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On behalf of the club, I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to the group of key volunteers who gave up their time last Monday (and on other occasions over the season) to carry out some overdue safety cleaning of the Ramps and Northern deck stairs, and generally helping to keep the club and workshop tidy:Pat Levy, John Vasey, Peter Collie, Jim Dounis.The moss is growing very quickly this season on the new ramps, and they need regular maintenance. Many pieces of rocks, glass and oysters were removed from the ramps, beach and stairs at low tide, after being exposed by the recent rain events which has move the sand around. If you see hazards around the club, let us know – better still – arrange for the hazard to be resolved with other volunteers. Thank you, The Commodore.

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2025 NSW & ACT State Masters – Lake MacQuarieFebruary 1st & 2nd at South Lake Macquarie ASC at Sunshine, NSWNotice of RaceEntryCLub Look-ahead ScheduleWednesday 15 January: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Wednesday Masters Squad Training for those who have signed up (4:30-9pm)Thursday 16 January Twilight Racing starts again: (5pm splash, Racing 5:30pm to 7:30pm)CLICK HERE to Book for the Thursday CoachingSaturday 18 JanuaryAutumn Point Score Races 3 & 4 (1:00pm briefing, 2:00pm warning)Wednesday 22 January: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Wednesday Masters Squad Training for those who have signed up (4:30-9pm)Thursday 23 January: Twilight Racing (5pm splash, Racing 5:30pm to 7:30pm)Saturday 25 January: Sprint Racing (1:00pm briefing, 2:00pm warning)

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

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All photos by Steven London

Autumn Point Score, Races 1 & 2Steven London (PRO) Reports:After initial Sydney forecast of “possible thunderstorms” about 30 sailors were excited to find a sun-drenched Harbour, with clouds both offshore and over the West causing the East-Nor-East 10-15knt breeze to shift from left to right. Our course was laid with precision as ENE by CotD Murray Stone, LtraR Tim Heath, and Co-CotD Jeremy Vives, with the top mark South of Shark Island, the bottom mark in Double Bay (off Clark Island), leaving the wing mark just out of the shipping channel, which had plenty of room for the 15:00 incoming Tanker to pass Bradley’s Head without effecting our course. (Now that the

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All photos courtesy RQYS

James Tudball reports:Twenty-two DBSC members recently competed at the 2025 Oceania & AUS ILCA Open & Youth Championships, held at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron on the 1st – 8th January. There were very strong fleets (in terms of quality and quantity) across all three rigs, indicating that Laser sailing is alive and well in Australia.There was a fleet of 92 ILCA 4’s and a fleet of 85 ILCA 6’s, meaning these two classes were separated into separate flights, culminating in a Finals series with gold and silver fleets.  The ILCA 7’s had a smaller fleet of 46 boats, but there were certainly no slouches in that fleet.  As John Sweeny, one of our

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Each week OneMeal (a not-for-profit community organisation that’s 100% volunteers) provides nutritious meals, amongst other things, to people in need. OneMeal provides thousands of meals to people in-need. Most of the food we provide is cooked by Nagi’s team of cooks at Recipetineats.OneMeal’s City service has a hot food service where we provide hot meals on Saturday and Sunday early evening at Green Park, Darlinghurst (opposite St Vincent’s Hospital), and Ward Park, Surry Hills. Our patrons at Green Park are mainly people who live rough while Ward Park patrons are primarily from the Housing Commission flats.We are desperately in need of volunteers for Saturday/Sunday nights and volunteering can last 1-2 hours on Saturday and Sunday starting around 6pm. There is no

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Photo by Steve London

Thursday Twilight Racing Returns next week!Our Thursday Twilight Racing returns next Thursday 16th January and will run each week until 27th March. 5pm splash for a 5:30pm start.We also have our (optional) Thursday Twilight Coaching Program running as part of this activity. CLICK HERE for further details and to book the coaching component.Our Thursday Twilight Racing is always a case of ‘the more the merrier’.  

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2025 NSW & ACT State Masters – Lake MacQuarieFebruary 1st & 2nd at South Lake Macquarie ASC at Sunshine, NSWNotice of RaceEntryCLub Look-ahead ScheduleWednesday 8 January: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Saturday 11 JanuaryAutumn Point Score Races 1 & 2: 1:00 pm briefing, 2:00 pm warningWednesday 15 January: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Thursday 16 January: Twilight Racing (5:30pm to 7:30pm)Saturday 18 JanuaryAutumn Point Score Races 3 & 4: 1:00 pm briefing, 2:00 pm warning

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.

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All photos by Andrew Simpson

Sprint RacingWith a good few boats away in Queensland at the Australian Open and Youth Nationals, the first weekend of sailing in 2025 was sprints, and Sydney Harbour put on a sparkling Nor’Easter day. A 12 -15kt breeze had already filled in by the time the course was set, with the promise of it building throughout the afternoon. Course length was set for around 20 minutes each to ensure everyone would have a good a workout and blow away those festive cobwebs.DBSC seemed to be the only club running races, and competitors were slow to arrive at the Club, but by the briefing numbers had swelled to around 25, split between Full

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The State Masters is on 1st & 2nd February at South Lake Macquarie ASC.  To support our efforts at this regatta we have organised an exclusive 3-week coaching clinic for DBSC members who are competing. The coaching dates are as follows:Wednesday 15th January (Coach: Campbell Patton)Wednesday 22nd January (Coach: Zander Bijkerk)Wednesday 29th January (Coach: Zander Bijkerk) CLICK HERE for further details and to book this activity. We have also organised coaching support at the Masters regatta itself, on 1st + 2nd February.  Zander Bijkerk will provide onshore briefings and onwater support from a coach boat.CLICK HERE for further details and to book this activity.Limited positions are on offer for these activities, so if you are keen to participate, book now and don’t delay!

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John Vasey is looking for a few volunteers next Monday, 13th January, to help get the ramps cleaned with the high-pressure hose. Low tide will be at 3:30pm, so anyone is available to come to the club between 1:30 and 4:00pm to assist with the cleaning, it is very much appreciated. The steps and the ramps are also to be cleaned, and the oysters removed from where they can damage the RIBs.If you can help, please let John know.

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