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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 Andrew Simpson. On Saturday as the club was packed up and kitchen door closed, a beep beep beep noise was heard by the final attendees. After some detective work to figure out where the noise coming from it transpired the fridge door had been left open. With no key to access the canteen. members still in attendance scratched their heads on how to close it. Andrew Simpson put his structural engineering prowess to use and using a carbon top section was able to close the fridge door through the grill ensuring ingredients for the 18’ skiff toasties didn’t perish overnight.

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The Masters’ State and National Championships are looming in February.The Masters’ State Championships will be held at Bay Sailing Centre, Port Stephens. Rod Barnes has organised transport for those confirmed attending. You can enter the Masters online here or until 11.30am on Saturday at the sailing office at the club. Entry is $60. The Notice of Race is here.The Masters’ National Championships will be held at Westernport Yacht Club on Balnarring Beach, Victoria (approximately 70 kilometres from Melbourne). The event will be run from 25-28 February 2022 and will be preceded by a two day coaching clinic 22-23 February. The Notice of Race is here. For more information, or to confirm your participation in any of these events, please email Rod Barnes.For those not yet committed to travelling to Westernport for the nationals, Martin White has written the following about the venue.As a teenager, I was fortunate to do a lot of sailing on Westernport Bay,

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Twilight sailing continues through the summer on Wednesday from 5.30-7.30pm. A fresh southerly is forecast for the afternoon!

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Following the success of last year’s Picnic Day, DBSC are once again hosting a Kutti Bay Picnic Day on Sunday 30 January (with Sun 13 Feb as a wet weather reserve date).  Family and friends are welcome to join; they can either jump in the RIB, go two-up on your laser or meet us in the Bay.Splash will be at midday, and we will leisurely make our way down the harbor before beaching at Kutti Bay. We then propose a swim and a few refreshing drinks and snacks on the beach before a beautiful sail back home.We look forward to having you join us!Please RSVP here.

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The DBSC Sailing instructions govern racing at DBSC alongside the Racing Rules of Sailing and the rules and by-laws of the International Laser Class Association. All club racers should be familiar with these.DBSC does not permit formal protests, as the adversarial environment this can create is inconsistent with our culture, and the time commitment this can require is unreasonable for our volunteers. The success of racing depends on an “honour system” based on the principles of good sportsmanship and adherence to the Racing Rules and the Sailing Instructions by all participants.Please be sure to familiarise yourself with the sailing rules and undertake your penalties when incidents arise. On Saturday there were a number of people hitting the top mark who did not do their penalties, and this is uncool, especially in a championship race.

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This week we are extending a warm welcome to Nathan Deng who is returning to the club. 

How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? 10 years oldIf money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? 29erWhat is your ultimate sailing goal? Top 10 youths in Australia for lasersTell us the story behind the name of your Laser? My boat name is Tag, I chose tag since sailing to me is like a game of tag. constantly trying to catch up to people when your “it” and then running (sailing) away when Ur being chased.If you could add any ingredient to DBSC’s world’s best toasties – what would it be? Don’t know, I haven’t tried them yetWhat are your second/third favourite

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Wednesday 2 February – Twilight sprintsSaturday 5 February – Sprints | Masters’ State ChampionshipsSunday 6 February – Masters’ State ChampionshipsWednesday 9 February – Twilight sprintsSaturday 12 February – Autumn Pointscore 1 & 2Sunday 13 February – Reserve Day for club picnicWednesday 16 February – Twilight sprintsSaturday 19 February – Learn to Race (am) | Club Championships 7 & 8, Autumn Pointscore 3 & 4, Vaucluse RegattaWednesday 23 February – Twilight sprintsSaturday 26 February – Sprints | Masters’ National Championships (Westernport, Vic)Wednesday 2 March – Twilight sprintsSaturday 5 March – Learn to Race (am) | Clean Up Australia Day (am) | Sprints | Metros (RPAYC)The club calendar can be viewed (and subscribed to) here.

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On Saturday races 11 and 12 of the spring season were completed in a moderate south easterly breeze sailed between Shark Island and Point Piper.PRO Jules Hall oversaw racing and was ably assisted by Thomas Beregi (LTRAR) and Tanya Hall, with on water assistance from Mark Lewkovitz (COTD) and Andrew Dixson (co-COTD). Off the water, Richard Au and Murray Stone assisted Paul and Shirley in the canteen.Our race winners were Michael Osborn and Daniel Costandi in the standard rigs while Ian Tudball and Andrew Craker each had a win in the radial fleet.This concludes the Spring Season Pointscore. Congratulations to our victors.Standard: Mike Dunne (see all results)Radial: Alistair Sutherland (see all results)

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It was another wild and woolly weekend for sailors at Double Bay with a 22-29 knot southerly for sprint racing.

Photo: Pia Hattersley

David Newman (PRO) ran efficient racing with Richard George (LTRAR), Mark Gray (COTD), Bonnie Nixon (Co-COTD), Pia Hattersley and Milla Gray all assisting on water. Justin Davey was our responsible CSO, while Craig Sheers and Peter Collie were on hand to assist Paul and Shirley in the canteen.

And then there were 3. Photo: Pia Hattersley

Ultimately it was a game of survivor with

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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 are featuring two members – John Verco and Tory Epworth, who have given our club changing rooms a much needed lick of paint.

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The club is full of people making wonderful contributions around the place, and sometimes behind the scenes. Do you know of someone who deserves a mention? If so, email us and tell us why they should

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