Race Report - Sunday 1 June 2025

Winter Championship & Point Score - Races 10, 11 & 12

1st day of winter, champagne conditions, and once all warmed up and forecast sunny 19-deg, it was a classic day on Sydney Harbour all to ourselves. Hughey came to sail with a nice steady 9 kt W breeze and the occasional puff of 10 kt from WNW. A good turn out of 27 boats and we managed full three races of 25-30 minutes each and separate starts for all fleets.

Stand out performances for the day were Harper Spacey in 4.7s with 2 wins, Alistair Sutherland in Radials for the perfect scorecard, whilst the Standards very kindly shared the chocolates.

Here are the results (R10, R11, R12):

Championship
4 - Harper Spacey x 2, Olivia Aitken
6 - Alistair Sutherland x 3
7 - Hadrien Bourley, Geoffrey Boscoe, James Tudball

Point score
4 - Charlie Wait x 3
6 - Diana Chen, Brendan Pollard, Pia Hattersley
7 - Tim Heath, David Da Costa Enes x 2

Just a reminder that in winter the briefing is at 7:20am and 1st warning signal is at 08:00am. You need to launch immediately after briefing to get out of the bay in time.

Race Management Team: Mark Dagworthy, Masa Kume, David Airey, Grant Lovelady, and H/C Geoffrey Boscoe

— Grant Lovelady

New PSA charters available for Masters Worlds in Formia, Italy

Photo courtesy PSA Sailcraft

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Same price as the ILCA charters. All available at regatta site as per usual.

beyersailing@gmail.com
0414 299 317

WHAT'S GOING ON

Club Look-ahead Schedule

• Sunday 8 June:

  • SUNDAY MORNING Racing - Winter Sprints (King’s Birthday Long Weekend)
    7:20am Race Briefing, Start time 8:00am

  • DBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2:
    7:20am rigged and ready

• Sunday 15 June:

  • SUNDAY MORNING Racing - Winter Championship and Point Score series
    7:20am Race Briefing, Start time: 8:00am

  • DBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2:
    7:20am rigged and ready

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View all racing results here.
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Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

Race Report - Sunday 25 May 2025

Winter Championship & Point Score

Beautiful views of Venus above a crescent moon rewarded the early riser. There was a strong turnout ready to sail. 

Only one race was sailed, unfortunately, as the harbour, both in colour and current, resembled the Amazon more than our usual wonderful locale, and the wind didn’t come in until much later in the day. The warm morning gave little hope of the morning westerly kicking in, that combined with the strong outgoing tide made for testing conditions. 

Here are the Winter Race 7 results:

Championship
4 - Ralph took the win as a bit of a wildcard, chasing down Charlotte and Zoe on the line as they battled the current. 
6 - An outstanding win from Andrew Cox, handling the tide and limited breeze expertly. .
7- Youth sailor Ed Alexander with the championship points, followed by Geoff Boscoe who had a solid race.. 

Point score
4 - Charlotte Jenkins.
6 - Andrew Cox got the double.
7- Edward Alexander also got the double. 

2025 DBSC Annual General Party and AGM

Last Friday about 68 members and guests attended our Annual General Party and AGM at the club, including Life Members: Shirley Roach and Peter Collie with apologies from Life Members that were unable to make it: Jonathan Stone, Paul Adam AM, Dean Bergman, Andrea Bergman, Mark Bethwaite AM, Julian Van Aalst, Jim Ley, John Vasey and Richard George.

Reports were presented by the Commodore, Vice Commodore, Treasurer, Learn to Race, Youth Co-ordinator and Canteen, which formed the minutes of the proceedings. Photos by Peter Collie.

Congratulations to Luke Parker who was inducted as a Life Member of DBSC, and to those who were presented Cubes and Silverware along with hugs and kisses from Shirley Roach to these standout sailors from the season:

Club Champion ILCA 7 - Ron Young Trophy: Campbell Patton
Club Champion ILCA 6 - Sally Gordon Trophy: Healy Ryan
Club Champion ILCA 4 - Summer: Charlotte Jenkins
Club Champion - Don Roach Masters ILCA 7: Rod Barnes
Club Champion - Don Roach Masters ILCA 6: Andrew Cox
This Year we introduced 2 new awards: 
Women's  Club Champion ILCA 6: Sara Bruce
Women's  Club Champion ILCA 4: Charlotte Jenkins
Spring Point Score ILCA 7: Steven London
Autumn Point Score ILCA 7: Stephen Reid
Spring Point Score ILCA 6: Jim Dounis
Autumn Point Score ILCA 6: Jim Dounis

Spring Point Score ILCA 4: Tucker McKeon
Autumn Point Score ILCA 4: Charlotte Jenkins
Winter Champion ILCA 7: Nicholas Pellow
Winter Champion ILCA 6: Andrew Cox
Winter Champion ILCA 4: Charlotte Jenkins
Winter Point Score ILCA 4: Charlotte Jenkins
Winter Point Score  ILCA 7: Maxim Djura
Winter Point Score ILCA 6: David Airey
Richard Tyrrell Trophy: Raphael McLachlan
Mano Rousso Trophy: Conor Kellett 
The Women’s Regatta - Lyn Ley Trophy
Sara Bruce ILCA 6 and Harper Spacey ILCA 4

The Commodore’s Cup John Barraclough Award
Best Club Person: Tim Heath (who conldn’t make it, but we celebrated on his behalf!)

The re-election of Committee members was unanimous, and after the formalities there was good reason to party on with a Mexican taco feast, Guacamole and Margaritas, Daiquiris and the DJ spinning tunes for us all to dance into the night.
Thankyou to Diana Chen and Peter Collie for organising, and to all the volunteers that helped setup and pack away.

WHAT'S GOING ON

Club Look-ahead Schedule

• Sunday 1 June:

  • SUNDAY MORNING Racing - Winter Championship and Point Score series
    7:20am Race Briefing, new Start time: 8:00am First Warning

  • DBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2:
    7:20am rigged and ready

• Sunday 8 June:

  • SUNDAY MORNING Racing - Winter Championship and Point Score series
    7:20am Race Briefing, new Start time: 8:00am First Warning

  • DBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2:
    7:20am rigged and ready

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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 - Sunday 18 May 2025

Winter Championship & Point Score

Week 2 of the Winter Series delivered a classic dose of winter weather.  It was cold, wet and dreary!  But despite the inclement weather, 25 boats fronted up for racing, which was a solid effort. The race team (Kirk Marcolina, Chris Berg, Tory Epworth and James Tudball) had their torches and wet weather gear on at 6:00am as they prepared for racing, and the big decision for the team was whether we would lay a westerly or southerly course.

The forecast was for a 20 knot southerly, but when we surveyed the conditions on-water at 7am, the winter westerly was established at a consistent 8 knots.  So, Race 1 was started under our typical westerly course, and it was looking okay until the fleet approached the top mark for the first time.  Suddenly the wind abated and we experienced 90-degree shifts on the course with the wind bouncing rapidly between the southerly and westerly directions. In the lead up to Race 1 we could see from live readings that Botany Bay was enjoying the 20-knot southerly, but it kept struggling to announce itself properly in Double Bay, due to the heavy rain and cloud cover that engulfed our course from the west.

We powered on with Race 1 but the last half turned into a bit of a soldier’s course.  So, we opted to reset the course in Double Bay and prepare for the southerly wind direction.  Despite our best efforts, Race 2 still experienced sizeable right-hand shifts from the west, which meant 70% of the upwind was on starboard tack. However, we cannot discredit Race 2 and say it was "flukey conditions", because the PRO's father, Ian Tudball (aka 'Captain Tugwash'), happened to achieve his first ever DBSC line honours victory in this race!  The win had the faintest tinge of a Steven Bradbury moment, as Alistair Sutherland and Rob Blum (who were first and second over the line) were OCS in the Radial fleet.  But the rules are the rules, and we can assure you that no bribes were passed from Captain Tugwash to the PRO.

After the completion of Race 2, we decided to postpone the start of Race 3 until the southerly filled in consistently.  Fortunately the rain and clouds cleared and by 10am the wind finally arrived.  Race 3 was then sailed in a lovely SSW breeze of approximately 15 knots.  In this race, another big first win came for Stephen Reid, who sailed brilliantly to win the Standards.  A fantastic effort, Stephen!!!

Other notable Championship performances:
- In the 4.7s Raph McLachlan won Race 1 and Zoe Allen won Races 2 and 3 with some excellent sailing.
- In the Radials Scott Hunter won Race 1 and Andrew Cox won Race 3.  Special mention to Daryl Lawrence for jagging a 2nd place in Race 2.
- In the Standards Hadrien Bourely and Quentin Burns won Races 1 and 2, respectively.

Point Score performances:
- In the 4.7s wins went to Charlotte Jenkins (Race 1) and Zoe Allen (Races 2 and 3)
- In the Radials wins went to Brendan Pollard (Race 1), Daryl Lawrence (Race 2) and Ian Tudball (Race 3)
- In the Standards, David Da Costa Enes won Race 1 and Tim Heath won Races 2 and 3.

Full results for the Championship and Point Score can be viewed here: https://www.dbsc.com.au/sailor-app-results

Photos by Tory and Kirk

James Tudball, PRO

WHAT'S GOING ON

Club Look-ahead Schedule

• Friday evening 23 May:

  • DBSC Annual General Party and AGM

• Sunday 25 May:

  • SUNDAY MORNING Racing - Winter Championship and Point Score series
    7:20am Race Briefing, new Start time: 8:00am First Warning

  • DBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2 (for those who have signed up):
    7:20am rigged and ready

• Sunday 1 June:

  • SUNDAY MORNING Racing - Winter Championship and Point Score series
    7:20am Race Briefing, new Start time: 8:00am First Warning

  • DBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2 (for those who have signed up):
    7:20am rigged and ready

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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 - Sunday 11 May 2025

Winter Championship & Point Score

25 signed on and several unsigned on sailors greeted the starters for the Mother’s Day opening to the winter series. A light but fairly consistent westerly-ish breeze allowed us to get racing underway a little after out new scheduled start time. 

We held three tightly contested windward/leeward races.  Nobody was over at any of the eight starts. It was great to see eight ILCA4’s racing and they had their own starts for Races 2 and 3.  Several failed to get to the start area early enough for the first race to earn their own start.  Please see below.

Congratulations to the series leaders after Round One.  In the Winter Championships the current series leaders are Harper Spacey in ICLA 4, Roberto Blum in ILCA6 and Quentin Burns in ILCA7.  In the Winter Point Score the current series leaders are Harper Spacey in ILCA4, Brendan Pollard in ILCA6 and Sam Slattery in ILCA7.  Remarkably, each of those sailors won 2/3 races held this week.

Thanks to all the race crew for a successful day on the water.

Few takeaways for remainder of the winter series:

1. The start is at 8:00. Winter racing MUST start on time because 

• Winter winds often fade by 10am

• It’s fair to those that make the effort to wake up, and 

• It’s good practice for serious racing that always starts on time

2. Further, as Westerlies are always fickle in Double Bay, budget on 30-40 minutes to get to the starting area. So, if you want to make the first start at 8.00, you need to be rigged and dressed prior to 7.30 and launch IMMEDIATELY after the briefing.  This week it was opening day and only because each sailor assured us they made their mum a cuppa in bed for her special day, the starter was lenient and delayed the first race by 10 minutes. But it’s only Mother’s Day once a year. You snooze, you lose. 

3. 4.7’s will have their own start only when there’s 6 or more in the starting area (not rigging lawn!) prior to the sequence. 

4. Don’t go wandering between races.  There shouldn’t be a delay between starts.  

5. No sign on, or no sail # = no results.  Plus, two boats had no numbers at all. Obviously, it’s impossible to score a boat without a number.

Luke Parker - PRO

WHAT'S GOING ON

2025-26 Annual Membership Subscription Invoices have been sent

Each year in April invoices are sent out to all members, which are due for the next DBSC Sailing Year which begins on 1 May 2025. If you have any questions about your invoice, need help, or still can’t find it please contact secretary@dbsc.com.au
(Note: Payment via credit card in RevSport attracts a service charge. Direct Bank Transfer BSB to the DBSC account does not)

Club Look-ahead Schedule

• Sunday 18 May:

  • SUNDAY MORNING Racing - Winter Championship and Point Score series
    7:30am Race Briefing, new Start time: 8:00am First Warning

  • DBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2 (for those who have signed up):
    7:35am rigged and ready

• Friday evening 23 May:

  • DBSC Annual General Party and AGM — save the date -- this is not-to-be-missed.
    All Members have been emailed the RSVP link - Please RSVP so that we can have numbers for catering.

• Sunday 25 May:

  • SUNDAY MORNING Racing - Winter Championship and Point Score series
    7:30am Race Briefing, new Start time: 8:00am First Warning

  • DBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2 (for those who have signed up):
    7:35am rigged and ready

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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.