We wish everyone a very happy Festive Season and hope 2020 brings nothing but good breezes your way. Please check out the holiday sailing schedule below. If you’re eager for more sailing over the holidays, our Top Mark Facebook Page is a great place let your DBSC mates know when you’re headed out. Also, please note the newsletter is taking a break and will return on 8 January. Wednesday 18 December, 5:30 start – Twilight Sailing with Brett Beyer.Saturday 21 December, 2pm start – Sprint Racing.Saturday 4 January, 2pm start – Sprint Racing.Wednesday 8 January, 5:30 start – Twilight Sailing.Saturday 11 January, 2pm start – Autumn Point Score (and we’re back to normal).
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Christmas Party RSVPs needed TODAY
We’re looking forward to celebrating the festive season with you this Saturday, starting at 6pm. Partners welcome! There will be good dink, fine food and plenty of dancing. But we need to make sure we have enough supplies to keep the merriment going late, so please RSVP HERE by 5pm TODAY!
Help with Metros Needed
DBSC is hosting the 2020 NSW Laser Association Metropolitan Championships on 1-2 February. It is an important event for the club, with sailors coming from near and far to compete, and we want to put on a good show.We’re looking for members who do not wish to sail in the Metros to assist us and drive a RIB/boat on Saturday or Sunday. We currently need 3 RIB drivers and a Jazzman driver for both days. We also are looking for 3 canteen helpers on Saturday (lunch only) and 3 canteen helpers on Sunday (Breakfast & Lunch – will accept offers to do one of the two sessions). If you can assist, please let Mark Crowhurst know HERE ASAP.
Festive Racing This Saturday
This Saturday we have our famous once-a-year Tyrell and Rousso races, which are super fun formats. The Tyrell is a handicapped chase, with the slowest boat starting first and successive faster boats hunting each other down as they start over the next 5-10 minutes per their handicaps. The format makes for what is perhaps the most competitive and exciting race of the season! The Rousso is a scratch race with a massed start, in which all boats in all classes start together – a yardstick is applied to the winner in each of the classes to determine the overall winner. By tradition, everyone wears a Santa hat – however they have gone missing. Does anyone know where at the clubhouse the Santa hats have been stored? They were last seen in a plastic bag hanging in the bathroom. If you do know please let Commodore Cox know HERE.We will hand the hats out on the
Spring Pointscore Finale
The fleet sailed the final hearts of the Spring Pointscore (and two heats of the Club Championships) in a 5 -15 knot unsteady easterly breeze. The order of the day was to look for pressure, and watch out for the shifts. Thanks to Gerry Donohoe and Simon Stone on the Jazzman, to Emily Ball and Mark Lewkovitz in the RIB, and to Steven London and Nick Pellow who helped in the canteen. Also, a big thanks to James Tudball and his cinematographer, Tom, for their work shooting footage on Saturday for our promo video — we are looking forward to seeing the final product with eager anticipation!The competition heading into the final week of the Spring Pointscore was tight and our computers are working overtime to finalise the results, which will be revealed at the Christmas Party on Saturday.
Top Tip – Check Your Vang Tang
Luke Parker’s back with another important tip: check your vang tang.So far this season about 6 full rigs have snapped the stainless steel vang tang on their mast. They break where they are bent, just below where the vang attaches to the tang. We’re not sure why they are suddenly breaking… it could be dodgy material, could be the firmer vangs we are all sailing with, could even just be bad luck. In any event, it’s well worth checking your vang tang regularly. They are not difficult to replace, but impossible to race without. In addition to Luke’s suggested inspection, Commodore Cox suggests a two vang range attached in case one breaks. And to also get the newer thicker one that is now available. You can check out Andrew’s setup next time you’re at the club.
Up Next and Holiday Schedule
Wednesday 11 December, 5:30pm start – Twilight Sailing.Saturday 14 December, 2pm start – Tyrell and Rousso races. (See info above)Saturday 14 December, 6pm – Christmas Party. (See info above)Wednesday 18 December, 5:30 start – Twilight Sailing with Brett Beyer. Saturday 21 December, 2pm start – Sprint Racing.Saturday 4 January, 2pm start – Sprint Racing.Wednesday 8 January, 5:30 start – Twilight Sailing.Saturday 11 January, 2pm start – Autumn Point Score (and we’re back to normal).
Big Boat Race Report
Written by Chris BowlingThe day was warm but we saw little of the sun, though cloud and the bushfire haze that has troubled the city for what seems to be weeks. With a forecast of nor-easter building during the race to 22 knots both Corinna and Smitten opted for small sails, while other boats looked at the real conditions and went big. In the event, the nor-easter came in but never gusted over 15 and the big sail people had it right. Perhaps the haze took the edge off the power behind it.Six boats registered, 5 starters arrived. Corinna made the best of the start but Sanity’s size and design and skilled crew moved her through the fleet to be ahead by a boat length at the first mark, with Katinka and Chenonceau in hot pursuit. Smitten reached the start somewhat late and eventually retired for a family cruise.Reaching to Taylors Bay, Sanity
Up Next at DBSC
Wednesday, 4 December, 5pm Splash – Twilight Sailing / BBTP. We’re still looking for 20+ boats. Join us TONIGHT!Saturday, 7 December, 2pm Start – Final Heats of Spring Pointscore & Club Champs. BBQ on deck after racing. Wednesday, 11 December, 5pm Splash – Twilight Sailing. Saturday, 14 December, 2pm – Tyrell and Rousso Christmas races (more info to come next week).Saturday, 14 December, 5pm – Christmas Party.Wednesday, 18 December, 5pm Splash – Twilight Sailing / BBTP.
RSVP Now for DBSC's Christmas Party – December 14
Ho Ho Ho! Come on down to join in DBSC’s annual Christmas Party – Saturday, December 14 from 5pm to 9pm! The day features the end of Spring Season awards, the highly coveted Tyrell and Roussos races – and to top it off a marvellous spread. This year we will be having Baked Potato’s from Happy As Larry so that our Canteen Crew can join in the fun. For the traditionalists, they’ll still throw out a bit of a spread for us as well, so don’t fear!Partners and families are welcome to join us for the merriment. Please RSVP HERE.