Winter Sprints with a Championship Twist!Last weekend we had volunteer PROs Dr Martin Gill and Gaye Rosen joining us on the start boat to run the racing, and so for this sprints day we ran a mini Champs course. A few showers around made for a gusty/shifty S to SSE course just off Double Bay, with blue sky breaking through on occasion. The course was set South and as the wind tended more to the SSE for the second race, we adjusted the course more to the SSE for the third. Martin Gill our PRO had his wind instrument up on the Jazzman, and we made great use of his self-written app which showed the wind swinging from 20deg on one
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WHAT'S GOING ON
Club Look-ahead ScheduleSaturday 16 August: Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Saturday 23 August: Working Bee – All Members (8:00am start)Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Friday 29 August: DBSC Sailors’ Season Opening DinnerSaturday 30 August: Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)
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 Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.
Working Bee – Saturday 23rd August from 8am
Calling all Members!!! The annual working bee will be conducted on Saturday 23rd 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.
Report on ILCA 4 Youth Worlds – 19-26 July 2025
Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club, Los AngelesCharlotte Jenkins reportsDuring our winter holidays (plus the first week of school), four DBSC youth members were lucky enough to escape the cold, rainy weather and spend some time training and then racing at the ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, in Los Angeles, California. The regatta was hosted by Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club, and we launched from the neighbouring Cabrillo Beach Youth Waterfront Sports Centre/Boy Scout Camp, which took about an hour to sail (or half an hour to tow) past the sea wall and out to the racecourse.We spent four days training with SailCoach, where, as the ‘Down Under’ group, we would start the session with speed-testing lineups to correct our setup and posture, then later join the internationals in short practice races on a start line of 30-50 boats. Back on land, we had detailed video debriefs from Canadian ILCA 7 sailor and
WHAT'S GOING ON
Club Look-ahead ScheduleSaturday 9 August: Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Saturday 16 August: Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Saturday 23 August: Working Bee (8:00am start)Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Friday 29 August: DBSC Sailors’ Season Opening Dinner (details to follow)Saturday 30 August: Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)
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 Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.
Race Report – Saturday 2 August 2025
All photos by Ben Byford, Harper Spacey and James Tudball
Winter Sprint RacingHarper Spacey reports The first week of Saturday sprint racing got off to an exciting start with tricky conditions throughout the day. A building sou’easterly of 15-25 knots made for shifty conditions and a gusty racecourse.Double Bay’s youth members constituted this week’s race management with Harper Spacey and Raphael McLachlan taking on the duty of PRO, Charles Byford and Tucker McKeon supporting sailors as COTD and Charlotte Jenkins on canteen duty (and assisting on the water). Thanks to James Tudball and Ben Byford who assisted on both support RIBs. Although the conditions were challenging, a solid fleet of mostly ILCA 6’s and 7’s had some tight
Race Report – Sunday 27 July 2025
Winter Championships and Point ScoreThe last three heats of the Winter Championships and Point Score series were run on Sunday morning in beautiful conditions.It was a cold morning with a nor’westerly blowing between 10-16 knots. Thanks to the race crew of Rod Barnes, Ben Byford, Kate McHugh and Michelle Power who got the racing in on time, allowing all to soak up the sun on the front deck afterwards.With many of the ILCA 4 fleet away competing in the ILCA 4 Worlds in Los Angeles, most of the fleet was made up by ILCA 6’s and 7’s.Going into these last heats there were a few close battles to be decided, which made for exciting racing.The winners for the winter season were:FINAL OVERALL Results – Winter Championships:ILCA 6:Alistair SutherlandAndrew CoxRoberto BlumILCA 7:Hadrian BourleyJames TudballHealy RyanILCA 4:Harper SpaceyRaphael McLachlanZoe AllenFInal Overall Results – Winter Point Score:ILCA 6:Brendan PollardPia HattersleyAlistair SutherlandILCA 7:David Da
WHAT'S GOING ON
Club Look-ahead ScheduleSaturday 2 August: Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Saturday 9 August: Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Saturday 16 August: Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Saturday 23 August: Working Bee (8:00am start)Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)
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 Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.
Working Bee
The annual working bee will be conducted on Saturday 23rd 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!)
WHAT'S GOING ON
Clubhouse Open AgainRepairs to the deck at the entrance have been completed, and we can now get our boats out again:
Big shout-out to Rod Barnes for superb handling of this tricky job.Club Look-ahead ScheduleSunday 20 July: NO CLUB RACING (SCHOOL HOLIDAYS)Sunday 27 July:SUNDAY MORNING Racing – Winter Championship and Point Score series (last races of the Winter Series)7:20am Race Briefing, Start time: 8:00amSaturday 2 August: Winter Sprints (1:00pm Warning)
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 Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make