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The Tyrrell and Rousso races will be held this Saturday, 13 December 2025. and will be followed by the club Christmas Party which will comence after the racing from 5pm for Members and their guests – Don’t forget to RSVP HERE.The first race (the Tyrrell) is a handicapped start where the faster boats must chase down the slower boats.  There will be a normal 5-minute countdown start sequence, at which time those will zero handicap (the slowest boats) will start. After that, faster boats will start when the race time reaches their handicap over the next 15-20 minutes.  The handicaps will be announced during the briefing on Saturday. The first boat over the finish is the winner.  The second race (the Rousso) is a scratch race, with everyone starting on the same start line with a normal 5-minute countdown sequence.  The first ILCA4, ILCA6 and ILCA7 across the line are

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Club Championship Races 7 & 8Hot and Hazy weather over Sydney in the morning, the race team set out early with an ominous “north-west to north” forecast – it was light – but there was a small chance it was warming up for a nor-easter. So after the briefing, and after a slow journey out of the bay, 45 sailors were disappointed to find the wind had dropped further to about 2-3 knots from the east (on Martin’s wind instruments) and so

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleThursday 4 December: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 6 December:Club Championships Races 7 & 8: 1pm briefing, 2pm first warningBBQ after racingThursday 11 December: Twilight Racing (5pm splash) — last one of the yearSaturday 13 December:Learn to Race: 9am startTyrell and Rousso Races: 1pm briefing, 2pm first warningChristmas Party after racing (circa 5pm)Saturday 20 December: (last races of the year)Spring Point Score Races 13 & 14: 1pm Briefing, 2pm First warning

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ILCA Australian Masters Championships 20266-9 February 2026 at Bay Sailing Centre Soldiers Point, Port Stephens NSWNotice of RaceEntryFor help with accommodation and logistics, please contact Dave Newman

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

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Spring Point Score, Race 11

Hardest part was getting out of and into Double Bay…

PRO Alistair Sutherland reports:Saturday the 29th of November saw only a handful of DBSC regulars brave enough to face up to the North Westerly that ripped through in the morning.  By the time the briefing finished, and the Race Team got back on track, we found it had shifted to the West and slacked off to a pleasant 15 knots.  After a hurried adjustment to the course, we got both Full Rigs and Radials/4.7s away in good order with the fleets executing near-perfect starts – powered up, on the line, and starting with speed without being over early. 

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Learn To Race under head coach, Martin White, is taking a new direction in developing racing skills for intermediate sailors; particularly those who are current DBSC members. The sessions will cover many facets of racing and any Double Bay member who wants advice on boat set-up, race tactics and sail trim are welcome to attend the regular sessions for free, using their own boat. Martin has won a World Masters Title in Croatia and he is an expert in concisely explaining the nuances of Laser racing – and how to make a Laser go fast! Martin is supported by a friendly group of Double Bay sailors who help to facilitate the sessions. Learn To Race takes place once a fortnight on Saturday mornings, with the sessions kicking off at 9am.  Keep an eye on the club calendar for the upcoming dates.  The format begins with rigging tips, a talk on race tactics, and then

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleThursday 27 November: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 29 November: Spring Point Score Races 11 & 12: 1pm Briefing, 2pm First warningThursday 4 December: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 6 December:Club Championships Races 7 & 8: 1pm briefing, 2pm first warningBBQ after racingThursday 11 December: Twilight Racing (5pm splash) — last one of the yearSaturday 13 December:Learn to Race: 9am startTyrell and Rousso Races: 1pm briefing, 2pm first warningChristmas Party after racing (circa 5pm)Saturday 20 December: (last races of the year)Spring Point Score Races 13 & 14: 1pm Briefing, 2pm 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.

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Be sure to RSVP as soon as possible for the DBSC Christmas party which immediately follows the Manos Rousso and Dick Tyrell races on December 13, 2026 from 5pm. Please use the link below to say you are coming or (equally important) are not coming, as this lets us know you have not simply forgotten to reply.You can also specify any dietary preferences and if you are bringing a guest.https://www.dbsc.com.au/club-events/2025-christmas-partyLooking forward to seeing you there!

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Spring Point Score, Races 9 & 10PRO Andrew Cox reports:There’s nothing like a tricky easterly to open up the field in a sailing race on Sydney Harbour.The breeze flicked capriciously from left to right and back again throughout the afternoon, putting the race management team through their paces. After resisting over-rotation of the course to the left during a pre-race rain squall, the score was 1-0 to the race management team. But the breeze had the last laugh (as it tends to do) when a massive right shift rendered the last beat or two of the second race somewhat over-skewed the other way.The ILCA 6s and 4s did not disappoint, with the requisite general recall required in each race before a well-behaved black flag restart each time. The ILCA 7s maintained more appropriate decorum – as expected from a generally older, certainly larger, and debatably wiser cohort – with the

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On Saturday 8 November 2025 the NSW Member for Vaucluse Kellie Sloane visited our Race Briefing to meet the members.Like many volunteer sailing clubs, our clubhouse is always in need of maintenance and repairs. Lucky for us our past committees and commodores have always proactively maintained our Heritage listed structure, which is held above Double Bay by 47 timber piles.Every year the club continues to actively sets aside member funds toward commencement of the next works project on “The Piles”. This year we were successful in receiving Grant Funding from the NSW Government’s Community Building Partnerships Program. And combine with the club savings this will allow us to undertake works on the substructure of the clubhouse over the next 12 months.

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Campbell Patton and Healy Ryan showing good form. All photos by Craig Ryan.

Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club, Wangi, NswIan Tudball reports:Wangi is an incredibly friendly and special venue for a State Title, which was confirmed by the large entry list of 122 boats in all divisions, from 4 different states. Not many venues can boast a lush lawn rigging area only metres from the waters edge, with a club house run by friendly volunteers, and coupled with the adjoining RSL Club that pumps out live Rock’n’roll music and a good range of food.A total of 36 DBSC members attended the regatta, 28 of whom store their boats at the Club, many rely on Club trailers and

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