的 Bits & Pieces、H30 和 Lazy Piggy 都 參 與比賽。

H30, 2nd in HKPN

HKPN 領先船隊同樣迎風進入糧船灣海，很快航 繞匙洲，懸掛起風箏，快速駛至縮短了的平面洲 終點。首名衝線的是中國製造的 MC31 H30，在 下午二時四十九分十五秒到達，一分鐘後 Bits & Pieces 亦完成賽事，並奪得修正時間後的冠軍。 H30 最後獲得第二名、Windseeker 獲得第三名， Lazy Piggy 則獲得第四名。 大型的 X-55 Xena，在 IRC 帆船組別於下午三時 二十五分十八秒首名衝線。但修正時間後勝出船 隻是 Talkinghead，Outrageous 獲得第二名。 船隻完賽後回到各自的遊艇會，人群則聚集在白 沙灣遊艇會，觀賞欖球世界盃英格蘭對南非決賽。

The big X-55, Xena, took line honours in IRC at 15:25:18 but the winner on handicap was Talkinghead, with Outrageous in 2 nd.

The boats then made their ways back to their respective clubs while the crowds gathered at Hebe Haven Yacht Club to watch the Rugby World Cup final, England vs South Africa.

Windseeker joins the fray

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rating of 998, the 20-year-old B32 had to accept 3rd on handicap behind Windseeker and Ricochet.

Again, in HKPN, slick crew work saw the veteran campaigner, Bits & Pieces, cross the line first in an amazing 25 minutes and 53 seconds. But, sadly, with a

A prize-giving was held back in the Hebe Haven Yacht Club’s Garden Bar. Race 6 in the Monsoon Winter Series is scheduled for the 30 November 2019.

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Quest flew home in 30 minutes and 15 seconds to take both line and handicap honours. In 2 nd, on handicap, was Talkinghead with Goddess in 3 rd , followed by X-Terminator and last but not least, RB.

Two boats in HKPN retired—Lazy Piggy and No One Else.

There was talk onshore of more than 20 boats taking part in the afternoon’s racing. Something to look forward to but, as the first start at 1400 drew nearer, only 15 had appeared—five in the IRC division and 10 in the HKPN division.

Race Officer, Nigel Slattery, on the committee boat anchored in the middle of Port Shelter, opted for Course 17 with top marks laid at 0.8 nautical miles for IRC and 0.7 nautical miles for HKPN. In the 8 to 9-knot easterly blowing at the time, these were laid near Shelter Island.

After rounding their respective marks (A1 and A2), the boats were then required to run back past the committee boat and round either one of two bottom marks (C1 and C2). After rounding, they had to beat back 0.1 nautical miles and effectively ‘cross the start’ again, i.e. between the committee boat and the ODM. This choice of marks made for ‘a thinking race’.

Neck and neck, Ichiban and No One Else

Quest, IRC line and handicap honours (Monsoon Winter Series 2019, Race 5)

At 1400, the horn went for the IRC fleet in 7 to 8 knots of breeze. A Sportsboats division had been scheduled for a 1405 start, but none had shown up. A considerate RO gave them a start anyway.

Needless to say, no boats were over the line. At 1410, the 10-strong HKPN fleet got away and headed upwind for the A2 mark.

After two laps, in 39 minutes and 19 seconds, Quest romped home to take line honours but on handicap got pushed into 2 nd place behind Goddess. Talkinghead was 3 rd . In HKPN, first across the line was a determined Bits & Pieces, but despite their hard work, they could only manage 3rd on handicap behind Julie Mackenzie’s Ricochet and Bridget Chan’s Windseeker.

A surprise arrival on the course was Sam Chan and his crew on It’s My Pleasure. With no other Sportsboat to compete against, they entered their Magic 25 in HKPN, swelling the numbers in this division from 15 to 16.

Worried that the second race would run out of wind, Slattery shortened the course for both divisions by laying a single turn mark in front of the committee boat (Course 24). Again, two laps, but Race 5 was looking to be a quickie. And it was.

Goddess finished 1st in Race 4 and came 3rd in IRC in Race 5

Second start for both divisions a 1520 (Monsoon Winter Series 2019, Race 5)

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Talkinghead finished 2nd in IRC

2019 冬季系列賽及第四及五場賽事 儘管令人期待的 2019 冬季系列賽第四及第五場賽事 本共有 20 艘船參加，最後賽事於 2019 年 11 月 16 日下午 2 時開始，僅有 15 艘船參加，當中包括 5 隊 IRC 及 10 隊 HKPN 組別賽。 賽事負責人 Nigel Slattery 決定把會船停於牛尾海中 央，IRC 及 HKPN 繞圈賽浮標與會船相距分別是 0.8 及 0.7 海浬，航道是 17。牛尾海海面當時正吹著 8-9 海浬的東風。 船隻各自繞過 A1 及 A2 浮標後，需按指示繞過會船， 以及 C1 及 C2 浮標。一輪繞圈後，船隻要爭分奪秒， 以 0.1 海浬之距爭取有利位置駛向起步線，即會船及 外圍距離標記之間。 至下午 2 時，響銨一鳴下，IRC 隊伍終在 7-8 海浬的 微風啓航出發。 跟據原定計劃，Sportsboat 型帆船應在下午 2 時 05 分出發，但最後未見影踪。賽事負責人最終也如期開 始。無可置疑地，所有船隻都沒有違規並順利出發。 下午 2 時 10 分，10-strong HKPN 船隊啓航及順著 風向朝 A2 浮標進發。 繞過兩圈後，Quest 隊伍雖以 39 分鐘 19 秒衝線， 但 卻 讓 分 賽 中 跌 至 第 二 位， 僅 於 Goddess 之 後， Talkinghead 排名第三。 在 HKPN 組別中，首名衝線的是狀態大勇的 Bits & Pieces。儘管如此，在讓分賽中，他們只能排名於

