Safety at Lantau Boat Club

Equipment

When sailing from Discovery Bay you are strongly recommended to carry the following equipment on board :

• life jackets
• knife capable of cutting through the trampoline
• a phone with the emergency numbers below programmed in
• spare shackles and rope
• a righting line attached to your mast base
• money

Before leaving, tell someone on shore where you are likely to go and when you will return. It is advisable to have Awah's number on your phone as the last number called, so that he can be contacted quickly in an emergency.

Support Boat

For any sailing event organised by the club we have safety / support boat coverage, usually provided by Peng Chau resident Awah. At those events the club both organises and pays for that coverage. If you get in to difficulties when sailing outside of a club event (eg midweek) you can still call Awah and he is usually able to come and help you. In these instances you need to pay for a tow back to Discovery Bay yourself - usually HK$100 - HK$200 depending on where you are.

Awah can also ferry equipment to Hong Kong Island for repair - negotiate directly with him for this.

Phone numbers

• Awah - our regular support boat operator : 9092 8010
• Discovery Bay Medical Centre : 2987 0200
• Marine Police : 2803 6247
• Marine Department Operations Centre : 2385 2791 - also for reporting speed limit violators
• Marine Department Vessel Traffic Centre : 2233 7801

Speed Restriction

There is a legally enforced speed limit of 5knots for all vessels within Tai Pak Bay. This is effective between 8am and midnight of any Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday, and on all days between 1st July and 15th September. The area covered by this restriction is marked as SRZ (L1) in the map below :