Wednesday, 2 December, 5pm Splash – Twilight SprintsSaturday, 5 December — Learn to Race is Cancelled due to State Championships Saturday, 5 December, 2pm – Sprint Racing (due to State Championship)Wednesday, 9 December, 5pm Splash – Twilight SprintsSaturday, 12 December, 2pm – Special Christmas Tyrell and Rousso racesSaturday, 12 December, 5:30pm – Christmas Party
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Heaps on This Saturday at DBSC
It’s going to be a big one this Saturday at DBSC. In addition to Club Champs heats 7 & 8 and Spring Point Score heats 13 & 14, we have a full day of important events and activities. Please read below to make sure you are across all of the details. Our annual competency training starts promptly at 9:30am. (This is 30 minutes later than previously advertised.) Please arrive on time as there are several stations you will be rotating though. Our local Federal MP, Mr Dave Sharma, is coming to the club to officially launch the new Paul Adam RIB at 1pm. Please gather on the back deck to observe the festivities, making sure you are staying COVID safe by physically distancing from others. We will endeavour to begin racing at the normal 2pm start time, however this may be slightly delayed due to the earlier activities. Blake from BoatRopes.com.au will be on hand after racing to
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:
States Cause Changes this Saturday
Good luck to the DBSC members who are traveling to Belmont this weekend for the NSW & ACT Laser State Championships. Because there are so many members competing in the States, there will be no Learn to Race on Saturday. But have no fear, there will still be Sprint Racing on Saturday afternoon for those not traveling.
MP Dave Sharma Officially Launches New RIB
Our local Federal Member, Dave Sharma, came to the clubhouse last Saturday to officially launch the new Paul Adam RIB. The federal government provided a grant which helped DBSC purchase the new rescue boat. On behalf of the federal government, Mr Sharma spoke to the importance of supporting volunteer organisations like ours as they are vital to the community.Along with Mr Sharma’s remarks, Paul Adam spoke about how far DBSC has evolved over the 40 years he has been part of the club. He observed that when he first joined the wooden rescue boat required the driver to sit on the floor and steer with a tiller. Paul laid a bouquet of leaves and flowers on the RIB in a tradition that is meant to create safe passage for boat:
We Are Competent
Thanks to all the members who attended our yearly competency training session last Saturday, which covered COTD Responsibilities, Course Setting & Race Management, Emergency & Rescue Management, and RIB/Radio Operation. We are grateful to our four volunteer trainers: Andrew Cox, Pat Levy, David Murphy and Michael Osborne who imparted their skills and knowledge to an appreciative audience. Thanks to Diana Chen for filming videos of the presentations which are available to watch online at dbsc.com.au/training-videos and documents available at www.dbsc.com.au/safety and www.dbsc.com.au/procotd. We are also in the process of producing short clips of all the COTD duties including RIB Operation in much more detail for future reference.