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Julie Mackenzie 的 Ricochet 及 Bridget Chan 的 Windseeker 之後，力保第三名。 後 來 居 上 的， 是 Sam Chan 及 其 隊 伍 的 It’s My Pleasure。在沒有其他 Sportsboat 型帆船的競爭 下，這艘 Magic 25 因此被放在 HKPN 組別內， 組別號碼由 15 更改至 16。 有鑒於第五場賽事或因沒有風而影響賽事，賽事負 責人 Nigel Slattery 決定縮減兩個組別的航程，並 於會船前方放下標記 ( 航道 #24)。同樣兩圈的賽 事，但第五場賽事相對節奏緊湊。 最後賽事也的確很快便完成。Quest 最終以 30 分 15 秒奪得衝線及讓分賽榮譽。於讓分制度賽排名 第二及第三的，是 Talkinghead 及 Goddness。緊 隨的是 X-Terminator 及 RB。 再一次地，於 HKPN 組別賽裡，可以看到船隊比 賽經驗豐富的 Bits & Pieces 中隊員展現熟練自如 的功架，以 25 分鐘 53 秒的亮麗成績首名衝線。 但很可惜這艘已 20 歲的 B32 型帆船在讓分制下 只 能 屈 居 第 三， 排 在 Windseeker 及 Ricochet 之 後。 兩 支 隊 伍 － Lazy Piggy 及 No One Else 已 在 HKPN 組別賽中退下來。 最後各參賽隊伍在白沙灣遊艇會的花園酒吧出席頒 獎典禮。而下一場的冬季系列賽第六場賽事則於 2019 年 11 月 30 日如期舉行。

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by Kay Rawbone As we come to the end of 2019 and the beginning of the New Year 2020, we have many new things to celebrate and be proud of.

Our numbers, once again, have been amazing this year with 1,280 people sailing with us up to October 2019, 388 of whom were new sailors. A big ‘thank you' to Sun Hung Kai for their support in providing sailing for the underrepresented youth of Hong Kong, which has increased our numbers. Earlier this year we were amongst the top 10 busiest Sailability Centres globally—I wonder where we will be at the end of 2019.

24 Hour Charity Dinghy Race—What a great race and weekend we all had. Sailability had 9 Hansa 303s sailing, with four teams sailing for the whole 24 hours; Para Warriors, Friends of Para Warriors, Saturday Sailors and one boat from the Treats Fleet. Our results were also outstanding.

Many thanks to HHYC and the Charity Event Organisers for their amazing work in getting the event up and running for 2019. The recent Cheque Presentation evening saw Sailability receiving a whopping HK$200,000 from the event. This really is an amazing amount and as we go through 2020, I am sure you will see where these funds have been used. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to the HK$1M raised for the five charities this year.

We had a couple of disappointments too: the cancellation of our first Open International Regatta, where 23+ countries had expressed an interesting in sailing in Hong Kong from 2 – 8 December. As we now move forward, we will be working on bringing the Hansa Worlds, also an Open Event, to Hong Kong in 2023. Maybe we will have even more countries participating! Watch out HHYC; this will really put us all on the map.

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Sailability Hong Kong’s 10th Anniversary It was with great disappointment that we felt the need to postpone what was going to be a very special day for all of us on 23 November 2019, our 10th Anniversary.

However, watch this space, as it will not go without a celebration. A new date will be announced in early 2020 and we will celebrate in style, as we continue to provide more sailing opportunities to the under-represented within our Hong Kong Community.

From our first 4 Sailability sailors, Alexandra, Greig, Sean and Joshua in 2009, we have now had 2300+ new sailors join our programs, with many returning on a regular basis; from other charities, schools and the general public, to participate in regular sailing courses.

It is for the commitment shown by many that Mike and I would like to send out a very special thank you to all our donors, volunteers, supporters and of course our Sailors over the past 10 years because without you, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do.

New programs The latter quarter of 2019 saw Sailability reach out to even more groups within Hong Kong, as World Sailing announced the inclusion of more sectors of the community within their calendar for 2020 and beyond.

Recently new sailors from the following groups joined us for the first time: Hong Kong Society for the Blind with multiple disabilities You may remember the clowns from the 24HR Charity Dinghy Race. They were part of the group who sailed with us on 27 October with their parents, siblings and carers. What a fantastic group this is to work with and we have another session with them in December and more in 2020.

Lutheran School for the Deaf—12 sailors joined us in early November for their first day on the water. Ages ranged from 15 to 20 years old and it was great to see five young ladies in the group. I may be biased, but the ladies proved to be better sailors than the guys during their first sail! World Sailing has recently introduced Deaf Sailing into their calendar so that we could be watching the formation of Hong Kong’s first Deaf Sailing team. They all had a great day, and we were encouraged by how well they managed during their session. This is one of the schools targeted via our Sun Hung Kai Scallywag Program, so thank you Sun Hung Kai. It was indeed a learning curve for us all as we develop special communication skills for use on the water for our hearing impaired sailors, which included international signs for—sails ok, sails need adjusting, sheet in and sheet out.

2020 and beyond Our 2020 programs will encompass more sailing for the Visually Impaired and, if you have listened to my recent podcast (www.hashtagimpact.com/season4), you will have heard about sailing for the Elderly too; another great passion of mine. We have already undertaken one day’s training for a group of six Golden Age Sailors, with them and others wanting more lessons. The Golden Age sailors with Sailability may be older but are definitely not forgotten, and this program will provide many positives such as; new friendships, improved mental wellness, increased agility, improved concentration, social and communication skills, spatial awareness and confidence etc.

For all our Sailors, getting out, having an interest and keeping busy is so important and as more new groups join Sailability the more lives, we are able to change.

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SAILABILITY HONG KONG UPDATE 2020 AND BEYOND

Jardines Mindset—who offer support for people in recovery via the Mental Health Association of Hong Kong and other local NGOs, invited 14 sailors and 10 volunteers for a day of sailing. This was the first sail for most of the group, and again it was an outstanding success. They too have already booked a return visit with more new sailors. We hope that having the opportunity to sail, with the help of our Para Sailing Team and our own caring and understanding instructors and volunteers, will help significantly with building their confidence and self-esteem during their recovery. For me, the biggest success of the day was that every sailor was able to stand up and talk about their experience and feelings during their first sailing session.

Our mission ‘Making sailing accessible to EVERYONE’ is something of which all of us at Sailability are very proud.

Future of Para Sailing The continuing growth of Para Sailing is very important to us and World Sailing has recently asked all MNAs (Hong Kong Sailing Federation in HK) for details of up to 4 events planned in 2020 and 2021 to include Para Sailing in open events or specific Para events. 2019 results will also be submitted and will help tremendously to improve the work on the reinstatement process for sailing in the Paralympic Games, which will start again in 2020.

