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Words Rob Winter
Quest Yachting
I hope you participated in and enjoyed the two cruising events
over the long holiday weekend: the Sailaway Day beach BBQ
on 1 May and the Hebe Heave Ho on 3 May.
HHYC Sailaway days have become a regular fixture for our
cruising sailors and we look forward to more cruising sailors and
motor boat owners joining us for the next one, they are a great
day out for all the family!
The Hebe Heave Ho is a new fun race event for both sailing and
motor boats. It is structured as a treasure hunt for a number of
buoys, which are spread around Port Shelter. Each buoy has a
letter, which together form a word.
Crews must find all the buoys while completing a number
of other tasks including cooking lunch, sailing backwards,
composing a song, anchoring and more. These are fun ways
to test your boat handling skills in company. The winner is the
boat arriving at the ‘finish’ point closest to its pre-estimated time
with the correct word. All this (sometimes hilarious) mayhem is
presided over by our race officer, Rob Allen, who gets a chance
to let his hair down and award time penalties for innovation, style,
entertainment value, misbehaviour and even downright cheek.
Coming up in the next few months is the COA Midsummer
Rally over the long weekend of 31 May - 2 June. This event
comprises three club-to-club pursuit races, with a party each
night, culminating in a prize-giving party at HHYC on 2 June.
If you feel like joining all three legs, one leg, or just the parties
then check out the event at www.coahk.com.
Later this summer on 8 September, there will be the HHYC
Dusk ‘til Dawn Pursuit. This involves a dusk pursuit race for
sailing boats and motor boats from Hebe Haven to the ABC at
Middle Island for a late night BBQ, disco and raft up.
The following day, which is a public holiday, the fleet will drop in
for lunch at Po Toi on the return leg. Do your best to slip away
early from work on the 8th to join us.
There are a number of other Sailaway Beach BBQ and cruising
events planned for the rest of the year, so keep your eye on
www.hhyc.org.hk > yacht racing > cruising events and follow
HebeHaven on Facebook.
I hope you have a great summer and I look forward to seeing
you out there in the bay, beach or bar!
52 Hebe jebes • MAY/Jun 2014
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