As you are performing you winter boat maintenance, former Commodore Luke Parker wants to remind all members that good manners, along with Class and club rules, require every boat to have its name and sail number on the stern. Please make sure you have this info along with the DBSC burgee on the back of your boat. If you don’t have one of our cool club flags, please see Andrew Cox and he will give you one. And if you’re looking for a quality place to get your boat name and numbers printed, the club encourages you to support Chris Lloyd-Parker at Boat Names Australia, who makes our DBSC boat stickers for free.Email chris@boatnames.com.au and quote “passiton” for a 10% discount.
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A VYC Goodbye
Open letter to D.B.S.C.Hello Dene – We at Vaucluse Yacht Club, will miss you, and wish you and Andrea all the best for a safe, healthy and long retirement.It has been a wonderful relationship between the DBSC and VYC over the years, assisted in many ways by your good self.I especially remember your generous offer in building for us, our own base station at VYC. We only asked you about it once and the next time we met you had it all built and operational. We also remember your input, when we were having the occasional ‘scrap’ on and off the water. Please feel free to drop in on us at anytime and we’ll make you feel very much at home.Best Regards,Neil, Tink, Micheal, Stacky, Avi, Tony, Olly, Et.al.Vaucluse Laser Fleet
DBSC Youth Fly High at East Coast Champs
Twelve of our DBSC Youth Members competed over the long weekend in the East Coast Championship at Georges River Sailing Club. They sailed extremely well, with our very own taking out two titles: Evie Saunders winning in the 4.7 Fleet, and Mark Louis victorious in the radial fleet. You can find the full results of the regatta here. Well done to all.
Evie Saunders shows how to keep the boat flat in high winds. From the Nationals earlier in the year.
Social Media Matters
Did you know we have a very active presence on Instagram? Check out the great photos and follow us here. We have over 500 followers and we’d like to reach the magic 1000 mark before the end of this year. So, spread the word, follow and show our posts some love.
Coming Up
Sunday 16 June, 8:30am start – The Winter Championship Series is back. The forecast is looking promising for another spectacular day of winter racing. So, join us for some early morning fun.
Visit from Boat Ropes
Last Sunday Blake from Boatropes.com.au came by to introduce himself and his company. Boatropes.com.au is a mobile Rigging & Splicing service which has been established to help local dinghy sailors. They have a lot of experience working with the laser dinghy and have made systems for club level racers through to sailors representing Australia including Brett Beyer.They offer many options for Laser Control Systems or can assist with repairing, rebuilding or improving your current set up. Their most popular Laser service at the moment is the Allen High Load Vang Upgrade. They also stock products from PSA, Harken, Allen, Ronstan, Gottifredi Maffioli, Liros, Marlow, The Virus, GComposites, Rooster Mainsheets, Spinlock & Wichard.You can contact them on Blake@boatropes.com.au or www.boatropes.com.au.
Another Glorious Winter Race
The forecast looked a bit ominous for heats 7-9 of the Winter Championship. But it turned out to be another spectacular morning of racing for the 28 boats who competed, with sunny skies and an 8 – 12 knot WSW breeze. (Quite a change from the 25 knot plus winds that dominated the previous few days.)Thanks to the on-water team of Ashley Deacon (PRO Instructor), Kirk Marcolina and Geoff Boscoe (Learn to Run a Race Candidates), and Kate McHugh, Campbell Patton and Emily Ball (COTD/Co-COTD). The winners were: Standards – Ian Alexander, David Newman, and Jules Hall; Radials – Sylvie Stannage, and Daniel Costandi (heats 8 & 9). We look forward to the next heats of the Winter Championship on Sunday, June 16.
Brett Beyer captures the fleet’s start. Photo by Emily Ball.
Reflections on Retiring Dynamic Duo
At the AGP last week, Andrea and Dene Bergman announced their retirement from DBSC. It’s hard to imagine a club without their smiling faces. To say they will be missed is a huge understatement – they’ve been a vital part of the of the positive spirit and energy of DBSC for over 30 years. Their journey began in the mid 1980s, when, at age 45, Dene joined the Port Hacking Open Sailing Club and learnt sail on a Heron. Not so long after he became interested in a new design sail boat called the Leader. The only club to form a fleet was Double Bay. Thus, he joined and trailed his Leader from Gymea to DBSC for the Sunday races. The Leader did not grow in the numbers expected and the Laser became the class of choice on Sundays, with the slightly more numerous Herons racing on Saturdays. But the Laser
Claim Your Missing Items
The change room is chockablock with clothing items, sails and other items that will be donated to charity if not claimed prior to this coming weekend. Please look at the pictures below. Are some of these prime goods yours? If so, make sure you collect your items now.
St John’s Ambulance at DBSC
Last Sunday members of St. John’s Ambulance visited DBSC. Don’t worry, no one needed to go to hospital. Their visit was part of a first aid training course that was organized by our very own Dr Christine Linhart. Seventeen enthusiastic members toiled from 9am to 5pm and immersed themselves in first aid protocols and procedures. It’s part of the club’s initiative to provide a safer racing environment. One of the participants, Justin Davey was glad to learn how to better assist in a medical emergency, explaining, “a focus on first aid competency can only add to the safety of club activities in what can, at times, be a physically challenging sport that is prey to the whims of Neptune.” Don’t worry if you missed out, more first aid training courses will be scheduled next season.
Pained Members at Fist