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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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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 are always tasks to be done in the upkeep of our clubhouse and the ongoing running of dinghy racing.This week we’d like to thank our incredible Newsletter Editor, Kate McHugh. Writing this weekly summary of the goings-on at DBSC is no easy task. It requires endless hours of speaking to various DBSC members and then distilling this information into an easy to read format. For the past year and a half, Kate has done a stellar job of chasing up the news and publishing it every Wednesday morning. The newsletter is the most vital way that the club communicates important events, race results, and milestones and it couldn’t happen without Kate.     So hats off to Kate and the many others who take on volunteer tasks at DBSC. If you

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ARE YOU IN NEED OF BOAT REPAIRS?

Mike Dunne is organising a service some repairs for his boat over the winter with an Authorised Laser Repairer. If enough people are interested, he may come to our boat shed instead of us having to transport the boats to him. If you are in need of some boat works and interested in coordinating with Mike please contact Mike or email newsletter@dbsc.com.au in order to compile a list of interested people.

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Race report 26 June 2022

Our PRO on Sunday, David Newman, reports:With a relatively warmer morning, the cold westerly breeze was lacking and there was some scepticism we’d get racing away (including ourselves). However, we managed to get in three races of three laps with a westerly breeze isolating between 4 and 10 knots throughout the morning.  Under mostly blue skies, it was yet another glorious morning on the harbour. After a quick delay towing boats out of Double Bay, racing got underway. In the radials, Sylvie Stannage showed a clean set of heels for races 1 & 2, but after being OCS in race 3 had some work to do to chase down Quentin Burns who had a great first work, eventually just holding out the fast-charging Sylvie for the win. Ian Alexander was always in the mix with a strong performance for a 2nd in race 1 and 3rd in race 2, and

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VOTFY

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 our volunteer of the financial year, Justin Davey, for the often invisible role as Treasurer. Justin puts in unrecognised hours, days, and possibly weeks in keeping the financial books in order, entering and deciphering where each dollar came from and where each dollar goes. This has become increasingly complex task as the club grows and introduces numerous online ways of paying for things, not to mention the accounting and accruals for many of the major projects the club undertakes. This is a year-round job, culminating in the presentation at our annual general meeting. We are so very grateful for this enormous effort.

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Away, and not as far away…

Evie Saunders has been abroad, competing at Kiel Week, where she has placed an admirable 17th place in the Women’s ILCA 6 competition. Meanwhile sometimes Double Bay guest, Mara Stransky won the regatta.From less far away, Richard George is scouting new sailing locations in Roebuck Bay, Broome where it is a sunny 30 degrees!

Roebuck Bay. Photo: Richard George

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Changing of the guard

CHANGING OF THE GUARDA message from the Commodore, Andrew Cox:I have decided it is time for me to step out of the Commodore role and the Club committee, having served now for ten years – five as Treasurer and five as Commodore.I am delighted to announce that Steven London has agreed to take the Commodore role going forward, subject to election at the AGM. Steven has been a member of the club for five years, and has been on the committee for a while now, currently as Secretary. Steven has all the ingredients to make a great Commodore:Excellent leadership capabilities, supported by great management and organisational skillsPassionate engagement, great ideas, real initiative, strong drive, and high energyWide understanding of the cultural framework of the club, and its decision-making and operationsGreat knowledge of and rapport with all the members, and effective and empathetic people skillsStrong advocate for the club, with a

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