Providing these details will allow World Sailing to develop the international ranking to implement quotas and qualification slots for The Hague 2022 (Sailing World Championships) which for the first time will include Para Sailing within the Olympic Classes.

The Hempel World Cup Series events in 2020 will include 2.4mRs and/or Hansa 303s, which are boats already owned by Sailability Hong Kong. The World Sailing Board has confirmed support of the discipline and commitment to the development of Para World Sailing in 2020 and beyond.

We, therefore, need to be moving towards these dates and the provision of more training and competition for our sailors—participation in more international and regional events to gain more experience on different waters. Our fund-raising campaigns will, therefore, need to be more aggressive than ever before!

Intellectually Disabled Sailors will also participate in World Sailing class events, via INAS, the largest global organisation to provide sporting events for ID sailors.

We are very happy about this as we already have taught many sailors in this category. We will therefore also be concentrating on this area for the first Global INAS Regatta in 2023 where we hope our Hong Kong Team will shine.

As we work towards more inclusive sailing in 2020 and beyond, we are looking for younger sailors and even more female sailors to learn to sail and possibly represent Hong Kong at International Events in the future! Know anyone who fits into these categories? If so, please refer them to us.

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二零二零年及未來

來到二零一九年年尾，迎接二零二零年的開始，我們 有很多新事情要慶祝和值得自豪。

新活動 二零一九年最後一季，航能接觸到更多香港的群組， 正如世界航行在二零二零年和以後的計劃中宣布包 容更多不同的社區界別人士。

今年是讓人驚喜的一年。直至二零一九年十月份，共 有 1280 人和我們一起航海，其中 388 位是新船員。 非常感謝新鴻基的支持，為香港弱勢年輕人提供航 行機會，亦提升了我們的參與人數。今年較早時份， 我們是全球首十位繁忙的航能中心之一，我想知道我 們將會在二零一九年年尾排第幾位。 二十四小時慈善小艇賽—我們所參與的一個精彩 的 比 賽， 和 度 過 的 愉 快 週 末。 航 能 有 九 艘 Hansa 303 參 與 航 行， 四 隊 人 航 行 了 整 整 二 十 四 小 時， 包 括 Para Warriors、Friends of Para Warriors、 Saturday Sailors 和 Treats Fleet 的一艘船。我們的 結果亦非常出色。 非常感謝白沙灣遊艇會和慈善活動籌備人員二零 一九年的出色工作，令活動能夠順利進行。最近的支 票頒贈禮傍晚，航能獲得港幣二十萬元正的高額款 項。這金額的確不錯，邁進二零二零年，我肯定你將 會看到這些資金用在何處。非常感謝所有本年為五個 慈善團體共籌得港幣一百萬元正款項的人。 我們也有一些失望的時刻：我們首個國際公開帆船賽 取消了，有超過二十三個國家對這個於十二月二號至 八號在香港舉行的航行活動表示感興趣。我們現在 向前邁進，將會努力帶動 Hansa World，一項二零 二三年於香港舉行的公開活動。可能甚至會吸引更多 國家參加！留意白沙灣遊艇會，這將真的令我們所有 人都出名。 航能香港的十週年 我們對於要延遲二零一九年十一月二十三日十週年 慶祝的這個非常特別日子覺得很可惜。不過，大家繼 續關注，因為我們一定會慶祝。新的日期將在 2020 年年初宣布，而我們將會特別地慶祝。我們亦會繼續 為香港社區內的弱勢青年提供更多航海機會。 在 2009 年我們只有首四位航能船員，Alexandra、 Greig、Sean 和 Joshua ，直至現在，我們有超過 二千三百位新船員參與我們的活動，當中很多都定期 回來；從其他慈善團體，學校和大眾，參加定期舉辦 的航海課程。 很多人實踐承諾和付出，令 Mike 和我想特別感謝所 有的捐贈者、義工、支持者，以及當然少不了那些過 去十年支持我們的船員，因為沒有你們，我們無法做 到這個成績。

最近，以下群組的新船員首次加入我們： 香港盲人輔導會（多重殘疾人士）— 你可能記得 二十四小時慈善小艇賽的小丑們、他們和家長，兄弟 姊妹和照顧者在十月二十七日和我們一起出海。這 是很棒的組織。我們在十二月和他們有另一次出海， 在二零二零年亦將會有更多航行活動。 Jardines Mindset—透過香港精神健康協會和其他本 地非牟利組織，為復康人士提供支援，在航行日邀請 了十四名船員和十位義工。這是組織內大部分人的首 航，而且再次非常成功。他們亦已預約再和更多新船 員回來參與航行。我們希望有航海的機會，加上我們 的殘疾人航行團隊和我們關懷備至，善解人意的導師 和義工的幫助，將能在他們的復康過程中顯著幫助他 們建立自信心和自信。對我來說，該日大成功的是每 位船員都可以站起來分享他們首次航海環節的經歷 和感受。 路德會啟聾學校 —十二位船員，年齡介乎 15 至 20 歲，參與我們十一月初的首次水上運動日。看到五 位年輕女士在群組內實在太好了。可能是我的偏見， 但女士首航時往往比男士船員表現得更好！世界航 行最近在日程表引進聾人航行，所以我們可以看到香 港首隊聾人航海隊伍的組成。他們所有人都度過美好 的一日，我們亦受到他們完成航海環節的整個經歷 的鼓舞。這是其中一所透過我們的新鴻基 Scallywag 計劃所發掘的學校，所以感謝新鴻基。這的確是對我 們所有人來說的一個學習過程，我們為聽障船員發展 水上使用的特別溝通技巧，包括國際手語—帆已經準 備好，帆需要調整，收緊控帆索（收帆）和揚帆。 2020 年及未來 我 們 2020 年 的 活 動 將 會 包 含 更 多 視 障 人 士 航 行 活 動， 而 如 果 你 有 聽 過 我 最 近 的 節 目 (www. hashtagimpact.com/season4)，你應聽過老人航行， 這是我非常有熱誠舉辦的另一個項目。我們已經為一 組六名的黃金年紀退休船員提供一日航行訓練，他們 和其他人都想參加更多次訓練。航能的黃金年紀船員 可能年紀較大，但一定不會被人遺忘，這計劃亦將 會提供很多正面影響，如新友誼，改善我們的精神 健康、增加靈活度、增強專注力、社交和溝通技巧， 空間意識和自信等。

