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.
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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.
Toasties are Too Hot, Beer’s Not
Our beloved toasties are getting a makeover. To cut down on complexities in the kitchen and to relieve the canteen crew from endless shopping trips, chopping and sorting, toastie ingredients are being simplified. From this Saturday forward you can choose from ham, cheese and tomato (or any combination of those items) to have on your toastie. Those are the ingredients that we all love anyway – so it’s a win for all!Also, it’s been noted that several members are taking beer out of the beer fridge without paying; this is especially true during BBQs. Please note the only free food and drink during BBQs are the items on the serving tables (many times this includes free wine). However, the beer and other beverages are never free, so please make sure you pay up.
Community Weekend Needs You
The Weekend of April 6-7 is Community Weekend. It’s our chance to show off the club we love with our loved ones, friends and the wider community. The weekend kicks off on Saturday afternoon, April 6th with an event just for members and their families. 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, we’re taking it to the next level with a free festival of games and activities designed to share a bit of the DBSC spirit with the wider community. Carnival games with prizes, motor boat rides, Laser demonstrations, a jumping castle, food and much more will be on offer. The community festival takes place on the 7th of April from 10am to 2pm in front
Big Boat Race Report
It was a classic early autumn afternoon on the Harbour.The 18s ‘world championships’, their JJ Giltinans, were on and I heard stories of their first race, the day before. There was also a Sydney Harbour regatta with multiple fleets, so many that start boat volunteers were having a hard time picking which was their pin. Protests were being prepared. And of course the DBSC BIG boats. The Clubhouse was crowded, Paul and his catering group were busy, busy. Small repairs were being done on the grassIt was sunny and autumn-warm. A classic Sydney sea breeze, nor-east, blew all weekend.Corinna, G-Force, Sanity, Smitten, T&T all presented for the start; our line is fixed and in a nor-easterly we have to cross the line on port. That all happened with manoeuvrings and judgements; Corinna won the start, then T&T and G-Force, Sanity and Smitten.T&T was late because – we were late; her skipper misjudged time by 15 seconds; Sanity because she had to give
Clean Up Australia Day
Thanks once again to Jonathan Stone for organizing DBSC’s participation in Clean Up Australia last Sunday. Jonathan was there from 10.30am, and people – from the local Federal MP to Laser sailors to big boat sailors to school groups to ‘members of the public’ and their kids – came be to volunteer. Candice and Christina and Kathy took over from Johnathan at 12.30pm and by 2pm the team had collected many, many bags of rubbish and managed to make the beaches sparkle once again. Thank you to all who participated.
Club Championship This Weekend
It will be very crowded in the park this weekend, as we will be sharing the rigging area (and clubhouse) with the A18s annual JJ Giltnan World Championships. The A18s have agreed to leave space for us between the club and the eastern boat ramp – for those who rig first, please rig in the main park behind the playground area to leave room for later-comers to rig in front of the club. We appreciate your patience and understanding. There will be a lower-key-than-normal, but still excellent, BBQ after racing.