{"id":548,"date":"2018-10-18T06:27:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T06:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/?p=548"},"modified":"2018-10-18T06:27:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T06:27:16","slug":"jovin-tan-sgp-sailor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/?p=548","title":{"rendered":"Jovin Tan &#8211;  SGP &#8211; Sailor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-576\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jovin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jovin-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"Singapore sailor, Jovin\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jovin-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jovin.jpg 564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singapore sailor, Jovin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I started sailing in 2001. It was scary because I cannot swim. So subsequently I continued to sail to get out of the house and to meet more friends. Initially, sailing makes me get out of the house as my father was unable to accept my disability.<\/p>\n<p>It gives me a sense of freedom because I can get to any point within the boat on my own. I&#8217;m not worrying away about wheelchairs, steps etc.<\/p>\n<p>Competing here is to show more people it can be done. The Hansa boat is really catering to all various people with disabilities or able bodies. Creating awareness about inclusion and that sailing is possible for anyone.<\/p>\n<p>When I go home I will remember this event gives me an opportunity to race with over 50 Hansa boats and I have never done that before. The organisers are doing a good job &#8211; lots of volunteers especially with the launching and recovery help.<\/p>\n<p>If I could sail with anyone in the world it would be my MUM.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started sailing in 2001. It was scary because I cannot swim. So subsequently I continued to sail to get out of the house and to meet more friends. Initially, sailing makes me get out of the house as my father was unable to accept my disability. It gives me a sense of freedom because &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/?p=548\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jovin Tan &#8211;  SGP &#8211; Sailor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":578,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions\/578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}