對所有我們的船員而言，外出活動，有個人興趣， 和保持忙碌是非常重要的。而更多新群組加入航能， 我們就能夠改變更多生命。我們的任務 ‘令所有人都 能夠航海’ 是我們在航能的所有人都非常自豪的事。 也是殘疾人航海的未來。 殘疾人航海活動的持續增長對我們和世界航海都非 常重要。最近問所有 MNAs ( 香港的航海聯盟 ) 關於 二零二零年和二零二一年最多四項活動計劃的細節， 以在公開活動或特別的殘疾人活動中加入殘疾航海 活動。二零一九年的結果亦將呈交，大力幫助改善於 二零二零年再開始的殘疾人奧林匹克運動會的恢復 航海過程。 提供這些詳細資料將讓世界航海能夠發展國際排名， 為 Hague 2022 ( 世界航海錦標賽 ) 實行限額和資格 名額，首次包括奧運級別的殘疾人航行。 二零二零年的 Hempel 世界盃系列活動將包括航能香 港已經持有的船隻 2.4mR’s 及 / 或 Hansa 303’s。

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航能香港最新情況

世界航海管理局已確認支持二零二零年及未來的殘 疾人世界航海發展的紀律和承諾。 因此我們需要走向這些日子，為我們的船員提供更多 訓練和比賽—參與更多國際和地區活動，以增長更多 不同海域的經驗。因此，我們的籌款活動將要比之前 更盛大！ 智能障礙船員亦將參加世界級航行活動，透過為智 能障礙船員提供運動活動的最大型全球組織 INAS。 關於這點，我們非常高興，因為我們已經教過很多 這類別的船員。我們將因此亦在二零二三年的首次全 球 INAS 帆船賽集中在這方面，希望香港隊會發光發 亮。 正如我們致力在二零二零年和未來舉辦更多包容度 高的航行活動，我們期待年輕船員，甚至更多女性船 員學習航行，更可能在未來的國際活動中代表香港！ 你是否認識任何符合這些類別的人？如果認識的話， 請把他們介紹給我們。

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Whether its sketching, drawing or painting, it’s all about patience, dedication and…observation!

FEATURES

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LORETTE ROBERTS VISITS HHYC

by Sarah L Cook

It was a real privilege to meet Lorette Roberts; an author, illustrator and sketch artist who recently came to HHYC to hold a relaxed and fun workshop in the Garden Bar. A small cohort of her devoted fans and other budding artists positioned themselves around the far edge of the bar so that they could get in touch with their inner artist selves and draw/paint/ sketch by the harbour. The weather was fantastic and we were soon working hard, sharpening pencils, applying pen to paper, colouring and taking in the ever-moving scenery of yachts, motor crafts, dinghies and incredible life on the water that is part of life at Hebe Haven Yacht Club.

Lorette, a well-known artist who lived in Hong Kong and now spends her time in the UK at her Suffolk Studio, provided incredibly useful tips on how to

illustrate that elusive sampan and get the shading and definition of the waves and water right. It was all extremely relaxing and great fun. We also had the opportunity to purchase Lorette’s newest edition to her publishing portfolio, About Boats, a most lively and vibrant depiction of all the wonderful vessels in Hong Kong. In addition to her instantly recognisable style and colours, you will also find some historic references, sketches and paintings of the icons in Victoria Harbour, yachts big and small, the usual busy working vessels and many varieties of large and small riverboats. It’s all stunningly illustrated together with the ropes, floats, fenders and anchors that are always nearby and includes all of Lorette’s hand-written notes of interesting trivia, facts discovered in her research and comments about the boats.

In common with all her books, About Boats does not claim to be a reference tome but it endeavours to conjure up memories and to trigger the imagination.

For example, what does Charlotte Dundas have to do with tugboats? Where would you put a ‘long button’?

Also, whilst slowly turning each delightful page, don’t forget to spot her little snails that are delightfully placed throughout the book.

Lorette says she can’t remember a time when she didn’t paint, make cards or write books. Apart from a five-day watercolour course, she has had no formal training, just an incredible amount of practice! Travelling and living abroad for many years, Lorette has developed her skills in sketching and researching local customs and curiosities.

She also edited and illustrated a monthly ‘site magazine’ whilst living in Construction Villages in South Africa and Saudi Arabia.

Dynamic life on the water is illustrated with pencils, black pens, paints and brushes

While living in Hong Kong, she continued to sketch and paint and it occurred to her that all those sketches and paintings might, if put together, make a fine sketchbook.

They did! The sketchbooks Sights & Secrets Sketches and Paintings of Hong Kong were created and were followed shortly after by several more sketchbooks about the Far East and related topics. The sketchbooks inevitably led to commissions from private individuals, charities and hotels. In particular, Lorette provided the sketches and drawings for the Peninsula Hotel in their book entitled Our Hong Kong.

We all loved our sketching afternoon and it was a real pleasure to have her at HHYC, so please Lorette; come back and see us all again soon!

Despite a lack of formal training, Loretta has used extensive practice to hone her incredible sketching skills

Small cohort of Loretta’s fans position themselves around edge of Garden Bar to capture vibrant scenes of the harbour

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FEATURES

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A participant enjoying afternoon painting session

Nothing is better than enjoying a fun and relaxing workshop at Hebe Haven Yacht Club with a group of sketch lovers and fans of Lorette Roberts

Lorette Roberts 親臨白沙灣遊艇會舉行 繪畫工作坊 非常榮幸能夠和 Lorette Roberts 見面。Lorette 是 位作家，插畫家及素描藝術家。最近，她來到白沙 灣遊艇會，在花園酒吧舉行了一場令人放鬆又有趣 的工作坊。一班忠實粉絲和其他剛嶄露頭角的藝術 家坐在酒吧的花園，所以我們可以和自己藝術家的 一面接觸，並在海港景色旁畫畫 / 填色 / 素描。 天氣非常好，我們很快就努力投入創作、削尖鉛筆、 用原子筆在紙上作畫、填色，欣賞並畫下由不斷變 化的遊艇、摩托船艇、小艇、及美妙的水上生物組 成的風景，這些亦是白沙灣遊艇會的一部分。 Lorette 是一位知名藝術家，她曾經居於香港，現 大多待在英國的 Suffolk Studio。她對如何描繪難 畫的舢舨，以及畫出海浪的陰影和分界，提供非常 有用的貼士。整個工作坊都令人非常放鬆，十分好 玩。我們亦有機會購買 Lorette 最新出版的作品集

