WHAT'S GOING ON

UPCOMING EVENTS

With the end of the Winter Series, racing now moves to Saturdays:

• Saturday August 3rd: Winter Sprints, 1:00PM start

• Saturday August 10th: Winter Sprints, 1:00PM start

• Saturday August 17th: Winter Sprints, 1:00PM start

Saturday August 24 is our annual Working Bee. Attendance is compulsory for members (that’s how things get fixed at the club), so please ink the date into your calendar.

Friday, August 30th: Sailors Season Opening Dinner at the Lord Dudley (more info to follow)

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RACE REPORT - SUNDAY 30 JUNE 2024

Photos by Dave Newman

Winter Championship & Point Score series - Races 19, 20 & 21

A grim wind and weather forecast didn't stop 25+ sailors showing up for races 19, 20 & 21 of the winter series. After a short postponement, we got Race 19 underway in a little SW breeze which quickly faded across the course leading to a drifter finish at the top mark on the second lap.

After a short wait, the breeze filled in again and we got underway with Race 20 with a shorter course and isolating and slowly building breeze. By Race 21 we had good pressure as the southerly started to fill in.

The ICLA 6's saw a win to Ian Alexander & two to Andrew Cox. In the pointscore, Benjamin Costandi took a win in Race 19 & 21, and Andrew Cox in Race 20. In the ILCA 7's Luke Parker, Patrick Black & Geoff Boscoe split the wins in the championship. Luke Parker, Joshua Dorey & Geoff Boscoe took the wins in pointscore. David Airey and Maxim Djura take the lead into the final weekend of the winter series after a break for most of July.

- Dave Newman, PRO

Queensland Winter ILCA Regatta - July 13-14th at RQYS

Open to Junior, Youth, Open and Masters categories. Information including NOR is here: QILCA Winter ILCA Regatta - RQYS.

Photo courtesy of RQYS

Some words of encouragement from Andrew Stransky:

Come one come all, it’s happening! Blow away those winter chills, dust off your trusty ILCA dinghy and set your sights on the Queensland Winter ILCA Regatta! Muster your energy and join the age old tradition of competing in the world’s most popular dinghy class. Racing among friends, the thrilling competition is always tight, regardless of where you are in the flight. Tone up those begging muscles in this 2 day, 5 race series, all for a paltry $50 entry fee, a bargain for the taking.

Step right up, you are all invited to enter, whatever your sex or age, come one, come all, this is an open regatta! Bask in warm sunshine on the inviting grounds of the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, while rigging up your trusty stead! Catch up with friends, make friends and be part of the splendid challenge of mastering sail. Out on the fresh waters of Waterloo Bay, apply your best efforts to push each other to even greater heights. Enjoy the fascinating interplay of sails, ropes, hulls and foils as we all strive to use the wind to our advantage and complete the course at our best speed.

Take part in the thrill of the hike, the rock and roll, hanging five in that effort to keep a small wave alive! Test your wits as you place your bets on which way the wind will roll the dice, calm as ice, in that beautiful winter light. Leap out of your chair and exclaim to the air “I’ll get my entry in right now!” If you don’t have a boat but are excited to join, no doubt you can beg or borrow one! What better way to spend two winter’s days, testing your skills and caressing the breeze. So why not get out your calender and ink in July 13th and 14th, to spend some time simply mucking about in boats!  

WHAT'S GOING ON

UPCOMING EVENTS

No racing at DBSC for the next three weekends.

Sunday, 7 July: Work-on-Your-Boat Day for those interested. Nominal start: 08:00

Saturday & Sunday July 13 & 14: Queensland Winter ILCA Regatta at RQYS. Please see previous article.

Sunday, 28 July: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 22, 23 & 24). 07:30 Briefing and 08:15 First warning. NB: This is the last race day of the Winter Series

Next Season’s Calendar

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

Newsletter on Vacation

Next newsletter will be on or about August 1st, unless there is some breaking news that needs to be spread. In the meantime, please keep these dates free:

Saturday, August 24th: DBSC’s Annual Working Bee - all members are expected to attend.

Friday, August 30th: Sailors Season Opening Dinner at the Lord Dudley

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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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WHAT'S GOING ON

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday, 30 June: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 19, 20 & 21) 07:30 Briefing and 08:15 First warning.

