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Winter Championship and Pointscore – heats 10,11 & 12It was forecast to be 30 knots with rain. And if the day before was anything to go by, it was expected to be pounding rain. As such, it was with some trepidation and much warm gear that the race management crew peeled themselves down to the club at 6.15am. Apparently, the sailors felt the same consternation, with many choosing to remain in bed rather than face a cold wet gale. And, as a result, numbers were down significantly this week in comparison with previous weeks.Pleasingly, it turned out to be a beautiful day. No rain, sunshine despite the clouds, and a steady westerly breeze

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July Work-on-your-boat DayThis is confirmed for the morning of Sunday, July 7th. There will be tools, supplies and advice to be shared. Please email Maxim so we can gauge interest.

Next Season’s CalendarVice Commodore Rod Barnes has updated the Sailing Calendar for next season. Here’s the link: DBSC Calendar.

UPCOMING EVENTSSunday, 9 June: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 13, 14 & 15). 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 WarningSunday, 16 June: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 16, 17 & 18). 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 WarningSunday, 23 June: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 19, 20 & 21) 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 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

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Winter Championship and Pointscore – heats 7, 8 & 9Another crystal-clear Sunday morning awaited a fleet of about 30 Lasers, with DBSC sailors being joined by some keen irregulars from Middle Harbour, the Squadron and Woollahra. Winds were from the west at 6 – 10 kts. We set the course with the weather mark northeast of Clark Island. Heat 7 got off fairly cleanly (only one OCS in the Radial fleet). Heat 8 was a bit more intense, especially amongst the Radials. After a general recall pushed them to the back of the rotation, the race committee brought out the black flag and that got them onto the fair side of the start line at the gun. For Heat 9, the

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Some more words from your Commodore – Steven London…What a huge night, 70 members, partners and parents joined us down on the Bay last Friday for our AGM – AGP – with fantastic dinner, drinks and Karaoke Band Rock Gods Extravaganza! The formal proceedings were well attended with members young and old presented with reports from the Commodore, Vice-Commodore, Treasurer, Learn To Race, Youth Coordinator and Canteen. The Racks are full, the Hall is full of members – successful Learn to Race and Youth Reach Programs – the club is in good shape with record attendance on our race start-line throughout the year! And each year we honor the great work of

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July Work-on-your-boat DayBuilding on last month’s successful boat maintenance session, Maxim Djura is scheduling another work-on-your-boat day. This is tentatively set for Sunday, July 7th. There will be tools, supplies and advice to be shared.

Next Season’s CalendarVice Commodore Rod Barnes has updated the Sailing Calendar for next season. Here’s the link: DBSC Calendar.

UPCOMING EVENTSSunday, 2 June: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 10,11 & 12). 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 WarningSunday, 9 June: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 13, 14 & 15). 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 WarningSunday, 16 June: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 16, 17 & 18) 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 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

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…by the dawn’s early light

Winter Championship and Pointscore – heats 4, 5 & 6The flotilla struck gold on just the second Sunday of the Winter Season – with a sparkling clear harbour, clear wintery skies and a lovely 8-12 knot West South Westerly breeze treating both fleets to some very tight racing, and extremely close finishes which kept the Race Team on their toes at all times.We had at least 30 boats on the water, 3 great races, and were all done and dusted, with hot showers and tracky dacks back on by 1030.It was great to see quite a few visiting boats making the trek to our lovely corner of the harbour for some of

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Winter Championship & Pointscore (Races 1, 2 & 3)Report by PRO Luke Parker:Twenty brave (desperate?) souls left their mother figures for a sleep-in and fronted up for the first day of the 2024 Winter series. So did the rain. So did some wind, albeit fickle and shifty. On the upside, we had the harbour to ourselves.Pre briefing the course was set for the prevailing westerly. Post briefing the wind shifted to southwest and so the course was quickly adjusted. Then a rainstorm moved on, and the wind shifted to a westerly-ish at 5-8 knots and the course was reset for Races 2 and 3. If you’re confused, be thankful you weren’t with Jim Dounis and Josh Dorey who were tasked with moving the buoys.We got our 3 races off efficiently without further incident. The simple course layout and rolling starts worked well. A critical request/reminder from the start boat: can

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UPCOMING EVENTSSunday, 19 May: Winter Championship & Pointscore series racing (Races 4, 5 & 6). 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 WarningFriday 24 May: DBSC’s Annual General Party (Meeting followed by dinner, drinks and dancing) 6:30PM

Sunday, 26 May: Winter Championship & Pointscore series racing (Races 7, 8 & 9) 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 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 and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

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UPCOMING EVENTSSunday, 12 May: Winter Championship series racing commences07:30 Briefing / 08:15 Warning

Sunday, 19 May: Winter Champs (07:30 Briefing / 08:15 Warning)

Friday 24 May: DBSC’s Annual General Party (Meeting)Please check your email for invitation and RSVPNOTE: Calling for volunteers to help with this. If you able to, please contact Diana Chen

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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Work-on-your-Boat Weekend

All photos by Maxim Dzhura

Saturday and Sunday turned out to be a very fun weekend despite the rainy weather thanks to good company and camaraderie. The work itself was hard, as sore muscles will attest. A big thanks to Maxim Dzhura for organising the whole thing, and for shouting the group with a huge supply of materials and consumables. Thanks also to everyone else who brought items to contribute to the group, and to Steven London for his generous loan of various power tools. Plus a special thankyou goes out to Craig Sheers who spent much time on both Saturday and Sunday lending his ILCA

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