Race report 1 April 2023

On Saturday the club held races 13 and 14 of the club championships. It was a tricky, shifty, up and down southerly, with the top mark set at the top of Double Bay..

Our volunteers were Craig Sheers (PRO), Justin Davey (LTRAR), Kerryn Smith (COTD), Andrea Kraus (coCOTD), with Andrew Simpson and Yves Stening assisting Paul and Shirley in the canteen and Luke Parker on duty for the club championship bbq clean up.

Results are available in the Sailor app and online.

Easter Saturday race around the harbour

This weekend we have our annual Easter Saturday race around the harbour.

Please see the course map attached.

Further details will be provided at the briefing on Saturday.

60 seconds with Otto Henry

The club welcomes Otto Henry back to our membership. Read a little about him with our Q and A.

How old were you when you first stepped on a boat?

A few months old

If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy?

AC75

What is your ultimate sailing goal?

Olympic class world champion and America's Cup sailor

Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser?

Falcon - it is the fastest bird in the world.

If you could add any ingredient to DBSC's world’s best toasties – what would it be?

Beef mince

What are your second/third favourite hobbies (assuming sailing is #1)?

Surfing and fitness

Describe what you do for work in less than five words? 

Mining company office worker

What is your next holiday destination and why?

Weymouth, UK - Moth Worlds!

What is your favourite TV show, movie, and/or book?

Yellowstone

Tell us something interesting about yourself that members of the club don’t know?

I grew up in the Blue Mountains

Upcoming events and more information

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 Monday evening.

View all results here.

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Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

ILCA Metropolitan Championships

Over the weekend the club hosted the ILCA Metropolitan Championships with Rod Barnes taking the lead in organising and assisting the ILCA NSW PRO Andrew McLachlan.

Over the two days, six races were held in tricky conditions predominately from the east, trending from the south east on Saturday to the north east on Sunday. Sailors were treated to a bbq on the deck after racing on Saturday and bacon and egg sandwiches on Sunday morning thanks to Peter Collie manning the bbq, as well as the usual Double Bay special – toasties a la Paul and Shirley…

Many volunteers rolled up their sleeves to assist with the regatta, whether they were sailing or not, from boat park management, canteen assistance, on water support, general around the clubhouse facilitation and the full rig launch and trolley dolly squad. Thank you to everyone who pitched in to make this a special and well run event.

DBSC was well represented in all fleets across all age groups by men and women, boys and girls.

The final results were as follows:

ILCA 4
1st Healy Ryan (HHSC/DBSC)
2nd Harry Pilkington (RYCT)
3rd Breanne Wadley (Tinaroo SC)

ILCA 6
1st Evie Saunders (Manly ILCAs/DBSC)
2nd Brooke Wilson (RSYS/DBSC)
3rd Connor Kellett (DBSC)

ILCA 7
1st Alexander Bijkerk (RPAYC/DBSC)
2nd Otto Henry (WSC/RSYS/DBSC)
3rd Julian Taylor (WSC/RSYS/DBSC)

Full results are available online.

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 administration and management of racing.

This week, we’re saying a big thank you to Rod Barnes. Rod Barnes is the sailing captain at DBSC and in recent weeks has planned and executed the “metros” as a regatta par excellence, coordinating volunteers and forsaking his own racing to oversee the on water management over the weekend. We are very grateful for the excellent job he has done.

Rod Barnes kicks off the briefing at the ILCA Metropolitan Championships at DBSC

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

Winter sailing

At Double Bay Sailing Club we race all year round! 

The 2023 Winter series will commence on Sunday 14 May and run weekly until 30 July (except during NSW school holidays). It’s a great way to maintain your sailing fitness and the early morning sail means you have the rest of the day to chill out or cook a Sunday roast! 

We are currently setting up the Roster and need all members who are NOT sailing in Winter to email Tim at roster@dbsc.com.au to let him know.

Membership subscriptions and canteen tabs

Our Membership and Sailing year is from 1 May 2023 to 30 April 2024. The renewal of annual membership subscriptions is issued each year at the beginning of April and due before 1 May for the 2023-24 sailing season.

This process is automated, and an email invoice is issued through the RevSport system with Australian Sailing. It is important that membership subs are paid on time as many of our major payments are due during the winter period. Please look out for the email when it comes, and we would appreciate prompt payment before 1 May 2023. If you have any problems with the invoice ,please contact secretary@dbsc.com.au

Please be aware that if you pay online with "Pin" payments there is a processing fee which you can avoid by paying with BSB transfer instead (payment details are on the invoice).

It is also time to settle any old accounts in the canteen log book. Please pay these at the canteen on Saturday by EFTPOS or cash. If you are not able to attend the club in the coming weeks, please email treasurer@dbsc.com.au to arrange a bank transfer.

Upcoming events and more information

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 Monday evening.

View all results here.

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

Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

Race report 18 March 2023

Races 11 and 12 of the Autumn pointscore were sailed on Saturday with a fleet of roughly 15 boats in each of the ILCA6 and ILCA7 divisions.

With a run in tide, and a building North-Easter, all 4 races were started very cleanly and very punctually at 1400 and 1500 respectively. The first race was sailed in about 12-14 knots with the second race seeing 18 knots with gusts of 22 knots.

Regardless of the idyllic autumnal conditions, the race committee of Nick Pellow (PRO), Kirk Marcolina (LtRaR), Richard Holstein (COTD), David Evenden (CoCOTD) and Richard Au (RIB Reserve) were kept busy throughout the day with various issues on the day including but not limited to:

• an anchor line caught in a prop

• which lead to a lost anchor

• a new anchor being rigged (thanks Luke Parker for the prompt action and handiwork!)

• a Jazzman pre-race battery check

• a debooming requiring a tow back to Rose Bay (thanks Richard Au)

• an OCD PRO looking to give the fleet 4 perfect broad reach legs for the day

The racing included some exciting leads, lead changes, penalty turns and the odd photo opportunity.

Massive congratulations to Coté for leaving the club on a high with wins in both Race 11 and 12 in the ILCA6s. Excellent sailing Coté - the club is going to miss you and we hope you return one day soon.

In the ILCA7s, Chris Berg won race 11 with Tim Heath winning race 12!

Full results are available in the Sailor app and online.

The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here (highly recommended).