Club Look-ahead ScheduleThursday 5 March: Twilight Racing: 5pm splash(18 Footers start of the JJ’s Race Week – they will be weighing and measuring in the hallway, please be patient and allow time to get your boat out.)Saturday 7 March: No Club Racing (Vaucluse Regatta, Vaucluse YC) DBSC Members attending the Vaucluse Regatta need to Register HERE (Free)Thursday 12 March: Twilight Racing: 5pm splashSaturday 14 March: No Club Racing (Metros, Manly YC) DBSC Members attending the Metros Regatta need to Register HERE (Entry Fee required)Thursday 19 March: Twilight Racing: 5pm splashSaturday 21 March: No Club Racing (Harbour closed for RAN’s 125th Anniversary Fleet Review) Thursday 26 March: Twilight Racing: 5pm splashSaturday 28 March: Point Score Races 9 & 10 / Championships Races 13 & 14 (combined) 1pm Briefing, 2pm WarningBBQ after racingEvents7 March: Vaucluse RegattaVaucluse Yacht Club12:00 Briefing, 13:30 Warning for first of the ILCA classesRegistration (entry is free)Sailing Instructions14-15 March:
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Race Report – Saturday 28 February 2026
All photos by Van Allen
Sprint Racing (Sail GP Weekend)Maxim Djura reports:If Sail GP were a rock concert, the sprints were the opening act.The race officers left early to assess the wind and stake out a suitable venue. There were two options: 1) take the main stage and warm up the early spectators before the F50s come, or 2) run our own rock concert in Rushcutters. After deliberations and many wind measurement measurements, we decided that conditions in Ruchcutters were just as good as between Clark and Shark Islands or in the Dardanelles. That and doubt that an F50 would hear a starboard call from a Laser motivated the race team to set a course between Garden
Race Report – Saturday 21 February 2026
All photos by Chris Tattersall
Autumn Point Score Races 7 & 8 / Club Championships Races 11 & 12It was never going to be an easy day for sailors or for the Race Management team. We were faced with a northeasterly on arrival to the club, that turned to a flakey easterly around 1330 – with a 10-knot southeasterly forecast to hit us around 1400.Luckily, the course was set for the breeze before us, and Race 1 got away on time – apart from a few general recalls in both fleets, and at least 7 Black Flags handed out to the ILCA6s who couldn’t keep their noses clean.The northeasterly from further up the harbour encroached down onto
Enter Now: Vaucluse Regatta – 7 March 2026
On Saturday 7 March 2026, instead of our usual club racing, DBSC members are invited to register and compete in the 94th Vaucluse Regatta, held each year in the waters just up the Harbour adjacent to Watsons Bay near Vaucluse Yacht Club. A contingent of members will sail up to the race area launching from DBSC, with a support RIB and volunteers assisting members. The day will start earlier than normal for us. We’ll have a briefing at DBSC at 12 noon where we will review the format of the racing as published in their SI’s. It should be a good day on the water with Laser sailors from all around the Harbour joining in.Please register (its Free) with the link below
What's Going On
Club Look-ahead ScheduleThursday 26 February: Twilight Racing: 5pm splashSaturday 28 February: Sprints (Sydney Sail GP): NOTE early start: 12pm briefing, 1pm warningThursday 5 March: Twilight Racing: 5pm splashSaturday 7 March: No Club Racing (Vaucluse Regatta, Vaucluse YC) Thursday 12 March: Twilight Racing: 5pm splashSaturday 14 March: No Club Racing (Metros, Manly YC) Events7 March: Vaucluse RegattaVaucluse Yacht Club12:00 Briefing, 13:30 Warning for first of the ILCA classesRegistration (entry is free)Sailing Instructions14-15 March: NSW & ACT Metro ChampionshipsManly Yacht ClubNotice of Race Registration
Thank you to the members who are sending through information for the newsletter. If you have content for the newsletter, please email it to newsletter@dbsc.com.au by Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.
Race Report – Saturday 21 February 2026
All photos by Chris Tattersall
Autumn Point Score Races 7 & 8 / Club Championships Races 11 & 12It was never going to be an easy day for sailors or for the Race Management team. We were faced with a northeasterly on arrival to the club, that turned to a flakey easterly around 1330 – with a 10-knot southeasterly forecast to hit us around 1400.Luckily, the course was set for the breeze before us, and Race 1 got away on time – apart from a few general recalls in both fleets, and at least 7 Black Flags handed out to the ILCA6s who couldn’t keep their noses clean.The northeasterly from further up the harbour encroached down onto
Regatta Report – Australian ILCA Masters Championships
6-9 Feb, 2026, Port Stephens, NSW30 members from DBSC headed up the highway for the stunning regatta venue at Soldiers Point, Port Stephens. Crystal clear water, good breezes, a traffic-free harbour and user-friendly rigging areas adjacent to accommodation, made for a memorable regatta. Nighttime socialising was held at the “Cheeky Dog”, with an enthusiastic local band testing the ear drums of old Masters sailors.The race management was faultless and the age groups of sailors were combined into three fleets of approximately 60 boats each. The full rigs of 60 entrants were all combined into one fleet.The first 2 days had solid afternoon breezes of 15 knots plus, but Day 2 and 3 saw the wind fizzle to nothing, and on the last day it was a delayed start with a 3-knot breeze and a 2-knot tide. Seven races were completed out of a possible 8, with one drop race.Somehow, the
Race Report – Saturday 14 February 2026
Photos by Conor Roche & Geoffrey Boscoe
Autumn Point Score, Races 5 and 6The original forecast for Valentines Day’s sailing was a light 5-8 knots from the east which would have made for a nice recovery for those returning from the ILCA Masters the previous weekend.The Race Committee ventured out early with Jack Restucci to lay marks in what turned out to be very shifty conditions. A course was laid in an 8-knot easterly, but the breeze then swung from northeast again and the racing was postponed.Race 5 finally got underway at around 2.30pm on a northeast course. Further wind shifts heavily favoured the right-hand side of the beat, nearly a one-tack race for some, which caused
Have Boat, Must Travel
Pattaya, Thailand The smiling Sweeny, John Sweeny, is never one to miss travel opportunity. In January and February, John travelled to Pattaya, Thailand to compete in two ILA events at the Royal Varuna Yacht Club. This was the magnificent venue for the Masters Worlds back in 2023 that several of our members competed in. John finished a credible 11th in the Open ILCA 7 Thai Nationals, then the following week he finished 3rd in the Thai Masters Nationals. John (and others who have been there), will tell you it’s one of the best sailboat racing venues in the world. This event is on again early next year.- Martin White
What's Going On
Club Look-ahead ScheduleThursday 19 February: Twilight Racing: 5pm splashSaturday 21 February: Combined Autumn Point Score 7 & 8 / Club Championships 11 & 12: 1pm briefing, 2 pm warningBBQ after racingThursday 26 February: Twilight Racing: 5pm splashSaturday 28 February: Sprints (Sydney Sail GP): NOTE: 1pm splashEvents14-15 March: NSW & ACT Metro ChampionshipsManly Yacht ClubNotice of Race Registration
Thank you to the members who are sending through information for the newsletter. If you have content for the newsletter, please email it to newsletter@dbsc.com.au by Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.