Wednesday 20 March, 5pm – Twilight Sailing with BBTP – only a few more left until the end of daylight saving, so join us.Saturday 23 March, 2pm Start – Autumn Point Score, heats 7 & 8.
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Sign up For Community and Family Day
April 6-7 will be a weekend of sharing our club with family, friends, and the community. Saturday, April 6th is Family Day – post racing we’ll have a jumping castle set up in the park, family Laser races, RIB rides, and a kid-friendly BBQ on the deck. It’s free for all, but to help us with numbers for catering please RSVP here now. On Sunday April 7th, from 10am to 2pm, DBSC is hosing our first Community Day which is a full-on fete for the wider community, complete with carnival games and many other activities. To pull this off we’re going to need lots of help, please email Kirk Marcolina if you can lend a hand. Also, it would be great if you could spread the word about this event by sharing our Facebook event page.
Saturday Sprints
While some of the fleet was away at the Metros and Victorian Masters, a 20-plus contingent of sailors practiced their skills in a series of 5 sprint races. The steady moderate SE breeze provided a fun afternoon of racing. Thanks to PRO David Shannon, COTD Kirk Marcolina, and David’s son Henry for running the day.
Henry on Flag Duty.
Traveling DBSC Sailors Succeed
Many DBSCers were busy traveling last weekend with 23 members sailing in regattas away from Double Bay. Nine of our sailors went interstate to attend the Victorian State Masters in Geelong. The group was testing the waters before the Laser Master Worlds which will be held there in 2020. Whilst at the same time, 14 of our members travelled to Pittwater to compete at the Metro Championships. Everyone appears to have had a grand time on the water and the results were outstanding.Notable DBSC Victorian State Masters Results: Standard – ApprenticeJules Hall #1Hadrien Bourely #2 Standard – MasterBrett Beyer #1 (and #1 overall)Luke Parker #2 (and #2 overall)Ian Alexander #4Radial – MasterAndrew Cox #2 (and #3 overall)Notable DBSC Metro Championship Results: Standard – Grand MasterAndrew Simpson #2Radial – U17Daniel Costandi #1Evie Saunders #2Radial – U19Otto Henry #1 (and #1 overall)Zac West #2Well done to all. Here’s to more great traveling regattas next season!
The Week Ahead
Wednesday 13 March, 5pm – Twilight Sailing with BBTP – Come on down for a great night of training and racing, only three left until the end of daylight saving!Saturday 16 March, 9am – Learn to Race. Come along if you want to learn more about Laser boat handling, balance, boat posture, trim, starts, tacks, gybes, boat set-up and any other race management fundamentals. Please email Martin White if you are planning on attending. Saturday 16 March, 2pm Start – Sprint Racing. While some of the fleet is sailing in the Metros and at the Victorian State Masters, the rest of us will be practicing with a series of short sprint races near DBSC.
State Masters Corrections
The Editor must have sailed a bit too hard at States, as several items in last week’s newsletter about the event were incorrect. Ian Alexander placed 8th overall in standards, not 9th as previously reported. Also, Pat Levy placed 10th overall in radials. I apologise for the error and omission.
Metros on This Weekend
A reminder the NB Sailsports Metropolitan Championships are on this weekend, 16-17 March at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club Pittwater. The Notice of Race for this event is HERE and the Sailing Instructions are HERE. You can enter online HERE of up until 11.30am on Saturday at RPAYC.
RIB Help for 18s on Sunday
The final race of the season for the 18 Footers is this Sunday, March 17th, and we need one last RIB driver volunteer for the race. If you’re interested, please contact Mark Crowhurst.
Race Report
We had nearly 40 boats turn up last Saturday for heats 13 and 14 of the Club Championships. It was an unsettled day with a trying 3-10 knot breeze that started Southerly but tuned E/NE. The light breeze, and a big fleet of 18’s gave us some tricky racing. The winners were: Full Rigs: Geoff Kirk (race 13), Murray Stone (race 14); Radials: Mark Louis (race 13), Jack Littlechild (race 14); 4.7s: Finn Kirk (races 13 & 14). Thanks to last week’s volunteers for putting on a great day of racing: PRO Jonathan Stone, assisted by Rod Barnes, COTD Tim Heath, CoCOTD Kevin Gilroy, and Canteen Assistant Pippa Batchelor. Thanks also to the canteen crew for putting on the best post-racing “minimalist BBQ” ever.