Race Planning

Every wed 5.30pm. Twilight training

saturday 22/10. Coast Championships away, non pointscore sprint races @ DBSC

saturday 29/10 Pointscore

saturday 5/11 Club championship  

saturday 12/11 VYC challenge. Sail at VYC. Après @ DBSC

RIB driver needed for Sunday

Each week we support the 18's with the Paul Adam (the boat, not the living legend)  on water. The living legend holds fort in the canteen and on radio. 

Often John Vasey drives the RIB. Generally it's a fun day out with little to do. Occasionally it gets wild, such as last Sunday when 6 boats lost their rigs before the race was due to start. Your correspondent towed one boat away from Clarke Island, and then towed same boat out of Rushcutters Bay. 

We need a capable driver this Sunday. Let me know if you're up for it. Commodore@dbsc.com.au

Boat Speed Training with Mike Leigh (Wed 19th October)

Following on from the successful rules night run by specialist Laser coach Mike Leigh, we've asked him to return to the club to run a session on boat speed. 

Date: 19th October

Time: 8.00pm (after twilight sailing)

Cost: $21 (includes food and a contribution to Mike's fee)

Please pay in advance, using this link, so we don't have to collect money on the night. When everyone has arrived we will order pizzas. 

Pointscore this week with N/E breeze predicted.

Forecast is for a spanking Nor'easter. Sunshine. Our favourite breeze. No excuses for not getting on the water. 1pm briefing, 2pm start.  

Following week is the coast championships ships on Lake Macquarie. Non pointscore sprints for the non travellers. 

Club Championships 3&4 this Saturday

Usual drill: 

• arrive noonish.  
• Eat a toastie
• Get boat out of rack.  
• Look at boat
• look at other boats
• think about another toastie
• commence rigging
• halt rigging for 1pm briefing
• finish rigging
• get dressed
• really finish rigging
• realise you should have had that second toastie
• 1.40pm splash
• 2pm start
• 4.30 return to shore, unrig, shower, eat and drink at BBQ

Open Air Cinema for Steyne Park?

There is a Development Application before Council (DA 393/2016) to hold open air cinema in Steyne Park, every Thursday to Sunday night.  Setting up from 5.30pm, with booze and food.

The proposal will no doubt make parking even more difficult and increase wear and tear on our beloved Steyne park.   The alfresco lavatories (ie dinghy racks) will probably see more activity. I worry about security when there is boozed people around, but that's probably not our biggest issue. 

Comments can be lodged here. They are due today, but I am sure late submissions will be accepted and considered. 

Application is here

Daylight Saving = Twilight Sailing

It's back.

Wednesday twilight sailing starts this week

Aim for a 5.30 splash, some will go earlier, and sail for as long as you like. We may sail sprints around a simple course, either using DBSC buoys, or the fixed buoys in the harbour. One of the sailors will act as starter.

All welcome and encouraged. 

Occasionally, such as today, there's a Committee meeting on after sailing. Again, all welcome to join us for a natter and a slice of pizza. 

PS Its late notice, but there's a lovely westerly brewing for today.....  

Two years ago it was a lovely N/Eer. You're reminded because I don't know how to remove prior pictures. 

Yoof for glorious benefit of DBSC

Just some of the yoof spending the school holidays wisely.

The People's Prince, glowed:

"We are used to Grasshopper 2.0 and Smiley delivering in the big regattas, but the highlight for me was the performance of the 4.7 team.  We have gone from a lone 4.7 rig two seasons ago, to being the leading 4.7 club in Australia now.  We don't just have the odd undernourished adult sailor now, we have a whole yoof squad in the 4.7s."

Report follows:

NSW Youth championships wrapped up today with a massive NE breeze... Only one race finished before they sent the sailors ashore.

Results- Radial
Finn - almost a picket fence with a 2,1,1,1,1 (the 2nd was his drop) with total score of 4 and taking the win. 
Marlena - 6th

4.7
Will Cooley- 2nd
Boston Cortis- 3rd
Jack Littlechild- 4th
Mark Louis - 8th
Brooke Wilson - 16th
Henry Davison - 21st
Will McMillian - 23rd

Saturday was blown out with no racing.
Sunday they jammed in as many races as they could in anticipation for Monday's weather.
Monday's weather didn't disappoint and only 1 race was completed! It was wild and fun!

Grasshopper 2.0 on the podium and not the picket fence.

Only a couple of weeks before the final school exams.

Wonderful Worker's Celebration Weekend..Club Championships this weekend

What a long weekend...with all sorts of weather.

Things are getting busier now summer is really here:

• More yachts on the harbour, some of whom randomly apply by the "starboard boat has right of way over port boat, unless Port boat is bigger" rule.
• Irrefutable evidence that boat handling skills of owners are inversely proportional to the length of the boat.
• the Island season is underway, providing distraction to the mental preparation of many at DBSC
• Wednesday twilight sailing at DBSC, although a strong southerly buster might cause issues this week

Boarding the Island's shuttle is precarious and requires vigilant oversight. Matt selflessly delayed his sailing on Saturday to make sure each and every lady was safe. Good job Matt

This coming Saturday we have Club Championships.  Usual course and time.  We expect a bumper roll up. 

Workers' struggle celebrations

October long weekend brings several celebrations

• Annual day of rest and celebration for the workers
• NRL grand final
• Closure of the ski season
• AFL grand final (a passing fad for Sydney workers)
• Last weekend before parents can hand daytime custody back to teachers
• Daylight savings implemented, robbing us of an hour's sleep (or an hour's drinking if you're still at uni)

BL* Worker's sailing craft sighted in FNQ last weekend

* Before Laser

Implications for DBSC members are:

1. Informal non Pointscore racing this weekend.  Probably sprints, possibly 6-8 races. probably 2 lap windward /leewards, potentially about 20 minutes each race, likely with 3 minute start sequence (4.7s start on 2 mins, radials on 1 min, standards on 0).  But there will certainly probably be some changes to this plan. 
2. Weekly Wednesday night twilight sailing starts on Wednesday 7 October and continues throughout daylight savings. Celebrate hump day with a sail.  Aim for a 5.30pm splash. Very informal sprints, often rabbit starts (we'll explain on the day), all welcome.