If you’re dragging your boat out for the first time in a little while or it’s just your annual winter once over, Craig Sheers has put together some handy and simple tips or maintaining your Laser here.
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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
Win a Laser hull upgrade
DBSC is hosting a large exhibition event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the one-design class ILCA Laser class on Sunday 30 May 2021. The event is shaping up to be one for the history books with a world record fleet anticipated. We can’t wait to welcome all Laser sailors from near and far join in this event!Key features of the day include:Meet on the water at 0930 at Farm CoveA “parade” sail from Fort Dennison to Watsons BayAn off-water BBQ and prize draw at DBSC from 1300The chance to win a gold hull upgrade sponsored by PSAThe chance to win one of three new sails sponsored by NB SailsportsOn-water photography with Jon WestOn-water filming and drone footage with AeroMedia.Further details are available in the Notice of Event. Remember, you must register beforehand to be eligible to be in the prize draw.
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Race Report
Heats 11 and 12 of the Autumn Pointscore were raced under beautiful sunny April skies, and a tricky, building Westerly breeze. The winners, after handicapping, were: Standards, Ashley Deacon (Heat 11) and Michael Osborne (Heat 12), and radials, Ian Tudball (Heat 11) and David Huber (Heat 12). Thanks to Mark Bethwaite, David Newman, Candice Cushway and Julian Van Aalst for their on-water race management and support, as well as Luke Parker and Daryl Lawrence (along with Paul and Shirley) for their help in the canteen.This week brought to a close the 2020/21 Autumn Pointscore. Congratulations to our series winners: in the Standard fleet Michael Osborne was victorious with 49.5 points, with Steven London 2nd (63 points) and Mike Dunne 3rd (73 points); in the Radials: Alistair Sutherland finished first with 68.5 points over Kate McHugh (79.5 points) and David Huber (91 points).
This Saturday – End of Season BBQ
Make sure you stick around after racing this Saturday for an end of season BBQ on the clubhouse deck. Covid restrictions have meant that we haven’t done a lot of socializing this year. We look forward to taking advantage of the improving conditions to gather and celebrate the last Club Champs of the season.
This Sunday – First Aid Course
For those of you who signed up for the DBSC first aid training, remember to complete your online training modules before the course this Sunday. We look forward to seeing you all primed and ready to go in person on Sunday morning – training is from 9am to noon at the clubhouse.
BBWP – More Participation Needed
We only have a few people signed up for the Brett Beyer Winter Program starting on Sunday 2 May. We need at least 10 participants for the program to proceed. If you’re interested in improving your sailing skills over the winter season, please sign up HERE now.
Celebrating 50 Years of the Laser
DBSC will host a large exhibition of ILCA Laser dinghies sailing on the iconic Sydney Harbour on Sunday, 30 May 2021, to mark the 50th anniversary of the one-design class. We’re planning to invite anyone who has access to a Laser to sail from the Sydney Opera House to South Head, starting at 8.30am (time to be confirmed). This will be followed by festivities at the club. Please save the date for this historic event!
RSVP for DBSC Ski Trip – Last Chance to Sign Up
Please email Andrew HERE if you are interested in attending the DBSC ski weekend on 20-22 August (especially if you put your hand up at the race briefing). This is the last chance to join the DBSC gang as we hit the slopes this winter.
Lost Property
We’re about to do a lost property purge. Please check the pile of misplaced items to make sure none of them are yours.