About Boats，裏面非常生動又充滿活力地描繪所有 香港的美妙船隻。除了她鮮明畫風和用色外，你亦會 找到一些歷史參考痕跡，關於維多利亞港的標誌建 築、大大小小的遊艇、常忙碌運作的船隻，以及很多 不同種類、大大小小的河輪的素描和圖畫。這一切都 和附近的繩索、浮筒、擋板和船錨驚人地一起畫出和 闡述，包括 Lorette 所有的手寫筆記，資料蒐集中發 現的有趣小事，以及關於船隻的評論。 和她其他的書籍一樣，About Boats 並不是一本參考 書，而是一本致力勾起回憶及引發想像力的書。例 如，Charlotte Dundas 與拖船有甚麼關係 ? 你會在 哪裏按下一個 「長鍵」? 順帶一提，慢慢翻閱吸引 人的每一頁時，別忘記找出她在書中有趣地加添的小 蝸牛。

Lorette 說她記不起上一次沒有畫畫、製作卡 片或寫書的日子了。 而除了曾經參加過一個 為期五天的水彩班外，她沒有接受正式訓練。 只是經常旅行，旅居海外多年，慢慢從素描及 研究本地習俗和新奇事中發展繪畫技能。居住 在南非和沙特阿拉伯的施工村落時，她亦為月 刊《site magazine》 編輯和插畫。 居港時，她繼續素描和畫畫。她突然發現如果 把這些所有的素描及畫作放在一起，就成為 了一本很好的素描畫冊。果真如此！素描畫 冊 Sights & Secrets: Sketches and Paintings of Hong Kong 由此誕生。很快又有數本遠東 及相關主題的素描畫冊。素描畫冊少不免會引 起私人，慈善團體及酒店的委託。Lorette 特 別為半島酒店的《我們的香港》（Our Hong Kong）一書中素描及畫畫。

Use the right grip: simply changing the way you hold the pen can add an extra dimension to any drawing, making it stand out and be absolutely unique

我們都很喜歡這個投入素描的下午，非常高興 能夠邀請到 Lorette 蒞臨白沙灣遊艇會。所以 Lorette，快點回來再見我們吧！ How to hold the pencil correctly is the first step to master with sketching

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REVOLUTIONARY AUTO LIFEBUOY LEADS NEW TREND AMONG COAST GUARD TEAMS On the Brighton coast of England and Gold Coast of Australia, a high-tech device is getting more and more attention from yacht owners and water sport enthusiasts. It’s not some entertainment gadget but an autonomous life-saving equipment that can buoy up one’s holiday with higher level of safety insurance.

It’s the Dolphin1 Smart Lifebuoy. Featured with two propellers, it can zip through the water at up to 15km per hour. The Dolphin1 is a revolutionary life-saving equipment that is leading a new trend to the field of water sports.

Reported by BBC News, local businesses in Brighton have clubbed together to bring the device to the seaside town, marking its first UK deployment. They believe it will be useful in helping to rescue drunken customers from seafront bars, who venture into the water after one too many drinks.

Time is critical when rescuers are alerted to a swimmer who is in trouble, for example a surfer who's taken a dive or a yacht guest who has fallen overboard. The Dolphin 1 is a truly autonomous lifebuoy that can secure the safety of both rescuer and swimmer.

When an alert is raised that a swimmer is in trouble, the rescue team can toss the Dolphin 1 into the water. From the water's edge, the motorised lifebuoy can then be powered on in the water using the handheld remote and directed to where it's needed. The wireless operation range can be up to 500 m and if the rescue craft is overturned by choppy waves, the remote operator can easily flip it back over from afar.

According to its developer, Ocean Alpha, Dolphin1 is not intended to replace human lifeguards but to help in their rescue efforts. The Dolphin 1 takes seconds to deploy and enables rescue crews to maintain their visual of the casualty at all times.

The bright orange plastic hull has a bumper in the front to minimize accidental impact injuries and two fog lights in case of poor visibility. Each of the two propellers is enclosed in delicate casing to shield them from the flailing arms of victims, and to make sure they don't get tangled up with debris or trailing plants.

The Dolphin1 has been widely introduced to coast guard teams, yacht owners and beach hotels in UK, Poland, America, Australia, Japan, Thailand and India. It is gradually changing the way people conduct rescue on water. For more information about Dolphin1, please visit: www.tgusv.com, or contact 852-9652 3204 (Steve)

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在英國的布萊頓海灘和澳洲的黃金海岸，一項高科 技設備吸引越來越多的遊艇主人及水上運動愛好者 注意。這並不是一件玩具，而是一個自動救生設備， 可以為海邊渡假人士提供更多的安全保障。 海豚一號（Dolphin1）是一隻自動救生艇。它備有兩 個推進器，可以滑進水中，速度高達每小時十五公 里。海豚一號是革新的救生設備，帶領水上運動新潮 流。 根據 BBC 新聞報導，布萊頓的本地企業共同把這項 設備帶到這個沿海城鎮，是英國首個使用此設備的地 方。他們相信這項設備能幫助拯救從沿海酒吧醉酒失 足墮海的顧客。 救生員發現拯救對象的時間非常關鍵，如正在潛水的 衝浪者，或從遊艇上跌落水中的客人。海豚一號能夠 確保救援者及泳手安全的自動救生艇。 當發現有人遇溺時，救援團隊可立刻把海豚一號拋進 水中。從海邊用手攜式遙控能控制海豚一號，駛往附

近。無線操控範圍可達五百米，如救生艇被起伏不 定的浪弄翻，操控者可以輕易地從遠處把它翻轉。 發展商 Ocean Alpha 表示，海豚一號並非用於取代 救生員的工作，只是用作輔助性質。海豚一號只需 數秒便能運行，讓救援團隊隨時都能看到傷者。 鮮艷奪目的海豚一號前方有軟墊，以減低傷者受傷 影響，兩盞霧燈能見度低的情況下減低意外衝擊。 兩個推進器，每個都有精緻的外殼包圍，在受害者 揮舞的手中保護它們，並確保不被海中廢物或匍甸 植物纏繞。 海豚一號已廣泛應用於英國、波蘭、美國、澳洲、 日本，泰國及印度的海岸保衛隊、遊艇主人及沙灘 酒店中，逐漸改變水上救援模式。 關於海豚一號的詳細資料，請瀏覽網頁： www.tgusv.com，或聯絡 852-9652 3204 何先生

