There is no racing scheduled until 24 July 2022.In August, the club will be hosting sprint races on Saturday afternoons.The club’s calendar can be subscribed to here (strongly recommended).
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Women's training and coaching
Photo credit: Diana Chen
Pia Hattersley reports:Over the past few months DBSC held a series of four Women’s Regatta laser training and coaching sessions.The sessions were conducted by DBSC member, the suitably qualified and fabulous Sylvie Stannage. Sessions covered general boat handling, upwind, downwind and race starts, across a range of wind speeds on various Saturday mornings during winter, including Saturday just past at the onset of this vile weather we are experiencing. One participant had even driven with her laser from the Central Coast to join this particularly soggy, but fun, training session!The training is part of DBSC’s ongoing initiative to support women in sailing and aimed to improve racing technique and confidence for female sailors. The sessions were extremely well received, with participants
Sustainability at DBSC
As you all know, the club has been pushing hard at sustainability initiatives. We are in the process of publishing updated information on our website.In the meantime, however, we noted an announcement by Vaikobi to partner with Terracycle® for sailors, and ocean enthusiasts to send back or drop off their old gear at a designated location, to be collected and made into new products. For now, the Zero Waste Box™ system by TerraCycle® will be implemented at the Vaikobi Sydney headquarters in Warriewood on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. More information on this initiative is available here.We will find a way to coordinate the collection of clothing for recycling. If you are interested in helping with this initiative please contact our sustainability officer, Katie McHugh or our volunteer coordinator Kirk Marcolina.
SHIP! Watch out!
Commodore Steven London recently attended an event by Port Authority of New South Wales conducted to remind recreational users of the harbour that it also remains a commercial port. With Covid lockdowns and travel restrictions eased, we can expect the harbour to become busier again this summer.To the Captain on the bridge, a laser is a tiny speck in comparison to the vessel. Not only that, but owing to the vessel’s size has large windage, is difficult to turn, and it might surprise some at how fast they are moving.
To the Master on the bridge, you are barely visible.
A laser capsizing in front of a commercial vessel will not have a good outcome for you. Please stay
Australian Sailing Awards
Nominations are now open for the Australian Sailing Awards. You can nominate a club, volunteer or athlete here.
More information
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.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.
Race report 19 June 2022
On Sunday we were lucky with another bright sunny day, the winter morning south westerly of 5-10 knots, fading in the final race, and an incoming tide. With some cloud and rain about, conditions were not entirely predictable, giving racers “room to think”.Racing started half an hour later than usual, owing to a presentation at the club prior to racing (see article on recent grants, below).The race management team of Peter Collie, David Huber, Kim Ketelby and Ryan Aldrich had their work cut out for them, shortening the course for each consecutive start.The winners for the day were…Standards Championship: Race 1: Alexander Bijkerk; Race 2: Alexander Bijkerk; Race 3: Alexander BijkerkPointscore: Race 1: Tim Heath; Race 2: Nick Pellow; Race 3: Julian TaylorRadials:Championship: Race 1: Brooke Wilson; 2: Quentin Burns; Race 3: Brooke WilsonPointscore: Race 1: Kerryn Smith; Race 2: Daryl Lawrence; Race 3: Brooke WilsonAfter racing we enjoyed tomato soup courtesy of
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 Ian Tudball. Ian has assumed the role of sweeping the clubhouse under our distributed volunteering initiative, and was seen diligently sweeping the clubhouse after everyone went home on Sunday.
Ian some hours before sweeping. Photo: Peter Collie
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 please contact Kirk Marcolina, to discuss
Away results
The results from the ILCA6 Masters World Championship are now in.Congratulations to:Pat Levy – 10th Great Grand Master ILCA 6 Men’s World ChampionshipMartin White – 7th Grand Master Fleet ILCA 6 Men’s World ChampionshipIf you are competing at away events, please don’t forget to register DBSC as your club (or one of them) and let us know where you’re competing!
Pat Levy at the worlds. Thanks to Ash Deacon for sending this photo in. Credit: Charity Palmatier
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.