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Besides providing critical midweek salt water therapy, the twilight program will help all sailors with boat handling. Short, sharp races with boats in close quarters.  We aim to splash about 5pm and hold multiple quick races until there’s no one left. You’ll be very welcome if you can’t get there until 6pm. We’ve found we are better locating to the north of Clarke Island because the CYCA racers start at the mouth of Double Bay and also use the Point Piper YA mark in their course. So, you’ll typically find us using the naval mooring (white can) off Clarke Island as one buoy.  We’ll nominate another buoy as the other mark. It could be the top or bottom depending on the breeze. We use rabbit starts to get racing underway. Someone is volunteered to be the rabbit and they move below the bottom mark. When everyone else is settled, the rabbit signals they

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We have a busy day at the club this Saturday with PRO training (with Hugh Leicester) and a training squad for The Women’s Regatta.In the afternoon, DBSC will be hosting the first leg of our interclub with VYC.There will be a BBQ on the deck afterwards with members of Vaucluse invited to join us. In the spirit of the event, we encourage all members race and stay around for the post-race festivities!

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Our club fees are subsidised by the income the club earns from our Canteen for the 18s on Sundays. Almost every Sunday over the season, Paul and Shirley volunteer their time to provide the Canteen and other no-shore services for the 18s. We need your help to keep this running, specifically next Sunday 23 October we need a volunteer from 11:30am to 2pm.Going forward there is a list of dates that we need helpers in this Google sheet HERE, or email the commodore. Thanks for your support! and Thankyou to Christine Patton and Clare Alexander for your help last Sunday! Steven London Commodore DBSC

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Upcoming EventsSaturday 22 October 9am: PRO training (please RSVP); VYC InvitationalSaturday 29 October 10am: Safety and competency training (mandatory for all sailors and volunteers)Sunday 13 November: Battle of the Sound.19/20 November: Open and Masters State Championships, Wangi WangiSaturday 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.

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The on water crew of Craig Sheers (PRO), Justin Davey (LTRAR), Richard “Richo” Holstein (COTD) and Ben Byford (co-COTD) were met with the challenge of a fickler that forecast breeze affected by rain cells. After waiting an additional hour for the breeze to settle, heats 3&4 of the Club Championship got underway at 3pm on Saturday. Race winners were Rob Vann and Rod Barnes in the standard rig, while in the radial fleet Martin White showed everyone why he runs the Learn to Race program, schooling the entire fleet in both races!View results all here.

Many thanks also to our volunteers on

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Double Bay Sailing Club is managed and run entirely by volunteers. As the saying goes, “many hands make light work. There is always work to be done in the upkeep of our shed and the ongoing running of dinghy racing.This week we’d like to thank Christine Patton. Christine has received several nominations in recent weeks for her outstanding sense of community and her ongoing contribution to race officiating. Christine has volunteered for race management duty more than any other member of the club in the past year. On top of this, Christine regularly provides support in the canteen on Saturdays and Sundays. She has been known to climb up onto the roof to clear out plants from places where they shouldn’t be at our annual working bees. And finally, Christine is a regular contributor and participant in our social events. We can all agree, she rocks a turban as well!

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After a washout last week, Wednesday twilight racing is back on this week.Racing will be informal, off Clarke Island, with rabbit starts. Splash at 17:00 for racing from 17:30 (or a soon as you can make it). If you need any inspiration, or a compelling argument for your boss, watch this video!We have a WhatsApp group for coordination. If you have not been added to the group and intend to come to twilights, please email newsletter@dbsc.com.au and request to be added.

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This weekend a contingent of sailors are heading to Lake Macquarie for the Coast Championships. Back at Double Bay, we will have sprints on Saturday.This weekend is also the first weekend of the season for the18 footers. Christine will be managing the canteen as Shirley has other commitments.We are looking for a volunteer to help Christine between 12pm and 2pm. If you are able to help,  please respond to this email and your details can be forwarded to Shirley…

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The 2022 ILCA 6 Men’s & Women’s World Championships are underway in Kemah, Texas with racing commencing 11 October. Sylvie Stannage, Evie Saunders, and Cote Poncell are competing at the event alongside the Australian Sailing Team and the best single-handed women sailors in the world. You can follow along here.

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Upcoming Events15/16 October: Coast Championships, SLMASCSaturday 22 October 9am: PRO training (please RSVP)Saturday 29 October 9am: Safety and competency training (mandatory for all sailors and volunteers)Sunday 13 November: Battle of the Sound.19/20 November: Open and Masters State Championships, Wangi WangiSaturday 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.

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