WHAT'S GOING ON - MORE INFORMATION

Double Bay ferry wharf upgrade starts 13-Jun.

The wharf will close temporarily from Tuesday 13 June 2023 for around six months, weather permitting. Ferry passengers will need to use alternative transport during this time.

For more information please read this PDF guide provided by TfNSW HERE, or visit their web site HERE

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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 racing results here.
The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.
Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

RACE REPORT 4 JUNE 2023

Sunday’s racing got underway under a slightly threatening sky. It was not as cold as usual which resulted in a certain member of the race committee choosing to remain in a T shirt throughout the day.  Well done Andrew Foote, you are a braver man than I. 

We had a great fleet of around 30 boats again and the 5 to 12 knot SSE to ESE wind was shifty and unpredictable. This played havoc with the fleet at times, particularly at the starts. There were plenty of lead changes upwind, and for the downwind legs, it was all about keeping in the narrow pressure bands that made there way down the course. 

Thanks to Andrew Foote, Ben Byford, David De Costa Enes and Andrew Craker for their assistance on the day. 

For me, the highlight of the day was to see master Geoff Kirk edge out his younger opponents in race 12 of the ILCA 7 fleet.  You’ve still got it Geoff, well done! Results were recorded as follows: 

Winter Championships:
Race 10 - ILCA 4 Benjamin Costandi, ILCA 6 Brooke Wilson, ILCA 7 Zander Bijkerk
Race 11 - ILCA 4 Benjamin Costandi, ILCA6 Brooke Wilson, ILCA 7 Zander Bijkerk
Race 12 - ILCA 4 Olivia Aitken, ILCA 6 Charles Byford, ILCA 7 Geoff Kirk 

Winter Pointscore:
Race 10 - ILCA 4 Benjamin Costandi, ILCA 6 Chris Tattersall, ILCA 7 Conor Roche
Race 11 - ILCA 4 Olivia Aitken, ILCA 6 Scott Finlayson, ILCA 7 Conor Roche
Race 12 - ILCA 4 Olivia Aitken, ILCA 6 James Hayhoe, ILCA 7 Geoff Kirk 

Sign on for Race days or you wont be scored

All racing members are required to sign on with the Sailor App on race days. If you don’t sign on you may be marked DNC or DQS in the results. If you sign on with the wrong sail number, you may be marked DNF.

If you are in any doubt as to how to sign on, please see the Race Officer on race day or contact results@dbsc.com.au
The sign on screen must show your Name, Division and Sail Number - and show as GREEN “Signed ON”
You will find more information on our web page HERE

Double Bay Wharf Upgrade 13 June 2023

The NSW Government is upgrading Double Bay Wharf as part of the Transport Access Program. This is not expected to have an impact on DBSC club racing. However you may see barges with anchor lines in the water in the area to the north of the club, and are advised to keep clear of any workers, barges or anchor lines near the wharf.

Also if you see Blue & White signal flag “Alpha” - you should assume in this case there are Divers working in the water, and avoid taking your sailing boat or motor boat into that area.

The wharf will close temporarily from Tuesday 13 June 2023 for around six months, weather permitting. Ferry travelers will need to use alternative transport during this time.

For more information please read this PDF guide provided by TfNSW HERE
Or visit their web site HERE

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planned changes to the Bay St cul-de-sac

Local Council will coordinate to make changes to the Bay St cul-de-sac during the same time period. If you have any questions about the Bay Street upgrades please visit Woollahra’s web site HERE , or contact Council on 9391 7000.

The general overview is that they will move the turning circle further south as shown in this impression below. We are informed that DBSC will continue to have access through the new pedestrian area to the existing Bay St park gate near the playground (that is used by DBSC and the 18 footers for trailers to enter the park). We are informed that Ambulance access will also continue to be available to the club and to the beach area that is directly east of the 18 footers.

WHAT'S GOING ON - MORE INFORMATION

East Coast Championship Youth Regatta

All members planning to compete in the East Coast Championship Youth Regatta hosted by Georges River Sailing Club on Botany Bay over the June long weekend - Don’t forget to Register!
You can Register and read the details in the Notice of Race posted on the OptiNSW website HERE.

Date: Saturday 10 - Monday 12 June 2023

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Many Hands make light work…

We Are in NEED of a NEWSLETTER EDITOR

DBSC are looking for a member to take on the volunteer role of Newsletter Editor, please contact secretary@dbsc.com.au

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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 racing results here.
The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.
Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

RACE REPORT 28 MAY 2023

PRO Ian Alexander reports:

Over 30 sailors hit the water for our Winter Series Races 7, 8 & 9 shrouded in a beautiful sunny blue sky. It was a classic champagne Sydney Harbour morning. A brisk 10°C greeted the sailors as they made their way out to the start line with light winds from the West. Excellent course management by Ian Tudball (COTD) , Maxim Djura (CoCOTD) and John Vasey (PRO in training) with oversight by PRO Ian Alexander.

