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2025-26 Annual Membership Subscription Invoices have been sent Each year in April invoices are sent out to all members, which are due for the next DBSC Sailing Year which begins on 1 May 2025. Reminders are automatically send out in May. If you have not received your invoice, please look in your Junk Mail folder for an email from:Double Bay Sailing Club If you have any questions about your invoice, need help, or still can’t find it please contact secretary@dbsc.com.au (Note: Payment via credit card in RevSport attracts a service charge. Direct Bank Transfer BSB to the DBSC account does not)Club Look-ahead ScheduleSaturday 3 May: No racingSunday 4 May: Work-on-your-boat day:Materials and tools will be available to help you spruce-up your boat. Please let Maxim know if you’re intending to joinDBSC Reach Youth Training Term 2 (for those who have signed up): 7:35am rigged and readySunday 11 May: Racing switches

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Anzac Weekend SprintsThe predicted rain held off and produced a fine final racing day of the season with a stable 8-12 knot north-easterly breeze kicking in just in time for the first start.  22 Lasers participated in five 25-minute races with a slowly building incoming tide.  We made two changes to help with congestion: ILCA 7’s starting one minute ahead of 6’s and 4’s and an extended offset at the top mark which provided a short reach before the run.  All races were close affairs with tactical challenges of selecting the best upwind routes, balancing pressure, shifts and which end of the gate to round.  Ten starts and no general recalls (maybe the slight tide helped?).  In the ILCA 7’s, Zander Bijkerk chalked up most of the wins, challenged closely by Healy Ryan and Rod Barnes.  Sara Bruce had a great day in the ILCA 6’s with various close challengers including Charlie

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As one season ends another one begins at Double Bay Sailing Club!

After evaluating feedback from members, we have decided to tweak the winter racing schedulePlease read these important updates to the format:Sunday 11 May 2025 – The first race of the Winter Championship combined Point Score(No Club racing on 4 May)8:00 am is the new start time and first warning signal (instead of 8.15)The new scheduled target racing time will be 25 minutes per race (instead of 30 minutes)The Sailing Instructions have been amended to reflect these changes.Set your alarms 15 minutes earlier, and to make sure you are looking ship shape for Sunday lunch, iron your clothes the night before .Winter race dates are updated

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Maxim Djura has organised another Work-on-your-boat day at the club this Sunday 4 May 2025 starting at 10am till whenever you finishTypical repairs include:Repair gelcoat chips or gunnel cracksRestore hull colorPolish your boatReapply boat fittings How long will it take? Below some are rough estimates:About 1 hour to prepare and apply gelcoat. 4 hours for the gel to cure.2 hours to polish and finish off.1 hour and half to polish the boat.45 minutes to apply the gelcoat restorer.Time to repair gunnel cracks varies significantly. Personal and environmental safety:Gelcoat, hardener, acetone, Ronstan’s gelcoat restorer are dangerous substances. Please, wear long-sleeve shirts. It’s a good idea to have a change of clothes for the day. There will be masks, safety glasses and PVC

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Annual Membership Subscription Invoices have been sent out for 2025-26Each year in April invoices are sent out to all members, which are due for the next DBSC Sailing Year which begins on 1 May 2025. Please pay your subs on time, many of the clubs expenses like insurance, club repairs, and servicing of support RIBs are incurred over the winter period. If you have not received your invoice, please look in your Junk Mail folder for an email from Double Bay Sailing Club If you have any questions about your invoice, need help, or still can’t find it please contact secretary@dbsc.com.au (Note: the online “Pin payment” via credit card in RevSport attracts a significant service charge. It is cheaper to do a Direct Bank Transfer to the DBSC account shown on the invoice)Club Look-ahead ScheduleSaturday 26 April (ANZAC Day weekend): Sprints (2pm warning)Saturday 3 May: No racingSunday 4 May: Work-on-your-boat

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All sailors who remained in Sydney for Easter were treated to an adventure down at DBSC with our annual Around the Harbour Hunt Race with Easter Eggs! This pursuit race has a handicap start, with the rabbit starting on min then the final harrier starting 27m10s later (each member receiving a start time based on their club handicap)The race committee were set with the challenge of setting a course through permanent Harbour marks, and long enough for the rabbit to race for 90 minutes. The start line was set in front of Double Bay, the agreed course (reduced in length due to light winds) took the fleet around Shark Island to port, then over to Taylors Bay YA to Starboard, a long work up to the Eastern Wedding Cake in Watson’s Bay, before heading back to Shark Island and across the finish line off Double Bay.The wind almost died mid

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All photos by Andrew Cox

Autumn Point Score Races 13 and 14What a glorious day! You can’t beat that balmy mid-Autumn sunshine. And there is no better place to enjoy it than DBSC. 50 sailors evidently agreed with this, lining up for some patient slo-mo racing in a fickle ~10kt breeze. With a morning southerly predicted to migrate to an afternoon easterly, the race set-up decision was left until as late as possible. The wind clocked decidedly left at about 1.30, so the course was set up in the Rose Bay channel and the first start sequence got underway at 2pm. But during the start sequence, the wind shifted decidedly back to the south, producing enormous boat bias and an

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This weekend is the DBSC Easter Saturday Race Around the Harbour. It’s a great event and there may be some chocolates floating around on the day.The intention is to run a handicap start (pursuit race) in a single combined fleet. Individual’s start times are based on your club handicap. These will be provided by the Race Team, so please ensure you make note of your individual start time PRIOR to leaving the beach.The proposed course is as shown here, but this could change on the day, depending on wind direction and strength. Further details will be provided at the briefing on Saturday.

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Who needs an AGM when you can have an AGP? That’s right, our Annual General Party and Prizegiving has been scheduled for Friday 23 May. Sure, there will be some necessary formalities (AGM) at the start of the evening, but they’ll be over in no time, and the bulk of the night will be all about having fun. So bring along your partners (or parents) for dinner followed by singing and dancing. All Members will receive an official invite next week, so look out for it in your email, and please RSVP!VOLUNTEERS: If you can help, with Setup (Friday 23 May 5pm-7pm) or Cleanup (Saturday 24 May 8am-9am) please email marketing@dbsc.com.au

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One of our members, Harper Spacey, travelled down to the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club in Victoria last weekend for the Vic Youth Champs.  She did extremely well: third overall and first female. She sends the following report:The 2025 Zhik Victorian Youth Championships was a great regatta. The varying winds and strong tide in Sorrento created a challenging environment to sail in, making the racing very tight and competitive. Over four days, we participated in a coaching camp, competed in a two day regatta and heard from Olympian Jim Colley who told us his story of learning to sail as a child to competing in the Paris 2024 Olympics. In the ILCA 4, there was a strong fleet of 27 boats who were all very welcoming and friendly. It was great to compete against a fleet I’d never raced with before. The first day of racing was frustrating as the dying

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