News and other stories about real people, places, and events in Waverley and nearby suburbs.
From Tory Epworth…The women were out in force last Saturday morning for the second of three coaching sessions with Sylvie Stannage – in the lead up to The Women’s Regatta on 3 December.
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Thanks to everyone who has volunteered so far. We still need MORE volunteers for The Women’s Regatta!As a club we are committed to increasing female participation in sailing, and events like The Women’s Regatta encourage female sailors from Sydney and beyond to come together and celebrate their ability, resilience, and love of sailing. In order for this to be a standout event, we need all the help we can get from members who aren’t sailing. Please let us know if you are available on Saturday 3rd December for tasks on and off the water. These include, but are not limited to race management, course setting, RIB driving & race support, boat prep & rigging, boat launch & retrieval, parking, and canteen.Please ensure you email womensregatta@dbsc.com.au by this Friday 11 Nov to let us know your availability so that we can schedule in the tasks. Events like this are important initiatives for the
Thank you to all members for supporting this initiative to sign on every Saturday before racing. This helps our volunteers with on water race management and scoring. If anyone needs help with the app or to change your sail number please email Results or see the Q&A on DBSC web site HERE.
We need a RIB driver volunteer to help this coming Sunday 20 November, 1-5pm. Please contact the Commodore if you can help, or put your name down in this Google sheet HERE.A big thank you to all those members who have already volunteered helping out on Sundays with RIB support (John Vasey, Richard Holstein, Darryl Lawrence, Chris Tattersall), and those who have supported on Sundays in the canteen (Paul and Shirley, Clare Alexander, Christine Patton, Mike Dunne, John Verco, Richard Au, Kim Ketelby).
From our Commodore, Steven London…This will be the first of 6 weekly instalments playing back the findings and insights of the Membership survey we ran earlier this year.Unsurprisingly, 96% of members rated ‘racing’ as very or extremely important. We also asked you about more specific elements of racing – including race management, fleet competitiveness, fleet size, twilight sailing, winter racing series, and a potential ‘green fleet’… And this is what you told us:·The introduction of a ‘green fleet’ was generally not supported, with the majority saying they had no strong feeling either way.There was good interest in twilight sailing, and to a lesser extent, the winter racing series… with the majority of respondents saying they were ‘interested’ or ‘very interested’.Race Management, Fleet Competitiveness and Fleet Size – are what really matters to our members – and where our focus should be. With regard to race management, volunteers found it difficult and
There will be many events at the club over the next few weeks including The Women’s Regatta and the DBSC Christmas Party. We ask that all members remove any personal belongings from the changerooms and any common areas at your earliest convenience in order to maintain a tidy clubhouse for all to enjoy.Anything left by 27 November will either be recycled or donated.
From our PRO Daryl Lawrence:A brisk 20kt gusting 27kt breeze saw 11 hardy souls brave the harbour. during the six or so sprints. The attrition rate left 4 boats for the final surf around the top mark, out to the white drum and home. Luke Parker was dominating; Kirk wouldn’t be chased down in a couple of races. Richard George is seriously thinking of buying his own 4.7 rig for this type of breeze as he revelled in a day without a capsize. Others weren’t so fortunate with a lot of swims. Kerryn Smith had the save of the day with a maximum limbo dance to right his boat from horizontal. Tim Heath was looking good off the line. Peter Collie stuck in there with his splinted finger taking a beating.Daryl and Maxim were well supported by Team Gray and Epworth with Milla Gray and Teddy Epworth helping their parents
On the weekend, DBSC away team travelled to Wangi (Wangi) on Lake Macquarie for the combined Open and Masters State Championships. Racing on Saturday was a fresh north easterly, which kept all racers on their toes with boat handling. Sunday was even windier from the west, with racers held on shore until 1:30pm when a decision was made to abandon racing for the day.The DBSC away team scored well in all divisions, and a big congratulations go to all involved – most seemed very pleased with their ongoing improvements in big fleets and big breeze.Our prize winners and place getters were: 4.7 Charlie Byford – 3rd overall, 1st U16 Sara Bruce – 5th overall, 1st FemaleRadial Sylvie Stannage – 1st overall, 1st Female Martin White – 5th overall, 1st GGMStandard Campbell Patton – 1st overall Daniel Costandi – 5th overall, 1st U21 David Newman – 10th overall, 1st Apprentice Steven
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 Kirk Marcolina. Kirk filled the role of newsletter editor for years. He has also been the club’s resident videographer for our events and instructional videos. Since retiring from the newsletter, Kirk has once again stepped up to another large job at the club – coordinating the distributed volunteers across the broad range of jobs to be done outside our racing roster. We are so very grateful for Kirk’s contributions.
Kirk at our season opening dinner with Max, Nick and Campbell.
Double Bay Sailing Club will now use the Sailor app for race sign on and sign off.We encourage all members – remote and local to the club – to download the app and use it for sign on this Saturday 5 November. Sign on provides us with up to the minute information on members sail numbers for scoring and helps identify who is out on the water for each race.This replaces our previous “remote sign on” web page process for remote members.It is the same app engine that is used by the Australian Laser Class Association for regattas. In the near future, this app will also incorporate our race scoring and results.More information and brief instructions can be found on the DBSC web site HERE.Or just download the app and give it a go! Sailor is available as a free download from the iTunes and Google Play Stores.