79 Bay St
Double Bay NSW 2028
Australia

The best ILCA / Laser sailing club in the world, located in Double Bay on Sydney Harbour.

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Race report 4 February 2023

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From our PRO Peter Collie:

This was an unusual day for summer racing. We had a westerly wind forecast all day. Usually, the westerly runs in the winter, and only in the morning, in this case it was all day and often exceeded the forecast 10 knots with the gusts and shifts we are used to with a westerly. Sailors said that the top mark approaches were where this was felt the most. 

Fortunately, the BBQ was already sizzling when sailors returned to enjoy the rest of a brilliant summer day.

In race 9:
ILCA 7 Zander Bijkerk was 1st with Rod Barnes 2nd and Ryan Aldrich 3rd
ILCA 6 Kate McHugh was 1st followed by Quentin Burns in 2nd and Charles Byford in 3rd place.
ILCA 4 Sara Bruce 1st and Ben Costandi 2nd (there were 2 competitors)

In race 10 
ILCA 7 Rod and Zander split the first two places with 1.5 each and David Newman was 3rd.
ILCA 6 Quentin Burns moved up to 1st followed by Andrew Cox in second place and Ian Alexander in 3rd.
ILCA 4 Sara Bruce 1st and Ben Costandi 2nd (there were 2 competitors)

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Volly of the week!

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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 administration and management of racing.

This week, we’re saying a big thank you to Tory Epworth. As the club secretary does an enormous amount of invisible work at the club, managing our membership as well as coordinating and corresponding on behalf of the club committee and membership. She has also organised and catered (with the help of her family) our annual Adventure Day Picnic which took place on Sunday, with CWA style sandwiches, gluten free zucchini slice and watermelon slices under the DBSC cabana on Gibbons Beach. What a Treat!

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

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Annual Adventure Day Picnic

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On Sunday, the club held its third, and largest yet, adventure day picnic.

On a picture perfect day, 16 lasers departed DBSC shortly after noon, chaperoned by a support RIB to meet friends and family at Gibbons Beach. In all 33 sailors, family and friends attended, enjoying a magnificent picnic catered by Tory under the DBSC cabana.

After much swimming, socialising, eating, playing and laughter, sailors returned to DBSC while others took more conventional routes home. This was our best picnic so far!

There is an album on the Top Mark (Facebook) where more photos of the day have been, and can be, shared.

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Important information on using the club RIBs

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The Dean Bergman RIB is currently out of service being repaired due to an accident during the 18 footers race day last week. Luckily no one was hurt, but the RIB suffered two punctures in the bow and the stern. Pat Levy has already swung into action and repairs are underway this week, and we hope it is back in action soon.

Meanwhile the Paul Adam RIB is still in action this weekend, even though the bung system has been broken. Once again Pat has the parts on order, but for the moment PROs and COTDs need to leave the bungs IN, and instead use the bilge pump switch on the console to empty any water from the RIB both before and after racing.

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Important safety information when using the davits

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Following the completion of repairs to the Western Davit (where the Paul Adam RIB is hoisted), there are new blocks and winch Lines that have a different requirement.

Members operating the Davits are required to leave the blocks and winch line under tension at all times while the RIB is connected to the Davit. This means that after the RIB has been hoisted to the upper position, the Safety Chain (which we require to be attached) does not ever need to be in tension - only attached (as a safety/backup).

Also notice in the Photo the distance between the two blocks (they should not be so close as to be touching, only high enough to attach the safety chain).

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SailGP events and activities

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As part of our involvement with SailGP and the Adopt a Club program, we have been presented with some exciting opportunities for DBSC members to enjoy.

The three activities below are exclusively for DBSC members and are a 'first in, first served' basis. You MUST register at the link below to participate in any of these events.

ACTIVITY #1: Base Camp Tour
Team Canada have kindly invited us to attend their F50 base Technical Tour on Wednesday 15th February at 5:30pm. 30 DBSC members can participate in the tour.

Location: SailGP Tech Site's NEW address: Barangaroo Ave & Barton St, Barangaroo NSW 2000, Australia
Location Link: https://goo.gl/maps/za3QzU3mq8tWo7yv8 

ALSO NOTE: The tour is obviously taking place at the same time as our Twilight Sailing program.  We unfortunately did not have a choice of day/time for the tour.  Our Twilight Sailing will still take place on Wednesday February 15th for those who intend to sail. 

ACTIVITY #2: On-Water Spectatorship
As part of the Adopt a Club program, we have been given a VIP spectatorship flag, which gets us in the dress circle to watch the racing!  
On Saturday February 18th, 15 DBSC members can head out to watch the racing on board Luke Parker's boat.  

ACTIVITY #3: On-Water Spectatorship 
Racing continues on Sunday February 19th, 15 DBSC members can head out to watch the racing on board Luke Parker's boat.  

A huge thank-you to Luke for kindly donating his boat for this activity.

PLEASE NOTE:  For Activities 2 & 3, attending members will be contacted with further info in the lead up, but at this stage Luke's boat will depart from Double Bay Marina around 3pm each day.

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Clean Up Australia Day 4 March

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Calling all volunteers who enjoy a clean environment!

I’ve spent the past few weeks driving around the pristine Tasmanian Countryside enjoying the ‘freshest air’ on the planet, and so I’m inspired to clean up the environment surrounding our club.

On Saturday 4th March from 10am to 12pm, members (and guests) of Double Bay Sailing Club will be conducting a clean-up of the foreshore, park lands and local roadways near our club in Double Bay. 

Trevor Potts (member) will be at the club house at 10am with all the CUAD materials, sign-on sheet, and a short safety briefing. Please arrive by 10am.  

We are also asking volunteers to download the EyeSea app and use it to upload photos of rubbish on the day. It's simple to use. Take a photo and upload it to the app.

Download for android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mariapps.eyesea.eye_sea

Download for iOS: https://apps.apple.com/es/app/eyesea/id1667239428

We recommend you wear sun protective clothing, and bring protective gloves (if you don’t have any we will have spares available).

Afterwards you can treat yourself to a well-earned toastie before sailing!

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