ABW June 2017
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Words by<br />
LINDSEY<br />
LOVEGROVE<br />
Photographs<br />
by WORLD<br />
SAILING/<br />
GUY NOWELL<br />
Paving the<br />
T<br />
he second Paralympic Development Program<br />
wrapped up in Hong Kong this week, with<br />
sailors and coaches helping to grow and engage<br />
paralympic sailors in Asia.<br />
‘Some day I will retire, but I will have a fleet of<br />
sailors behind me who will carry on the work!’<br />
Philippines sailor Cherrie Pinpin is a determined<br />
woman! As one of nine sailors and five coaches to<br />
have just completed World Sailing’s first ever Asian<br />
Paralympic Development Program (PDP) clinic,<br />
Pinpin is even more resolute about spreading the<br />
word on sailing in her home country and among<br />
other Asian nations.<br />
The PDP clinics are a vital part of World Sailing’s<br />
strategy to boost global participation in the sport<br />
and regain its Paralympic Games status, and the<br />
inaugural Asian event in Hong Kong (7-12 March)<br />
was the second such clinic to be held worldwide following<br />
on from a four-day camp in Argentina in January.<br />
A 2008 Paralympian, Pinpin knows what the sport<br />
has to offer by way of physical and mental challenge,<br />
and wants to share her learning and experiences<br />
more widely. ‘I said that I would be very lonely if<br />
I was the only disabled sailor and that’s why we’ve<br />
really started searching for people who are not just<br />
Paralympi<br />
Cherrie Pinpin<br />
40<br />
Puk Chi Yeung getting ready to race
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