A cold night followed by the coldest morning of the season gave the fleet a a nice chilly westerly on Sunday, the first decent breeze of the winter season which faded in the third race as the day began to warm up.Race winners in the standard rig championship were Geoff Kirk, Mark Louis and David Newman while in the pointscore, Luke Parker, Mark Lewkovitz and Tim Heath each had a win. In the radial championship, Daniel Costandi scored a hat trick for the day, while in the pointscore, Diana Chen, Simon Stone and Martin White each had a win.Many thanks to PRO Ian Alexander assisted by Geoff Boscoe on the Jazzman with COTD John Conroy and co-COTD Bonnie Nixon on the water. Tim Heath ensured the carrot and ginger soup cooked up by Paul was hot to warm up the sailors after racing.
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DBSC hoodies
DBSC branded hoodies are now available to keep the cool kids warm during the cooler months. They are a similar design as the T-shirts, just warmer.Head to our shop to purchase for $45 and pick them up from Diana on the weekend.
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The cool kids will be wearing these.
60 Seconds With Michael Osborne
1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? My family lived 100 metres from Lane Cove Sailing Club. My father had a yacht and my brother Alick had a variety of dinghies. Robert Lowndes used to spend weekends at our house and go sailing with Alick. I was too young to now recall the first time I was on a boat. 2. If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? A Laser, or an Etchell (if I could organise the crew).3. What is your ultimate sailing goal? To keep sailing lasers until I am the same age as Julian van Aalst.4. Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser? Dragonfly – we have a pond in our garden which is regularly visited by these beautiful creatures. My younger daughter suggested it.5. If you could add any ingredient to DBSC’s world’s best toasties – what would it be?
Coming up next
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!
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…
Winter series starts this week!
The Winter series kicks off this weekend on Sunday 2 May, with the first warning signal at 8.30am.There will be three races of approx. 30 minutes each per week (weather permitting), a combined start, and the standard (yet shorter) DBSC format: triangle-sausage-sausage. The quick format will keep us warm!All sailors are encouraged to participate and there will be championship and point score trophies in radial and standard divisions, as well as a radial Masters+ award.
Updated Sailing Instructions
Our Sailing Instructions have been updated and are available online. Being among the best laser sailing clubs in the world, it’s important that we are all familiar with our rules of engagement.There have been some changes to our Sailing Instructions for the winter series including:Winter Championship starts will be a single 5-minute countdown for all fleets, with 4.7s and Radials starting (together) after 3 minutes, and Standards starting after 5 minutesThe Winter Championship will include both scratch and handicapped scoring each weekCoaching on the course is no longer permitted (this does not affect the BBWP as advertised)The PRO guide and the COTD instructions have also been updated to reflect these changes.The discard rules have also changed for ALL our racing series (year-round) as follows:6-8 races = 1 drop9-11 races = 2 drops12-14 races = 3 drops15-16 races = 4 drops17-19 races = 5 drops20-22 races = 6 drops23-25 races = 7 drops26-28 races = 8 drops29-30 races = 9
Need a ride?
Ian Tudball is heading to the South Pacific Laser Masters at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron (QLD) (9-12 July 2021) and has space on his trailer for another boat. Please speak with him at the club if you would like to arrange a tow up to the event.
Hoodies
DBSC branded hoodies are now available to keep the cool kids warm during the cooler months. They are a similar design as the T-shirts, just warmer. Head to our shop to purchase for $45 and pick them up from Diana.
Buy Now
The cool kids will be wearing these.
60 Seconds With Kerryn Smith
1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? About 3 years old, on Moreton Bay. 2. If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? Swan 65.3. What is your ultimate sailing goal? To compete successfully, and master as many skills as I can while I can. 4. Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser? My two kids used to argue about who was the favoured child, so ‘Favourite Child III’ seemed like a good boat name. 5. If you could add any ingredient to DBSC’s world’s best toasties – what would it be? You can’t improve on perfection .6. What are your second/third favourite hobbies (assuming sailing is #1)? Travel and reading – not done much of the former in 12 months so spent more time on the latter. 7. Describe what you do for work in less