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.
We’d like to welcome our newest (prospective) member, Winnie.
Winnie Tudball
Congratulations to Captain James “Steamhole” Tudball and Tess, who have this week welcomed their second child, Winnie Isabella. We are looking forward to meeting her at the club, although the Christmas Party this week may be a touch too soon.
This event is the qualifying event for Australian sailors for all 2023 ILCA World Open and Youth Championships. It will be held at Georges River Sailing Club on Botany Bay 1-8 January 2023. The Notice of Race for this event is HERE. Entries can be placed $350 until 7th December 2022 HERE and may be accepted with an additional $80 late fee after that date. DBSC Members that are needing assistance with boat transport please contact dave.newman@dbsc.com.au.
DBSC are supplying the Oceania & Australian Laser Open & Youth Championships with one of our RIBs, and 2 Volunteers are needed to be on the RIB each racing day (January 2,3,4,5,6,7,8).
GRSC is only 35 minutes from our club, and it will be a great event to be a part of. RIB Volunteers are required to be at GRSC between 12:00-17:30 (from 10:30am on the 8th) please contact dave.newman@dbsc.com.au to register to help.
In addition to the RIB support, we are also calling out the DBSC members who could help in other roles at the regatta. GRSC have provided a form HERE where people can register to volunteer.
Has anyone got a lower mast section for a Laser 4.7 rig they would like to sell?
Please contact Bria Smith at smithcorp@gmail.com
Saturday 10 December 2022: Tyrell and Rousso races; Christmas Party. RSVP and 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.
From our PRO Michael Osborne.
Last Saturday was heats 7 & 8 of the club championships and 11 & 12 of the point score.
The day was neatly summarised by Luke Parker: “The Dardanelles were out in their glory yesterday. Snakes and ladders all round. The course was ok, the 40 degree wind shifts and 5-15 knot breeze across the course was the challenge”.
In the full rigs Alexander Bijkerk and Campbell Patton were respectively first and second over the line in both races. Jules Hall was third in race 1, and Luke third in race 2.
In the radials, Ian Alexander got two bullets. In the first race Martin White was second and Brooke Wilson third. In the second race, Quentin Burns was second, and James Tudball third.
Chris Tattersall (COTD) and Nate did a great job in the RIB quickly tweaking the course between race 1 and 2 in what was a tricky day.
Thank you, Thomas (LTRAR) and Chris (COTD), for your help.
Photos courtesy of Thomas Beregi. More photos have been uploaded on the Top Mark Facebook page.
The club’s calendar can be subscribed to here (strongly recommended).
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 Pat Levy who has persisted with the temperamental western davit, replacing the pullies, and arranging for the motor to be fixed (this is much more complicated than anyone would guess, as the committee can attest following our monthly updates). Pat has also arranged the repairs to the split seam on one of the tubes on the Dene Bergman as well as fixing the battery isolation switch. Pat is regularly fixing the equipment that we rely upon each week, and we appreciate his efforts very much. Now if someone could dial up an 18knot Nor’easter for him, he might smile!
Pat in his happy place…
The club is full of people making wonderful contributions around the place, and sometimes behind the scenes. Let us know who deserves a mention!
The Women's Regatta will be held at the club this Saturday and there will be events from 8am through to 8pm.
VOLUNTEERS: If you are able to help out on Saturday, please ensure you have emailed us at womensregatta@dbsc.com.au so that we can allocate tasks. Don’t forget to wear your DBSC t-shirt if you have one!
CLUB TIDY: Please ensure all your personal belongings have been removed from both change rooms and around the club before Friday. Anything left behind will be going to our recycling program.
POP-UP SHOPS: boatcrewgear.com and boatropes.com.au will be at the club all day, so if you need any new gear or rigging, order online for pick-up on Saturday.
We need a RIB driver volunteer to help on Sunday 11 December, 1-5pm.
Please contact the Commodore if you can help, or put your name down in this Google sheet HERE.
Thank you to Mark and Milla Gray who are volunteering in the canteen this coming weekend, and to Andrew Craker who is driving the RIB support boat.
From our Commodore, Steven London.
Quantifying sentiment around club management was more difficult than other survey topics. Overall, 85% of respondents told us management was very or extremely important, but what does this actually mean? The greatest insight came from your comments.
Our volunteer culture was a common theme - speaking to a core club value of ownership, and the need for this to be continuously cultivated. "Distributed volunteerism remains a critical initiative that should continue to be chased until everyone is a participant"
Management was also reminded to 'keep it simple' and focus more on the fewer things that really matter most, and to "let go of things people aren't attached to".
Beyond the day to day running of the club, you also wanted us to keep an eye on the future - forging relationships across the sailing community and fostering the next generation of sailors. To this point, we have created a new committee position encompassing Youth. James Tudball has taken the position, with exciting new ideas for pathways and programs for youth. Watch this space as we develop these ideas over this season and into the future!
