Blue CV of Henry....how and what I am in sailing...





My name: Chin-Wei Hung, or you can simply call me Henry....

I was graduated from Mechanical Engineering Chung Yuan Christian University
, but I'm not a christian..well, not yet...
Pursued my fluid mechanical in France (Yes.. I speak french, not really like a french but I believe I have a good accent)
After working in semiconductor for a dame decade. I started my sailing for fun.Here are my major experiences:

Dingy:
2010 Lesson on hunter 170 in I-Lan sailing association.



2011 Laser course at Tai Pang Wan sailing center.




Keel boat:

    1. 2013: ASA101/103 courses at LOHAS ASA sailing school  My first keelboat lesson..you see these smile, sailing must be fun...
      at that time, LOHAS request to complete all test item single handed
      2013興達活動小助手


      First night sail to Penghu on a big hunter 
    2. One year weekend sailing on J-80 at Taipei Gill team
      Happy summer sail
      Winter sail, all wet, but we still love it


2015 ASA instructor qualification: at LOHAS ASA sailing school
for 201/203/205/218




    1. First time  as instructor with LOHAS for ASA101


2016/2017 worked as sail boat captain in ARGO sailing club, mainly in charge of 
a Bavaria 37 and a Bavaria 51.(now it turns in to professional, no more for fun.)
Major sailing area: Taiwan and PengHu, 3 times regattas Taiwan-Ishigaki, 
Penghu regatta, a place must go



Early May near 龜山島

花蓮海岸









sailing vacation in Greece(2015) and Croatia(2016) 
Croatia



Greece Hydra


Worked at AMAL yacht company as power boat captain in Taiwan area.
Boat delivered by cargo ship to HK, then sail for taiwan. 
Dan shi river pleasure ride.

regular inspection of raft



  1. 2017 Sep 23~2017 Nov I joined a round-the-world ,58feet sail boat EagleQuest II 
    form Galle of sri lanka to Sanya of China, a tour of 3000nm. brings to me again the quesiton"why we want to sail...."
    after 9 days of sailing , landed at Lankawai

    Routed around south china sea
9 days of down wind sail, but not really comfortable with huge tail wave



The voyage gave me a complete different vision of sailing....
 Human being is a tiny little creature facing nature.

Lost engine and generator due to sea water in fuel tank near Hainan

Super huge boat came to us, they though we had water in hull.

Captain KD completed his round.



And I'm looking for more inspirations.
 

 2018 Nov, I boarded a Lagoon 42, and did an Atlantic crossing from Santa Cruz of Canary islands to Caribbean Saint Martin. Same route as Colombo

me, captain John and Danny

A very new Lagoon 42


 a fish we could not finish.

Landed in St martin

St Matin lagoon is nice place to stay

The journey ended at British virgin island, Captain John brought me to airport by dinghy.


2019 Organized Sailing lesson at TC yachting in Taipei. Sailing in Dan Sui river is not always an easy task with such a strong current.
Cooperation with Decathlon for sailing activity on Dan sui river.

weekend activity


ASA101


Some sharing in book store.


2020 Join Danny's trip on his catamaran catana 42sailing in Caribbean.
from St Martin through leeward island to Columbia originally targeting south pacific,
While sailing in Caribbean. Covid-19 break out to the area, we had to leave the boat there and flew back to Taiwan.
That's Danny'sboat, right beside a cliff,
we arrive in night, pretty scary



Rainbow comes after rain shower
Cartagena is a historical marine city

Get boat out of water.
We did not know how long it would be here



I boarded a last day flight to US, next day they close the boarder.



2020 as covid breaked out, going abroad is not really easy...
teaching dinghy at Fu-Loon.

 

















2021 power boat delivery from Hong Kong to Taiwan. total quarantine=14+15days. actual sailing time: 30hrs

Fist met crews for a long voyage.
HK is a very luminous city even close to marina.

The eve before departure.
The weather window is short in April, but I knew I can trust them.




Fill up diesel tank before sun set.

arrived Taiwan, Tainan. No body get on board before sanitation.
Then 15days of quarantine.


2022 almost end of pandemic Got 3 dos of vaccines, fly to Portugal Joint Danny's trip  to Gibraltar, Ibiza, Majolica.


It could be cold early morning in June.

Into the med, no orca attack!
every thing calms down when Sunset.

moon shine like sun...
Antonio lead us to nude beach...

Water is much more clear than pic



I got offboard at Mallorca



2022 invited by Seed marine ASA school, we start 101 in Sept, not easy to find 
good weather windows.






Well.... Sailing has to be fun!!

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