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Membership Subscriptions are now due!

From Steven London, Commodore…We would greatly appreciate if members could pay their subscriptions now. All members should now have received their notice for renewal of membership subscriptions which are managed through the Australian Sailing RevSport system, and will be addressed from Double Bay Sailing Club . It is important that memberships are paid on time, as many of our major payments are due during the winter period. The prompt payment of membership subscriptions allows our club to keep running smoothly.If you have not received your invoice for the renewal of your membership, or wish to make changes, or there is an error, please email Tory Epworth.

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Race report 29 April 2023

From our PRO Michael Osborne:Club Championships 15 and 16 were held in about 6 knots of breeze from the south west – just enough to conduct two challenging races for the 30 sailors competing.It rained in the morning.  For all of the afternoon there were rain clouds to the west of the city, but the rain never made it to the race track, and that may have contributed to the surprising consistency of such a light breeze throughout the afternoon.The winners of Race 1 were David Airey in the Radials and Rob Vann in the Standards.The second race winners were Sarah Bruce and Jules Hall.Thanks to Chris Tattersall and Mark Gray in the Adam – they had to replace two marks in the course of the afternoon which they did without any interference to the racing.   Thanks also to John Vasey on the Jazzman.Results are available in the Sailor app

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Learn to Race wraps up for another season

By Ian Tudball

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The ‘Learn to Race’ final session for the year was sailed in perfect weather, which was the catalyst for a big turnout of 12 boats, 6 of which were Club members with their own boats, wanting to build up their race skill and confidence. The success of Martin’s sessions is best measured by the repeat attendees, some of whom convert to club members. It takes a top person to attract top helpers and the Club is fortunate to

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Membership Subscriptions are due before 1 May 2023

From the Commodore, Steven London…We would greatly appreciate it if members could pay their subscriptions in the coming weeks. All members should now have received their notice for renewal of membership subscriptions which are managed through the Australian Sailing RevSport system, and will be addressed from Double Bay Sailing Club Please check your Junk or Spam folder if you have not received it.It is important that memberships are paid on time, as many of our major payments are due during the winter period. The prompt payment of membership subscriptions allows our club to keep running smoothly.If you have not received your invoice for the renewal of your membership, or wish to make changes, or there is an error, please contact our club secretary Tory Epworth secretary@dbsc.com.au .

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Race report 16 April 2023 (and a little rant)

From our PRO Luke Parker…Champagne racing on the harbour for Saturday’s final two heats of the Autumn point score!The 33 boat fleet enjoyed a 10 knot nor Easter that built to a tad over 15 by the end of the second race. Tide was incoming, traffic was sparse, and the sun was shining. It simply doesn’t get better.  This season we’ve been enjoying much better late season conditions than we did in 2021 and 2022. Perhaps the benefit of being freed from La Niña’s impact?Both fleets were impeccably behaved at the starts and all races started cleanly with the fleets spread across the line.  Upwind, most sailors played the right hand side of the course to avoid the incoming tide and play the shifts that form around Point Piper.  Downwind appeared to be about hunting waves and gusts. In the Radials, John Verco won the 1st race.  Andrew Cox came 2nd

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ILCA Metropolitan Championships

Over the weekend the club hosted the ILCA Metropolitan Championships with Rod Barnes taking the lead in organising and assisting the ILCA NSW PRO Andrew McLachlan. Over the two days, six races were held in tricky conditions predominately from the east, trending from the south east on Saturday to the north east on Sunday. Sailors were treated to a bbq on the deck after racing on Saturday and bacon and egg sandwiches on Sunday morning thanks to Peter Collie manning the bbq, as well as the usual Double Bay special – toasties a la Paul and Shirley…

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Learn to race this weekend

This season’s final Learn to Race (LTR) a Laser is on this Saturday morning April 15, 2023.  Please be there at 9.00am ready to rig boats. The aim is to be on the water by 10.15 am approx. and back to shore by 12.00 noon.LTR is for prospective new members and current DBSC members wishing to improve their sailing skills.Contact Martin White at mwhite@umco.com.au or 04106 27743 if keen to attend.   It’s free for members.  $30 boat hire for non-members.

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Race report 8 April 2023

On Saturday the club held the annual ‘Easter race around the harbour’.  The Easter Bunny cooked up a gusty 20 – 25 knot westerly, which made conditions tricky (and fun!) for the 12 sailors who competed.  The race was a handicapped start and some enthusiastic betting was placed by the on-water team of Tim Heath, Tory Epworth, Katie McHugh, James Tudball and David Airey. Due to the wind strength, the course was slightly condensed, but we still had two great laps beating upwind towards Garden Island, round Clark Island, a screaming reach over to the YA buoy in Taylors Bay and another screaming reach down to Shark Island as the bottom mark.  Taylors Bay proved to be the biggest challenge of the day, with the wind coming from every single direction and ranging from 2 knots to 20 knots while the “Easter Bunny” dished out chocolate.  On the first lap, nearly every sailor suffered at least

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