News and other stories about real people, places, and events in Waverley and nearby suburbs.
After nearly three weeks, it finally stopped raining and our club championship heats 7&8 were conducted on the brown soup formerly known as Sydney harbour in moderate north-easterly conditions.Rod Barnes cleaned up in both races for the standard rigs, while James Tudball and Andrew Cox each scored a win in the radial fleet. Full results are available on the website.
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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 all of the volunteers who have assisted in the canteen during the J.J. Giltinan series. In particular, Shirley and Paul deserve much respect for the effort they have put into having the canteen up and running during the event, with an enormous volume of toasties for hungry 18’ skiff sailors. It has been a tremendous effort!
Shirley with Ian Tudball. Ian was just one of the volunteers who assisted Shirley and Paul during the week. Photo credit: Diana Chen
Twilight sailing is on! The forecast is for a gently ESE followed by sailing stories with Malcolm Page from 7.30pm. Please ensure you have RSVPed for the pizza!
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Learn to race will be on this Saturday from 08:30am. Please confirm your attendance with Martin White.This weekend the club will host heats 3&4 of the Autumn pointscore.Partners and family are 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. mark.crowhurst@gmail.comIf you need to plan further ahead, the club calendar can be viewed (and subscribed to) here.
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
He sure has taken his time to do his Q&A, but the timing is impeccable given our session with Malcolm Page on Wednesday. Also, check out those socks from the 1980s!How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? 8 years old. I did a learn to sail course over the 1985/86 season at Hunters Hill Sailing Club with my older brother. My first sail there was in a Manly Junior with the then recently-crowned Australian National MJ Champion, Malcolm Page. If money (& sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? Beneteau Oceanis 50 or something similar. What is your sailing goal? Sailing holidays in the Mediterranean with family and friends. Tell us the back story to your laser’s name? I bought my Laser second hand and liked the name it came with – “Zone”. When I eventually buy a new Laser, it will be named “Zone II”, as a tribute to the transport zone
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.
This weekend we have sprint racing at the club as there is an away regatta – the Laser Metropolitan Championships are up at RPAYC. (More information here.)The 18’ skiffs are also holding the J.J. Giltinan Regatta at the club from Thursday 3rd to 13th 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.Given the rain, the state of the harbour, the condition of the boat park and the 18’ skiff event, we have decided to suspend the Clean Up Australia Day activities at the club this weekend. We will schedule an alternative event in the near future. DBSC has a long standing commitment to CUAD and more broadly sustainability, and we continue to encourage our membership to keep the
The club will be continuing our sailing stories events for members, this time with Malcolm Page on Wednesday 16thMarch after twilight sailing. Malcolm is a three time Olympian and dual gold medallist in the 470 class (Qingdao and London). He was the official Australian flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics. Malcom has won the 470 men’s world championships six times and has also won world championships in the 420 and Tasar classes.Following his retirement from Olympic sailing, Malcolm worked at World Sailing as Head of Media, before becoming Chief of Olympic Sailing for US Sailing. He has now returned to Australian Sailing assuming the role of Mixed 470 coach.Malcolm is a deadest legend and all-round nice guy of Australian sailing. You won’t want to miss this event.We will be serving pizzas at 7.30pm for everyone to be seated at 7.45pm.
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203794 – David Johnson has moved and can no longer keep his laser. He is selling “PEB” with 4.7, radial and standard rigs. Choose your own adventure!
Further details- All three rigs and sails (4.7, Radial x 2 sails and Standard)- 4.7 bottom section- Radial bottom section- Standard bottom Section- Boom- Battens- Used 4.7 sail- Used Radial sails x 2 (good condition)- Used standard sail (good condition)- Rudder and tiller- Centreboard- Upgraded racing cunningham- All cleats, pulleys, straps, lines, ropes, etc- Just rig and go!- (Dolly not included)Contact David on 0404 636 800 or david@watchdogcompliance.com