FEATURES

FEATURES

一項革新的自動救生艇帶領 海岸防衛團隊新潮流

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HEBE COMMUNITY

ECF SAINT TOO CANAAN COLLEGE OUR FIRST CLUB SUN HUNG KAI SCALLYWAG FOUNDATION PROGRAMME

Assistant Principal Mr Lee (Left) & Principal Ms Tsui (Right) interviewed at HHYC

by Camellia Poon

A long time ago, back in 2009, ECF Saint Too Canaan College started organising Sailing Taster Programmes for students. As shared by Ms Tsui, the Principal of ECF Saint Too Canaan College, one of the NET teachers Ms Kylie had a great passion for watersports and under tremendous encouragement from the school, initiated a Sailing Taster Day every summer for Form 1 to Form 5 students. This helped them become relaxed while experiencing an activity on the water. The current NET teacher, Ms Rose, also a veteran sailor, carefully selected nine students to join the Level 1 and 2 certification programmes, having it pushed forward after close collaboration with HHYC and most importantly supported by the generous subsidies given by Sun Hung Kai & Co. Foundation.

The school proactively allows its students to develop diverse fields of interest, get connected with society and broaden their horizons. One example is where teachers organise various Interest Clubs in the school and, thus, instil good values and ethos in students; a n d o n e i n t e re s t t h a t b e s t d e m o n s t r a t e s t h e s e learnings is sailing.

Students from ECF Saint Too Canaan College give the thumbs up, enjoying the time in their first sailing session

According to Principal Tsui, nowadays, students should be learning positive attributes in schools, such as team spirit, adversity quotient, and critical thinking.

Moreover, students should also be acquiring these qualities through real-life experiences. Sailing covers

these qualities since it is not only about tackling uncertainties on the sea but also understanding the dramatically changing weather conditions. Young sailors get trained to overcome all kinds of difficulties through HHYC’s Scallywag Programme. In return, their self-confidence and abilities are boosted, so they are able to face future hardships in life.

Assistant Principal Mr Lee added that this programme offers extra authentic English exposure to students i n t h e s c h o o l . D u e t o t h e l a rg e p e rc e n t a g e o f English-speaking members and sailing lovers here at HHYC, the Club provides a very good platform for students to communicate and interact with each other in English, as well as enhancing students’ selfconfidence.

The programme received overwhelming feedback when it was first launched—those who wanted to enrol needed to be interviewed. The foremost criterion to determine whether a particular student could ‘get admitted’ was their reason for joining. Next, would be their physical fitness, since sailing demands quite a lot of physical strength. Last, but certainly not least, it would be ideal if students had joined sailing taster courses prior to joining the programme.

The mission and aims of this programme is to provide under-represented youth in Hong Kong with proper sail training, a path to sailing certification and mentorship for personal development, Sun Hung Kai & Co. Foundation has partnered with Hebe Haven Yacht Club (HHYC) and worked closely to help more students benefit from the programmes that they have been offering all these years. On a glorious day, with autumn breeze, nine students accompanied by the Principal, Assistant Principal, together with two teachers from ECF Saint Too Canaan College, were the first local school children in Hong Kong to kick off their Hong Kong Sailing Federation Level 1 and 2 certification programmes upon their arrival at HHYC.

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聖道迦南書院成首間接受新鴻基 SCALLYWAG 資助本地學校 為學生開展航海課程

Students concentrating in their theory lesson prior to sailing on the water

為了讓更多年青人能藉著學習帆船而成長，新鴻基 (SCALLYWAG) 慈 善 基 金 多 年 來 一 直 與 白 沙 灣 遊 艇會緊密合作，透過帆船課程，務求令更多學生受 惠。位於觀塘基督教中國佈道會聖道迦南書院作為 全港首間參與其中的本地中學，在一個風和日麗、 秋高氣爽的日子，九位書院的學生連同校長、助理 校長以及兩位老師，浩浩蕩蕩來到白沙灣遊艇會， 展開他們的帆船第一、二級證書課程。 徐 校 長 表 示 早 在 2009 年， 迦 南 已 開 始 為 學 生 舉 行帆船體驗日。當年其中一名 NET 老師 Ms Kylie 對帆船充滿熱誠，在學校鼓勵下，每年暑假，Ms Kylie 都會為中一至中五學生舉辦帆船體驗日，讓 學生可以放鬆心情，並體驗帆船這項運動。而現任 的 NET 老師 Ms Rose，亦是位具有多年航海經驗 的帆船愛好者，在她和白沙灣遊艇會的穿針引線 下，迦南得到新鴻基 (SCALLYWAG) 慈善基金的 資助，在校內選出九位同學參加帆船第一、二級證 書課程。學校積極地讓學生培養多元的興趣，鼓勵 學生多接觸社會，擴闊視野。例如老師根據自己專 長開辦興趣學會，從而向學生灌輸正確的價值觀及

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培養良好的品格——帆船課程，正是個好例子。 徐校長認為學生應學習一些正面的特質，例如團體 合作精神、面對逆境時的態度以及批判思考能力。 然而，這些做人的品格性情亦應該透過生活體驗而 獲得。參與帆船證書課程，能讓學生來到真實的場 境，因為海上的環境變化不定，天氣亦瞬息萬變， 所以同學在海上要面對不同的困難。學校期望學生 能在實戰中增強自信，同時提升他們面對逆境的能 力。而這些能力都是學生在將來的人生中會用到的。 李助校補充，白沙灣遊艇會的會員及當中的帆船愛 好者，有不少為外籍人士。這為聖道迦南書院的學 生提供了一個珍貴的學習平台，讓學生能放膽嘗試 與外籍人士溝通，以增加自信和提升英語會話能力。 此課程推出時，學生反應非常熱烈，要進行面試 甄選同學。在取錄上，學生參加活動的原因是最 重要的考慮。其次是體能，因為帆船運動始終需 要一定體能，學生的身體質素很重要。最後，若 學生之前曾參加暑期帆船體驗日，則更為理想。

