Hebe Jebes Issue Sep to Oct 2013 Sep 2013 | Page 15

Reports

Simon Robertson
STCC Chairman

The summer of 2013 brought a variety of sailing
conditions to the dinghy sailors of the club. We
had some excellent crystal-clear blue-sky days with little wind,
overcast days with Force 4 – 5 winds blowing in the bay, days where
it rained and rained and then—for good measure—the occasional
typhoon. Overall, a mixed bag of conditions which the staff and
sailors had to endure. I would like to say thank you to all of the
sailors and staff at the Club for their understanding as courses had
to be changed at the last minute to accommodate the weather.
September sees the star t of the racing calendar for the dinghy
sailors of Hong Kong with races being conducted by all clubs over
the next two months. I must point out that the majority of these
regattas are open to sailors of all ages and ability levels—so, if you
are interested, call the Sailing Centre for fur ther details. The Hebe
Dragons will be competing at all regattas during the season and,
after a busy training schedule over the summer period, Alfred and
the sailors are expecting great results for all.
October sees a very busy time at the Centre with the annual
running of the Hebe Race Week followed by Challenge Week
for many schools. Challenge Week requires all the Centre’s
resources with over 100 sailors taking par t throughout the week.
Following on from Challenge Week is the 24-hour Dinghy Race
for charity.
The Sail Centre Committee would like to express our
gratitude to the General Committee members and especially to
the depar ting flag officers; Commodore David Campbell, Vice
Commodore Mark Newman and the Honorary Treasurer Marven
Bowles, for the suppor t and commitment that they have shown to
the Sailing Centre. Their suppor t has seen the addition of the 29er
fleet to the Centre as well as the replenishment of our Optimist
and Pico Fleets. In the last year alone, the Club has committed to
purchasing 21 new boats.
Finally, I would like to inform the members of the Club that the
agreement to form a par tnership with SLAM has been officially
signed and, in the very near future, you will see the centre being
rebranded as ‘Hebe Haven SLAM Sailing Centre’.

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