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DBSC sailors were treated to a visit from Olympic medalist Lijia (Lily) Xu. Lily won Gold for China in 2012 (London Olympics), and before that, bronze in 2008 (Beijing Olympics) amongst many other accolades racing in ILCA 6 Radials. She’s currently visiting Sydney to enjoy some warm weather and checkout all that our Harbour has to offer! We welcome Lily and her husband Jon Emmitt (Worlds Masters ILCA 6 Champ) to join us again on 8 February.

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Sprint Racing

All photos by David Da Costa Enes

PRO Alistair Sutherland reports:The Australia Day long weekend saw sprint races scheduled for DBSC with Alistair, John, David and Andrew on race management duties. We found lots of sun and a fickle 10 knot breeze that couldn’t quite decide if it wanted to settle in the east or flick northeast. We hedged our bets and laid a windward leeward east-northeast course with enough length to target 20 minutes for the two laps. After a motivational chat with an ILCA gold medalist, the fleet emerged to find a very short line for the 36 plus boats, even with the ILCA7s giving

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2025 NSW & ACT State Masters – Lake MacQuarieFebruary 1st & 2nd at South Lake Macquarie ASC at Sunshine, NSWNotice of RaceEntryCLub Look-ahead ScheduleWednesday 22 January: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Wednesday Masters Squad Training for those who have signed up (4:30-9pm)Thursday 23 January Twilight Racing starts again: (5pm splash, Racing 5:30pm to 7:30pm)CLICK HERE to Book for the Thursday CoachingSaturday 25 January: Sprint Racing (1:00pm briefing, 2:00pm warning)Sprints due to the Australia Day Weekend Wednesday 29 January: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Wednesday Masters Squad Training for those who have signed up (4:30-9pm)Thursday 30 January: Twilight Racing (5pm splash, Racing 5:30pm to 7:30pm)Saturday 1 February: Harbour Marathon – 90 Years of 18 FootersLaser start times to come later in the week when the NOR and SI’s are published

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On Saturday 1 February 2025 DBSC Laser sailors are invited to help celebrate 90 years of 18-Footer Skiffs in Double Bay. The 90th Anniversary Harbour Marathon is going to be a day full of excitement, history, and incredible competition. Register Now and be part of this historic event! ILCA Lasers will have a small craft start and the winners calculated on yardstick.What’s in Store?Epic Race Around Sydney Harbour starting 2pm: Join us for a thrilling marathon on one of the world’s most iconic harbours. All skiff classes are welcome! (and Lasers!)$5,000 Prize MoneyFood, Drinks, & Live Music: After the race, enjoy delicious food, cold drinks, and live tunes by the water at Double Bay.A

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Autumn Point Score, Races 3 & 4

Photos by John Sweeny and Richard McLachlan

PRO David Airey reports:Saturday dawned with strong winds gusting to 40 knots, and it looked like the PRO’s job was going to be to cancel the racing. However, on arriving at the club the wind had abated, and we set the course in steady winds from the south at less than 15 knots. At the briefing I suggested that the winds were less than the forecast 20-25 knots and it would be pleasant sailing. Once we anchored the Jazzman, the sky cleared and the wind picked up to a challenging 15 to 25 knot gusty

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2025 NSW & ACT State Masters – Lake MacQuarieFebruary 1st & 2nd at South Lake Macquarie ASC at Sunshine, NSWNotice of RaceEntryCLub Look-ahead ScheduleWednesday 15 January: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Wednesday Masters Squad Training for those who have signed up (4:30-9pm)Thursday 16 January Twilight Racing starts again: (5pm splash, Racing 5:30pm to 7:30pm)CLICK HERE to Book for the Thursday CoachingSaturday 18 JanuaryAutumn Point Score Races 3 & 4 (1:00pm briefing, 2:00pm warning)Wednesday 22 January: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Wednesday Masters Squad Training for those who have signed up (4:30-9pm)Thursday 23 January: Twilight Racing (5pm splash, Racing 5:30pm to 7:30pm)Saturday 25 January: Sprint Racing (1:00pm briefing, 2:00pm warning)

Thank you to the members who are sending through information for the newsletter. If you have content for the newsletter, please email it to newsletter@dbsc.com.au by Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed

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Each week OneMeal (a not-for-profit community organisation that’s 100% volunteers) provides nutritious meals, amongst other things, to people in need. OneMeal provides thousands of meals to people in-need. Most of the food we provide is cooked by Nagi’s team of cooks at Recipetineats.OneMeal’s City service has a hot food service where we provide hot meals on Saturday and Sunday early evening at Green Park, Darlinghurst (opposite St Vincent’s Hospital), and Ward Park, Surry Hills. Our patrons at Green Park are mainly people who live rough while Ward Park patrons are primarily from the Housing Commission flats.We are desperately in need of volunteers for Saturday/Sunday nights and volunteering can last 1-2 hours on Saturday and Sunday starting around 6pm. There is no

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All photos courtesy RQYS

James Tudball reports:Twenty-two DBSC members recently competed at the 2025 Oceania & AUS ILCA Open & Youth Championships, held at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron on the 1st – 8th January. There were very strong fleets (in terms of quality and quantity) across all three rigs, indicating that Laser sailing is alive and well in Australia.There was a fleet of 92 ILCA 4’s and a fleet of 85 ILCA 6’s, meaning these two classes were separated into separate flights, culminating in a Finals series with gold and silver fleets.  The ILCA 7’s had a smaller fleet of 46 boats, but there were certainly no slouches in that fleet.  As John Sweeny, one of our

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On behalf of the club, I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to the group of key volunteers who gave up their time last Monday (and on other occasions over the season) to carry out some overdue safety cleaning of the Ramps and Northern deck stairs, and generally helping to keep the club and workshop tidy:Pat Levy, John Vasey, Peter Collie, Jim Dounis.The moss is growing very quickly this season on the new ramps, and they need regular maintenance. Many pieces of rocks, glass and oysters were removed from the ramps, beach and stairs at low tide, after being exposed by the recent rain events which has move the sand around. If you see hazards around the club, let us know – better still – arrange for the hazard to be resolved with other volunteers. Thank you, The Commodore.

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All photos by Steven London

Autumn Point Score, Races 1 & 2Steven London (PRO) Reports:After initial Sydney forecast of “possible thunderstorms” about 30 sailors were excited to find a sun-drenched Harbour, with clouds both offshore and over the West causing the East-Nor-East 10-15knt breeze to shift from left to right. Our course was laid with precision as ENE by CotD Murray Stone, LtraR Tim Heath, and Co-CotD Jeremy Vives, with the top mark South of Shark Island, the bottom mark in Double Bay (off Clark Island), leaving the wing mark just out of the shipping channel, which had plenty of room for the 15:00 incoming Tanker to pass Bradley’s Head without effecting our course. (Now that the

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