Computer engineer Michael Leung Kim-ming has been an avid sailer for more than two decades. He loves the sport for many reasons -the feeling of freedom on the open water, the wind breezing through his hair and sun shining above; the chance to get away from the throngs of the city; and most importantly, because sailing is a sport dictated less by physical strength and stamina than strategy and skill.
That last part is important to 50-year-old Leung, a polio victim.
He was diagnosed with the disease at the age of one, and it left his legs at less than full strength. For the most part, he has overcome the disability to excel in sailing, but his condition has deteriorated in the past few years, due to age.
'Soon I think I won't be able to sail on a normal boat,' says Leung.
Fortunately, there's Sailability Hong Kong, so to continue sailing, all Leung has to do is change boats.
Started in the 1980s by the Royal Yachting Association in England, Sailability is a non-profit organisation that trains the disabled to sail in customised craft.