Hebe Jebes 2015 Issue SEP/OCT | Page 20

SLAM SAILING CENTRE SLAM SAILING CENTRE New Dragon—Sean Ian Liu Hi, I’m Sean Liu. I joined the HKSF Festival of Sports 2015 regatta last weekend. I set off from home to Hebe with a huge back pack. The Hebe Dragon Racing Team planned to spend the night camping in the Scout Association Pak Sha Wan Sea Activity Centre. I completed two races on the first sailing day, I was all tired then we had to set up the tents for the night. The girls slept in an indoor stage while the boys slept in tents on the lawn. The setting–up of my tent was extra tricky. The connecting bongee cord for the segmented supporting poles was broken. They always disconnected in the middle while we tried to assemble the tent, but we finally made it. Afterwards we ordered a large pizza from Sai Kung for dinner. I went to bed at around 10.40pm and woke up at 5.02am. It was quiet all night. Words Sean Ian Liu At 6.40am I checked if the girls were still sleeping and yes, they were! On the second day, I entered the first race but rested through the second one. In the third race, I capsized for fun because I couldn’t catch up with the other racers. Then Timothee’s Dad came along and help me out. In Race 1, someone bashed into Gabriella then she capsized and a jellyfish was right under the boat. How scary! When she brought the boat back up, the bearing for her mast cracked and the rest of her racing day was finished. At the end of the day I came 58th in the rankings. Even though I got nothing in the prize giving ceremony, I had great fun! 5