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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Photo David Murphy

Club Championship Races 9 and 10Championships 9-10 were held in lovely NE conditions- hopefully a great prequel to the Australian ILCA Masters this coming weekend, being held in Port Stephens. There was a little bit of light haze and cloud with some easterly shifts and a busy Harbour kept us on our toes when setting the course. Officiating were Martin Gill and Gay Rosen, with David Murphy as LTRAR, Patrick Black COTD, Robert Bruce CoCOTD and Ben Byford on RIB reserve. On water some scintillating sailing was seen, from Sylvia and Xander joining for a training session – both in radials!, and special guest member Jon Emmet also looking great on the water with a number

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleThursday 5 February: Twilight Racing: 5pm splashSaturday 7 February: Sprint Racing (Australian Masters in PS): 1pm briefing, 2 pm warningThursday 12 February: Twilight Racing: 5pm splashSaturday 14 February: Learn to Race 9am-12pmAutumn Point Score Races 5 & 6: 1pm briefing, 2 pm warningEventsILCA Australian Masters Championships 2026, 6-9 February 2026 at The Bay Sailing Centre Soldiers Point, Port Stephens NSWNotice of RaceEntry

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 Isabelle Wilkins

Sprint RacingA decent turnout of sailors enjoyed a bright sunny afternoon on the harbour, with a 12-15 kt southeasterly. Thanks to Daryl Lawrence, Thomas Beregi, Richard Holstein and Isabelle Wilkins on Race Committee.

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