Brett Beyer Wednesday Program

The Brett Beyer Wednesday program (now called the BBWP) is going ahead!  We are fully subscribed with ten participants!

Racing will start on water at 5.30pm this Wednesday, 18 October.  All are welcome to attend and sail in the races, whether a subscriber to the program or not.

We are committed to making twilight sailing a success again this year.  One of the important ingredients in this is certainty for all participants – if you are going to come (whether a subscriber to the program or not), please respond to Peter Collie’s Doodle Poll, which he sends to all members every Wednesday (let him know if you don’t receive it – social@dbsc.com.au).  And if you do respond yes, then please turn up!

Season Opening Sailors’ Dinner

This week is the last week to get your tickets to the Season Opening Sailors’ Dinner to be held on 27 October.  RSVPs will close this Saturday, so don’t procrastinate any longer.  Do it now while you remember – get your ticket here.  This is going to be a very fun night with an amazing group of people at an equally amazing venue.  Please join us.

Another Champion Joins

We welcome our newest member, Otto Henry, who will be sailing over from RSYS in a 4.7.  Otto is a former twice national Opti champion and current national 420 champion, now sailing in a laser.  And BTW, that means he has some skills, as he showed with a telling first place in his first ever race at DBSC!  Please look out for Otto and introduce yourself to him on the course.  He has also joined the Brett Beyer Wednesday program, so please say hello to him there too.

Otto in his Opti

Boat Needed for States

We have been approached by an interstate sailor who needs a Laser for the States. If you’d like to charter your boat out to a very competitive women's sailor, who’s part of the Australian Laser Radial Women's Squad, please contact Clare Alexander at secretary@dbsc.com.au.

This Week's Snapshot

1. It is Heats 3 & 4 of the Club Championship this coming Saturday.  Briefing at 1pm, first warning signal at 2pm.
2. The Brett Beyer Wednesday program only has 3 places left: email commodore@dbsc.com.  Twilights are on again today at 5.30.
3. RSVPs for the Season Opening Sailors’ Dinner are coming in fast – we expect 40+ people.  Not long left to get your tickets here.
4. Congratulations to Finn Alexander, current Laser Youth World Champion, who has been awarded NSW Youth Sailor of the Year!
5. Buongiorno to our new sister club, Vela Club Campione del Garda.  Thanks to Mark Bethwaite for bringing home the pennant.
6. Welcome to our latest new member, Campbell Patton, who has moved from Bermuda especially to sail with us!
7. Big boat race report from last Sunday.  Congratulations to Corinna for helping in a rescue and still winning the race.

Laser Racing

We had 30 boats for our Spring Point Score racing last Saturday.  It was a tricky Double Bay Southerly that probed sailors for their weak spots.  A few came out unscathed, but most were found wanting.

The winners on adjusted time were as follows.  In the Standards, Marty Trembath pulled off a rare double first.  In the Radials, David Huber took out the first race and Campbell Patton took out the second — it was his first day of competition at DBSC — watch this space!  Daniel Costandi sailed well in the 4.7s, beating most of the Radial fleet

Daniel Costandi sailed well in the 4.7s

Thank you to our PRO, Jim Dounis, assisted by Clare Alexander, and our COTD, Kirk Marcolina, assisted by Pia Hattersley and Charlotte Alexander.  It was a well-run event with no dramas to report.

Check out some of the action in this video:

This Saturday, it will be Heats 7 & 8 of the Spring Point Score.  As usual, the briefing will be at 1pm, with the first warning signal at 2pm.  See you there!

Season Opening Sailors’ Dinner

Tickets are selling fast to the Season Opening Sailors’ Dinner. We expect to have 40+ people attend.  It is going to be a fun night at a very special venue, Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club.  Peter and Clare have come up with a few twists to add to the fun.  Please get your tickets this week here.  It will not be open much longer.

Brett Beyer Wednesday Program

We have had a strong run in the last few days on the Brett Beyer Wednesday program, now with only three spots left.  

This is the closest you will ever get to one-on-one training with an Olympic coach and 12-times Laser World Champion for only $30 a pop.  So, it remains first in best dressed, and that phrase now has meaning again.  Please email commodore@dbsc.com.au ASAP if you’re in.

Twilight sailing continues today, with splash at 5.30pm – please respond to Peter Collie’s Doodle poll.  And note the Brett Beyer Wednesday program is slated to start next week on 18 October.  More on that to come.

The Awards Keep Coming

Last week it was our new World Champion.  This week it is our other current world champion, Finn Alexander, who takes the headlines.  We are delighted to announce that Finn has won the title of Youth Sailor of the Year from Yachting NSW/ACT.  

Finn was away at the Open World Championship in Croatia when the award was given, so proud mum accepted the award on his behalf.  As Finn’s list of achievements mounts, we continue to pretend it was all due to the stiff competition he faced from the Radial fleet at Double Bay.  And with that in mind, it was fitting that we had our very own presentation ceremony last Saturday to deliver the award to Finn.

Congratulations to Finn on another well-deserved accolade.

Ciao, Lake Garda

On his way to the Masters World Championship in Croatia, Mark Bethwaite was appointed honorary coach to our newest reciprocal club, Vela Club Campione del Garda on Lake Garda in Italy.  Mark spent a couple of weeks pre-Worlds sailing in what must be one of the most beautiful locations on earth. 

Vela Club Campione del Garda on Lake Garda in Italy

While there, he ran two coaching clinics to assist members of that club who were preparing for the Worlds. For those who can read Italian, here was the advertisement sent out by the club.

Mark has now returned to the almost equally beautiful waters of Double Bay, bringing with him a pennant from Vela Club Campione del Garda as a gesture of permanent reciprocity.  We welcome any members of that club who wish to sail with us at DBSC.