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DSS Volunteer Pre-Season Briefing
We welcome current and new volunteers interested in learning what will be involved in running the many races this season to a volunteer Pre-Season Briefing with drinks and nibbles provided at the Squadron. ~ Explanation of events in the Calendar for Season 2019-20Pipe-OpenerTasmanian Yachting ChampionshipsLaunceston to Hobart / King of DerwentSB20 NationalsClub racing ~ Safety […]
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Sam Tiedeman – Sailor of the Year
Champion young Hobart keelboat helmsman Sam Tiedemann last evening was named 2018-19 Tasmanian Male Sailor of the Year, culminating a remarkable season of yacht racing.
Continue ReadingPhilposopher enters Sydney Hobart
Champion Hobart yacht Philosopher this week became the eleventh Tasmanian entrant for this year’s 75th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. It is the biggest contingent from the state since the 50th edition of the bluewater classic in 1995, with the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia announcing this week it had already received more than 100 […]
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Chef Scott has made his choice… will you too??
This mouth watering 3 course dinner is available for one night only – Friday 12th July. To book contact the DSS on 6223 1977 ENTREEFresh Tasmanian Scallopsin a garlic chive cream sauce MAINMarble Score 7 Wagyu Scotch Filleton a bed of mash, wilted spinach and potato galette with choice of sauce DESSERTApple and Rhubarb Crumblewith […]
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Farr 40 fleet back on Derwent
The high-performance Farr 40s are back racing as a fleet on the river, with five of the big boats entered in the Derwent Sailing Squadron/Battery World Winter Series which opened today. For the first time in several years, the Farr 40s had their own class and today they enjoyed extremely close and competitive racing with […]
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‘Jo’ and Co’s close third at AWKR
Joanna (‘Jo’) Breen has led her team aboard Chutzpah38 to a fighting third overall in the premier AMS division of the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta on Melbourne’s Port Phillip.
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Queen’s Birthday Honour to ‘Biddy’ Badenach
Derwent Sailing Squadron and Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Life Member, Robert ‘Biddy’ Badenach AM, has been recognised for his services to yachting and Australian Rules football in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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Father’s day in Mothers Day race
It was father’s day on Mother’s Day for Hobart yachtsman Angus Sprott today when he and his teenage son Fynn sailed Sea Temple to their second win of the Derwent Sailing Squadron’s Autumn Short-Handed Series on the River Derwent.
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Midnight Rambler’s Short-Handed win
Twenty years ago last December, the then Sydney-based yachtsman Ed Psaltis skippered AFR Midnight Rambler through 80-knot winds in the Tasman Sea to win the tragic 1998 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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Father and son success in Short-Handed Series
Father and son crew of Angus and Fynn Sprott scored an impressive outright win on a torrid opening day to Derwent Sailing Squadron’s Autumn Short-Handed Series on the River Derwent yesterday.
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