2024 ACT & NSW Coast Championships

Photo courtesy of ILCA NSW & ACT

Regatta's kick off with Coast Championships 12-13 October

Get set for another great circuit for local and national events this year. We're again striving for a strong representation and contingent of DBSC sailors. The first event is the Coast Championships at Mannering Park Sailing Club 12-13 October. If you're interested in attending and need any support with boat transport or accommodation, please contact Dave Newman. The Notice of Race for the event is Here.

We also have the State Open & Youth Championships at Georges River Sailing Club 16-17 November 2024, and State Masters Championships South Lake Macquarie Amateur Sailing Club 1-2 February 2025. The 2025 Oceania & Australian Open & Youths are in RQYS, Brisbane from 1-8 Jan 2025 and the 2025 Oceania & Australian Masters should be another great event at Westernport YC from 21-24 Feb 2025 on the Mornington Peninsula outside Melbourne

 Again, reach out to Dave or hit him up at the club if you have any questions or need support. 

WHAT'S GOING ON

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Saturday 5 October (Labour Day October Long Weekend)

  • Sprint Racing (1pm briefing, 2pm first warning)

• 2-7 October - REACH Youth are attending - Australian Sailing NSW Youth Sail - Teralba SC, Lake Macquarie

• Wednesday 9 October

  • Twilight Sailing (5-ish splash)

• Thursday 10 October

  • Twilight Racing (5pm splash) 5:30pm first warning

• Weekend of 12-13 October

  • 2024 NSW & ACT Coast Championships at Mannering Park Sailing Club (Sat. & Sun.)

  • Please contact Dave Newman if you are interested in attending. Notice of Race.

• Saturday 12 October

  • Sprint Racing (1pm briefing, 2pm first warning)

• Saturday 19 October

  • Member Competency Training (9am)

  • Club Championship Races 5 & 6 + Spring Point Score Races 5 & 6 (1pm briefing, 2pm first warning)

    • Brett Beyer Saturday Program (BBSP)

  • BBQ after racing

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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.
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RACE REPORT - SATURDAY 21 September 2024

All sailing photos by Jack Tattersall

Club Championship Races 3 & 4

Saturday was one of those crystal clear spring days, with not a cloud in the sky, only the smudge of some back-burning somewhere up Middle Harbour. Wind was from the northwest. The Race Committee set the start line clear of Shark Island and well away from Point Piper in order to have a weather leg clear of Clark Island. We launched at the top of a rather high tide, so both races were sailed in a strong ebb current.

A fleet of 40 Lasers (26 Radials, 12 Standards & two 4.7's) enjoyed the afternoon, sharing the harbour, in particular our course area, with a number of yachts that decided to see what we were up to, sometimes in the middle of our starting sequence. All part of the Sydney Harbour experience, I suppose.

The starts were a little tricky, not helped by our RC providing a quite "economical" start line length, and a tide that made fetching the pin a challenge from that half of the line. The Radials and 4.7's got off cleanly in Race 3, however the Standards had a General Recall in spite of the tide pushing them away from the line.

Sara Bruce took Race 3 in the Radials, Zander Bijkerk in the Standards and Harper Spacey in the 4.7's.

In Race 4, the wind perked up a bit, at least in patches. Staying left appeared to pay, probably because the adverse current was slightly slower and the waves smaller, but there were significant shifts and pressure differences to be found everywhere. The Radials needed a second attempt under a Black Flag to get away. The Standards were better behaved.

Sylvie Stannage won Race 4 in the Radials, Campbell Patton in the Standards and Tucker McKeon in the 4.7's.

Many thanks to the Race Committee of Craig Sheers, Tim Heath and Jack Tattersall in the Jazzman, with Mark Gray and his daughter Milla with Peter D'Arcy-King in the RIB. In the kitchen, Shirley and Paul were assisted by Diana Chen and Tory Epworth.

The BBQ on the deck afterward was fabulous, as always. Thanks to Paul and Shirley for the set-up, to Pat Levy for working the BBQ and especially to everyone who stayed late to tidy up, wash up and put everything away.

- Chris Tattersall, Editor.

Photo by Maxim Djura

2024 Annual Member Competency & Safety Training

Please save the morning of Saturday, 19 October from 9am for our annual competency and safety training. Attendance is expected of all on-water members and volunteers. This is an important opportunity to discuss and refresh our skills in:

How to run a race (by Andrew Cox) - essential for PRO, LtRAR, CoTD & CoCoTD duty.
https://www.dbsc.com.au/pro

How to use DBSC equipment (by Pat Levy) - also essential info on operation of davits, RIBs, Jazzman, laying marks, anchors, and use of radios.
https://www.dbsc.com.au/cotd

How to save people (by David Murphy) - more essential procedures for on water emergency, rescue, & first aid.
https://www.dbsc.com.au/emergency-rescue

In advance of this, kindly familiarise/ re-familiarise yourself with the policies and training materials available on the DBSC website (links above) or start with some of our training videos.

Thursday Twilight Racing Returns 10 October 2024!

On Thursday 10 October we will kick off our Thursday Twilight Racing with on-water coaching support for the 2024/25 season. The coaching and race management will be undertaken by one of our Reach coaches.

• We will aim for our usual splash of 5PM. The coach and course will be ready for racing by 5:30PM

• The course will be typically windward - leeward (like our sprint racing), however the coach may communicate variations out on the water...to keep us on our toes.

• Racing will run until sundown (approx 7:30PM).