Sunday, 7 July: NO RACING - Happy Holidays — Work-on-Your-Boat day for those interested. Nominal start: 08:00

Sunday, 14 July: NO RACING - Happy Holidays

Sunday, 21 July: NO RACING - Happy Holidays

Sunday, 28 July: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 22, 23 & 24) 07:30 Briefing and 08:15 First warning.
(This is the last race day of the Winter Series)

Next Season’s Calendar

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

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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.

Purchase warm winter sailing gear

If anyone is interested in purchasing any sailing gear for winter (or just generally), BoatCrewGear has offered to do a delivery run to DBSC on Sunday morning, 30 June.  He will be there at 1030am until 1130am.

 If you are interested in participating in this, please order and pay for your items online from www.boatcrewgear.com and enter the code DBSCfree to get FREE delivery to the club.  BoatCrewGear owner, Andrew Hawkins, will drop off all the orders at DBSC on Sunday, 30 June.  He will also have items in his van in case of any last-minute requirements.

 Any enquiries contact Andrew on 0457 152 168 or gear@boatcrewgear.com

RACE REPORT - SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2024

Winter Championship & Point Score series - Races 16, 17, 18

Photo by Van Allen

Grant Lovelady (PRO) Reports:

After Saturday’s soggy downpour you would be excused for thinking Sunday was going to be a repeat and a lie-in the better option. We arrived early for a crisp winter morning and beautiful Sydney Harbour mostly to ourselves, along with a few high-speed water skiers and a peloton of kayakers: 20-plus hardy ILCA /Laser sailors including a few visitors.

Breeze was W, WSW at 10-13 knots and we set a course with the top mark just off Clark Island and the bottom mark off Point Piper.

R1 set the day up with nice left shifts but the right had the pressure. The story for the day was to manage the oscillating shifts, sometimes 20+ degrees and connecting the pressure lines.

R2 saw the Radial/4.7 fleet very keen to test the PRO, but to no avail — we were not going to deploy the 1st substitute flag. Up came code flag X individual recall and 5 boats were called. Only 2 returned correctly.

R3 the rain looked like it was coming in and the breeze clocking to the south. A wise decision under the conditions meant we kept the same course but rotated the line. This made for a good tactical play, and shifts a plenty.

Winners for the day were:

ILCA 6 Radials – Roberto Blum, Andrew Cox, Ian Alexander

ILCA 7 Standards – Maxim Djura and Tim Heath (2 wins)

Thanks to the on-water crew of John Sweeny & Van Allen on the Dene Bergman setting the course and Ben & Charlie Byford on the Jazzman with PRO & LTRaR. Result thanks to Geoffrey Boscoe.

A reminder please to sign on, with the correct sail number. This helps the race management team, safety and of course you get included in the results.

Photos by Van Allen and Grant Lovelady

RACE REPORT - SUNDAY 16 JUNE 2024

Photos by Andrew Foote

Winter Racing – Races 13, 14 & 15

Rod Barnes (PRO) Reports:

Sunday was a sensational day on the Harbour.  After a rainy few days, we turned up to clear blue skies, crisp and cold conditions and, like most other Sundays in winter, a relatively clear Harbour. It’s such a contrast to those busy summer days and there is a huge reward if you can just get out from under the doona.

There were a few stragglers, but by the time the second race came around, there was more than 30 boats on the water.  We welcomed a few visitors from Middle Harbour and Vaucluse and it was a fantastic effort from all who attended.

Thanks to the on-water crew of Craig Ryan, Andrew Craker and Andrew Foote. With a couple of tweaks to the course, we were racing with a beautiful WSW breeze ranging from 14 to 21 knots.

In the ILCA 6 class, James Gosling had a great day in the point score finishing with two firsts and a second, and in the Championships, Healy Ryan dominated the fleet.

Patrick Black also had a good day in the ILCA 7 point score finishing with two firsts and a third, and in the championships, Luke Parker, Quentin Burns and Nick Pellow all had wins.

WHAT'S GOING ON

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday, 23 June: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 16, 17 & 18) 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 Warning

Sunday, 30 June: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 19, 20 & 21) 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 Warning.

Sunday, 7 July: NO RACING - Happy Holidays — Work-on-Your-Boat day for those interested.

Sunday, 14 July: NO RACING - Happy Holidays

Sunday, 21 July: NO RACING - Happy Holidays

Sunday, 28 July: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 22, 23 & 24) 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 Warning.
(The last race day of the Winter Series)

Next Season’s Calendar

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

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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.