Sunday’s racing got underway under a slightly threatening sky. It was not as cold as usual which resulted in a certain member of the race committee choosing to remain in a T shirt throughout the day. Well done Andrew Foote, you are a braver man than I. We had a great fleet of around 30 boats again and the 5 to 12 knot SSE to ESE wind was shifty and unpredictable. This played havoc with the fleet at times, particularly at the starts. There were plenty of lead changes upwind, and for the downwind legs, it was all about keeping in the narrow pressure bands that made there way down the course. Thanks to Andrew Foote, Ben Byford, David De Costa
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Sign on for Race days or you wont be scored
All racing members are required to sign on with the Sailor App on race days. If you don’t sign on you may be marked DNC or DQS in the results. If you sign on with the wrong sail number, you may be marked DNF.If you are in any doubt as to how to sign on, please see the Race Officer on race day or contact results@dbsc.com.auThe sign on screen must show your Name, Division and Sail Number – and show as GREEN “Signed ON”You will find more information on our web page HERE
RACE REPORT 25 JUNE 2023
A clear and bright dawn awaited the race committee and captains-of-the-day, with a promise of steady winds. After negotiating random zephyrs in the bay, the fleet of 25 Lasers was greeted by a steady 12-14 kt breeze from the northwest and accompanying chop.In Race 1 (R16), the Radials and 4.7’s got away cleanly and completed the two lap sausage, as did the following Standards. By the start of Race 2 (R17), the wind had dropped to about 8 kts. Anxious Radial sailors triggered a general recall, so the Standards got first crack at the course. For Race 3 (R18) the breeze held, though there were distinct breeze lines to be chased.General consensus was that a fine morning on the water was had by all. Results so
NO CLUB RACING THIS SUNDAY (SCHOOL HOLLIDAYS)
Members are reminded that there is NO CLUB RACING this Sunday 2 July, (as well as the following Sunday 9 July and Sunday 16 July). We take a short break for the NSW School Holidays. Winter Championships will recommence on Sunday 23 July.This does not effect the DBSC Reach Youth Program, which is still on this Saturday 1 July and Sunday 2 July.Reach Youth Two Day Race Clinic (School Holidays)We are also running the Reach Youth Two Day Race Clinic in the School Holidays on Wednesday 5 July and Thursday 6 July,. If you are a DBSC or HHSC youth member and have not signed up yet, you can do so HERE.
Youth Sailors + Parents – BBQ this Sunday on the deck
This Sunday marks the end of our first Reach Youth coaching instalment. The eight-week program, led by Josh Becker, has been a great success. 15 of our youth sailors have participated in the program, and the sailors have loved receiving top quality coaching from our youth coaches Daniel Costandi, Brooke Wilson and Paige Caldecoat.To celebrate the completion of our first 8-week program, we will be holding a casual BBQ on the deck at 12:30pm this Sunday for all DBSC youth members and parents to attend. We look forward to announcing our Reach Youth activities for the spring/summer season in the coming weeks.
RACE REPORT 28 MAY 2023
PRO Ian Alexander reports:Over 30 sailors hit the water for our Winter Series Races 7, 8 & 9 shrouded in a beautiful sunny blue sky. It was a classic champagne Sydney Harbour morning. A brisk 10°C greeted the sailors as they made their way out to the start line with light winds from the West. Excellent course management by Ian Tudball (COTD) , Maxim Djura (CoCOTD) and John Vasey (PRO in training) with oversight by PRO Ian Alexander. All sailors were extremely well-behaved with clear starts for all races with exception of a few individual OCS sailors who returned promptly, thank you. Very close racing across all fleets with line honors champions recorded as:Race 7 – Healy Ryan (ILCA 6), Daniel Costandi (ILCA7), Olivia Aitken (ILCA
OH WHAT A NIGHT – DBSC ANNUAL GENERAL PARTY
Last Friday about 60 members and guest attended our AGP/AGM at the club, including Life Members: Shirley Roach, Dean Bergman, Andrea Bergman and Julian Van Aalst, with apologies from Life Members that were unable to make it: Jonathan Stone, Paul Adam AM, Mark Bethwaite AM, Peter Collie, Jim Ley, John Vasey and now Richard George. Reports were presented by the Commodore, Vice Commodore, Treasurer, Learn to Race and Canteen, which formed the minutes of the proceedings. Members present voted in the affirmative on the Committee nominations for the 2023-24 year as follows:
Commodore – Steven LondonVice Commodore/Property – Rod BarnesRear Commodore – Pat LevySecretary – Tory EpworthTreasurer – Justin DaveyCanteen Captain – Paul AdamSocial Secretary – Peter CollieMarketing & Communications – Diana ChenRoster – Tim Heath
Congratulations to all our Champions last year!
The club is in good shape! with over 150 members (119 are racing members!) In the last year we’ve had 45 new members join, many from our Learn To Race program. Also of those, 25 new Youth members have joined, and another 4 of them are volunteering parents of youth members.Age of members range from 13 to 84. We are made up of 24% Female, and currently 31% Youth sailors. In fact in our under 21 Youth division, Female membership is over 60%. We continue to attract 40-50 Lasers to the start-line on Saturdays from September through April, and have a strong fleet of 20-30 boats on Sundays in winter.We have had a great year of Racing – the first full sailing calendar since Covid – with 47 race days over the year. Yep, count them, that’s 5 weekends that we didn’t sail last year : – We had 26
2023 EAST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA
All members planning to compete in the East Coast Championship Youth Regatta hosted by Georges River Sailing Club on Botany Bay over the June long weekend – Don’t forget to Register!You can Register and read the details in the Notice of Race posted on the OptiNSW website HERE.Date: Saturday 10 – Monday 12 June 2023Registration Fee is $140, and registrations will close on 2 June 2023Late Entries will require an addition $50 fee and will be accepted up until 09:00 on 10 June 2023
WHATS GOING ON – MORE INFORMATION
from DBSC’s Monagasque divisionMark Bethwaite reports:The hottest ticket in town last weekend was of course the DBSC Annual General Meeting/Party – others had to make do elsewhere ….Our man in Monaco, Hadrien Bourely with wife Elle at Yacht Club de Monaco watching some fast moving traffic last Sunday. I can report that YCM is extremely pleased that DBSC has graciously agreed to its request for reciprocity …New Life Member: Richard GeorgeOver 30 years with the club, Richard can often be seen helping out around the club, and with the attitude we strive for: to treat the club and their own, to act as owners, to fix things that break, or at least let someone know. He’s had many other tasks behind the scenes volunteering over many