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
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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 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.
Race sign on – new app
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.
Jazzman sun shade bimini
Photo: Brett Beyer
With a combination of funds from the NSW Government Local Sports Grant Program and Membership Subs, a number of volunteers have been hard at work organising and implementing this long awaited upgrade to provide our Jazzman start boat with a bimini frame and cover. While we continue to wait for the cover to be made, resident handyperson Craig Sheers donated an old sail and went to work fastening it to provide a temporary solution for racing last Saturday where it was much appreciated on one of the sunniest days we have had this season. Thank you to all those who helped in organising the funding and getting it made up, including Pat Levy, Craig Sheers and Diana Chen.
Last chance for early bird prices
This week is the last chance to register for the early bird ticket for The Women’s Regatta.Entry fee until Sat 4 Nov is $60 (adults) / $40 (students & U18) which includes yoga, breakfast, workshops, racing, and cocktail reception.Entry fee from 5 Nov – 2 Dec is $90 (adults) / $70 (students & U18).Please note: entries will not be accepted after 5pm on 2 December.NOR available for download from thewomensregatta.com.au
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The Women’s Regatta – call for volunteers
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. The day’s activities will include yoga on the deck, breakfast, workshops (fitness, sailing rules, boat maintenance), racing, prizegiving, and a cocktail party!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 not limited to race management, course setting, RIB driving & race support, boat prep & rigging, boat launch & retrieval, parking, and canteen.Please email us at womensregatta@dbsc.com.au and let us know what
Wednesday twilight racing
Is on, with a fresh but not frightening westerly forecast. A nice reminder for the weekend just gone…Rabbit starts. See you at Clark Island.
Upcoming events and more information
Saturday 12 November – Women’s Regatta Training: Downwind TechniqueSunday 13 November: Battle of the Sound.19/20 November: Open and Masters State Championships, Wangi WangiSaturday 26 November – Women’s Regatta Training: Race StartsSaturday 3 December 2022: The Women’s Regatta. Sign up for more 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.
Race report 22 October 2022
From our LTRAR David Huber:Saturday was a very busy day at the DBSC clubhouse beginning with coaching for the Women’s Regatta as well as our PRO competency session presented by Hugh Leicester.Thanks to the learnings in the PRO training perhaps, racing began on time at 1400 with sailors from Vaucluse Yacht Club, Hunters Hill Sailing Club, Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club joining Double Bay sailors for the first leg of the Vaucluse/DBSC challenge.The line was set perfectly square (as per the morning’s lesson from Hugh). The wind and sea-state certainly tested all who sailed, with the average breeze from the north at 22kts gusting to 30kts with a short high chop made sailing difficult. It was the usual Double Bay triangle with extra chaos at the wing mark gybe. There were lots of capsizes and these increased in frequency as sailors started to tire. Two
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 Sylvie Stannage. On Saturday Sylvie exemplified the club’s commitment to on water safety and community. During the second race, Sylvie abandoned her boat to assist the rescue of another young sailor, who was taken ashore in a RIB for medical treatment. Sylvie remained calm under pressure and maintained exemplary radio communications throughout the ordeal. We’d also like to thank all involved in the rescue including Chris Stannage who was also on the RIB, Alistair Sutherland and Craig Sheers who came back out to the race course to sail the abandoned boats home, and the DBSC sailors on shore who facilitated the landing of the RIB