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Club Look-ahead ScheduleSaturday 15 August: Winter Sprints12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningSaturday 22 August: Working Bee: 8:00am – all membersWinter Sprints: 12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningFriday 28 August: DBSC Sailors Season Opening DinnerSaturday 29 August: Winter Sprints12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningSaturday 5 September: Spring Championships 1 & 212:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningSeason Opener BBQ after racing (~5:00pm)Spring & Autumn Fixtures Calendar The calendar for next year has been published here. Please use this to plan your campaigns!Highlights:24-25 Oct: 2026 NSW & ACT Coast ChampionshipsSpeers Point ASC14-15 Nov: 2026 NSW & ACT Open & Youth ChampionshipsDouble Bay Sailing Club1-8 Jan: 2027 Oceania & Australian Open & Youth ChampionshipsSandringham YC (VIC)NOR. Entries open 01-Sep.10-17 Jan: 2027 Under 21 World Championships Sandringham YC (VIC)5-8 Feb: 2027 Australian MastersRQYS (QLD)20-21 Feb: 2027 NSW & ACT Metro ChampionshipsYarra Bay SC

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A hotly contested start line. Photo by Peter Collie.

Sprint RacingLast Saturday was shaping up to be a great day on the water, the glorious sunshine in the morning had presented a 10 knot westerly, which promptly turned to ZERO knots at the 12pm briefing. Still, with sailors enthusiastic to give it a go (and a promise from the weatherman of NE for the afternoon), we set out on the bay and initially made preparations for a racecourse for where the wind was last seen to the west. Our two Safety Rescue Boats proved equally versatile for towing the fleet of 10-15 Lasers from the club to the course – thanks to our race team on the

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Winter Women’s Squad – Warming up for SpringIf you’ve been down at the club over winter, you may have seen the ‘Winter Women’s Squad’, with five of our female sailors taking part in a six-session coaching programme led by youth coaches Paige Caldecoat and Dan Costandi. The coaching was funded by SheSails through its ‘Sail Our Way’ grant – a grassroots initiative supporting the goals of Australian Sailing’s SAILING 2032. This is their strategic plan that includes a commitment to achieving 50% female participation across all aspects of the sport by 2032.Pia and Tory were joined by new members Megan Ross, Gosia Dziedzic and Amy Hargrave, keeping the momentum going through the chilly months and building the squad’s ‘match fitness’ for the spring

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Photos by Nick Pellow & Katie McHugh

Sprint RacingAugust Sprints are Back!Pre-season training began on Saturday with a 12pm briefing and a 1pm first warning signal. We had a solid turnout, just shy of 20 boats on the water. The wind looked like a relatively stable 5+ knot westerly most of the morning. Luckily, we got two solid races in, before the wind completely glassed out halfway through Race 3.

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleSaturday 8 August: Winter Sprints12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningSaturday 15 August: Winter Sprints12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningSaturday 22 August: Working Bee: 8:00amWinter Sprints: 12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningFriday 28 August: DBSC Sailors Season Opening DinnerDetails to follow…Saturday 29 August: Winter Sprints12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningSpring & Autumn Fixtures Calendar The calendar for next year has been published here. Please use this to plan your campaigns!Highlights:5 Sep: DBSC Season Opening and Club Championships 1 & 224-25 Oct: 2026 NSW & ACT Coast ChampionshipsSpeers Point ASC14-15 Nov: 2026 NSW & ACT Open & Youth ChampionshipsDBSC1-8 Jan: 2027 Oceania & Australian Open & Youth ChampionshipsSandringham YC (VIC)NOR. Entries open 01-Sep.5-8 Feb: 2027 Australian MastersRQYS (QLD)13-14 Mar: 2027 NSW & ACT Metro ChampionshipsYarra Bay SC

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleSaturday 1 August: Winter Sprints12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningSaturday 8 August: Winter Sprints12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningSaturday 15 August: Winter Sprints12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningSaturday 22 August: Working Bee: 8:00amWinter Sprints: 12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningFriday28 August: DBSC Sailors Season Opening DinnerDetails to follow…Saturday 29 August: Winter Sprints12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningSpring & Autumn Fixtures Calendar The calendar for next year has been published here. Please use this to plan your campaigns!Highlights:5 Sep: DBSC Season Opening and Club Championships 1 & 217-18 Oct: 2026 NSW & ACT Coast ChampionshipsSpeers Point ASC14-15 Nov: 2026 NSW & ACT Open & Youth ChampionshipsDBSC1-8 Jan: 2027 Oceania & Australian Open & Youth ChampionshipsSandringham YC (VIC)NOR. Entries open 01-Sep.5-8 Feb: 2027 Australian MastersRQYS (QLD)13-14 Mar: 2027 NSW & ACT Metro ChampionshipsYarra Bay SCOTHER Aussie ILCA EVENTS:

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The annual working bee will be conducted on Saturday 22nd August from 8am. There is plenty of critical work to be done to ensure the club is in pristine shape for the upcoming season.All members are expected to attend. If you are unable to attend on the day, please contact the Commodore, Steven London, and arrange for a job to be undertaken at a time convenient to you. (Members who do not participate are under the usual threat of having their Laser torched in the park!)Rod Barnes, Vice-Commodore

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Impressive turnout for a Sunday morning in the middle of winter! All photos by Tim Heath, Rob Blum or Maxim Djura.

Sprint RacingThree things I want to hear when I go sailing: 10-12 knots of breeze, stable wind, and an empty harbor. What is the phrase to describe all of it? “Champagne Sailing”. Brazilians call it “Captains Wind”. That’s what we got on Sunday. Winter is a magical time when the westerly is not an unpredictable atmospheric phenomenon, but a wind you can savour. Moths and Wazps appeared to agree, too, and shared sailing course with us on that gorgeous Sunday morning.It was sprints and the last early-Sunday racing of the year (next weekend we’re back to

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Club Look-ahead Schedule[No racing for next three weekends]Sunday 26 July: Winter Sprints: 7:15am briefing, 8:00am first warningSaturday 1 August: Winter Sprints: 12:00pm briefing, 1:00pm first warningSpring & Autumn Fixtures Calendar The calendar for next year has been published here. Please use this to plan your campaigns!Highlights:5 Sep: DBSC Season Opening and Club Championships 1 & 217-18 Oct: 2026 NSW & ACT Coast ChampionshipsSpeers Point ASC14-15 Nov: 2026 NSW & ACT Open & Youth ChampionshipsDBSC1-8 Jan: 2027 Oceania & Australian Open & Youth ChampionshipsSandringham YC (VIC)NOR. Entries open 01-Sep.5-8 Feb: 2027 Australian MastersRQYS (QLD)13-14 Mar: 2027 NSW & ACT Metro ChampionshipsYarra Bay SCOTHER Aussie ILCA EVENTS:

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All photos by Rod Barnes

Winter Championship / Point Score Races 22 & 23Sunday morning started cold and overcast, with light breeze shifting around from the south to south-west. There was mist sitting around the harbour and, while it was not exactly warm, it was still a pretty good morning to be out on Sydney Harbour.The race management team had an eventful start before racing began, with the Jazzman battery flat. This gave the PRO and LtRAR a lesson in Jazzman roadside assistance, which was useful, although hopefully jumpstarting is not something that needs regular practice.The first course was set racing West towards the Man-of-War Anchorage mooring, off the north of Clark Island and with the start

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