We’re thrilled to be hosting a Sydney Harbour birthday bash for the 50th anniversary of the ILCA Laser one-design class on Sunday, 30 May 2021.The event will be a “parade” sail from Fort Denison to Watsons Bay, with participants gathering on water at Farm Cove at 09:30 before a 10:00 departure. A start procedure and course will be provided in the Sailing Instructions. Participants are invited to attend DBSC after the event for a free BBQ and prize draw. All visitors are welcome and club dollies will be provided for those that sail in.There will be prizes for entering and participating, including a hull upgrade (donated by PSA) and three new sails (donated by NB Sailsports). You must enter and turn up on the day to be eligible to win (see
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Membership subscriptions now due
While it might be winter and sailing isn’t at the front of everyone’s mind, the bills keep rolling in… Many thanks to the majority of members who have paid their memberships on time. This allows our club to keep running smoothly.We do however, have 30% of members that have not paid their subscriptions. If you are one of these members, can you please pay your membership a.s.a.p.?Please email our club secretary, Emily if you have not yet received your invoice or are having any difficulty with payments.
AGP. Please RSVP!
A paperless post invite has been sent to members. Please RSVP using the link in the paperless post email to ensure we are appropriately provisioned for the evening.If you are having any difficulties with your RSVP, please email our club secretary, Emily.
DBSC hoodies
DBSC branded hoodies are now available to keep the cool kids warm during the cooler months. They are a similar design as the T-shirts, just warmer.Head to our shop to purchase for $45 and pick them up from Diana on the weekend.
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The cool kids will be wearing these.
60 Seconds With Michael Osborne
1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? My family lived 100 metres from Lane Cove Sailing Club. My father had a yacht and my brother Alick had a variety of dinghies. Robert Lowndes used to spend weekends at our house and go sailing with Alick. I was too young to now recall the first time I was on a boat. 2. If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? A Laser, or an Etchell (if I could organise the crew).3. What is your ultimate sailing goal? To keep sailing lasers until I am the same age as Julian van Aalst.4. Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser? Dragonfly – we have a pond in our garden which is regularly visited by these beautiful creatures. My younger daughter suggested it.5. If you could add any ingredient to DBSC’s world’s best toasties – what would it be?
Coming up next
Sunday 9 May – Winter Series (4,5,6)Sunday 16 May – Winter Series continues (7,8,9)Sunday 23 May – Winter Series continues (10,11,12)Friday 28 May – Annual General PartySunday 30 May – ILCA 50th birthday bash!
Race Report
After a brief postponement, the summer (autumn) season closed on Saturday 25 April with sprint racing. Once the breeze swung around to the NNE, PRO Kirk Marcolina, assisted by Hadrien Bourley, Thomas Beregi and Les Katz, ran five fast and furious 15-20 minutes sprints for a combined fleet of standard and radial rigs. Results varied with the radial fleet trying to hold back the standards that started 2 minutes behind them.Many thanks also to Pia Hattersley and Hadrien Bourley who assisted Shirley and Paul in the canteen.
Closing out the summer season…
Winter series starts this week!
The Winter series kicks off this weekend on Sunday 2 May, with the first warning signal at 8.30am.There will be three races of approx. 30 minutes each per week (weather permitting), a combined start, and the standard (yet shorter) DBSC format: triangle-sausage-sausage. The quick format will keep us warm!All sailors are encouraged to participate and there will be championship and point score trophies in radial and standard divisions, as well as a radial Masters+ award.
Updated Sailing Instructions
Our Sailing Instructions have been updated and are available online. Being among the best laser sailing clubs in the world, it’s important that we are all familiar with our rules of engagement.There have been some changes to our Sailing Instructions for the winter series including:Winter Championship starts will be a single 5-minute countdown for all fleets, with 4.7s and Radials starting (together) after 3 minutes, and Standards starting after 5 minutesThe Winter Championship will include both scratch and handicapped scoring each weekCoaching on the course is no longer permitted (this does not affect the BBWP as advertised)The PRO guide and the COTD instructions have also been updated to reflect these changes.The discard rules have also changed for ALL our racing series (year-round) as follows:6-8 races = 1 drop9-11 races = 2 drops12-14 races = 3 drops15-16 races = 4 drops17-19 races = 5 drops20-22 races = 6 drops23-25 races = 7 drops26-28 races = 8 drops29-30 races = 9
Race Report 9 May
A combined fleet of over 25 sailors managed to squeeze in racing around Mother’s Day commitments. Warm overnight temperatures owing to cloud cover meant the morning westerly was not particularly strong, but did hang around for longer than previous weeks. This provided mostly stable breeze for the second weekend of the winter series with three races completed (although the last race shortened).In the standard rig championship, Luke Parker won the first race while Rod Barnes secured the other two races, while in the point score, races were won by John Vasey and Tim Heath (equal race 4), Geoff Boscoe (race 5) and Rod Barnes (race 6). In the radial rig championship, Sylvie Stannage was the winner of the first two races with Ethan Lozevski securing the third race and in the point score Quentin Burns, Diana Chen and Peter Collie each won a race.Many thanks to all of those who