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Winter Championships and Point ScoreA good morning’s work by a good-sized contingent of Lasers. It was a fine day, with a decent westerly. The race committee got in the planned three races.Thanks for the good work by PRO Dave Newman and Justin Davey (LTRaR) with Andrew Foote and Jasper Kinsman in the RIB.Results – Winter Championships, Races 13, 14 & 15:ILCA 6 (1st, 2nd, 3rd):R13: Sara Bruce, Alistair Sutherland, Daryl LawrenceR14: Sara Bruce, Alistair Sutherland, Andrew CoxR15: Andrew Cox, Alistair Sutherland, Sara BruceILCA 7 (1st, 2nd, 3rd):R13: Healy Ryan, James Tudball, Hadrien BourelyR14: Samuel Slattery, Healy Ryan, Hadrien BourelyR15: Hadrien Bourely, Quentin Burns, Healy RyanILCA 4 (1st, 2nd, 3rd):R13: Raphael McLachlan, Charlotte

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleSunday 22 June: SUNDAY MORNING Racing – Winter Championship and Point Score series7:20am Race Briefing, Start time 8:00amDBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2: 7:20am rigged and readySunday 29 June: SUNDAY MORNING Racing – Winter Championship and Point Score series 7:20am Race Briefing, Start time: 8:00amDBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2: 7:20am rigged and readyNote: This is that last organised racing before the midwinter holidays. Racing resumes on Sunday, 26 July with the final Winter Championship and Point Score races.

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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Photo by Grant Lovelady

Winter Sprints (King’s Birthday Long Weekend)A morning chill in the air and WNW 15 kts, building throughout the morning to gusts of 22 kts. The holiday weekend, morning cool, and forecast building breeze kept a few people away, with 13 keen starters arriving at the 0800 warning signal for Winter Sprints two-lap W/L courses.Plenty of hard hiking paid dividends and some good rides downwind. Plenty of swims and a few testing their thermals, but all arrived back on the sunny deck with smiles.Standards: Rod Barnes and Conor KellettRadials: Kate McHugh and Scott FinlaysonNotable mention to Tim Heath for near perfect sailing in final race to lead for most of the race and excellent upwind

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleSunday 15 June: SUNDAY MORNING Racing – Winter Championship and Point Score series7:20am Race Briefing, Start time 8:00amDBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2: 7:20am rigged and readySunday 22 June: SUNDAY MORNING Racing – Winter Championship and Point Score series7:20am Race Briefing, Start time: 8:00amDBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2: 7:20am rigged and ready

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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Winter Championship & Point Score – Races 10, 11 & 121st day of winter, champagne conditions, and once all warmed up and forecast sunny 19-deg, it was a classic day on Sydney Harbour all to ourselves. Hughey came to sail with a nice steady 9 kt W breeze and the occasional puff of 10 kt from WNW. A good turn out of 27 boats and we managed full three races of 25-30 minutes each and separate starts for all fleets. Stand out performances for the day were Harper Spacey in 4.7s with 2 wins, Alistair Sutherland in Radials for the perfect scorecard, whilst the Standards very kindly shared the chocolates.Here are the results (R10, R11, R12):Championship4 – Harper Spacey x 2,

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Photo courtesy PSA Sailcraft

PSA have sent 20 new (Australian built) boats to the UK recently. 10 to 15 of these boats will be available for charter for the 2025 Masters Worlds in Formia, Italy. So, if you like the idea of sailing a quality PSA new boat at the regatta, (rather than the other E6 ex-charters), please contact Brett Beyer and he’ll secure you a boat. Same price as the ILCA charters. All available at regatta site as per usual.beyersailing@gmail.com0414 299 317

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleSunday 8 June: SUNDAY MORNING Racing – Winter Sprints (King’s Birthday Long Weekend)7:20am Race Briefing, Start time 8:00amDBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2: 7:20am rigged and readySunday 15 June: SUNDAY MORNING Racing – Winter Championship and Point Score series7:20am Race Briefing, Start time: 8:00amDBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2: 7:20am rigged and ready

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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Winter Championship & Point ScoreBeautiful views of Venus above a crescent moon rewarded the early riser. There was a strong turnout ready to sail. Only one race was sailed, unfortunately, as the harbour, both in colour and current, resembled the Amazon more than our usual wonderful locale, and the wind didn’t come in until much later in the day. The warm morning gave little hope of the morning westerly kicking in, that combined with the strong outgoing tide made for testing conditions. Here are the Winter Race 7 results:Championship4 – Ralph took the win as a bit of a wildcard, chasing down Charlotte and Zoe on the line as they battled the current. 6 – An outstanding win from Andrew Cox,

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Last Friday about 68 members and guests attended our Annual General Party and AGM at the club, including Life Members: Shirley Roach and Peter Collie with apologies from Life Members that were unable to make it: Jonathan Stone, Paul Adam AM, Dean Bergman, Andrea Bergman, Mark Bethwaite AM, Julian Van Aalst, Jim Ley, John Vasey and Richard George. Reports were presented by the Commodore, Vice Commodore, Treasurer, Learn to Race, Youth Co-ordinator and Canteen, which formed the minutes of the proceedings. Photos by Peter Collie.

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleSunday 1 June: SUNDAY MORNING Racing – Winter Championship and Point Score series7:20am Race Briefing, new Start time: 8:00am First WarningDBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2: 7:20am rigged and readySunday 8 June: SUNDAY MORNING Racing – Winter Championship and Point Score series7:20am Race Briefing, new Start time: 8:00am First WarningDBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2: 7:20am rigged and ready

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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