Sunday canteen volunteers needed

Our club fees are subsidised by the income the club earns from our Canteen for the 18s on Sundays. Almost every Sunday over the season, Paul and Shirley volunteer their time to provide the Canteen and other no-shore services for the 18s. We need your help to keep this running, specifically next Sunday 23 October we need a volunteer from 11:30am to 2pm.

Going forward there is a list of dates that we need helpers in this Google sheet HERE, or email the commodore.
Thanks for your support! and Thankyou to Christine Patton and Clare Alexander for your help last Sunday!
Steven London
Commodore DBSC

Upcoming events and more information

Upcoming Events

Saturday 22 October 9am: PRO training (please RSVP); VYC Invitational

Saturday 29 October 10am: Safety and competency training (mandatory for all sailors and volunteers)

Sunday 13 November: Battle of the Sound.

19/20 November: Open and Masters State Championships, Wangi Wangi

Saturday 3 December 2022: The Women’s Regatta. Sign up for more information here.

The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to 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.

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Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

Race report 8 October 2022

The on water crew of Craig Sheers (PRO), Justin Davey (LTRAR), Richard “Richo” Holstein (COTD) and Ben Byford (co-COTD) were met with the challenge of a fickler that forecast breeze affected by rain cells. After waiting an additional hour for the breeze to settle, heats 3&4 of the Club Championship got underway at 3pm on Saturday.

Race winners were Rob Vann and Rod Barnes in the standard rig, while in the radial fleet Martin White showed everyone why he runs the Learn to Race program, schooling the entire fleet in both races!

View results all here.

Many thanks also to our volunteers on the day as well as Paul and Shirley for keeping the toasties in plentiful supply with the assistance of Steve Boukatos and Scott Hunter. Shirley and Paul did a fine job preparing the post racing barbecue with duck fat roasted potatoes for the cooler weather. Thank you to David Newman who was rostered to manage the clean-up afterwards.

The club’s calendar can be subscribed to here (strongly recommended).

Volly of the week!

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 Christine Patton. Christine has received several nominations in recent weeks for her outstanding sense of community and her ongoing contribution to race officiating. Christine has volunteered for race management duty more than any other member of the club in the past year. On top of this, Christine regularly provides support in the canteen on Saturdays and Sundays. She has been known to climb up onto the roof to clear out plants from places where they shouldn’t be at our annual working bees. And finally, Christine is a regular contributor and participant in our social events. We can all agree, she rocks a turban as well! Thank you Christine.

Christine and Campbell rocking the fancy dress at the season opening dinner!

The club is full of people making wonderful contributions around the place, and sometimes behind the scenes. Let us know who deserves a mention!

Wednesday twilight racing

After a washout last week, Wednesday twilight racing is back on this week.

Racing will be informal, off Clarke Island, with rabbit starts. Splash at 17:00 for racing from 17:30 (or a soon as you can make it). If you need any inspiration, or a compelling argument for your boss, watch this video!

We have a WhatsApp group for coordination. If you have not been added to the group and intend to come to twilights, please email newsletter@dbsc.com.au and request to be added.

This weekend

This weekend a contingent of sailors are heading to Lake Macquarie for the Coast Championships. Back at Double Bay, we will have sprints on Saturday.

This weekend is also the first weekend of the season for the18 footers. Christine will be managing the canteen as Shirley has other commitments.
We are looking for a volunteer to help Christine between 12pm and 2pm. If you are able to help,  please respond to this email and your details can be forwarded to Shirley…

2022 ILCA 6 Men's & Women's World Championships

The 2022 ILCA 6 Men's & Women's World Championships are underway in Kemah, Texas with racing commencing 11 October. Sylvie Stannage, Evie Saunders, and Cote Poncell are competing at the event alongside the Australian Sailing Team and the best single-handed women sailors in the world. You can follow along here.

PRO Training with Hugh Leicester, Saturday 22 October 8.30am to 12 noon

Don’t miss the morning of Saturday October 22 with our guest, Hugh Leicester, joining us at DBSC to talk about Laser course management and his experience as a World Sailing representative at the recent Olympics.

Hugh has great credentials.  He’s been running ILCA World Championships for 20 years, is currently the ILCA World Council Vice President and is a finalist for the 2022 National Sailing Awards as Official of the Year. Hugh recently officiated at the Tokyo Olympics.

For all of us helping our club with race management in any way, we need you to come along to hear Hugh impart his knowledge about race management.  You’ll learn so much from one of the worlds best.

Please confirm your attendance with Martin White by email. If you have any questions, feel free to call Martin on 04106 27743.

Annual Competency Training Saturday 29 October at 10am

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Coming out of COVID, we’re all rusty on the core skills we need as members and volunteers.

On Saturday 29 October we will be running a competency day prior to racing. The training will be conducted from 10am to 12pm and will cover:

• Incident management and Basic Life Support

• Running a good race (NB this is useful for everyone, not just PROs)

• Safe use of the RIBs, davits, and radio

Please ensure you have done the following pre-reading:

Emergency Rescue: https://www.dbsc.com.au/emergency-rescue

PRO and Running a Race guidelines: https://www.dbsc.com.au/pro (both PRO and Running a Race)

COTD Guidelines: https://www.dbsc.com.au/cotd

Being current with club procedures is a serious obligation, and attendance is expected for all club members. Start will be at 1000, and we should be finished by 1145, so there will be time for some rigging and a toastie before the pointscore action begins! It’s also a good time to connect with clubmates old and new.

The Women's Regatta and coaching clinics

We have organised a series of training clinics leading up to The Women's Regatta in December, if you haven't been on the water for a while or just want to improve your skills…

The clinics will be held on Saturday mornings from 8:00am – 11:00am and will be coached by Sylvie Stannage at Double Bay Sailing Club.  You can either attend one or all of them.

The following clinics are available to be booked in advance:

• Saturday 22 October – Upwind Technique

• Saturday 12 November – Downwind Technique

• Saturday 26 November – Race Starts

Visit thewomensregatta.com.au to get all the info on the training clinics as well as the Women's Regatta itself - to be held 3 December, a one-day event will include races on Sydney Harbour, great food, entertainment, and activities. 

For the men in the club, we will be looking for volunteers on the day of the regatta (3 December). Please mark your diaries as there will be no club sailing on the day!