Sunday 9 May – Winter Series (4,5,6)Sunday 16 May – Winter Series continues (7,8,9)Sunday 23 May – Winter Series continues (10,11,12)Friday 28 May – Annual General PartySunday 30 May – ILCA 50th birthday bash!
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Race Report
After a brief postponement, the summer (autumn) season closed on Saturday 25 April with sprint racing. Once the breeze swung around to the NNE, PRO Kirk Marcolina, assisted by Hadrien Bourley, Thomas Beregi and Les Katz, ran five fast and furious 15-20 minutes sprints for a combined fleet of standard and radial rigs. Results varied with the radial fleet trying to hold back the standards that started 2 minutes behind them.Many thanks also to Pia Hattersley and Hadrien Bourley who assisted Shirley and Paul in the canteen.
Closing out the summer season…
Mini Bee 23 May
We will be having a “mini bee” after racing on 23rd of May to ensure the club is ready for the following weekend, when we will be hosting the AGP, a private function and the ILCA 50th birthday bash. Please ensure you block a little extra time in your calendar for after racing so we can do the “white tornado” through the club quickly and painlessly.
Annual General Party
The planning for our Annual General Party (28 May) continues while mindful of an ongoing and ever changing COVID environment. At this stage the live party will go ahead including a band, pies and drinks aplenty! It’s going to be “heaps fun”. We will also be live-streaming the event for those that are not comfortable coming to the club in the current circumstances. Details will be provided closer to the date.A paperless post invite has been sent to members. Please RSVP using the link in the paperless post email. If you have not received this email, or lost it, please email our club secretary, Emily.In the meantime, get ready to dance and sing! The White Tree Band is coming back to help bring the “party” to the AGP. As soon as the evening’s formalities are complete, the band will be delivering two energetic and entertaining sets featuring a few special performances. The band
DBSC office bearers for 2021/22
The existing management committee, together with some new additions, is willing to re-stand for nomination as follows. Nominations for this “ticket” will be called for at the AGP.Commodore: Andrew CoxVice-Commodore: Mark CrowhurstRear Commodore: Pat LevyTreasurer: Justin DaveySecretary: Emily BallSafety & Training: David MurphyHandicapper: Daryl LawrenceRace Management: Steven LondonLearn to Race: Martin WhiteSocial: Peter CollieCanteen: Paul AdamMarketing & Communications: Diana ChenNewsletter: Kate McHughProperty: Rod BarnesCTO: Nick PellowAlternative nominations are also invited. If you wish to nominate anyone, could you please email Emily Ball by 5pm Sydney time on Wednesday, 26 May 2021?
Laser Maintenance
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.
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.