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Winter sailing and BBWP
Winter sailing will be returning this year. The winter series will be 30 races held over 10 Sundays from 1 May 2022 to 24 July 2022 (that is, 3 races each Sunday). There will be no racing during the school holidays. (3 Jul, 10 Jul, 17 Jul). The calendar is on the website.This year there will be a handicapped pointscore held in conjunction with the championship for every race. We encourage everyone to participate as there are trophies and honour boards at stake!In conjunction with the winter series, Brett Beyer will offer a Brett Beyer Winter Program (BBWP) for 6 weeks (18 races) on 8 May, 15 May, 12 Jun, 19 Jun, 26 Jun, 24 Jul. The cost of the program is $360 for all 6 weeks. BBWP subscribers will carry a GPS during each race and will later receive a report and animation showing their GPS tracks vs the fleet, together with
New member – David Evenden
David Evenden has joined the club after purchasing James Johnson’s laser. If you see him around the club, please be sure to give him a warm welcome. In the meantime, here is a little about David to help you get to know him.How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? My family came back to Australia from Europe on P & O’s Arcadia when I was 5 years old. I must have been 7 or 8 when I went on my first sailboat, with a school mate and his dad on Pittwater.If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? A Pogo 40, because this makes me excited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osFEjGyXMZIWhat is your ultimate sailing goal? Cruising the Pacific. And doing a few offshore races with my own crew.Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser? I bought “Question of Balance” from barrister James Johnson, who I came
Race report 05 March 2022
And on the fourteenth day of rain, the clouds parted long enough for our keen racers to get out on the harbour, albeit a rather brown one.PRO Mike Forbes reports, “The morning was a drifter for the Learn to Race crew, which was ultimately cancelled. The breeze didn’t build until 12.30 from the northeast, which remained very light & patchy at 6 knots with slight gusts to 8knots for sprint racing. The harbour was very busy harbour with the Sydney Harbour Regatta being held and the 18’ skiff J.J.s starting to the East of Clark Island, limiting the choice of course area. To avoid conflict with the large fleets converging the course was set close to Point Piper. After the third race, the breeze shifted to the left a little, but the general consensus was to keep rolling on with racing rather than waste time resetting the course.21 boats including 2
Congratulations to our metro sailors
Over the weekend several of our sailors ventured to RPAYC for the NSW Laser Metropolitan Championships. Congratulations to all our competitors who raced, and represented the club, with merit:4.7 results:1. James Hayhoe3. Harriet McLachlan4. Ali BradenRadial rig results:1. Sylvie Stannage2. Evie Saunders4. Brooke Wilson18. Nathan Deng24. Oliver MannStandard rig results:1. Daniel Costandi2. Alexander Bijkerk
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 Andrew Cox (he doesn’t know this is being written).
Andrew and his rack allocation spreadsheet
Andrew is a dedicated leader for our club and is (on occasion) relentless in his pursuit to make DBSC a laser sailing club par excellence. The hours Andrew dedicates to the club behind the scenes, not including those he spends training on the water, make the club the well-oiled machine it is today. Thank you, Andrew!The club is
Wednesday twilight sailing
The wind is due to abate to a mere 20 knots by Wednesday at 1700. For those brave enough to enter the harbour, we strongly recommend you confer on the WhatsApp group to coordinate HAZMAT suits. Never say never!
This weekend
This weekend we return to Club Championship heats 7 & 8. The club will be hosting a bbq after racing and family, friends and learn to race attendees are invited to join us after racing for the festivities.Partners and family are also welcome to come out on our support boats (RIBs and Jazzman) during racing. If you would like to come along, please email Mark Crowhurst to ensure there is adequate space. The 18’ skiffs continue racing the J.J. Giltinan Regatta at the club (racing continues to 13 March). There are likely to be 18s in the park all week. There are likely to be boats and their respective crews doing repairs in the evening, and overnight security, so if you’re dropping in the club out of hours, you might find more company than usual.
No RSVP, no pizza
The club will be continuing our sailing stories events for members, this time with Malcolm Page on Wednesday 16th March after twilight sailing. More details about Malcolm can be found here.We will be serving pizzas at 7.30pm for everyone to be seated at 7.45pm. If you intend on attending this event, please RSVP so that you are appropriately catered for with Pizza AND SEATING.
RSVP
Wednesday twilight racing
Twilight sailing continues on Wednesday evenings from 5.30-7.30pm until the end of daylight savings. This Wednesday MarkSetBot will be at the club demonstrating their robotic marks at our twilight session. This is the same mark technology that is being used in the AC, SailGP and most recently, the Etchells State Championship over the weekend.It would be great if as many people turn up for sailing with a 1730 splash so these new robotic marks can be tested in a race setting. We would like feedback from sailors and operators. Please come and see the future of racing!