Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

Saturday 25th of February – DBSC members are invited to sail in the Vaucluse Regatta. This year the event celebrates its 91st year. As is the case each year, there will be no club racing at DBSC and we will sail up the harbour to join the event which is free however you need to register as soon as possible here.The Sailing Instructions can be found here. DBCS members will need to be ready to splash at 12:10 to sail to the course for a 13:20 start. Members should read the sailing instructions before the event. Here are some salient points to note:Lasers will have the first warning signal class flag at 1320, with a combined radial and 4.7 fleet starting firstThere will be up to 3 races, with all

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

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From our PRO Peter Collie:This was an unusual day for summer racing. We had a westerly wind forecast all day. Usually, the westerly runs in the winter, and only in the morning, in this case it was all day and often exceeded the forecast 10 knots with the gusts and shifts we are used to with a westerly. Sailors said that the top mark approaches were where this was felt the most. Fortunately, the BBQ was already sizzling when sailors returned to enjoy the rest of a brilliant summer day.In race 9: ILCA 7 Zander Bijkerk was 1st with Rod Barnes 2nd and Ryan Aldrich 3rd ILCA 6 Kate McHugh was 1st followed by Quentin Burns in 2nd and Charles Byford in 3rd place. ILCA 4 Sara Bruce 1st and Ben Costandi 2nd (there were 2 competitors)In race 10  ILCA 7 Rod and Zander split the first two places with 1.5

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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 administration and management of racing.This week, we’re saying a big thank you to Tory Epworth. As the club secretary does an enormous amount of invisible work at the club, managing our membership as well as coordinating and corresponding on behalf of the club committee and membership. She has also organised and catered (with the help of her family) our annual Adventure Day Picnic which took place on Sunday, with CWA style sandwiches, gluten free zucchini slice and watermelon slices under the DBSC cabana on Gibbons Beach. What a Treat!The club is full of people making wonderful contributions around the place, and sometimes behind the scenes. Let us know who deserves a mention!

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On Sunday, the club held its third, and largest yet, adventure day picnic. On a picture perfect day, 16 lasers departed DBSC shortly after noon, chaperoned by a support RIB to meet friends and family at Gibbons Beach. In all 33 sailors, family and friends attended, enjoying a magnificent picnic catered by Tory under the DBSC cabana.After much swimming, socialising, eating, playing and laughter, sailors returned to DBSC while others took more conventional routes home. This was our best picnic so far!

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The Dean Bergman RIB is currently out of service being repaired due to an accident during the 18 footers race day last week. Luckily no one was hurt, but the RIB suffered two punctures in the bow and the stern. Pat Levy has already swung into action and repairs are underway this week, and we hope it is back in action soon.Meanwhile the Paul Adam RIB is still in action this weekend, even though the bung system has been broken. Once again Pat has the parts on order, but for the moment PROs and COTDs need to leave the bungs IN, and instead use the bilge pump switch on the console to empty any water from the RIB both before and after racing.

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From our PRO Andrew Cox:Saturday showed us how life was meant to be — a beautiful sunny Sydney summer afternoon with a honking “north-easter”. Of course, with Pat Levy away at the Worlds, it was never going to be anything else.It blew 19-26 knots, oscillating between the dominant left gradient and the right sea breeze. An outgoing tide cooperated to ensure plenty of exciting wave action. Despite the conditions, we had a reduced fleet (people were probably planning their Valentine’s Day). There were 8 ILCA 7s, 21 ILCA 6s, and 2 ILCA 4s, for a respectable fleet of 30+ boats, before a swag of retirements in the second race. Brett Beyer made a guest appearance, putting in his one-and-only day of training before the Masters Worlds. One sailor quipped, “Imagine all the things that would go wrong if we only sailed once a year”. However, Brett did not seem to have too much trouble

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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 administration and management of racing.This week, we’re saying a big thank you to James Tudball who has joined the DBDC Committee as Youth Coordinator. James is implementing plans to build a culture and program of youth initiatives to encourage the next generation of ILCA sailors and expand youth and ILCA 4 representation in our fleet. James has also been busy coordinating our SailGP “Adopt a Club participation” including the Tech Base tour with Team Canada and VIP spectator boat for the race days.

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Our PRO and and Vice Commodore, Rod Barnes reports:As PRO on the day, I must apologise for possibly, slightly, and sarcastically, misrepresenting on-course conditions (editor’s comment: not to mention the on-course refreshments!) in the briefing.  When we laid the course, there was blue sky, a consistent breeze of around 15 knots, water temperature sitting at about 25 degrees and palm trees lapping at the water’s edge on Clarke Island. Not quite sure what happened between the briefing and the start, but conditions changed dramatically.  We were forced to run the racing in Rushcutters Bay due the World Match Racing championships being held on our usual course in Double Bay – a special thanks to the CYCA for letting us know in advance!As the Jazzman positioned itself on the start line there was barely a laser in sight at 1.50pm.  The slightly reluctant fleet soon arrived and the management team of Rod Barnes and John

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From our PRO Alistair Sutherland.Saturday 10th December 2022 saw the annual Christmas races at DBSC for the Tyrell and Russo trophies.  A festive fleet of about 30 boats gathered, many in Santa hats, all eager for that most important prize: to get their name on a DBSC honours board.The race team of Tim Heath, Trev Pots, Scott Finlayson, and Ben Byford found an East/South Easterly at 8 to 10 knots and duly laid a course between Point Piper and Shark Island.  As the Cloud Cover burnt off and the land heated, the Sea Breeze tried its best to form from the North East, but it never really got going due to the SE gradient.  All of which left us with massive left shifts, large variations in pressure, and an equal chance of making both massive gains and massive losses on each leg.The Tyrell race is unique at DBSC as it is

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