Hebe Jebes Issue Sep to Oct 2013 Sep 2013 | Page 14

Reports CK Chan Rear Commodore—Sailing (outgoing) Summer is waving goodbye to us and the next sailing season starts with the Port Shelter Regatta in September. Looking back at the past 27 months that I served the Club as a flag officer, my happiest moment was when I saw 240 sailors at the Grand Prize Giving Ceremony of our signature event, the Nautica Typhoon Series 2013. We have set records in series entries of 91 boats and the maximum number of par ticipating keelboats in a single day was 73 boats. Sailors came from other yacht clubs around Hong Kong and packed out the garden bar, sharing the joy of our success at the event. The Sail Committee received verbal and written compliments from the IRC, Impala, and HKPN Fleets. Also, in the Summer Saturday Series, which kept the sailors occupied while their boats were in Sai Kung, we made a record in series entries of 40 boats. There were more than 31 boats that came out racing for just three hours on four afternoons. I have to thank all the members of the Sailing Committee, without them we could not possibly have achieved these encouraging results. The Sail Committee has been well attended throughout the year. Special thanks to the sub-committee members: Chris Austin, Peter McCaffery and Colm Anderson who have given their valuable time to suppor t the yacht racing organisation at HHYC. I would like to thank all the staff at the Sailing Centre and the Marine Depar tment who have all worked so hard to ensure that members of the Club can enjoy the events. The combined racing with RHKYC will carry on in the winter, we can look forward to more success with the collaboration between the two clubs. I would like to express gratitude to all the race officers who helped with the management of the 54 races that we held last year. It is time for me to go, to step down as the Rear Commodore, sailing since The Sail Committee developed into a matured framework. I am sure the good work will continue and I shall look back at my footprints with a smile. 12 Hebe jebes ???????????????9??????????? ????27??????Flag Officer??????????? ????????????Nautica ?????? 2013???? ??????240?????????91??????????? keelboat ???73????????????????????? ???????????????????????????? ??????????????????IRC? Impala?? HKPN Fleets?????????????????? ???????????????????40???????? ?????31?????????????????? ?????????