60 Seconds With Michael Osborne

1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? My family lived 100 metres from Lane Cove Sailing Club. My father had a yacht and my brother Alick had a variety of dinghies. Robert Lowndes used to spend weekends at our house and go sailing with Alick. I was too young to now recall the first time I was on a boat. 

2. If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy?  A Laser, or an Etchell (if I could organise the crew).

3. What is your ultimate sailing goal? To keep sailing lasers until I am the same age as Julian van Aalst.

4. Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser? Dragonfly - we have a pond in our garden which is regularly visited by these beautiful creatures. My younger daughter suggested it.

5. If you could add any ingredient to DBSC's world’s best toasties – what would it be? Butter.

6. What are your second/third favourite hobbies (assuming sailing is #1)? Cooking, swimming laps.

7. Describe what you do for work in less than five words? Give legal advice. Document transactions.

8. What is the first international destination you will travel to (once we're allowed) and why? Probably the USA. I like the place.

9. What is your favourite TV show, movie, and/or book? Seinfeld. The Philadelphia Story.

10. Tell us something interesting about yourself that members of the club don’t know? In the last couple of years I have been (informally) learning about ancient Indian philosophy.

Michael at DBSC. Photo: @lucky_lion_photography

Coming up next

Sunday 9 May – Winter Series (4,5,6)

Sunday 16 May – Winter Series continues (7,8,9)

Sunday 23 May – Winter Series continues (10,11,12)

Friday 28 May – Annual General Party

Sunday 30 May – ILCA 50th birthday bash!

Race Report 27 April 2021

After a brief postponement, the summer (autumn) season closed on Saturday 25 April with sprint racing. 

Once the breeze swung around to the NNE, PRO Kirk Marcolina, assisted by Hadrian Bourley, Thomas Beregi and Les Katz, ran five fast and furious 15-20 minutes sprints for a combined fleet of standard and radial rigs. Results varied with the radial fleet trying to hold back the standards that started 2 minutes behind them.

Many thanks also to Pia Hattersley and Hadrian Bourley who assisted Shirley and Paul in the canteen.

Closing out the summer season…

Winter series starts this week!

The Winter series kicks off this weekend on Sunday 2 May, with the first warning signal at 8.30am.

There will be three races of approx. 30 minutes each per week (weather permitting), a combined start, and the standard (yet shorter) DBSC format: triangle-sausage-sausage. The quick format will keep us warm!

All sailors are encouraged to participate and there will be championship and point score trophies in radial and standard divisions, as well as a radial Masters+ award. 

Updated Sailing Instructions

Our Sailing Instructions have been updated and are available online. Being among the best laser sailing clubs in the world, it’s important that we are all familiar with our rules of engagement.

There have been some changes to our Sailing Instructions for the winter series including:

• Winter Championship starts will be a single 5-minute countdown for all fleets, with 4.7s and Radials starting (together) after 3 minutes, and Standards starting after 5 minutes

• The Winter Championship will include both scratch and handicapped scoring each week

• Coaching on the course is no longer permitted (this does not affect the BBWP as advertised)

The PRO guide and the COTD instructions have also been updated to reflect these changes.

The discard rules have also changed for ALL our racing series (year-round) as follows:

6-8 races = 1 drop

9-11 races = 2 drops

12-14 races = 3 drops

15-16 races = 4 drops

17-19 races = 5 drops

20-22 races = 6 drops

23-25 races = 7 drops

26-28 races = 8 drops

29-30 races = 9 drops

AGP: 28 May 2021

DBSC is a sailing club like no other, and our annual general m… well it’s like no other. It’s an Annual General Party and we are delighted to announce the AGP is returning to our clubhouse this year. There will be a band, dancing and many pies. And also some trophies! We look forward to seeing you to celebrate the end of another fantastic season.

A paperless post invite will be email to all members shortly with an RSVP link. Meanwhile save the date - you don’t want to miss this fun-filled DBSC gathering!

At the 2019 AGP

Become a better sailor this winter

There are still some places left for the Brett Beyer Winter Program (BBWP) starting on Sunday 2 May. If you’re interested in improving your sailing skills over the winter season, or just don’t want to get left behind in the spring, please sign up HERE now. 

Can't control the weather...

While Brett Beyer may be DBSC’s esteemed SuperCoach, there are some things he can’t do - like control the weather… As BBSP subscribers are aware, our last Club Championship races were abandoned owing to a lack of wind. 

Brett, who made the trip down on the day, was unable to provide the BBSP as there was no racing. He has kindly offered to refund subscribers. If you would like to request a refund, can you please EMAIL your bank details to Andrew Cox.

Help a traveller out!

James Mitchell (Laser 214414) is planning to come from Melbourne to Double Bay for the ILCA anniversary event (30 May). He will be travelling in a VW Transporter RV and is looking to park outside someone’s house with access to bathroom facilities for 2-3 nights and willing to pay for this. 

Is there someone nearby the club that can help James? If so, can you please EMAIL Emily Ball to connect with James.

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