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Funding

The club has been fortunate enough to receive some further grants from the NSW government and on Sunday local member, Gabrielle Upton, attended the club to meet with members and announce the latest grants the club has received.Specifically, these grants are for:Improvements to our race committee boat, the Jazzman;Developing instructional videos for the club competency and safety program; and,The Laser Sailing Expo (watch this space).The Minister commented on the professionalism of the club and its committee, particularly noting the quality of the grant submissions (many thanks to Mark Crowhurst) and the ongoing relationship with the club committee and its focus on community engagement.

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60 seconds with New Member, Dr. Michael Morris

The club has another new member to welcome, Dr. Michael Morris. Please give Michael a warm welcome when you see him at the club.In the meantime, here’s what you should know about him.How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? On boats since a childIf money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? No limit boat would be a laser, because I just love the purity of themWhat is your ultimate sailing goal? Sailing goal is the worldsTell us the story behind the name of your Laser? my laser has no nameIf you could add any ingredient to DBSC’s world’s best toasties – what would it be? I haven’t tried one yet.What are your second/third favourite hobbies (assuming sailing is #1)? My other hobbies are home based, but mostly involve some exerciseDescribe what you do for work in less than five words? I

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Race report 12 June 2022

From our PRO on the day, Mike Dunne:Brilliant, bright and beautiful…  The only way to describe another special morning on Sydney Harbour.An amazing and interesting 45 degree oscillating westerly kept everyone on their toes for the three races. There was a good outgoing tide, variable wind from 10 to 20 knots building as the morning went on, with more pressure lanes on the right, and more consistent shifts to the left.  So..  Not a soldiers course.There were 13 boats in total, with an even split across the two fleets.  No visitors on the day, just the local legends.  Some first time and deserved winners on the day.It was challenging conditions and watching the racers trying to negotiate the best outcome by prioritising one of the three options at any time was interesting.  The snakes and ladders even at different times on the same leg made the event a winner.   The race

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Volly of the week

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 Daryl Lawrence. Each week Daryl prepares the handicaps and publishes the results. This is a time consuming job, with plenty of “feedback” (and heckling when he places well).

Darryl (centre) loves the social functions almost as much as he loves the handicap job!

Thank you to the many people who have already nominated to take on a task in the club’s long list of duties. If you have yet to do so, can you

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Away results

We have a number of Double Bay sailors who have been representing the club at various events recently that deserve our congratulations.Over in Mexico we have our older sailors competing in the masters’ world championships.Congratulations to:Brett Beyer – 1st Grand Master ILCA7 Masters World ChampionshipRod Barnes – 9th Master Fleet ILCA7 Masters World ChampionshipPat Levy and Martin White are currently competing at the ILCA 6 Masters World Championship, and we wish them luck and fair winds over the next few days of racing.And over the weekend, some of our younger sailors competed at the East Coast Championships at GRSC. Congratulations to:Daniel Costandi – 1st Laser RadialSylvie Stannage – 2nd Laser RadialBrooke Wilson – 3rd Laser RadialAlexander Bijkerk – 4th Laser RadialEvie Saunders – 5th Laser RadialQuentin Burns – 7th Laser RadialJames Hayhoe – 10th Laser RadialIf you are competing at away events, please don’t forget to register DBSC as your

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RACE REPORT 05 JUNE 2022

Our PRO on the day, Daryl Lawrence, reports:A cold stiff 15knot breeze from NNW greeted a sparse fleet for Sunday morning. Seven standard rigs plus one visitor and nine radial sailors raced heats 13, 14 and 15 over a short course tucked well into Double Bay. The course was lengthened for heat 15 with little time wasted between races. It meant everyone was back to shore by 10:30 for Paul’s hearty vegetable soup and a hot shower. The Championship results saw Evie Saunders score three bullets by convincing margins. Full rig heats were shared by Geoff Kirk (heats 13 and 15), and Nick Pellow took out heat 14. On handicap, Evie won heat 13, and Brooke Wilson won both 14 and 15 … so an all-female affair for the radials. The standard riggers saw Geoff Kirk winning heat 13, Nick for heat 14 and Mark Lewkovitz in heat 15. Thanks to Daryl, Jim  and

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NOT ALWAYS AS IT LOOKS

Sometimes things aren’t always what they look like…Last week it was reported that Martin White had a capsize problem at the bottom mark and spent some time there. Martin has corrected us that this was not quite the case. He did have an incident with another boat and waited to collect himself and ensure the other sailor was okay. Upon realising the fleet were some distance ahead by then, he did some mark rounding practice.There’s an important point in all of this, which is the obligation under the racing rules to render assistance. The Racing Rules of Sailing are all rooted in the basic principle of sportsmanship. So much so, that the very first rule of racing (1.1) reads, “A boat, competitor or support person shall give all possible help to any person or vessel in danger.”We’d like to congratulate Martin on this display of sportsmanship at the club, and

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