• Regular Thursday night dinner and drinks at The Oak following sailing, for anyone who fancies a social outing.

The Cost is $150 per sailor for the 10 week program (plus merchant fees). This covers the overhead of paying the coach each week to set the course and provide the coaching (dinner not included).

Proposed Dates: October 10, 17, 24, 31 November 7, 14, 21, 28 December 5, 12

We hope that Members who plan to race regularly on Thursdays will support the program by signing up.
(Members who sail occasionally are still very welcome to join us for Thursday Racing free of charge.)

Members wishing to sign-up for the Thursday on water coaching please click the button bleow:

WHAT'S GOING ON

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Saturday 28 September

  • Learn-to-Race: 9am

  • Spring Point Score Races 3 & 4 (1pm briefing, 2pm first warning)

    • Brett Beyer Saturday Program (BBSP)

• Saturday 5 October (Labour Day October Long Weekend)

  • Sprint Racing (1pm briefing, 2pm first warning)

• Thursday 10 October

  • Twilight Racing (5pm splash)

• Weekend of 12-13 October

  • 2024 NSW & ACT Coast Championships at Mannering Park Sailing Club (Sat. & Sun.)

  • Please contact Dave Newman if you are interested in attending

  • Notice of Race

• Saturday 12 October

  • Sprint Racing (1pm briefing, 2pm first warning)

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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.

RACE REPORT - SATURDAY 14 September 2024

SPRING POINT SCORE Races 1 & 2

By Murray Stone

Last Saturday saw a magnificent start to the 2024 Spring Pointscore series with the weather gods giving their blessing and delivering blue skies, a pleasant 22 degrees and a relatively consistent 10 knot north north easterly - a pleasant surprise given the harbour was looking like glass during the morning's Learn to Race session. The forecasted afternoon 6 knot northwesterly and late shift into the south west didn't eventuate, much to the delight of the fleet of around 40 sailors.

Both the Radial and Standard fleets got away without troubling the starter on a course accommodating the northerly gradient in the breeze. The wing mark was set not far off Clark Island and while this resulted in a deep first reach, it made for a tight bottom reach with most sailors working the leg and enjoying some good rides in the lighter conditions.  

Healy Ryan took line honours in the first race in the Radials with Pia Hattersley getting the time adjusted victory. Campbell Patton took fastest time in the standard fleet with Peter D'arcy King winning on adjusted time.

A few minor tweaks were made to the course in the Race 2 and both fleets again got away cleanly despite a lapse in concentration by the starter that saw a quick hoist of the AP flag after missing the 4-minute signal was missed in the Radial sequence.

As that race progressed, the breeze seemed to fill in slightly and shift a little to the east, with the near perfect conditions continuing through the afternoon.

In the end, Healy and Sylvie Stannage could not be separated crossing the finish line for the Radials and a dead heat was declared.  Roberto Blum had a solid race and took the honours on adjusted time.  Campbell continued his form again taking line honours in the Standards, while Andrew Foote took first place on handicap following a podium finish in Race 1, seeing him take a strong position early in the series.

Thanks to Murray, Omer, Kerryn and Quinn, along with guest Charles for running the races, and to Peter D'Arcy King and Jason Wilkins for their help in the canteen.

Waiting for the breeze to filter in... Photo by Murray Stone.

Annual Member Competency Training

Please save the morning of Saturday, 19 October for our annual competency training. Attendance is expected of all on-water members and volunteers, and is an opportunity to discuss and refresh our skills in:

How to run a race

• how to run a race correctly, efficiently and safely, by Andrew Cox

• essential for COTD/ PRO duty

How to use DBSC equipment

• how to correctly use all the various bits of DBSC equipment, led by Pat Levy

• using the davits safely, avoiding breaking the RIBs or the Jazzman, avoid losing anchors, how to use the radio safely, and how generally to avoid getting booked by Maritime. Great timing as a new RIB is on its way:)

How to save people

• Emergency, rescue and first aid, conducted by David Murphy

• includes an annual refresher on rescue techniques, CPR, defibrillator use and bonus chats on shark-bites and DBSC child-safety.

In advance of this, kindly familiarise/ re-familiarise yourself with the policies and training materials available on the DBSC website. Maybe start with some of our training videos.

Times and further details will be confirmed over the coming weeks.

- David Murphy

Canteen Duty Changes

After consultation with our Canteen Captain Paul Adam, we are changing the timing for canteen volunteering beginning this weekend. There will still be two members rostered on each week during the Spring/Autumn seasons, but the first duty will now commence at 11am for an hour, and the second at 12 midday for an hour. This will mean that Paul and Shirley have more assistance during the busiest sandwich-making time prior to to the pre-race briefing at 1pm. The second volunteer may choose to partially rig prior to their duty to allow plenty of time to get out to the course.

Note that the CoCTOD may be called upon by Paul earlier in the morning to assist with restocking the canteen, e.g. to shift a couple of boxes.

- Tim Heath

WHAT'S GOING ON

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Saturday 21 September

  • Club Championship Races 3 & 4 (1pm briefing, 2pm first warning)

    • Brett Beyer Saturday Program (BBSP)

  • BBQ on the Deck after racing

• Saturday 28 September

  • Learn-to-Race: 9am

  • Spring Point Score Races 3 & 4 (1pm briefing, 2pm first warning)

    • BBSP

• Saturday 5 October (Labour Day October Long Weekend)

  • Sprint Racing (1pm briefing, 2pm first warning)

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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.