Once again we had a chilly night and morning which meant the winter land breeze was at play on the harbour. Unfortunately the Royal Australian Navy had other plans for the harbour and after the first race, we had a delay and a shift of course before the second two races.Race winners in the standard rig championship were Rod Barnes, David Newman and Nick Pellow, while in the pointscore, Ash Deacon, Andrew Foote and Nick Pellow each had a win. In the radial championship, David Huber, Candice Cushway and Andrew Cox each won a race, and in the pointscore Kirk Marcolina, Candice Cushway and Andrew Cox were race winners.Congratulations also go to Candice Cushway, who achieved her goal of winning a race, and Ian Tudball who achieved his goal of beating Commodore Cox. What will they aim for next?Many thanks to PRO Gerry Donohoe assisted by Kate McHugh, David Airey
Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club
Thank you!
Thank you to those who stayed back for the “mini bee” after racing on Sunday. The club has been swept out and cleaned out, with lost property taken to Patagonia for recycling and old sails collected to help fisherman in the Pacific Islands. This means the club is nice and tidy for our stage, dance floor and bar! We can’t do these wonderful functions without your help. Thank you.
Is this your next Laser?
This weekend is the ILCA Laser 50th birthday bash and there are prizes to be won! We have a hull upgrade sponsored by PSA sailing and some brand new sails sponsored by NB Sailsports to be won.
PSA has sponsored this gold laser hull upgrade, which is all kinds of blingy, sparkly awesome!
You have to be in it to win it! Make sure you are registered!
Register now
Gnarly footage – call for GoPros
The ILCA Laser 50th birthday bash is this Sunday 30th May 2021 and is shaping up to be an event to remember!We have a 20 knot south westerly forecast which will make it an awesome run/reach from Fort Denison to Watsons bay. For those of you with GoPros (or similar) can we ask you to attach these to your boats and film what we are expecting to be gnarly footage? We have a film company that will be able to compile the footage after the event.Please send footage to Diana after the event.
Call your mates, mates!
We still haven’t quite rustled up the final numbers of the ILCA birthday bash and we still have some boats available to loan.In the interests of (the broader sailing) community spirit we’re asking you to call your sailing friends and ask them to come along on Sunday. In order to borrow a boat for the event, these people should register for the event here, entering “0” as the sail number. The club will then allocate a boat.
Club Person of the Year
The John Barraclough Award for Club Person of the Year went to Diana Chen who has been an unprecedented force of ideas and action at the club.
Club Person of the Year – Diana Chen. Photo credit: Peter Collie.
Sailing prizewinners
Our prizewinners for the sailing season were:Ron Young Trophy : 2020-21 Club Champion Laser Standard – Rod BarnesSally Gordon Trophy: 2020-21 Club Champion Laser Radial – Sylvie StannageDon Roach Trophy: 2020-21 Masters Club Champion Laser Standard – Rod BarnesDon Roach Trophy: 2020-21 Masters Club Champion Laser Radial – Martin White2020-21 Spring Point Score Winner Laser Standard – Steven London / London Pride2020-21 Spring Point Score Winner Laser Radial / 4.7 – Daryl Lawrence2020-21 Autumn Point Score Winner Laser Standard – Michael Osborne / Dragonfly2020-21 Autumn Point Score Winner Laser Radial / 4.7 – Alistair Sutherland2020-21 Winter Champion Laser Standard – Luke Parker2020-21 Winter Champion Laser Radial – Sylvie Stannage2020-21 Richard Tyrrell Trophy – Hadrien Bourely2020-21 Nano Rousso Trophy – Rod Barnes Dene Bergman Trophy: 2020-21 Vaucluse Challenge Champion Laser Standard – Matt FaddyGraham Read Trophy: 2020-21 Vaucluse Challenge Champion Laser Radial – Mina Ferguson
Race Report 6 June 2021
The first Sunday of winter 2021. Photo credit: Kate McHugh
Those that braved the early morning chill were rewarded with a reliable south westerly morning breeze.In the full rig championship, races were won by David Newman, then Nick Alexander, then David Newman again, while the pointscore were won by Gerry Donohoe (twice) and Ash Deacon taking the third race.In the radial championship, the first two races were won by new dad James Tudball, with Andrew Cox taking out the third race, while in the pointscore, Pia Hattersley had two wins and Andrew Cox won the third.Many thanks to the race committee led by PRO Alistair Sutherland supported by Andrew Craker, Jack Sywak and Quinn Pierson. Soup of the day courtesy of Paul was tomato and capsicum.
TL;DR (too long; didn't read)
There has been a lot on at the club lately and perhaps you haven’t read all of the pithy, funny, engaging newsletters that are lovingly written each week. Here’s a recap:The ILCA Laser 50th birthday bash has been postponed to 20 June. Awesome prizes. Details here.The club is running a powerboat handling course – a great refresher and a pathway for a license for those that don’t have one. $110 for members; $220 for friends and family. Register here.Simon has a boat for sale.Chris Costandi is looking for a boat that is newer than Simon’s.
60 seconds with Kirk Marcolina
From the man who initially started publishing this segment…1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat?I was 5, and learned to sail on a converted wooden duck hunting boat called a Sneakbox. It was a fleet type unique to our club which was situated on an island off the coast of New Jersey. The dinghies were one or two person boats, that were super heavy. If you flipped, it was over, as the boats quickly filled up with water and you had to be towed back to the dock. Hence my continued aversion to flipping to this day!2. If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy?My laser and Smitten are perfect for now.3. What is your ultimate sailing goal?To win a Pointscore series.4. Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser?Zoomer. When I joined DBSC my daughter was 5