Upcoming Events15/16 October: Coast Championships, SLMASCSaturday 22 October 9am: PRO training (please RSVP)Saturday 29 October 9am: Safety and competency training (mandatory for all sailors and volunteers)Sunday 13 November: Battle of the Sound.19/20 November: Open and Masters State Championships, Wangi WangiSaturday 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.
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Wednesday twilight sailing
Besides providing critical midweek salt water therapy, the twilight program will help all sailors with boat handling. Short, sharp races with boats in close quarters. We aim to splash about 5pm and hold multiple quick races until there’s no one left. You’ll be very welcome if you can’t get there until 6pm. We’ve found we are better locating to the north of Clarke Island because the CYCA racers start at the mouth of Double Bay and also use the Point Piper YA mark in their course. So, you’ll typically find us using the naval mooring (white can) off Clarke Island as one buoy. We’ll nominate another buoy as the other mark. It could be the top or bottom depending on the breeze. We use rabbit starts to get racing underway. Someone is volunteered to be the rabbit and they move below the bottom mark. When everyone else is settled, the rabbit signals they
Race report 1 October 2022
As reported by our PRO, Robert Vann:Scattered showers in the morning cleared nicely for our afternoon racing, with a strong turnout for sprints over the long weekend. Sailors enjoyed an 8-12 knot south-easterly breeze in an ebbing tide which led to some tricky racing between Clark Island and Point Piper. The sprint courses were the standard 2X windward/leeward, running for 10-15 minutes apiece.
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It was great to see some tight racing at the top of both fleets resulting in
Congratulations to our regatta competitors!
We’ve had a large contingent of members away at regattas recently.Big congratulations go out to Evie Saunders (41), Sylvie Stannage (49), and Cote Poncell (75) who competed at the 2022 ILCA 6 Men’s & Women’s World Championships in Texas.At Lake Macquarie we had a great contingent competing in the Coasts with great camaraderie on and off the water. Congratulations to all!Standard:2. Daniel Costandi3. Campbell Patton4. Alexander Bijkerk8. David Newman12. Ian Alexander13. Geoff Kirk17. Murray Stone19. Mike DunneRadial:1. Brooke Wilson2. Martin White4. Andrew Cox9. Kate McHugh14. Pat Levy4.7:1. Healy Ryan3. Benjamin Costandi6. Charles Byford
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Race report 15 October 2022
From our PRO Steven London:Over 20 Lasers turned out for a sunny and picturesque Saturday Sprint Racing on Sydney Harbour. The course was off Shark Island and into Rose Bay, with light shifty winds about 10 knots starting from the SE but soon shifted to the East. There were 4 sprint races about 20 minutes each, then the last race was a series of broad reaches back to the club house – up to the top mark, then Point Piper YA mark, over to the KFC and back home to the clubhouse.Winners in the Standards included Yves Stening, Luke Parker, Andrew Simpson, and in the Radials, Alistair Sutherland, David Huber, and David Airey.Thank you to our on water support Steven London (PRO), David Murphy (LTRaR), Keryyn Smith (COTD), David Devlin (CoCOTD) assisted by Derek Hand. We also had extra helpers out on the Start Boat Josh and Xander who cheered
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 our resident architect, John Chesterman. John is always helping behind the scenes putting considerable efforts into current projects like the redesign of the Handicapping Table area which will include storage for a lot of the gear that currently sits on display on the floor or table, and also exciting future projects, like extensions to the clubhouse that are in the planning stages. When not putting his fine drawing skills to the task of designing a new deck, he can be found with the hammer and chisel making repairs to the existing deck at our annual working bee. Thank you, John!
A note on racing this weekend
The PRO is well aware of the Sydney Swan’s 4.45pm semi-final kick-off. While sailors won’t make it to the SCG in time for the game (you probably don’t have tickets anyway), expect prompt starts so we can enjoy the game. In the circumstances, expect a bias towards individual recalls vs general recalls! So don’t be a couch potato or skip sailing for the footy. With a little support from Huey, everyone can enjoy 2 races, a hot shower and be settled in front of the 18 footer’s TV for the first bounce!
Not too late: Season Opening Dinner
We have been given some wiggle room to continue to accept RSVPs for the Season Opening Dinner. This really is your last chance (it’s this Friday)!Please RSVP to the season opening dinner for sailors and volunteers.Details:7pm Friday 16th September Bedouin 2/53 Cross Street Double Bay $100 per guest (includes welcome drink, banquet dinner, beer/wine with dinner) Dress Spectacular/Glam (Studio 54)
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Registration is now open for The Women's Regatta
Registration is now open for the 2022 Women’s Regatta, to be held on Saturday 3 December at Double Bay Sailing Club.The one-day event will include races on Sydney Harbour, great food, entertainment, and activities aimed at women of all ages who currently sail an ILCA / Laser dinghy, or are looking to return to racing.If you haven’t been on the water for a while or just want to improve your skills, we have a series of women’s training clinics leading up to the regatta.Head over to thewomensregatta.com.au to get all the info and register now!
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 Peter Collie. Peter does many “invisible” tasks around the club, helping with canteen coordination, cooking championship BBQs and as our resident professional photographer. Peter also coordinates all of the event bookings at the club, as well as securing the ongoing hire of the premises for yoga when we aren’t using the clubhouse. Peter and Diana were also the coordinators of our recent season opening dinner, which was a roaring success.
Peter at the Season Opening Dinner