SLAM Sailing Centre
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Arthur and Timothée’s Japan experience
Report from Arthur Hainz
Hi there, my name is Arthur
Hainz and I am a member
of the group from Hebe
Haven that participated in
the international regatta that
was held in Tokyo, Japan.
The other people that went
to Japan with me were
Timothée, Grégoire, Antonio,
Alfie and Jess. These people
either supported me or
sailed alongside me the
entire time in Japan and I
could hardly imagine it being
possible without their help.
Now onto the actual trip…We all went on the same flight to
Japan on one of the Cathay Pacific airplanes. Once we were
there, we went straight to the hotel where we met the first
of our opponents—the girls from Thailand. Once we had
greeted them and introduced ourselves we went into the actual
building and got to meet the other coaches and sailors. There
were eight competing countries: Hong Kong, Japan, Korea,
Denmark, Singapore, China, Great Britain and New Zealand.
All of the sailors looked pretty tired. When Alfred and the coach
from Denmark had a conversation we learned that in the winter
the sailors in Denmark would equip their boats with skis and
would sail on the frozen water!
The next day we went and finally got to see the boats that we
were going to be using during the entire time in Japan. We
had brought our sails with us from HK. We were given really
good boats and foils and were allowed to test them out straight
away. Once we had rigged up our boats perfectly with the help
of Alfred and Gregoire, we got out onto the water. The place
where we were sailing was a massive harbour that had a strong
current because of the river flowing into it. It was on the side of
this river that we launched.
現在要說說這次行程了，我們乘