Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

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 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.

The club

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Learn to race this weekend

The next Learn to Race (LTR) a Laser at Double Bay Sailing Club is on again this Saturday morning 18 February.  It must start early at 8.30AM on that day as we have limitations with harbour zones owing to SailGP.We’ll meet at 8.30am ready to rig boats. The aim is to be on the water well before 10am and back to the shore by 11.30pm.LTR is for prospective new members – a ‘try before you join’ arrangement.  It’s also for DBSC members wishing to improve their sailing skills.Participants must have basic helming capability as we are squad based and it’s sometimes difficult to provide a lot of one-on-one assistance for those without experience. It’s also a safety measure.

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Vaucluse Regatta 25 February 2022

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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Member survey results – training

Training plays an important role at Double Bay Sailing Club, and we continue to run programs that help new members enjoy the excitement of racing, as well as providing opportunities for existing members to participate in training squads, helping with fleet compression. In addition to that, the Annual Competency Training session that we run helps us manage safety, race management, and maintaining club equipment. It allows our membership to work together to provide quality racing.Comments from the survey encouraged us to continue to guide members that are new to racing, and run clinics to improve sailing skills, strategy, and tactics. Also improving member knowledge of Sailing Rules like during mark rounding and race starts.Our ongoing Learn to Race program run by Martin White was highly rated in the survey as being important for introducing new members to the club and then continuing to help them improve and build confidence. Our partnership with the Brett Beyer Sailing program has been

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The Womens Regatta

Unless you have been living under a rock, you will know the club hosted The Women’s Regatta over the weekend. The event was a phenomenal success (if we do say so ourselves) with glorious conditions. In the end, we had 35 women and girls line up for racing (after a few late drop outs with The Cabbage Tree Island and the latest Covid Wave taking out a few).Organisation of the event was led by Diana Chen, supported by a committee of Tory Epworth, Steven London, James Tubdall and Kate McHugh. Assistance on race documentation was provided by Michael Osborne and Yves Stening. Our PRO, Mike Forbes was assisted on the Jazzman by Vic Whitby and Craig Sheers, while David Murphy, Simon Stone and Kirk Marcolina donated Smitten as the finishing boat with Steven London joining them for duties.This event would not be possible without the volunteer support of the club

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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 Diana Chen. Diana has done a phenomenal job in coordinating The Women’s Regatta. From organising breakfasts and water bottles, to photography and sponsorship, there is nothing in the regatta that didn’t have Diana’s touch. The regatta has received an overwhelming positive response in execution, and over the days following, and it would not have happened without her enormous effort.

Photo credit: Andrea Francolini

The club is full of people making wonderful contributions

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