Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

We are pleased to announce one of our own youth sailors Healy Ryan has won the 2024 NSW/ACT Youth Sailor of the Year award. At 14 years old Healy moved from competing in the ILCA4 to ILCA6 in August 2023. His first event was WA Youths where he received coaching from ‘Swifto’, Chris Charlwood and Zoe Thompson. Healy won that event and his enthusiasm left such an impact that Zoe invited him to join her squad’s ILCA6 training camp when it was next in Sydney.Next event was Coasts where he came 3rd overall, followed by the AST/ASS/ASF women’s training camp where he was warmly welcomed by an amazing squad who were very generous with their time and knowledge. A few weeks

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On Thursday 10 October we will kick off our Thursday Twilight Racing with on-water coaching support for the 2024/25 season. The coaching and race management will be undertaken by one of our Reach coaches.We will aim for our usual splash of 5PM. The coach and course will be ready for racing by 5:30PMThe course will be typically windward – leeward (like our sprint racing), however the coach may communicate variations out on the water…to keep us on our toes.Racing will run until sundown (approx 7:30PM).Regular Thursday night dinner and drinks at The Oak following sailing, for anyone who fancies a social outing.The Cost is $150 per sailor for the 10 week program (plus merchant fees). This covers the overhead of paying

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UPCOMING EVENTSSaturday 28 SeptemberLearn-to-Race: 9amSpring Point Score Races 3 & 4 (1pm briefing, 2pm first warning)Brett Beyer Saturday Program (BBSP)Saturday 5 October (Labour Day October Long Weekend)Sprint Racing (1pm briefing, 2pm first warning)Thursday 10 OctoberTwilight Racing (5pm splash)Weekend of 12-13 October2024 NSW & ACT Coast Championships at Mannering Park Sailing Club (Sat. & Sun.)Please contact Dave Newman if you are interested in attendingNotice of RaceSaturday 12 OctoberSprint Racing (1pm briefing, 2pm first 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 sailing photos by Jack Tattersall

Club Championship Races 3 & 4Saturday was one of those crystal clear spring days, with not a cloud in the sky, only the smudge of some back-burning somewhere up Middle Harbour. Wind was from the northwest. The Race Committee set the start line clear of Shark Island and well away from Point Piper in order to have a weather leg clear of Clark Island. We launched at the top of a rather high tide, so both races were sailed in a strong ebb current.A fleet of 40 Lasers (26 Radials, 12 Standards & two 4.7’s) enjoyed the afternoon, sharing the harbour, in particular our course area, with a number of yachts

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Please save the morning of Saturday, 19 October from 9am for our annual competency and safety training. Attendance is expected of all on-water members and volunteers. This is an important opportunity to discuss and refresh our skills in:How to run a race (by Andrew Cox) – essential for PRO, LtRAR, CoTD & CoCoTD duty.https://www.dbsc.com.au/proHow to use DBSC equipment (by Pat Levy) – also essential info on operation of davits, RIBs, Jazzman, laying marks, anchors, and use of radios.https://www.dbsc.com.au/cotdHow to save people (by David Murphy) – more essential procedures for on water emergency, rescue, & first aid.https://www.dbsc.com.au/emergency-rescueIn advance of this, kindly familiarise/ re-familiarise yourself with the policies and training materials available on the DBSC website (links above) or start with some of

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On Thursday 10 October we will kick off our Thursday Twilight Racing with on-water coaching support for the 2024/25 season. The coaching and race management will be undertaken by one of our Reach coaches.We will aim for our usual splash of 5PM. The coach and course will be ready for racing by 5:30PMThe course will be typically windward – leeward (like our sprint racing), however the coach may communicate variations out on the water…to keep us on our toes.Racing will run until sundown (approx 7:30PM).Regular Thursday night dinner and drinks at The Oak following sailing, for anyone who fancies a social outing.The Cost is $150 per sailor for the 10 week program (plus merchant fees). This covers the overhead of paying

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On Thursday 10 October we will kick off our Thursday Twilight Racing with on-water coaching support for the 2024/25 season. The coaching and race management will be undertaken by one of our Reach coaches.We will aim for our usual splash of 5PM. The coach and course will be ready for racing by 5:30PMThe course will be typically windward – leeward (like our sprint racing), however the coach may communicate variations out on the water…to keep us on our toes.Racing will run until sundown (approx 7:30PM).Regular Thursday night dinner and drinks at The Oak following sailing, for anyone who fancies a social outing.The Cost is $150 per sailor for the 10 week program (plus merchant fees). This covers the overhead of paying

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SPRING POINT SCORE Races 1 & 2By Murray StoneLast Saturday saw a magnificent start to the 2024 Spring Pointscore series with the weather gods giving their blessing and delivering blue skies, a pleasant 22 degrees and a relatively consistent 10 knot north north easterly – a pleasant surprise given the harbour was looking like glass during the morning’s Learn to Race session. The forecasted afternoon 6 knot northwesterly and late shift into the south west didn’t eventuate, much to the delight of the fleet of around 40 sailors.Both the Radial and Standard fleets got away without troubling the starter on a course accommodating the northerly gradient in the breeze. The wing mark was set not far off Clark Island and while this resulted in a deep first reach, it made for a tight bottom reach with most sailors working the leg and enjoying some good rides in the lighter conditions.  Healy

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Please save the morning of Saturday, 19 October for our annual competency training. Attendance is expected of all on-water members and volunteers, and is an opportunity to discuss and refresh our skills in:How to run a race how to run a race correctly, efficiently and safely, by Andrew Coxessential for COTD/ PRO dutyHow to use DBSC equipmenthow to correctly use all the various bits of DBSC equipment, led by Pat Levy using the davits safely, avoiding breaking the RIBs or the Jazzman, avoid losing anchors, how to use the radio safely, and how generally to avoid getting booked by Maritime. Great timing as a new RIB is on its way:) How to save peopleEmergency, rescue and first aid, conducted by David

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After consultation with our Canteen Captain Paul Adam, we are changing the timing for canteen volunteering beginning this weekend. There will still be two members rostered on each week during the Spring/Autumn seasons, but the first duty will now commence at 11am for an hour, and the second at 12 midday for an hour. This will mean that Paul and Shirley have more assistance during the busiest sandwich-making time prior to to the pre-race briefing at 1pm. The second volunteer may choose to partially rig prior to their duty to allow plenty of time to get out to the course. Note that the CoCTOD may be called upon by Paul earlier in the morning to assist with restocking the canteen, e.g. to shift a couple of boxes.- Tim Heath

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