Saturday 10 December 2022: Tyrell and Rousso races; Christmas Party. RSVP and information here.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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Race report 17 December 2022
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
10 December 2022 – The Tyrell and Russo Trophies
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
Race report 26 November 2022
From our PRO Michael Osborne.Last Saturday was heats 7 & 8 of the club championships and 11 & 12 of the point score.The day was neatly summarised by Luke Parker: “The Dardanelles were out in their glory yesterday. Snakes and ladders all round. The course was ok, the 40 degree wind shifts and 5-15 knot breeze across the course was the challenge”.In the full rigs Alexander Bijkerk and Campbell Patton were respectively first and second over the line in both races. Jules Hall was third in race 1, and Luke third in race 2.In the radials, Ian Alexander got two bullets. In the first race Martin White was second and Brooke Wilson third. In the second race, Quentin Burns was second, and James Tudball third.Chris Tattersall (COTD) and Nate did a great job in the RIB quickly tweaking the course between race 1 and 2 in what was a tricky
Volly of the week
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 running of dinghy racing.This week we’d like to thank Pat Levy who has persisted with the temperamental western davit, replacing the pullies, and arranging for the motor to be fixed (this is much more complicated than anyone would guess, as the committee can attest following our monthly updates). Pat has also arranged the repairs to the split seam on one of the tubes on the Dene Bergman as well as fixing the battery isolation switch. Pat is regularly fixing the equipment that we rely upon each week, and we appreciate his efforts very much. Now if someone could dial up an 18knot Nor’easter for him, he might smile!
Important information for The Women’s Regatta (this weekend)
The Women’s Regatta will be held at the club this Saturday and there will be events from 8am through to 8pm.VOLUNTEERS: If you are able to help out on Saturday, please ensure you have emailed us at womensregatta@dbsc.com.au so that we can allocate tasks. Don’t forget to wear your DBSC t-shirt if you have one!CLUB TIDY: Please ensure all your personal belongings have been removed from both change rooms and around the club before Friday. Anything left behind will be going to our recycling program.POP-UP SHOPS: boatcrewgear.com and boatropes.com.au will be at the club all day, so if you need any new gear or rigging, order online for pick-up on Saturday.
18s RIB support needed Sunday 11 December
We need a RIB driver volunteer to help on Sunday 11 December, 1-5pm.Please contact the Commodore if you can help, or put your name down in this Google sheet HERE.Thank you to Mark and Milla Gray who are volunteering in the canteen this coming weekend, and to Andrew Craker who is driving the RIB support boat.
Member survey results – Club Management
From our Commodore, Steven London.Quantifying sentiment around club management was more difficult than other survey topics. Overall, 85% of respondents told us management was very or extremely important, but what does this actually mean? The greatest insight came from your comments.Our volunteer culture was a common theme – speaking to a core club value of ownership, and the need for this to be continuously cultivated. “Distributed volunteerism remains a critical initiative that should continue to be chased until everyone is a participant”Management was also reminded to ‘keep it simple’ and focus more on the fewer things that really matter most, and to “let go of things people aren’t attached to”.Beyond the day to day running of the club, you also wanted us to keep an eye on the future – forging relationships across the sailing community and fostering the next generation of sailors. To this point, we have created a new
Christmas Party (please RSVP)
The Christmas Party this year will be on Saturday, December 10, 2022, 5:30 PM-11:30 PM.We will have all of the usual catering and festivities, and we need you to RSVP so we can get the numbers for catering finalised.
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The electrification of Resilience
Jonathan Stone is featured in the December edition of Afloat for his renovation and electrification of Resilience, a 1967 Halvorsen. Powered originally with a Chrysler flat marine petrol engine located midships, the vessel now has a 15kW (20HP) Bellmarine, inboard water-cooled electric motor. For more on Jonathan’s interesting endeavour, you can read about it online or pick up a copy of Afloat in the canteen at the clubhouse.Thanks to Paul Adam for bringing this to our attention.)