The day was dominated by rain shifting the breeze around before it returned to the gradient W/NW when the clouds moved away. During briefing there was a heavy dark rain cloud to the south which came in during launching with a big gust. This left shift wasn’t permanent and by the first start, the breeze had moved back toward the right (west) again).The race committee comprised of Luke Parker (PRO) and Richard George (LTRAR), assisted by Diana Chen (COTD and photography) and Owen Kenny (Co-COTD) had their work cut out for them, getting three flights of racing off on time and in quick succession, so sailors could return to shore to watch the football finals.Many thanks also to Ben Byford and Craig Ryan for assisting in a second RIB on the water while David Evenden and Ian Tudball assisted Paul and Shirley driving the sandwich presses in the canteen.
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Annual working bee
The annual working bee will be conducted on Saturday 20 August from 8am. This is an annual event that takes considerable planning to ensure our club is ready to run smoothly for the summer season. All members are expected to attend – there is a large 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.(Members who do not participate are under the usual threat of having their laser torched in the park!)
Winter series results
After a little delay and some confusion about the final day racing the winter series results are in.While the series was intended to be 30 races, there were only 9 days scheduled and therefore there were 27 races held over the winter.In the standard rig, Daniel Costandi was the championship winner and Tim Heath was the pointscore winner.In the radial rig, Sylvie Stannage was the championship winner and Andrew Cox was the pointscore winner.View full results here.
Race report 6 August 2022
On Saturday the club kicked of the preseason sprint season. The conditions at the club belied the 13-16 knots gusting to 28!!!
Racing was run by Alistair Sutherland, Christine Paton, Pia Hattersley and Andrew Craker with Paul and Shirley providing toasties in the canteen.This weekend we will also be having sprint racing at 1pm. Paul and Shirley are back on board with toasties.The club’s calendar can be subscribed to here (strongly recommended).
Upcoming events and more information
Saturday 20 August – 8am Annual Working BeeFriday 16 September – 7pm Season Opening Dinner for sailors and volunteersSaturday 3 December 2022 – The Women’s Regatta. Sign up for more information here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.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 midnight Monday.View results here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.
Season opening dinner
By now you should have members should have received an invitation to the season opening dinner for sailors and volunteers.Details:7pm Friday 16th September Bedouin 2/53 Cross Street Double Bay $100 per guest (includes welcome drink, banquet dinner, beer/wine with dinner) Dress: Spectacular/Glam (Studio 54)
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Registration for BBSP closes Friday
We are delighted to announce that Brett Beyer will offer his popular Brett Beyer Saturday (BBSP) Program again this season. Subscriptions need to be confirmed and paid by COB, Friday 19 August. The terms of the program and sign-up form can be found here.The program will run for 8 sessions prior to Christmas on September 3, 10, 17, October 22, 29, November 5, 12, 26. The cost of the program is $480 (plus merchant fees) per subscriber.
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Boat rack reshuffle and annual working bee
The annual working bee will be conducted on Saturday 20 August from 8am and will include a boat rack reshuffle.All members are expected to attend and contribute to the working bee.This is an annual event that takes considerable planning to ensure our club is ready to run smoothly for the summer season. If you are unable to attend on the day, please contact the Commodore, Steven London, to arrange for a job to be undertaken at a time convenient to you.(Members who do not participate are under the usual threat of having their laser torched in the park!)
Upcoming regattas
We are pleased to announce the new club laser representative is David Newman. David loves a regatta and last season had a stellar year performing extremely well in state and national masters championships.There are two events coming up prior to Christmas. The Coast Championships will be held at South Lake Macquarie SC on the 15/16 October and the State Open and Masters championships will be held at Wangi ASC on the 19/20 November.
DBSC will be coordinating transport and the possibility of group accommodation for both events.These weekends away are legendary so if you are interested in either of these regattas, please contact David.
Race report 13 August 2022
From our race management team Tim Heath and John Chesterman:It was a ‘why would you be anywhere else’ day – mild and mostly sunny Winter’s afternoon for Saturday Winter Sprints. There was a modest 18 boat turnout, presumably based on an incorrect weather forecast, which included the welcome return of Campbell Patton from roaming the globe, and Maxim Djura from Brisbane.6 sprint races, with a work of approximately 300m were run in a Westerly breeze oscillating between 8 and 15 knots, with some big right shifts.Standard rig wins were shared between Campbell Patton x 3 and Robert Vann x 3, usually followed by Geoff Kirk, and with Jason Wilkins in the mix.Radial fleet winners were James Tudball x 2, Katie McHugh x 2, Martin White, and Scott Hunter.The race officers were Tim Heath (his first stint as PRO), ably assisted by John Chesterman, John Vasey, and Scott Finlayson. Special thanks to Pat Levy and