Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

Clubhouse use this week (Tuesday to Thursday)

Jonathan Stone is hosting a function at the club this week with the Society for Acquired Resilience.He writes:Dear fellow members, sailors.Later this month (September 27 – 29 to be precise) another scientific meeting will, with the permission of the DBSC Management Committee, be held at the Clubhouse. It is a sequel to a meeting held in 2020 (March 9 – 11), just before the COVID lockdowns began.The theme of the meeting is ‘healthy ageing’. There will be ~ 25 presentations from scientists around the world on a phenomenon known as ‘acquired resilience’, the way everyday stresses (like exercise, hypoxia, hunger, solar radiations, and toxins in plants) induce measure improvements in the health of – anyone. Because the young enjoy the resilience of youth, the benefits of exercise, diet management and light-used-as-therapy are more marked in older people. But the benefits can be measured in the young and can be powerful

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60 seconds with Healy Ryan

Healy is one of our new, junior members in the club. This week we get to find out a little more about him. If you see Healy (and his dad, Craig) at the club, please give him a warm welcome.How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? When I was 4 my brother and I had to do ‘dad overboard’ drills with a fender we called ‘dad’ in our Traditional 30 and I wasn’t strong enough to do anything other than steer and use the throttle so that was my job.If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? An IMOCA 60 (like Hugo Boss)/Clubswan 125 (Scorpio)/ F50 (Australian colours)What is your ultimate sailing goal? To be the best that I can be.Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser? Boat Name: Shift. Start (be on the start at the start)-

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Upcoming events and more information

Saturday 22 October 9am: PRO training, Vaucluse regattaSaturday 29 October 9am: Safety and competency trainingSaturday 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.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

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Race report 10 September 2022

From our PRO Geoff Kirk:Someone once described Sydney Harbour as an extremely good-looking person who doesn’t have to do much to attract attention. Well, it just stood there and looked pretty on Saturday! It was a beautiful day for sailing, and to be out on the response boats. Jazzman was ably manned by Murray Stone (LTRAR) who did a superb job and has now progressed to full PRO status, and Geoff Kirk, who is looking to be demoted from PRO status. On the response boats were Peter D’arcy-King and parents of our youth sailors, Ben, and Craig, who jumped in on the day and did a fantastic job. For Spring Point Score races 1 and 2 the sailing conditions were tricky, with a continuation of the winter westerlies, and a 180-degree shift in the second race. The race committee could hear many a brain grinding as sailors in the blue and

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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 Tim Heath. Tim has replaced Mark Crowhurst as roster coordinator and has been doing an outstanding job! He has finessed the weekly email sent to volunteers, as well as joined the committee. The effort that goes into coordinating the race management each week should not be underestimated (especially when he is on holidays)!

The club is full of people making wonderful contributions around the place, and sometimes behind the scenes. Let us know who deserves a mention!

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Regatta coordination

With the 2022-23 season underway, we have a few regattas fast approaching. We’re looking to cement our position as the world’s leading Laser sailing club and expect to send a large contingent of DBSC sailors!Coast Championships The Coast Championships are on at South Lake Macquarie Amateur Sailing Club from 15-16 October. The Notice of Race for the event is here. You can enter online here or at the club on 15th October up to 11.30am. If you would like to attend and need help with boat transport or accommodation, please email Dave here asap.State Open & Masters Championships A combined Open and Masters states this year at Wangi from 19-20 November is the must-attend regatta for the year – the Notice of Race for the event is here. We’re again expecting DBSC to be well represented, so please fill out the below form (2 min) if you are interested asap,

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Battle of the Sound

DBSC Laser sailors are invited to compete in the 2nd annual Laser dinghies ‘Battle of the Sound’ challenge being held on Sunday 13 November.The regatta was started by ‘Northern Harbour’ Laser Clubs last year as a ‘local challenge’ among NSC, MHASC, MYC and VYC. The event is sailed in ‘The Sound’ (which is the waters between Middle Head, Cannae Point and North Harbour) and a great place to sail. The organisers expect well over 50 Lasers competing in Standard and Radial fleets. The ‘Battle of the Sound’ trophy will remain contested by the four ‘founding’ Clubs, however individual results will be recognised on the placings of all sailors competing. Competitors will need to sail from their own Clubs or location due to space constraints at MYC. Entry is free and entering as soon as possible will help with planning.   Full details are online, at Battle of the Sound . You can register using the QR code on the poster on

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