Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

After a brief postponement, the summer (autumn) season closed on Saturday 25 April with sprint racing. Once the breeze swung around to the NNE, PRO Kirk Marcolina, assisted by Hadrien Bourley, Thomas Beregi and Les Katz, ran five fast and furious 15-20 minutes sprints for a combined fleet of standard and radial rigs. Results varied with the radial fleet trying to hold back the standards that started 2 minutes behind them.Many thanks also to Pia Hattersley and Hadrien Bourley who assisted Shirley and Paul in the canteen.

Closing out the summer season…

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The Winter series kicks off this weekend on Sunday 2 May, with the first warning signal at 8.30am.There will be three races of approx. 30 minutes each per week (weather permitting), a combined start, and the standard (yet shorter) DBSC format: triangle-sausage-sausage. The quick format will keep us warm!All sailors are encouraged to participate and there will be championship and point score trophies in radial and standard divisions, as well as a radial Masters+ award. 

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Our Sailing Instructions have been updated and are available online. Being among the best laser sailing clubs in the world, it’s important that we are all familiar with our rules of engagement.There have been some changes to our Sailing Instructions for the winter series including:Winter Championship starts will be a single 5-minute countdown for all fleets, with 4.7s and Radials starting (together) after 3 minutes, and Standards starting after 5 minutesThe Winter Championship will include both scratch and handicapped scoring each weekCoaching on the course is no longer permitted (this does not affect the BBWP as advertised)The PRO guide and the COTD instructions have also been updated to reflect these changes.The discard rules have also changed for ALL our racing series (year-round) as follows:6-8 races = 1 drop9-11 races = 2 drops12-14 races = 3 drops15-16 races = 4 drops17-19 races = 5 drops20-22 races = 6 drops23-25 races = 7 drops26-28 races = 8 drops29-30 races = 9

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Ian Tudball is heading to the South Pacific Laser Masters at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron (QLD) (9-12 July 2021) and has space on his trailer for another boat. Please speak with him at the club if you would like to arrange a tow up to the event.

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DBSC branded hoodies are now available to keep the cool kids warm during the cooler months. They are a similar design as the T-shirts, just warmer. Head to our shop to purchase for $45 and pick them up from Diana.

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The cool kids will be wearing these.

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1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? About 3 years old, on Moreton Bay. 2. If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? Swan 65.3. What is your ultimate sailing goal? To compete successfully, and master as many skills as I can while I can. 4. Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser? My two kids used to argue about who was the favoured child, so ‘Favourite Child III’ seemed like a good boat name. 5. If you could add any ingredient to DBSC’s world’s best toasties – what would it be? You can’t improve on perfection .6. What are your second/third favourite hobbies (assuming sailing is #1)? Travel and reading – not done much of the former in 12 months so spent more time on the latter. 7. Describe what you do for work in less

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Sunday 16 May – Winter Series Sunday 23 May – Winter Series and “Mini Bee” after sailingFriday 28 May – Annual General PartySunday 30 May – ILCA 50th birthday bash!Sunday 6 June – Winter Series

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A combined fleet of over 25 sailors managed to squeeze in racing around Mother’s Day commitments. Warm overnight temperatures owing to cloud cover meant the morning westerly was not particularly strong, but did hang around for longer than previous weeks. This provided mostly stable breeze for the second weekend of the winter series with three races completed (although the last race shortened).In the standard rig championship, Luke Parker won the first race while Rod Barnes secured the other two races, while in the point score, races were won by John Vasey and Tim Heath (equal race 4), Geoff Boscoe (race 5) and Rod Barnes (race 6). In the radial rig championship, Sylvie Stannage was the winner of the first two races with Ethan Lozevski securing the third race and in the point score Quentin Burns, Diana Chen and Peter Collie each won a race.Many thanks to all of those who

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DBSC is hosting a large exhibition event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the one-design class ILCA Laser class on Sunday 30 May 2021. The event is shaping up to be one for the history books with a world record fleet anticipated. We can’t wait to welcome all Laser sailors from near and far join in this event!Key features of the day include:Meet on the water at 0930 at Farm CoveA “parade” sail from Fort Dennison to Watsons BayAn off-water BBQ and prize draw at DBSC from 1300The chance to win a gold hull upgrade sponsored by PSAThe chance to win one of three new sails sponsored by NB SailsportsOn-water photography with Jon WestOn-water filming and drone footage with AeroMedia.Further details are available in the Notice of Event. Remember, you must register beforehand to be eligible to be in the prize draw.

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If you would like to join and don’t

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We will be having a “mini bee” after racing on 23rd of May to ensure the club is ready for the following weekend, when we will be hosting the AGP, a private function and the ILCA 50th birthday bash. Please ensure you block a little extra time in your calendar for after racing so we can do the “white tornado” through the club quickly and painlessly.

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