Race report 13 August 2022

From our race management team Tim Heath and John Chesterman:

It was a 'why would you be anywhere else' day – mild and mostly sunny Winter's afternoon for Saturday Winter Sprints. 

There was a modest 18 boat turnout, presumably based on an incorrect weather forecast, which included the welcome return of Campbell Patton from roaming the globe, and Maxim Djura from Brisbane.

6 sprint races, with a work of approximately 300m were run in a Westerly breeze oscillating between 8 and 15 knots, with some big right shifts.

Standard rig wins were shared between Campbell Patton x 3 and Robert Vann x 3, usually followed by Geoff Kirk, and with Jason Wilkins in the mix.

Radial fleet winners were James Tudball x 2, Katie McHugh x 2, Martin White, and Scott Hunter.

The race officers were Tim Heath (his first stint as PRO), ably assisted by John Chesterman, John Vasey, and Scott Finlayson. 

Special thanks to Pat Levy and for doing lots of early morning RIB preparation work, and to John Vasey for his milkcrate flag-holder creation which was used in the Paul Adam and eases everything about starting races from a RIB.

Paul and Shirley provided excellent off water nourishment by way of toasties in the canteen.

The club’s calendar can be subscribed to here (strongly recommended).

Upcoming regattas

We are pleased to announce the new club laser representative is David Newman. David loves a regatta and last season had a stellar year performing extremely well in state and national masters championships.

There are two events coming up prior to Christmas.  The Coast Championships will be held at South Lake Macquarie SC on the 15/16 October and the State Open and Masters championships will be held at Wangi ASC on the 19/20 November.  

DBSC will be coordinating transport and the possibility of group accommodation for both events.

These weekends away are legendary so if you are interested in either of these regattas, please contact David.

Boat rack reshuffle and annual working bee

The annual working bee will be conducted on Saturday 20 August from 8am and will include a boat rack reshuffle.

All members are expected to attend and contribute to the working bee.This is an annual event that takes considerable planning to ensure our club is ready to run smoothly for the summer season.

If you are unable to attend on the day, please contact the Commodore, Steven London, to arrange for a job to be undertaken at a time convenient to you.

(Members who do not participate are under the usual threat of having their laser torched in the park!)

Registration for BBSP closes Friday

We are delighted to announce that Brett Beyer will offer his popular Brett Beyer Saturday (BBSP) Program again this season.  Subscriptions need to be confirmed and paid by COB, Friday 19 August. The terms of the program and sign-up form can be found here.

The program will run for 8 sessions prior to Christmas on September 3, 10, 17, October 22, 29, November 5, 12, 26. The cost of the program is $480 (plus merchant fees) per subscriber.

Season opening dinner

By now you should have members should have received an invitation to the season opening dinner for sailors and volunteers.

Details:

7pm Friday 16th September
Bedouin 2/53 Cross Street Double Bay
$100 per guest (includes welcome drink, banquet dinner, beer/wine with dinner)
Dress: Spectacular/Glam (Studio 54)

Upcoming events and more information

Saturday 20 August – 8am Annual Working Bee

Friday 16 September - 7pm Season Opening Dinner for sailors and volunteers

Saturday 3 December 2022 – The Women’s Regatta. Sign up for more information here.

The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.

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 midnight Monday.

View results here.

Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

Race report 6 August 2022

On Saturday the club kicked of the preseason sprint season. The conditions at the club belied the 13-16 knots gusting to 28!!!

Racing was run by Alistair Sutherland, Christine Paton, Pia Hattersley and Andrew Craker with Paul and Shirley providing toasties in the canteen.

This weekend we will also be having sprint racing at 1pm. Paul and Shirley are back on board with toasties.

The club’s calendar can be subscribed to here (strongly recommended).

Winter series results

After a little delay and some confusion about the final day racing the winter series results are in.

While the series was intended to be 30 races, there were only 9 days scheduled and therefore there were 27 races held over the winter.

In the standard rig, Daniel Costandi was the championship winner and Tim Heath was the pointscore winner.

In the radial rig, Sylvie Stannage was the championship winner and Andrew Cox was the pointscore winner.

View full results here.

Annual working bee

The annual working bee will be conducted on Saturday 20 August from 8am. This is an annual event that takes considerable planning to ensure our club is ready to run smoothly for the summer season. All members are expected to attend – there is a large amount of work to be done. If you are unable to attend on the day, please contact the Commodore, Steven London, and arrange for a job to be undertaken at a time convenient to you.

(Members who do not participate are under the usual threat of having their laser torched in the park!)

Member survey

The member survey provides important feedback for the committee as it shapes the direction of activities undertaken by the club. Many of the wonderful initiatives the club has undertaken were a direct result of the previous survey.

Thank you to the 35 members who have completed our member survey.

If you have not completed the survey yet, please do so. We want you input. In particular you are encouraged to think about one thing the club can do to improve, and one thing the club should drop as it adds no value.

From the surveys so far, the committee is cognisant that not everything we are working on is being communicated well to the membership and we are reflecting on how to do that better. In the meantime, we are working on a ramp upgrade and partners and families are welcome at the club championship barbeques (the first of which will be on 3 September).

The committee is looking forward to sharing the results of the survey with you soon.