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Annual Working BEE Saturday 19 August 2023The annual working bee will be conducted on Saturday 19 August from 8am. This annual event takes considerable planning and is necessary in order to ensure our club is ready to run smoothly for the summer season. All members are expected to attend – there is a significant amount of work to be done. 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.

The racing calendar is now complete and is available on the DBSC website.The calendar may look slightly different to previous years and it has been an interesting exercise working our scheduled events in with the regatta season. Once you take into consideration public and school holidays, and then the States, the Metro’s, the Australian Masters, the Masters Worlds, the Vaucluse Regatta

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RACING RESUMES ON SUNDAY 23rd JULYTrusting all are enjoying the 3-week hiatus and spending some time with friends and family. Hopefully this means everyone’ll be pumped to resume the winter program. Good news is the days are starting to get longer.Might also be a good time to review the items on your boat’s “stuff-that’s-about-to-break” list. If, like me, you have an older Laser, there will something that qualifies, even if you haven’t yet identified it. Here’s a checklist (from personal experience):Re-rivet loose boom eye straps (before the holes get enlarged). Vang/kicker tang (these will eventually break due to fatigue of the stainless. If they don’t, you’re either not using enough vang, or are really good at keeping the boom out of the water!)Outhaul and vang primary

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RACING RESUMES ON SUNDAY 23rd JULY0815 Warning signal

Notes from the July DBSC Committee meetingYouth Engagement is very strong with good attendance at the recent Reach Racing Clinic (see above). Reach Youth programs will continue through spring and summer. Learn to Race will start up again on Saturday, 2nd September. Contact Martin White for more details (ltr@dbsc.com.au).

Double Bay Ferry Wharf

Artist’s Impression – Courtesy TfNSW

Works are continuing through to December 2023. See Double Bay Wharf Upgrade | Transport for NSW for more information.Bay Street Redevelopment ProjectThis is now underway, also continuing until December 2023.

Thank you to the members who are sending through information for the newsletter. If you have content for the newsletter,

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On July 5 + 6 last week, our Reach Youth sailors were busy on the water enjoying some great winter racing and coaching… and having Sydney Harbour largely to themselves!The two-day racing clinic, coached by Dan Costandi, had 15 youth sailors involved, including several participants from Hunters Hill Sailing Club, which added to the great on-water fun and competition.The sailors focussed on race strategy, starts (including the importance of transits for long lines), light wind boat handling, sail trim and downwind power angles.  Our Reach Youth team facilitated 9 x races across the two days. Craig Sheers from PSA kindly donated PSA boat detailing prizes for the winning sailors.  In the 4.7s that was Ben Costandi.  In the Radials it was a picket fence win for Sara Bruce.  And

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Brett Beyer has agreed to run his very popular Brett Beyer Saturday Program again this coming summer season.  This is an excellent opportunity to improve your sailing – whether you are training for the Adelaide Worlds or just want to improve your position in the fleet!

The program comprises individualised on-water tips before and after racing and between races, as well as a video of the start, and a GPS animation and accompanying analysis that shows your tracks and stats vs the other participants in the fleet on a leg-by-leg basis, with commentary on fleet and/or selected individual performances on each leg. It also includes the opportunity to ask Brett questions during the week, between BBSP sessions.The initial program for

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South Pacific Laser Masters – July 7-10 – rqysAhoy all Masters Laser sailors. The South Pacific Laser Masters regatta is on soon at RQYS in sunny Queensland. Kicking off with a forum on the evening of Thursday 6th July and racing 7th- 10th July. All entrants are in the draw to win a new sail and lots of other gear. A great winter regatta.Charter boats are available from NB or privately. Please contact Michael Wilson 0417 758 859 for more info.

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

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On July 5 + 6 during the school holidays, our Reach committee is running a two day coaching clinic, which all DBSC youth members are invited to attend.  The coaching will focus on starts and race tactics.For more information on the coaching clinic (and to book) please CLICK HERE.

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We are delighted to announce that Brett Beyer has agreed to run his very popular Brett Beyer Saturday Program again this coming summer season.  This is an excellent opportunity to improve your sailing – whether you are training for the Adelaide Worlds or just want to improve your position in the fleet!

The program comprises individualised on-water tips before and after racing and between races, as well as a video of the start, and a GPS animation and accompanying analysis that shows your tracks and stats vs the other participants in the fleet on a leg-by-leg basis, with commentary on fleet and/or selected individual performances on each leg. It also includes the opportunity to ask Brett questions during the week,

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Synchronised Sailing

After dressing for the usual chilly 6AM temperatures I was surprised that it wasn’t that brisk. Knowing that the Jazzman and the flags on the Jazzman were still at the Spit for repairs (the boat, not the flags!), I got down early to make sure we had flags and the hooter ready to go for on time starts on the Paul Adam.Once there it became apparent that the predicted north westerly was decreasing. On the water we found a 2-knot north westerly the top end of the course and at the bottom end an even weaker southerly. We remained mildly optimistic as we watched the wind drop to nil. After an hour or so of bobbing around and chatting on

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Brett Beyer Saturday Program Brett has agreed to run his very popular program again this coming summer season.  The initial program for the 23/24 season will run for 8 sessions on 9 Sep, 16 Sep, 23 Sep, 7 Oct, 21 Oct, 28 Oct, 4 Nov, and 11 Nov.  The cost of the program is $560 (plus merchant fees) per person, and this pricing is dependent on 20 participants.Please click HERE to register for the program. Please note that this program is available to Members only.

South Pacific Laser Masters – July 7-10 – rqysCharter boats are available from NB or privately. Please contact Michael Wilson 0417 758 859 for more info.

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

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