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Our Twilight Sailing is ramping up! Wednesday and ThursdayAfter an extensive survey of our current twilight sailors in relation to our club’s twilight sailing program, we have decided to shift our main twilight night to Thursdays as part of a three month trial, kicking off on Thursday 5 October, listed on our club’s calendar as Twilight Racing.What about Wednesdays?We will keep Wednesday as an informal sailing activity kicking off on Wednesday 4 October, listed on our club’s calendar as Twilight Sailing.Why the change?There was strong support for Thursdays as the preferred night among the existing twilight sailors, particularly due to the safety issues surrounding the CYC big boats on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, our section

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SPRING POINTSCORE Races 1 & 2Last Saturday was a near perfect day to be on Sydney Harbour with 53+ boats getting on the water. When the race crew made our way out around lunch time to lay some marks, the breeze was a 10 – 12 kt westerly north of Clark Island and some steep shifts around to the south west coming out of Rushcutters Bay. With the breeze predicted to make its way around to the south around start time and then roll slightly further east late in the afternoon, we hedged our bets and set up for a south-south westerly, hoping that we’d have only some minor adjustments to make just prior to 2pm.That plan went to custard when the sea breeze gods made an early appearance and instead dialled in a modest south easterly and leaving the start crew scrambling to find some sense and sensibility. At

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Saturday 23-Sep: First Aid Training Course at DBSC 7AMSpring Pointscore 3 & 4Brett Beyer Saturday ProgramSaturday 30-Sep (long weekend): Sprints (2PM start)Wednesday 04-Oct: Twilight Sailing (5PM splash)Thursday 05-Oct: Twilight Racing (5PM splash)

Saturday 07-Oct:Learn-to-RaceSpring Championships 5 & 6Brett Beyer Saturday ProgramBBQ after racing

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 and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

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As per last weeks Newsletter – Thursdays:We have decided to shift our main twilight night to Thursdays as part of a three month trial, kicking off on Thursday 5 October, listed on our club’s calendar as Twilight Racing. 5pm splash, 5:30pm start on water. There will be an on-water coach to facilitate the racing, and to provide group coaching for those members who sign up.We will keep Wednesday as an informal sailing activity kicking off on Wednesday 4 October, listed on our club’s calendar as Twilight Sailing.How do I book for the Thursday Twilight Racing Program?Members are encouraged to book and pay if they intend to sail semi-regularly on Thursdays, the charge of $120 covers the 12 Thursdays from October to December, (which is about $10 per session) and will help the club cover the costs of having the coach on water and setting the course. Members are still able

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Summer Championship Races 3 & 4

PRO James Tudball reports:There was a lot of heat on Saturday for Races 3 and 4 of the Club Champs… but unfortunately not a lot of wind. At 1PM there was barely a puff on the harbour, so the race team (James Tudball, Tim Heath, Mark Gray and Quentin Burns) opted for a brief onshore postponement to give the wind time to see which direction it wanted to fill from. At 1:30 we were a bit miffed to see the Squadron had plonked their start line directly in our racing area (along with 30+ Etchells), but we managed to co-exist!At 2:30 we were underway in about 5 knots

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2 September 2023 – Learn to Race 9am, Club Championship Races 1 & 2 and Season Opening BBQ9 September 2023 – Sprint Pointscore 1 & 2, Brett Beyer Saturday Program16 September 2023 – Learn to Race 9am, Club Championship Races 3 & 4,Brett Beyer Saturday Program, and BBQ after Racing23 September 2023 – Sprint Pointscore 1 & 2, Brett Beyer Saturday Program

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 and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

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The Skippers briefing will be at 13:00, with first warning signal at 14:00, and as usual we will run two Summer Championship races.Note to all our new members: we will be using the regular DBSC “triangle, sausage, sausage” course, with the finish to windward after the last bottom mark rounding, and the Finish Mark is set to starboard of the committee boat.

Separate 5-minute fleet starts (5,4,1,0) with ILCA 4 & ILCA 6 combined if there are less than six ILCA 4 at the start line. Please refer to Sailing Instructions for all the details.You will need to sign-on using the Sailor app — this is mandatory if you want to be scored.

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Season Opening BBQ: THIS Saturday, 2nd SeptemberJoin us for a BBQ on the deck on Saturday 2 September for the official opening of the 2023/24 sailing season. Family & friends are welcome! Please RSVP by Wednesday 30 August so we know how many hungry sailors (and guests) to feed: dbsc.com.au/club-events/2023-season-opening.

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WINTER Sprint Racing – FINAL DAYPRO Mike Dunne reports:The start of the day sucked, just old-fashioned sucked. No wind, no direction, no idea. We got it wrong setting the course. Tried to work to the prediction… Starting outside the bay, it turns out, doesn’t work. It was a learning thing. During Race 1 everything (and everyone) was all over the shop.  For Race 2, we went back to basics and set the weather mark in Double Bay and that totally rocked! So, 5 races in total, 4 amazing races, let’s call the 1st the ‘canary in the coal mine’. We rocked and maybe we rolled! 🤣 All in all, a spectacular day on (and sometimes in) our amazing harbour.. Approx

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9 September 2023:Spring Point score 1 & 2Brett Beyer Saturday Program16 September 2023:Learn to Race 9AM, Club Championship Races 3 & 4Brett Beyer Saturday ProgramBBQ after Racing23 September 2023: First Aid Training 7AMSpring Point score 1 & 2Brett Beyer Saturday Program

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 and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

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