Hebe Jebes Sep/Oct 2014 | Page 10

Reports Reports Alan Reid General Manager The Club has been quiet during the summer with the very hot temperatures, reaching as high as 36 degrees in Sai Kung, and some very heavy downpours. I hope members out on the water managed not to get sunburned and to keep dry. The Helly Hansen day four of the Summer Series was affected by the weather as well with so little wind that the race had to be abandoned. Fortunately the beer sponsored by Carlsberg for the prize-giving was not cancelled. The Typhoon Series has been running well with over 70 yachts entering regularly for the Quest Yachting series. See the reports elsewhere in the magazine. Members will be aware that the Club has had CCTV installed around the Club for security purposes. This also includes the car park and the recording of several small accidents has resolved who was at fault. Should your vehicle be bumped or scratched whilst in the car park, whilst the Club accepts no responsibility for any accidents taking place, we may be able to assist you in finding which car did the damage. Recently, within 24 hours of each other, both yellow and black hooped posts, marking the disabled car parking spaces, were broken by members reversing into them. Fortunately both events were captured on CCTV and the members traced. 8 Hebe jebes • SEPT/OCT 2014 The Annual General Meeting will take place on Friday 12 September. Please mark the date in your diary and try to come along to the meeting. Unfortunately we have a member who has on several occasions dumped rubbish on the pontoon instead of placing it in the rubbish buckets beside the top of the gangway. I appeal to any member who witnessed this to let me know, in strictest confidence, who the culprit was. Discarding rubbish like this on the pontoons is against the Club’s bye-laws and is unsightly and unhygienic, attracting vermin and cockroaches onto the pontoons. Once on the pontoons, vermin will soon migrate on to members’ boats. Members will note that we have had to remove the guard hut at the vehicular entrance. This is to comply with the Government’s instruction to remove Unauthorised Building Works in the Club. We will try to keep the disruption to members as minimal as possible until we are able to replace the hut, but this may take some time. On 20 October, the Art Jam will return. Paint, canvas and easels will be provided for members to use. There will be cheese and wine available and the darts board will be in action once more. This event will help to raise money for the 24HR Charity Dinghy Race night. The 24HR race will take place on 1 & 2 November. Please help us to raise money for the five children’s charities by supporting these events. Wishing you fair winds and calm seas. 遊艇會今個夏天有點清靜,因為天氣實在太熱了,西貢氣溫高 達26度,而且經常下大雨。我希望出海的會員沒有曬傷或淋 濕。Helly Hansen夏季周六系列賽第四天賽事,也因為太少風 而要取消。幸好由嘉士伯啤酒贊助的頒獎禮不用取消。颱風盃 帆船賽進行得很順利,有超過70艘船參加Quest 帆船系列賽。 今期會刊將有更多詳情。 會員將會留意到,遊艇會因為保安原因加裝了閉路電視。停車 場也裝設了閉路電視,有幾宗輕微的意外就是靠閉路電視的錄 影片段找出是誰該負責。如果你的車輛在停車場受到碰撞或刮 花,遊艇會不會為事件負責,但或許可以協助你找出肇事的車 輛。而且最近,用來標示傷殘人士車位的黃色和黑色柱欄,在 24小時內先後被倒車的會員撞爛了。幸好閉路電視拍下了兩宗 事故的發生經過,而涉事的會員亦已找到。 週年大會將於9月12日星期五舉行。請在你的日記上記下這個 日期,並盡量撥冗出席。 很不幸地,有某位會員經常在浮橋上棄置垃圾,而不是把它們 放在舷梯頂的垃圾桶內。我呼籲會員們,如果目擊這個情況並 肯定知道誰是罪魁禍首的話,請務必通知我。像這樣棄置垃圾 在浮橋上是違反遊艇會的附例,有礙觀瞻亦不衛生,並會吸引 許多害蟲和蟑螂。一旦有害蟲依附在浮橋上,牠們很快就會遷 移到會員的船上。 會員們將會察覺到,我們要移走車輛入口的更亭。這樣是為了 符合政府拆除遊艇會內違例建築物的規定。我們會盡量令會員 受影響的程度減至最低,直至我們可以更換新的更亭,但這需 要一點時間。 Art Jam 將會在10月20日重臨。我們會為會員提供顏料、畫布 和畫架。現場也會有芝士和美酒供應,飛鏢板也會再次出現。 這個活動是為24小時慈善小帆船賽籌款。24小時賽事將於11月 1至2日舉 (c8