HEBE COMMUNITY

HEBE COMMUNITY

24 HOUR CHARITY DINGHY RACE 2019 CHEQUE PRESENTATIONS

2019 二十四小時慈善小艇賽支票頒贈儀式

by David Robinson 二零一九年十一月十五日的星期五，白沙灣遊艇會在 花園酒吧舉行支票頒贈儀式。儀式於晚上六時開始， 由於不同地區的道路途中都被阻塞，交通擠塞情況特 別嚴重，因此要給客人充裕的時間離開。航海訓練部 經理 Rob Allen 在下午七時三十分成功完成整個儀式， 亦要感謝和感激 Hebe Dragons，以及航能 Mike 和 Kay Rawbone。 比賽委員被邀請到台前接受大家的熱烈掌聲，遊艇會 會長 Don Johnston 向所有使今次活動得以成功舉行 的人致謝。Temujin 的船員獲最高籌款團隊獎，Hebe Old Dragons 則獲頒發團隊精神獎。 香港諾德安達國際學校獲得學校精神獎，慈善精神獎 則由兒童癌病基金會獲得。聯校挑戰盃得獎者由法國 國際學校的年輕船員獲得，他們的家長非常高興。

On Friday, 15 November 2019, a cheque presentation ceremony was held in the Garden Bar of Hebe Haven Yacht Club. Due to start at 1800, time had to be given to guests as traffic congestion was particularly bad and roads in several areas en route were blocked.

International School and the Charity Spirit Trophy was received by the Children’s Cancer Foundation.

Much to the delight of their parents, the Interschool Challenge Cup went to the young sailors of the French International School.

However, sailing manager, Rob Allen, got things underway at 1930 with thanks and appreciation to the Hebe Dragons and to Mike & Kay Rawbone of Sailability.

The racing awards went to Para Warriors in 3 rd place, the RBJs in 2 nd place and overall 1 st went to the Imperial Poona Yacht Club (represented by John Ashford & Sophie Witham). By the way, the highest number of laps recorded went to Still Top Heavy with a recorded 91 and a corrected lap time of 13.25 minutes.

Race officials were called up to the front, to much applause and the club Commodore, Don Johnston, gave thanks to all who had made the event the success it was.

The sailors of Temujin received the Top Fundraiser Team award and the Hebe Old Dragons were presented with the Team Spirit Trophy.

The School Spirit Trophy went to Nord Anglia

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比賽獎項由 Para Warriors 獲得第三名，RBJs 獲得第 二名，而總成績第一名則由 Imperial Poona 遊艇會獲 得 ( 由 John Ashford 和 Sophie Witham 代領 )。順帶 一提，最高完成圈數是 Still Top Heavy 的 91 圈，而 修正後每圈平均以 13.25 分鐘完成，創下紀錄。 支 票 交 給 西 貢 區 社 區 中 心 ($75,000) 、 IDEAL ($75,000)、 TREATS ($150,000)、 航 能 香 港 ($200,000)，以及兒童癌病基金 ($500,000)。這是 所有參加者所付出的努力成果。

Cheques were presented to the Sai Kung District Community Centre (HK$75,000), IDEAL (HK$75,000), TREATS (HK$150,000), Sailability Hong Kong (HK$200,000) and the Children’s Cancer Foundation (HK$500,000). A fitting conclusion to a fantastic effort by all involved.

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SUSTAINABILITY

HEBE COMMUNITY

Enjoying happy lunch time together with all the Commodore's Cup players

THIRD COMMODORE’S CUP INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT 第三屆會長盃高爾夫邀請賽

by Rene Verhulst

On Friday 29 November 2019, the Third Commodore’s Cup was played at Kau Sai Chau on the tricky South Course. The weather was perfect and so was the organisation, thanks to the GM of the Aberdeen Boat Club, Philippe de Manny.

Clean Pak Sha Wan day

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 可特續發展報告

We, the HHYC, were represented by Michael Turner, Paul Duncan, Barry Cronin, Ian McGovern and the undersigned. The format was based on Stableford points on a corrected handicap. After a thrilling and very enjoyable round, we gathered for lunch only to be surprised by receiving the FIRST PRIZE TROPHY! After a brief celebration, we returned in great spirits, carrying the Commodore’s Cup home!

As we start a new year for the HHYC committees, I would like to invite members to join the SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. No need for experience, you just need to be enthusiastic about improving things at our club.

We would love to revive the Hebe Haven Golfing Society, so we can participate in the various interclub golf events.

Any interested members please contact the undersigned (gm@hhyc.org.hk) or Michael Turner.

In October we had our Annual Clean Pak Sha Wan Day. Sadly, due to the transport problems, many people were unable to attend. This year 50 volunteers cleaned up three beaches in the bay and did an amazing job.

A big thank you to everyone.

二零一九年十一月二十九日的星期五，第三屆會長 盃在滘西洲棘手的南面賽道舉行。天氣絕佳，賽事 組織也完美，感謝香港仔遊艇會的總經理 Philippe de Manny。

We are currently working on replacing single use plastic ice bags and will work with other committees to improve recycling and less waste, plus cleaning up our boatyard.

Mr. Chris Pooley, Mr. Rene Verhulst, Mr. Paul Duncan, Mr. Michael Turner & Mr. Barry Cronin (from left to right)

Michael Turner、Paul Duncan、Barry Cronin、 Ian McGovern ， 以 及 本 人 代 表 白 沙 灣 遊 艇 會 出 賽。 比 賽 形 式 和 結 果 根 據 修 正 時 間 後 的 定 分 式 （Stableford）得分計算。經過緊張刺激又非常愉快 的比賽，我們共晉午餐，非常驚喜獲得第一名獎盃！ 簡單慶祝過後， 我們懷著興奮的心情，拿著會長盃 回家！

In the next year we hope to hold another car boot sale and other events for people to sell/swap unwanted marine items.

by Carol Biddel

在白沙灣遊艇會委員會開始新一年工作時，我想邀 請各位會員加入可持續發展委員會。無需經驗，只 需對改善遊艇會事務有熱誠便可。 我們現正努力取代用完即棄膠袋，並會和其他委員 會一起加強回收，減少浪費，並清潔船塢。 十月時，我們在白沙灣舉行年度清潔日。但可惜因 為交通問題，很多人都未能前來參與。今年，五十 位義工清潔了白沙灣的三個海灘，非常成功。「感 謝」各位的支持。 來年，我們希望舉辦一場車尾箱市集，讓大家出售 或交換多出的航海用品。 慈善 T 裇搜集—如大家有多出的 T 裇，短褲或鞋， 歡迎隨時聯絡。 carolfsk@gmail.com

T-shirt collection for charity­—if anyone has unwanted T-shirts/shorts/shoes please let me know.

