Hebe Jebes 2015 Issue JAN/FEB | Page 4

Publisher’s note HEBE JEBES Hebe Haven Yacht Club EDITORIAL General Manager Alan Reid 2719 9682 [email protected] Restaurant Manager Michael Yiu 2719 7915 [email protected] Marine Manager Ale Shek 2719 7921 [email protected] Sailing Centre Manager Rob Allen 2719 7932 [email protected] Senior PR & Marketing Executive Nicole Ng 2719 7913 [email protected] Sailing Centre Co-ordinator Pearl Hansen 2719 7931 [email protected] Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Paul Arkwright Editors Cathy Delany-Hobbs, Mark Newman Proofreaders Carlos Bruinsma, Philippa Edwards, Marc Dunn Contributors Nicole Arnulphy, Mark Ashton, Grégoire Bourrut Lacouture, CK Chan, Pei Yip Chan, Rafael Di Donna, Emily Keg, David & Jackie Peers, Mike Rawbone, Alan Reid, Ale Shek, Eric Stark ART Art Director Leo Calaguio Designer Fish Wong Photography Bill Cox, Epoch Times; Leo Calaguio A DVER TISING & SPO NS O RS HIP Carmen Leung Tel: [phone] [email protected] Katrine Leung Tel: [phone] [email protected] EDITORIAL Submissions Tel: [phone] Contributions, articles & photos should be sent to: [email protected] PR & Marketing Executive Ellen Ng 2719 7929 [email protected] Membership Executive Jessica Yau 2719 7927 [email protected] HR & Accounting Manager Carol Chan 2719 7911 [email protected] IT Administration Executive Jonathan Tang 2719 7928 [email protected] Food & Beverage Manager Henry Ip 2719 7916 [email protected] General Office 2719 9682 2358 1017 (Fax) Marine Office 2719 3673 2719 3273 (Fax) Sailing Centre 2719 0926 Main Bar 2719 8300 Sampan Service 9272 6204 9272 6205 [email protected] www.hhyc.org.hk Happy New Year and welcome to 2015! I trust that you have all had your festive fill of mince pies, brandy and turkey over the holiday period and maybe, like myself, are looking ahead into the new year as an opportunity to burn off those extra calories, dust off the brain cobwebs and get back out on the water. In this issue of Hebe Jebes we get the latest from the Hebe Dragons, including their final official rankings for 2014. We interview Rafael Di Donna, Uruguayan Sailing Coachvisiting Hebe Haven for the second time to help train up our sailors, including the Dragons. We share his story of how he got into sailing, his accomplishments and his inspirations on page 14. Read all about Hong Kong’s triumph, placing in the Asian Para Games in Seoul, featured on page 40. David and Jackie Peers dispel some myths about ‘going it alone’ to Indonesia and recount their adventures around the Banda Islands on pages 30 – 39. If you’ve found yourself scratching your head, puzzled as to how the HKPN performance-based handicap scheme works, check out Bridget Chan’s excellent explanation of the ins and outs of the scheme on page 43. This issue’s Shutterbug features snaps taken at the UK Sailmakers’ Winter Saturday Series 2014; the once-again amazingly successful 24HR Charity Dinghy Race, Gala Charity Dinner and cheque presentation; and the New Members’ Cocktail Evening. To get your face and/or your shots of club events in the next issue’s Shutterbug, be sure to submit them to: [email protected]. hk and don’t forget the captions! We look forward to sharing all the festive fun at the Club over Christmas and New Year in the next issue. Until then, may your sails (and glasses) remain full. Enjoy… Paul Arkwright Publisher & Editor-in-Chief 157 Pak Sha Wan, 10.5 Miles Hiram’s Highway, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong P UB LISHED BY Excel Media Group Limited Unit 101 Fourseas Building 208-212 Nathan Road, Jordan, Kowloon Hong Kong P R IN TED BY Paramount Printin