SLAM Sailing Centre
SLAM Sailing Centre
Dragons Squad News
Words Grégoire Bourrut Lacouture
Kung Hei Fat Choi! We hope you had a nice break over the Chinese
New Year. Most of our Dragons kicked off their Lunar New Year
holidays by competing at Hong Kong Race Week—look for the full
report in the next issue of Hebe Jebes.
This issue’s report will cover a new race held in China, in which
Pasu, Pei and Timothée competed. Plus a report on the stormy
ABC Southside regatta held in early December.
The Dragons would like to welcome a new teammate, Lumiere Ng,
who has just joined training and took part in his first major regatta at
the Hong Kong Race Week.
恭喜發財! 我們恭祝大家有個愉快的農曆新年。大部份的
Dragons隊員以香港帆船賽周展開他們的農曆新年假期，詳情
請留意下一期Hebe Jebes。
今期的報告會交待Pasu、Pei和 Timothée有份參與的全新中國
賽事，以及12月初在強風中展開的香港仔遊艇會南區帆船賽。
Dragons歡迎新隊員Lumiere Ng的加入。他剛開始加入訓
練，並首次參加大型的香港帆船賽周賽事。
Joining the Dragons
Words Lumiere Ng
Hi, I am Lumiere. I am 12 and in Primary 6—I am the newest
addition to the Hebe Dragons Team. I started sailing at the Club in
July 2013 by joining the Optimist Stage 1 & 2 Sailing Course. I saw
many things on my first outing. On that first day I was frightened to
see some small jellyfish in the water but was assured on the second
day by Alfie that they were not as poisonous as those shown in the
National Geographic.
On the second day I was again frightened to see a saltwater
crocodile but quickly I realised that it was my imagination. It was a
floating piece of wood. I joined the Saturday sailing programme after
that summer and have found many more pleasant surprises since.
Once, a small fish risked his life by jumping into my boat to say ‘Hi’.
I managed to rescue him by releasing him back into the sea, flinging
him back into the water with my bare hands.
I joined my first regatta with the Club in April 2013 but I did not
sail very far. I sailed on a Pico but in the first day’s races I couldn’t
sail to the starting line as the tide was working hard against me. I
did not give up. On the second day, Sheila, who saw in the early
morning that I was unhappy, advised me to sit closer to the front of
the boat when sailing against the tide. In the last race, I managed
to cross the starting line and even reach the finis