The best way to find out about the club is to visit us, and meet some members.
Apart from the week of Christmas, the clubhouse is open from at least noon every Saturday from 1 August to 30 April. Our telephone number is: +61 2 9363 5577.
We are run by volunteers, so if your query cannot answered by the frequently asked questions (FAQs) below or the rest of the website, we will get back to you by Wednesday, 10pm.
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79 Bay St
Double Bay NSW 2028
Australia
The best ILCA / Laser sailing club in the world, located in Double Bay on Sydney Harbour.
Photo: Mark Bethwaite
Mark Bethwaite, reports in from Europe:
The paparazzi caught up with DBSC’s Monegasque contingent, Hadrien & Elle Bourley dining dockside last weekend. Behind them are several suitably comfortable Laser tenders for charter when the Laser Master Worlds are again in the Med. On the far shore is the Yacht Club de Monaco, anxiously waiting to hear about its application for reciprocity with DBSC from the new Committee.
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.
Scheduled racing returns on 24 July 2022.
In August, the club will be hosting sprint races on Saturday afternoons.
The club’s calendar can be subscribed to here (strongly recommended).
There is no racing scheduled until 24 July 2022.
In August, the club will be hosting sprint races on Saturday afternoons.
The club’s calendar can be subscribed to here (strongly recommended).
Photo credit: Diana Chen
Pia Hattersley reports:
Over the past few months DBSC held a series of four Women’s Regatta laser training and coaching sessions.
The sessions were conducted by DBSC member, the suitably qualified and fabulous Sylvie Stannage. Sessions covered general boat handling, upwind, downwind and race starts, across a range of wind speeds on various Saturday mornings during winter, including Saturday just past at the onset of this vile weather we are experiencing. One participant had even driven with her laser from the Central Coast to join this particularly soggy, but fun, training session!
The training is part of DBSC’s ongoing initiative to support women in sailing and aimed to improve racing technique and confidence for female sailors. The sessions were extremely well received, with participants commenting that they learnt so much from Sylvie and valued the opportunity to then practice these skills in a small group. As well as being a valuable learning opportunity, the sessions were of course a lot of fun and left everyone wanting to know when we could do it again.
A big thank you from DBSC to Sylvie for taking the time to participate and share her knowledge with us and thank you to all participants for joining us. Let’s do it again!
The level of commitment and enthusiasm demonstrated by the participants in this event demonstrates the importance of the club’s program of events culminating in the Women’s Regatta.
The Women’s Regatta will be returning to DBSC later this year (watch this space for dates) and we will be conducting more women’s training in the lead up to this regatta. In the meantime, sign up for more information here.
As you all know, the club has been pushing hard at sustainability initiatives. We are in the process of publishing updated information on our website.
In the meantime, however, we noted an announcement by Vaikobi to partner with Terracycle® for sailors, and ocean enthusiasts to send back or drop off their old gear at a designated location, to be collected and made into new products. For now, the Zero Waste Box™ system by TerraCycle® will be implemented at the Vaikobi Sydney headquarters in Warriewood on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. More information on this initiative is available here.
We will find a way to coordinate the collection of clothing for recycling. If you are interested in helping with this initiative please contact our sustainability officer, Katie McHugh or our volunteer coordinator Kirk Marcolina.
Commodore Steven London recently attended an event by Port Authority of New South Wales conducted to remind recreational users of the harbour that it also remains a commercial port. With Covid lockdowns and travel restrictions eased, we can expect the harbour to become busier again this summer.
To the Captain on the bridge, a laser is a tiny speck in comparison to the vessel. Not only that, but owing to the vessel’s size has large windage, is difficult to turn, and it might surprise some at how fast they are moving.
To the Master on the bridge, you are barely visible.
A laser capsizing in front of a commercial vessel will not have a good outcome for you. Please stay well clear and follow maritime regulations and instructions.
While our racing is conducted outside the main commercial ship track, the commercial shipping channel extends down to Point Piper and Clark Island.
The commercial shipping channel extends down over our racing area.
Nominations are now open for the Australian Sailing Awards. You can nominate a club, volunteer or athlete here.
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.
Our PRO on Sunday, David Newman, reports:
With a relatively warmer morning, the cold westerly breeze was lacking and there was some scepticism we'd get racing away (including ourselves). However, we managed to get in three races of three laps with a westerly breeze isolating between 4 and 10 knots throughout the morning. Under mostly blue skies, it was yet another glorious morning on the harbour. After a quick delay towing boats out of Double Bay, racing got underway.
In the radials, Sylvie Stannage showed a clean set of heels for races 1 & 2, but after being OCS in race 3 had some work to do to chase down Quentin Burns who had a great first work, eventually just holding out the fast-charging Sylvie for the win. Ian Alexander was always in the mix with a strong performance for a 2nd in race 1 and 3rd in race 2, and Cote showed her light airs prowess with a 3rd in race 1 and 2nd in race 2. Andrew Cox rounded out the podiums with a 3rd in race 3
In the standards, Daniel Costandi was in a class of his own winning all three races by a convincing margin. Geoff Kirk was always in the mix taking a 2nd in race 1 and 3rd in race 3, and Geoff Boscoe continued with his improving form for a 3, 2, 3 scorecard for the day. Yves Stening finished the day strong with a 2nd in race 3.
Thanks to the race management team of Dave Murphy, Mark Gray & Dave Evenden for providing tremendous on and off-water operations, making my job a breeze!
Full results for both series are available on our website.
