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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Race Report – Saturday 5 April 2025
All photos by Pia Hattersley and Karen Merchant
Club Championships Races 13 and 14 / Autumn Point Score Races 11 and 12What a stunner, gotta love where we get to play every week… To steal from that classic “The Gods Must be Crazy”, this week the wind gods were in a league of their own. We had all manner of wind directions before the race and course-setting was basically a lottery. The first course in Rose Bay was nuts, the wind was working its way from WSW to WNW… right soooo… back to Double Bay. And then it all died… no wind, no idea. Being on the Paul Adam is usually a relaxing way to spend an afternoon enjoying
2025 DBSC Annual Adventure Picnic
On Sunday, the club held its annual adventure day picnic. A picture-perfect day (after our rain-check the previous week), Lasers departed DBSC shortly after noon, chaperoned by our new Paul Adam RIB to meet friends and family at Chowder Bay in Clifton Gardens, enjoying a magnificent picnic catered by Tory and Teddy under the DBSC cabana.Swimming, lunching, eating ice-creams, playing on the beach, water-pistols and sandcastles all afternoon until sailors set off for the leisurely reach/return to Double Bay. Thankyou Tory for organising us and putting on a great spread.
Kellie Sloane Visits DBSC – New Rescue Boat "Paul Adam" Ribbon Cutting
On Saturday 5 April 2025 the NSW Member for Vaucluse Kellie Sloane visited DBSC to meet the members and officially christen the rescue boat the new “Paul Adam” which was purchased by the club and delivered in September 2024. The new RIB is a Gemini X Waverider 650 with Yamaha F115hp outboard supplied by Sam Newton at All Marine.The
Official Ramps Opening Ribbon Cutting
Last Saturday 5 April 2025 was the official opening of the two new boat ramps on the foreshore of Steyne Park, Double Bay. The event was hosted by Rodney Barnes, Vice Commodore at Double Bay Sailing Club, and welcomed guests:Kelly Sloane (NSW Member for Vaucluse) Mary-Lou Jarvis (representing WMC)Dimitri Mitsidis (representing TfNSW)Warren Sare (CEO) and Simon Nearn (Commodore) of the 18 Footers LeagueMany will recall the dilapidated state of the old ramps before work commenced in June 2024, with the western ramp being so much of a hazard that it was not in use. The new ramps project was completed in October 2024, five years
WHAT'S GOING ON
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 12 April: Learn-to-Race (9am-12pm) Autumn Point Score Races 13 & 14 (2pm warning)Saturday 19 April
Race Report – Saturday 29 March 2025
All photos by Ian Tudball
Autumn Point Score Races 9 and 10It was a monsoonal morning on Saturday, with some models predicting a strengthening black north-easter and others predicting a continuation of the prevailing morning south-westerly, all depending on exactly when and where the low-pressure cell that had apparently plonked itself directly over the clubhouse decided to move. The race management team followed the Seabreeze model and set an ENE course strategically placed to allow rotation to the left if the forecast freshening occurred. Then, with preparations completed early, the team had plenty of time to savour the gourmet delights expertly created by Paul and Shirley, with the cheery assistance of sous chefs Michelle Power and Elle Kerin-Bourely, while
DBSC Adventure Picnic – Sunday 6 April 2025
After a rain check last week, we are now promised Blue Sky and Gentle Breeze THIS SUNDAY 6 April 2025 at CHOWDER BAY [see map directions here]. We especially love Chowder Bay for its accessible parking, nearby cafe, and kid-friendly swimming pen and parkland. So, we’re looking forward to seeing you and the rest of your clan. We’ll set up camp at the east end of the beach. It’s a 12pm splash @DBSC, with picnic lunch served at Chowder Bay at 1pm. $10 per head, plus drinks that you can add to your canteen account at the end of the day… plus a sunset sail back home! Please RSVP, so we can plan the catering.
Photo from Google Earth
Work-on-your-boat Day
Maxim Djura is organising another Laser maintenance day on Sunday May 4th. This weekend is the only mid-season non-racing weekend we have, so this is a perfect time to give your boat some love and get her ready for the next season! The plan is to have enough people there to help with getting boats from their racks and to share materials (flow coat, epoxy glue and other stuff — Maxim will bring these on the day). Maxim will be at the club from 10am.Typical repairs include:Fixing chips, scratches or cracks in the gelcoat (hull and foils)Replacing deck fittingsCleaning hullRope upgradesThere will be materials available to share:Neutral flow coat and white pigmentPSA gelcoatRonstan coarse and fine polishEpoxy glueRonstan gelcoat restorerWhite spiritSandpaperSiliconeGloves,
Official Opening of the Boat Ramps
At 12.30 this Saturday, prior to the race briefing, we will have the official opening of the fantastic new concrete ramps. Attending will be MP Kelly Sloane (State member for Vaucluse), Woollahra Councillor Mary-Lou Jarvis and Dimitri Mitsidis from TfNSW.As mentioned in previous newsletter articles, this has been a huge effort by so many people, and we will be thanking all those involved.Please turn up early to show your appreciation for the financial and administrative support provided by our guests.
Photo by Rob Barnes