Our Membership and Sailing year is from 1 May 2023 to 30 April 2024. The renewal of annual membership subscriptions is issued each year at the beginning of April and due before 1 May for the 2023-24 sailing season.This process is automated, and an email invoice is issued through the RevSport system with Australian Sailing. It is important that membership subs are paid on time as many of our major payments are due during the winter period. Please look out for the email when it comes, and we would appreciate prompt payment before 1 May 2023. If you have any problems with the invoice ,please contact secretary@dbsc.com.auPlease be aware that if you pay online with “Pin” payments there is a processing fee which you can avoid by paying with BSB transfer instead (payment details are on the invoice).It is also time to settle any old accounts in the canteen log book.
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Upcoming events and more information
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 results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.
Race report 8 April 2023
On Saturday the club held the annual ‘Easter race around the harbour’. The Easter Bunny cooked up a gusty 20 – 25 knot westerly, which made conditions tricky (and fun!) for the 12 sailors who competed. The race was a handicapped start and some enthusiastic betting was placed by the on-water team of Tim Heath, Tory Epworth, Katie McHugh, James Tudball and David Airey. Due to the wind strength, the course was slightly condensed, but we still had two great laps beating upwind towards Garden Island, round Clark Island, a screaming reach over to the YA buoy in Taylors Bay and another screaming reach down to Shark Island as the bottom mark. Taylors Bay proved to be the biggest challenge of the day, with the wind coming from every single direction and ranging from 2 knots to 20 knots while the “Easter Bunny” dished out chocolate. On the first lap, nearly every sailor suffered at least
Learn to race this weekend
This season’s final Learn to Race (LTR) a Laser is on this Saturday morning April 15, 2023. Please be there at 9.00am ready to rig boats. The aim is to be on the water by 10.15 am approx. and back to shore by 12.00 noon.LTR is for prospective new members and current DBSC members wishing to improve their sailing skills.Contact Martin White at mwhite@umco.com.au or 04106 27743 if keen to attend. It’s free for members. $30 boat hire for non-members.
Upcoming events and more information
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 results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.
Race report 1 April 2023
On Saturday the club held races 13 and 14 of the club championships. It was a tricky, shifty, up and down southerly, with the top mark set at the top of Double Bay..Our volunteers were Craig Sheers (PRO), Justin Davey (LTRAR), Kerryn Smith (COTD), Andrea Kraus (coCOTD), with Andrew Simpson and Yves Stening assisting Paul and Shirley in the canteen and Luke Parker on duty for the club championship bbq clean up.Results are available in the Sailor app and online.
Easter Saturday race around the harbour
This weekend we have our annual Easter Saturday race around the harbour.Please see the course map attached. Further details will be provided at the briefing on Saturday.
60 seconds with Otto Henry
The club welcomes Otto Henry back to our membership. Read a little about him with our Q and A.How old were you when you first stepped on a boat?A few months oldIf money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy?AC75What is your ultimate sailing goal?Olympic class world champion and America’s Cup sailorTell us the story behind the name of your Laser?Falcon – it is the fastest bird in the world.If you could add any ingredient to DBSC’s world’s best toasties – what would it be?Beef minceWhat are your second/third favourite hobbies (assuming sailing is #1)?Surfing and fitnessDescribe what you do for work in less than five words? Mining company office workerWhat is your next holiday destination and why?Weymouth, UK – Moth Worlds!What is your favourite TV show, movie, and/or book?YellowstoneTell us something interesting about yourself that members of the club don’t know?I grew up in the Blue
Upcoming events and more information
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 results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.
ILCA Masters National Championship
The ILCA Oceania & Australia Masters 2023 finished on Monday. The regatta offered testing conditions to 154 participants through four days of sailing in Port Stephens.The regatta kicked-off on Friday with strong 22-29 knot ENE “breeze” with many sailors surprised to be sent out in those conditions. A former Olympian stated, “I’ve sailed for 40 years and never been sent out in that”. Sailors rallied to assist each other launch in the breaking beach swell and those who raced had to hold on tight to complete the first two races in survival mode. A special mention goes out to Chris Tattersall who ultimately chose not to race and assisted all of the boats in the park in launching – such a wonderful display of our DBSC spirit for everyone to see!Conditions improved somewhat for the second day with a “moderate” 15-18 knots, again from ENE with an outgoing tide, and