遊艇船家

YACHT WORKER 



Wah (華 - “magnificent”)

Causeway Bay (銅鑼灣)

08:00-19:00

“I look after a fleet of sailing boats for a group of sailors, but I also work privately for my boss - whom I’ve been working with for over 40 years. He bought his sailing boat in 1948; it’s as old as I am! I do a bit of everything to keep all the sailing boats in good condition - minor repairs, cleaning and often joining trips as part of the crew. I work with a class of sailing boats called the Dragons. There are many classes and types of yachts; they all have different accessories and their own unique qualities. It’s quite technical but also very interesting - I can see why so many people are crazy about sailing!” 


「我平時會幫一班船主打理佢哋嘅帆船,我另外仲有一個老闆,幫佢做嘢做咗超過40年。佢喺1948年買咗佢第一艘帆船,隻船同我一樣咁大﹗打理帆船就係乜都要做,細零件維修呀、清潔,有時會跟埋出海做船員添。我做開嘅帆船係一個叫做Dragon嘅龍骨帆船,帆船有分唔同船型同種類嘅,佢哋嘅配件同埋功能都各有不同。係幾講究嘅,亦都好有趣,我明點解咁多人鍾情玩帆船!」



“I am a man of the water. I grew up in a family of fishermen and was the eldest of ten kids. We lived right here at the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, but with all the land reclamation the landscape has changed a lot. I watched as the Cross Harbour Tunnel was built from scratch in the early Seventies. I’m around sailors a lot; they are a friendly bunch and often treat me to meals, like going for seafood at Po Toi O. The job is not easy as I’m always exposed to the sun, wind and rain but I’m really used to it by now. We are boat people after all, so I’m in my element when I’m at sea.”


“I am 74 years old and I live with two of my brothers. We don’t really see our other siblings anymore - unfortunately we’ve lost touch and people are busy and scattered all over. I enjoy sailing as it gives me the opportunity to travel around the world and meet lots of interesting people. I went to Melbourne with my boss a few years ago for a sailing race. We even had movie star Tony Leung on our sailing boat once. That was such a memorable experience for me as we normally only see him on screens and he’s so famous - but he was a very personable guy!” 


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「我哋舖頭喺油麻地新填地街。你聽個街名就知道呢度成條街都係填海填出嚟嘅。我哋隔離啲舖頭以前全部都係同航運業有關,而家就完全唔同哂喇。我喺呢間舖頭長大,有好多回憶,以前會喺阿爸隔離幫手,跟住佢做,又會同啲細佬妹玩。我阿爸好平易近人,我哋嘅感情好好,但係我冇機會見過我阿爺,佢係我六歲嘅時候過咗身。油麻地嚟緊又會再重建。我留起咗好多講呢個地方重建發展嘅剪報,因為我對呢個社區同埋呢度啲舊樓好有感情。我唔知會幾時開始重建收樓呀,到時嚟到我就唯有準備好,光榮結束呢間百年老舖囉﹗」



「我今年74歲,同我兩個細佬一齊住。我哋冇乜點見其他兄弟姊妹喇,好可惜係失咗聯絡,大家都忙,住喺唔同地方。我好鍾意揸帆船,因為佢令我有機會周圍去遊歷,認識到好多有趣嘅人。我早幾年同老闆一齊去咗墨爾本,參加一個帆船比賽。梁朝偉仲上過我哋隻船添。好記得,因為平時淨係喺螢幕上面先會見到佢㗎嘛,佢咁出名,但係都好平易近人!」

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