The Watson’s Bay Adventure Picnic Day announced in this newsletter was the brainchild of Emily Bally. So, we thought it was a good time to find out more about what makes this fun-loving Brit tick. 1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? Aged 8 in a very tiny harbour on the Isle of Wight (off the south coast of the UK) with my dad in a Bembridge scow. I soon progressed into a topper called Topsy Turvey…… (some things never change). Sadly I stopped sailing when I left the Island to join Army school and then I never managed to get back into it. This was a big factor in moving to Sydney so I was very happy to stumble across DBSC via a random Facebook message from a UK pal’s second cousin (Marty Trembath).2. If money (& sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy?An 18 Footer.
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Coming Up…
Wednesday, 25 November, 5pm Splash – Twilight SprintsSaturday, 28 November, 9:30am – Mandatory Competency Training Saturday, 28 November, 2pm Start – Club Champs heats 7 & 8 and Spring Point Score heats 13 & 14Wednesday, 2 December, 5pm Splash – Twilight SprintsSaturday, 5 December, 9am – Learn to RaceSaturday, 5 December, 2pm – Sprint Racing (due to State Championship)
Race Report
It was a beautiful sunny Saturday for Spring Point Score heats 9 and 10. The 6 – 12 knot Easterly was a nice reprieve from the big winds of recent weekends. Congratulations to the competitors who came out on top after handicapping: Full Rigs: Murray Stone (heat 9), and Nick Pellow (heat 10); Radials/4.7s: Daryl Lawrence (heat 9), and Mac Finlayson (heat 10). Thanks to the race committee for putting on a well-run race day: PRO Peter Collie assisted by David Airey, COTD David Huber, CCO/CoCOTD Mark Gray, and Canteen Assistants Andrew Craker and Clare Alexander.
Sunny Saturday sailing. Photo by Diana Valia Chen.
Changeroom Changes
Based on feedback of members and the decreased numbers of COVID cases in NSW we are easing our restrictions on our changerooms / toilets, while still complying with current Health Orders. We are now allowing women to use their changeroom for showering, changing and toilet use, with a maximum of 3 women at a time in the changeroom. We are also allowing the men’s changeroom to be accessed for toilet use only. Men’s showering and changing may not take place in the men’s changeroom and only 9 men can be in the changeroom at once.
Twilights Tonight
Okay we’re getting to sound like a broken record, but tonight looks like another cracker for twilight sailing. A 19-knot NEer is forecast under a sunny sky. Check out the photo below. Who wouldn’t want a mid-week break that looks like that? Splash at 5, Brett Beyer’s program at 5:30. Hope you can make it.
Photo by Diana Valia Chen.
New COVID Safe QR Code Check In
We’re moving to an electronic COVID Safe QR code check-in system at DBSC, similar to what many restaurants are using. Our QR code sign-in process uses the existing ServiceNSW App that members might already have. If you don’t have the app, please download it in the Apple App Store HERE or the Google Play Store HERE.Before you enter the club on Saturdays, you will be required to: · scan the QR code displayed at our front entrance· electronically check-in using the ServiceNSW App· show the confirmation to our COVID Safety OfficerThanks to David Murphy and Steven London for helping set up this initiative and for everyone’s ongoing help in keeping DBSC COVID Safe.
DBSC will require a QR code check-in like this one.
Christmas Party – 12 December
Please save the date and RSVP now for our annual Christmas Party on the evening of Saturday 12 December. It’s sure to be the holiday event of the season. The festivities cap off a day of unique sailing with our famous once-a-year Tyrell and Rousso races, which are super fun and competitive formats. Because of COVID capacity restrictions, this year the party will members only (sadly, no family / friends permitted) with a cap of 60. First in, best dressed.Please check out the ‘official’ invite below and RSVP by 30 November HERE.
Watson's Bay Adventure Picnic Day – Save the Date
It’s the perfect antidote to our competitive Saturday racing: the inaugural DBSC Watson’s Bay Adventure Picnic Day.Please reserve Sunday 31 January in your diaries for this day of fun. What’s entailed you ask…?! Precisely what it says on the tin.A 12pm splash followed by an adventure sail down the harbour, maybe stopping via a bay on the way for a quick dip, before continuing on and beaching at Watson’s Bay. We then propose enjoying a few refreshing drinks at Watson’s Bay Hotel before a beautiful sunset sail back home.Please RSVP HERE.We look forward to having you join us!
Record Saturday Fleet
We set a new fleet record last weekend for our Saturday races, with 76 boats participating in heats 11 and 12 of the Spring Point Score. In addition to our members, DBSC welcomed elite sailors Mara Stransky (Australian Olympic Rep), Zoe Thompson (Australian Sailing Team Member), Emma Plasschaert (Belgian Olympic Rep). They along with our NSWIS members — Daniel Costandi, Mina Ferguson, Evie Saunders, Brooke Wilson — made for stiff competition in the radial fleet!Saturday was also the inaugural edition of the Vaucluse Challenge Friendly with 20 VYC sailors racing with us for the day. It was great to see so many new and returning faces on the course!Luckily Mother Nature didn’t let us down, with a decent 8-14 knot Southerly / South Easterly. The winners in this crowded fleet (after handicapping) were: Standards – Nick Pellow (heat 11) Murray Stone (heat 12); Radials – Kirk Marcolina (heat 11) and Martin White (heat 12). Thanks to
Last Chance to RSVP for DBSC Xmas Party
With numbers capped at 60 due to COVID restrictions, we are almost up to capacity for our Christmas party on 12 December. If don’t want to miss this special evening, you need to RSVP HERE now. Here is the invitation: