Race Report - Vaucluse Regatta 7 March 2026
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Report from Tim Heath,
A strong contingent of (20+) sailors attended the Vaucluse Regatta last Saturday. It was a busy morning at the club with the JJs in full swing, the park in use for sport, and tide too high to rig on the beach.
This meant the most tricky boat handling of the day was on shore, but everyone was cooperative and the mood was good. Rigging was accompanied by pumping music and assuaged by free coffee and sausage toasties provided by our 18 footer colleagues.
An outgoing tide and a fickle light southeasterly breeze added to the transit and racing challenges.
There were a few quirky race happenings: lots of general recalls with the outgoing tide and short start line, class flag changed during sequence, top mark moved during a race, Ok dinghies sailing back through the line exactly when the ILCA 7s were starting their 2nd race, and the 3rd race was cancelled for reasons not entirely clear.
However, there was a general mood of enjoyment about sailing further up the harbour and having a group outing. Thank you to our Vaucluse colleagues for hosting a great day!
COTD Tim Heath and CoCOTD Michal Morris escorted the fleet to and from the event.
Strong performances were recorded by several DBSC members:
!LCA 4 - Harper Spacey overall winner
ILCA 6
1st Sylvie Stannage
2nd Sara Bruce
9th Roberto Blum
11th Charlotte Jenkins
ILCA 7
1st Alexander Bjerk (both races)
2nd Healey Ryan (both races)
4th James Tudball
5th John Sweeny
7th David Newman
10 Stephen Reid
11th Geoffrey Boscoe
PS: it was more an ENE
Full results https://app.sailsys.com.au/club/50/results/series/5545/pointscore?view=individual&handicap=s