Nomenclature changing
Webmaster
Given DBSC's pre-eminence in the global sailing community as the leading Laser club in the world, we have been asked to come up with a better name for the 4.7 class.
To this end, ISAF and ICLA have accepted the DBSC's recommendation for renaming the "Laser 4.7" as "Laser Sprogs". Speaking at the Sail Melbourne event, where DBSC Yoof and Sprogs performed magnificently, ISAF President of Honour, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway, declared:
"Sprog has several different meanings, both nautical and demographical, and is an inspired choice by our comrades from DBSC. We even like the idea of renaming the "Laser Radial" to "Laser Yoof", but it isn't appropriate as many of the Radial sailors are over the age of 23 and their prefrontal cortex have stopped improving.
DBSC is the most progressive sailing club in the world and we value their input."
Results for Sail Melbourne can be found here. Great effort by all the DBSCers, and particularly Grasshopper 2.0 winning the Laser Yoof and Grasshopper 3.0 winning the Laser Sprogs.
Official report follows.....
4 days scheduled racing Port Phillip Bay - Day 1 - blown out with massive 40 knot winds, Day 2 - still honking but 3 races completed, Day 3- good breeze for the sailors with 3 more races and final day - fickle light breeze but good enough to get 2 more races in for our DBSC superstars!
Results for Invited Class - Radial
http://sailingresults.net/site/event/80091/overall_6.html?Tkn=85544
Finn Alexander - 1st Overall out of 44 sailors
Restults for Invited Class - 4.7
http://sailingresults.net/site/event/80091/Overall_5.html?Tkn=85530
Jack Littlechild - 1st our of 30 sailors
Will Cooley - 2nd
Boston Cortis - 6th
Mark Louise - 9th
Henry Davison - 11th
Sylvie Stannage - 22nd
Will McMillian - 23rd
Results for Olympic Class - Marlena Berzins was in the Womens Laser Radial Final World Cup event.
http://manage2sail.com/en-US/eventonly/bf593da8-bbe7-4a41-b482-014e216c7603/style/worldcup#!/results?classId=3c4a53db-ea15-4511-8be4-a940f7de9623
Marlena Berzins - 14th out of 19 sailors
Also, a notable mention - Marcus Whitely - 11th out of 16 in the Finn World Cup event!