Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

All photos by Thomas Beregi

Tyrell & Rousso RacesReport by PRO Luke ParkerA light ESE dictated that the course be set in the Dardanelle straight between point piper and Shark island.  As always there were plenty of shifts and holes, but this week the fleet enjoyed added pleasure(?) of a multitude of yachts racing an interclub series.  And a plethora of charter boats hosting Christmas parties.  And jet boats blasting around with tourists.  And Sydney ferries.  And a few historical 18’s were there as well.   It was a busy day.  Keeping out of trouble was the aim.  Most succeeded to some extent.The two races took into account yardstick.   Full Rigs are  rated at 114, Radials 118.5 and

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Ian Tudball sums up the evening:What a magic way to wrap up a stunning race day on the Harbour.Diana, Peter C, and their merry band of helpers put on a brilliant party that kicked off early and just when the night needed some extra spark, disco queen, Shirley hit the dance floor. As seen in the pics, Bad Santa was always lurking in the background.(all pics by Tuddy)

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The Tyrrell and Rousso races will be held this Saturday, 14 December 2024.The first race (the Tyrrell) is a handicapped start where the faster boats must chase down the slower boats.  There will be a normal 5-minute countdown start sequence, at which time those will zero handicap (the slowest boats) will start. After that, faster boats will start when the race time reaches their handicap over the next 5-10 minutes.  The handicaps will be announced during the briefing on Saturday. The first boat over the finish is the winner.  The second race (the Rousso) is a scratch race, with everyone starting on the same start line with a normal 5-minute countdown sequence.  The first ILCA4, ILCA6 and LICA7 across the line are the “finalists” and the overall winner will be determined by applying a yardstick across the three separate classes. These are once-a-year prestigious events for DBSC that come with

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All photos by David Devlin

Club Championship Races 9 & 10Report by PRO Ash DeaconThe weather gods, clearly lacking any moral principles, decided to play dirty with DBSC’s championship heats 9 & 10. The combination of a very warm Tasman Sea, and bands of thunderstorms rolling in from the west created a stiflingly humid day and a feeble westerly breeze.The race management team arrived early to assess if Sail Sydney had ungraciously parked their courses in ‘our’ waters. Fortunately, they hadn’t, and we exercised our rights and dropped buoys. The breeze was virtually non-existing by the time we had to lay a course, and we elected to set a westerly course noting some encouraging flutter of the

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UPCOMING EVENTSWednesday 11 December: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, Sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Thursday 12 December: Twilight Racing (5pm Splash, Racing between 5:30-7:30pm)Saturday 14 DecemberLearn-to-Race (9:00 am)Annual Tyrell Race, followed by the Rousso Race (1:00 pm briefing, 2:00 pm warning)Christmas Party after racingWednesday 18 December: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, Sailing ‘til 7:00pm)No organised Twilight Racing this weekSaturday 21 DecemberSpring Point Score Races 13 & 14Brett Beyer Saturday Program 1:00 pm briefing, 2:00 pm warning

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All photos by Brendan Pollard

Spring Point Score Races 11 & 12Report by Geoff KirkSaturday morning greeted us with rain, and poor visibility on the harbour, but by the time the afternoon came around the rain had cleared, and a steady 10-15 knot NE had filled in nicely. The on-water team was Brendan Pollard on Jazzman. Hadrien Bourely and Michael Morris carrying out COTD duties, Dave Newman as RIB Reserve (and looking very glamorous on the new RIB). Thank you very much for the help, it led to a very stress-free day. Race 11 In the Radial rig Kerryn Smith had the win, followed by Jim Dounis, and Scott Hunter (he had a solid day on scratch) in 3rd.  In the Full

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UPCOMING EVENTSWednesday 4 December: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, Sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Thursday 5 December: Twilight Racing (5pm Splash, Racing between 5:30-7:30pm)Saturday 7 DecemberClub Championship Races 9 & 10 (1:00 pm briefing, 2:00 pm warning)BBQ after racingWednesday 11 December: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, Sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Thursday 12 December: Twilight Racing (5pm Splash, Racing between 5:30-7:30pm)Saturday 14 DecemberAnnual Tyrell Race, followed by the Rousso Race (1:00 pm briefing, 2:00 pm warning)Christmas Party after racing

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 Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

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UPCOMING EVENTSWednesday 27 November: Twilight Sailing (5:00pm-ish splash, Sailing ‘til 7:00pm)Thursday 28 November: Twilight Racing (5pm Splash, Racing between 5:30-7:30pm)Saturday 30 NovemberSpring Point Score Races 11 & 12 (1:00 pm briefing, 2:00 pm warning)

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 Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

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All photos by Jules Hall

Spring Point Score Races 9 & 10Report by Jason WilkinsA picture-perfect sailing day welcomed 39 entries to Sydney Harbour on Saturday: perfect blue skies, a steady 15-20 knot north-easterly and plenty of on-water excitement!At the briefing Rod Barnes announced that the fleets would be trying the “mass start” with everyone starting together.  PRO Jules Hall set a long start line with little bias and this enabled a clean start for each race in the strong wind with 20 knot gusts.  The course looked long enough although the leaders raced around the course in around 30 minutes with some screaming downwind legs. It was noteworthy that the Radials were more than holding their

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Sprint RacingThose who weren’t playing an away game down at George’s River for the NSW State Championships on the weekend, were treated to a relatively empty harbour and some champagne sailing.The race team comprised of Nick Pellow (PRO), Conor Roche (COTD), Tory Epworth (CoCOTD), David Devlin, Samuel Devlin and David Da Costa Enes. Blessed by a relatively stable 10-18knot North Easterly gradient breeze, 4 races each of about 20-25 minutes were well sailed by a strong fleet of about 25 boats.In the ILCA6s – Scott Hunter and Alistair Sutherland fought it out for the gun, whilst in the ICLA7s the racing was tight however a highlight was watching Commodore London score a gun on the final race.

After rounding the top mark sailors were rewarded with a short but hot reach to an offset buoy, backdropped by the best view in the world.

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