Carol - carolfsk@gmail.com

我們想再次讓白沙灣高爾夫球會蓬勃，讓我們可 以參與不同遊艇會聯合舉辦的高爾夫球活動。如 有 興 趣 參 加， 請 聯 絡 本 人 (gm@hhyc.org.hk) 或 Michael Turner。

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除了十月初短暫休息後舉行的冬季系列賽正進行得如火如荼外，九龍盃亦 將於二零二零年一月十八至十九日舉辦。龍骨船方面則沒有特別事項報 告。

The most significant matter to report on is off the water, where the AGM confirmed my re-appointment as Rear Commodore, Sailing for the coming year. Whilst I was uncontested to continue in the role, I am very appreciative of the encouragement that both the General Committee and Sailing Committee members gave to me to carry on and I am honoured to do so. When I say 'for the coming year' that is not wholly accurate, I should really say ‘for the coming six months’ as I will leave Hong Kong (for a while) upon my retirement in April 2020.

最值得報告的是陸地事項，週年大會上確定我將連任來年的帆船駕駛委員 一職。當大家毫無爭議地讓我繼續擔任這個職位時，我真的非常感激執行 委員會及帆船駕駛委員會會員的鼓勵，讓我有動力前行，而我亦覺得非常 榮幸。當我說「來年」其實並不完全準確，應該是「接下來的六個月」， 因為我將在二零二零年四月退休，之後會離開香港 (一段短時間)。

I am very pleased to say that one brave (and keen) Sailing Committee member has stepped forward to take the baton from me and that person is Adam Glendinning. The General Committee and the Sailing Committee have endorsed the arrangement that Adam will ‘shadow’ me for the coming months, before formally assuming the role in March 2020. Tentative arrangements are in place for this to formally happen at the Sailors’ Awards Night in late March. As well as being a pilot, Adam is a keen and experienced sailor who has raced on a number of boats in HHYC events, including Outrageous and Jelik, as well as participating in offshore races. Adam has served on the Sailing Committee for over two years. More on this matter in future issues of Hebe Jebes.

The AGM also confirmed Harvey Jessop to take up the newly resurrected role of Rear Commodore, Sail Training to oversee dinghy sailing activities. Whilst sail training has notionally been part of the ambit of the Rear Commodore Sailing, it is a hugely important part of the Club and I, for one, have not had the time to contribute towards this aspect effectively. Harvey has been very active over recent years in supporting sail-training activities, including most recently as Chairman of the Sail Training Committee, so is well-deserving of this new Flag Officer position. Congratulations to Harvey.

By the time you read this, you will, hopefully, have attended and enjoyed the two on-the-water cruising/social events organised by the Sailing Centre over the Christmas/New Year period: the Boxing Day Treasure Hunt and the New Year’s Day Family Fun Day and BBQ at Hap Mun Wan Beach.

CLUB UPDATES

CLUB UPDATES

SIMON JONES

Rear Commodore—Sailing

Apart from the fact that the Monsoon Winter Series is in full swing, after a short hiatus in early October, and that the Kowloon Cup will be held on 18 – 19 January 2020 there is little to say on the keelboat sailing front.

很高興通知大家，一位勇敢 (又熱心) 的帆船駕駛委員會會員願意當我的接 班人，他就是Adam Glendinning。執行委員會及帆船駕駛委員會已經通過 並認可這項安排，Adam會在二零二零年三月正式上任前的數月 ‘跟隨’ 著 我。這項暫定安排已經確定好，Adam會在三月末的帆船之夜-年度頒獎儀 式正式上任。除了身為機師外，Adam是個熱心又經驗豐富的船員，曾於白 沙灣遊艇會活動賽事中駕馭一些不同的船艇，包括Outrageous及Jelik，亦 曾參加離岸賽事。Adam已經於帆船駕駛委員會服務超過兩年。更多有關此 事的資訊，會列於下期的Hebe Jebes內。 週年大會中亦確認 Harvey Jessop 將擔任帆船駕駛助理會長，這是重新開 放的職位，負責監察小艇航海活動。航海訓練名義上是帆船駕駛委員的職 責範圍，是遊艇會非常重要的一環，但我雖然身為副會長，卻仍未有時間 為此作出有效貢獻。Harvey近年非常活躍於支持航海訓練活動，包括最近 成為帆船駕駛委員會的主席，所以他絕對勝任這個新的船旗長職位。恭喜 Harvey。 當你們看到這份報告的時候，我希望你已出席並享受到兩項航海訓練中心 於聖誕/新年時分舉辦的水上巡遊/社交活動：節禮日尋寶活動，以及新年 於廈門灣泳灘舉行的家庭同樂日和燒烤。 這亦提醒了我應在此祝願所有白沙灣遊艇會會員於二零二零年萬事順利， 幸運滿滿。 我們水上見!

Which reminds me, I should end by wishing all HHYC Members all the very best for 2020.

See you on the water!

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It is a pleasure to continue my role as part of the Ops Committee for the upcoming New Year. I have drawn up the current goals set for 2020.

First of all, with the continued development of vessel designs, the storage requirements and hardstand specifications will be re-examined, so as to more effectively manage boat storage and hopefully help shorten the hardstand waiting list.

Another goal is to effectively clean up the shipyard and marina pontoons, and to perform various essential maintenance tasks before the typhoon season. Finally, we will further enhance marine staff training to help address safety matters and ensure improved service quality.

I want to wish you all great progress in the New Year of 2020!

EDDY LO

Rear Commodore—Operations

很高興在新一年能繼續在海事委員會工作。我已為2020制定了工作目標。 首先，隨著船隻設計不斷發展，我們將會檢視船隻存放架的規格及船架放置 規格要求，從而提升存放船隻的效能希望能夠縮短船隻輪候名單。 另一目標整潔船橋及各項保養維修工作，希望能在颱風季節前能妥善處理。 最後，我們會加強海事員工培訓， 確保提高服務質素及安全。 祝大家2020新年進步！

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