After weeks of bad news in which it seemed like the Gods were against us and we would not have a Tsing Ma Race this year as well as the weather being funny, against all odds, and with the stubbornness of your Commodore we managed to pull it off very well.

TMR11 was as exciting as ever and with a modified route due to the Marine Dept. not wanting us to interfere with the recovery of the sunken tug boat off the Brothers.

13 boats in 2 divisions and wind. Exciting strategies. A great thanks to the sponsors
HSBC International
Zaks, Hemingways, Sahara ® the ecological barnacle management, the Gold Coast Club
and the magnificent reception paid for and organized by the Marina Club.

A thanks also to Bevin Brakespeare for the work well done on his committee boat, Outsider and Andy Kung for setting up the start as well as Janine and Stephan with the admin and Andy, Jan, Torben and Jim with the handicapping, Faye - organizing our beer and dinner in the last minute - and all the other volunteers who contributed.
The legendary Garry Smith gave prize giving a new meaning and then accepted the toilet seat gracefully. He has now officially become the prize giving entertainer.

The HSBC International Photo competition was won by James Oliver and here is the photo. Well done and enjoy your Ipod-touch.

The Disney Islands Regatta on 11th November started with a bit of excitement at the windward mark on Race 1, as Rosemary‘s mast went over the side! Nobody hurt, though, and not a lot of damage to the boat. Andy Kung’s support boat was standing by in seconds, but wasn’t really required as Rosemary motored back to the marina under her own steam.

Fourteen boats started off Discovery Bay, including visitors from the ABC, HHYC and RHKYC – with one of these visiting boats destined to win the DBYC Middle Island Regatta convincingly!

The return leg of the Regatta took sailors on a pursuit race from Middle Island to Chesterman Rock, south of Lamma to Cheung Chau Rock, Hei Ling Chau to starboard and to the finish near the entrance of the DB Marina Club.

The DB Regatta, sometimes referred to as “The Booze Cruise” due to the copious and alcoholic nature of the various prizes, is arranged as a one-day, two-race series over cans, then islands courses.

Apologies for lack of breeze. However I believe that light wind sailing skills are very much worth learning and practising...

The first race of 10th Tsing Ma Regatta, on 28th April 2007, got off to a very good start with a fresh easterly breeze and 15 entries. Read on to see how it all played out...

Race 2

Most boats crossed the start, which had been set up properly, spot-on. A fresh easterly and a favorable current left very few tactical options except to stay in the middle where the favorable  current  was strongest but where the traffic was.

Apologies for the length of this write-up (broken down in two parts), but what a cracking weekend – the story deserves to be told! Are you sitting comfortably…?