All sailors were extremely well-behaved with clear starts for all races with exception of a few individual OCS sailors who returned promptly, thank you. Very close racing across all fleets with line honors champions recorded as:

Race 7 - Healy Ryan (ILCA 6), Daniel Costandi (ILCA7), Olivia Aitken (ILCA 4)
Race 8 - Sara Bruce (ILCA 6), Zander Bijkerk (ILCA7), Benjamin Costandi (ILCA 4)
Race 9 - Sara Bruce (ILCA 6), Daniel Costandi (ILCA 7), Benjamin Costandi (ILCA 4)

…and Winter Point Score winners:

Race 7 - Chris Tattersall (ILCA 6), Tim Heath (ILCA7), Charlotte Jenkins (ILCA 4)
Race 8 - Chris Tattersall (ILCA 6), Andrew Foote (ILCA7), Charlotte Jenkins (ILCA 4)
Race 9 - Alissandra Braden (ILCA 6), Andrew Foote (ILCA 7), Charlotte Jenkins (ILCA 4)

Check the results pages for individual performances HERE.

Photos mostly from Ian Tudball with some by Ian Alexander and Maxim Djura.

OH WHAT A NIGHT - DBSC ANNUAL GENERAL PARTY

Last Friday about 60 members and guest attended our AGP/AGM at the club, including Life Members: Shirley Roach, Dean Bergman, Andrea Bergman and Julian Van Aalst, with apologies from Life Members that were unable to make it: Jonathan Stone, Paul Adam AM, Mark Bethwaite AM, Peter Collie, Jim Ley, John Vasey and now Richard George.

Reports were presented by the Commodore, Vice Commodore, Treasurer, Learn to Race and Canteen, which formed the minutes of the proceedings. Members present voted in the affirmative on the Committee nominations for the 2023-24 year as follows:

Commodore – Steven London
Vice Commodore/Property – Rod Barnes
Rear Commodore – Pat Levy
Secretary – Tory Epworth
Treasurer – Justin Davey
Canteen Captain – Paul Adam
Social Secretary – Peter Collie
Marketing & Communications – Diana Chen
Roster - Tim Heath

Grants - Yves Stening
Handicapper – Daryl Lawrence
Learn To Race – Martin White
Youth Sailing Coordinator - James Tudball
Laser Rep - Dave Newman
Newsletter Editor – (Vacant)
CTO – Nick Pellow
Safety & Training Officer – David Murphy
Special Projects Coordinator – Mark Crowhurst

We would like to thank Katie McHugh and Kirk Marcolina for their countless contributions, as they step down from the committee this year.

…Then On to the partying

Members were treated to a Smokey BBQ Brisket dinner and a terrific band including James Tudball on drums, which had us partying to the wee small hours. Thank you to Diana Chen for organizing the wonderful feast, (and all who helped with the setup and the pack up) and to Tuddy for the excellent musicians - with special guest appearance by our very own Air Guitarist Martin W esquire! Who worked the crowd, and the band, and assured us that deeds were to be done dirt cheep!
(Photos supplied by the members)

Congratulations to all our Champions last year!

The club is in good shape! with over 150 members (119 are racing members!) In the last year we’ve had 45 new members join, many from our Learn To Race program. Also of those, 25 new Youth members have joined, and another 4 of them are volunteering parents of youth members.
Age of members range from 13 to 84. We are made up of 24% Female, and currently 31% Youth sailors. In fact in our under 21 Youth division, Female membership is over 60%. We continue to attract 40-50 Lasers to the start-line on Saturdays from September through April, and have a strong fleet of 20-30 boats on Sundays in winter.

We have had a great year of Racing - the first full sailing calendar since Covid - with 47 race days over the year. Yep, count them, that's 5 weekends that we didn't sail last year : - We had 26 Summer Series race days, 10 Winter Series, and 11 Sprints/Regattas or novelty race weekends.

Congratulations to this years Award Winners!

2022-23 Club Champion
Laser Standard
Ron Young Trophy
David Newman

2022-23 Club Champion
Laser Radial
Sally Gordon Trophy
Martin White

2022-23 Club Champion
Summer Laser 4.7
Healy Ryan

2022-23 Club Champion
Don Roach Masters Trophy
Laser Standard
Luke Parker

2022-23 Club Champion
Don Roach Masters Trophy
Laser Radial
Martin White

2022-23 Spring Point Score
Laser Standard
Steven London

(Photos by Diana Chen)

2022-23 Autumn Point Score
Laser Standard
Steven London

2022-23 Spring Point Score
Laser Radial
Murray Stone

2022-23 Autumn Point Score Laser Radial
Scott Finlayson

2022-23 Spring Point Score
Laser 4.7
Kevin Cai

2022-23 Autumn Point Score
Laser 4.7
Benjamin Costandi

2022-23 Winter Champion
Laser Standard
Daniel Costandi

2022-23 Winter Champion
Laser Radial
Sylvie Stannage

2022-23 Winter Point Score
Laser Standard
Tim Heath

2022-23 Winter Point Score
Laser Radial
Andrew Cox

2022-23 Richard Tyrrell Trophy
Ian Tudball

2022-23 Mano Rousso Trophy
Sara Bruce

2022-23 Women’s Laser Regatta #1 DBSC Sailor
Patricia Ley Trophy
Sylvie Stannage

2022-23 Vaucluse Challenge Champion
Laser Standard
Dene Bergman Trophy
Finn Alexander

2022-23 Vaucluse Challenge Champion
Laser Radial
Graham Read Trophy (kept at VYC)
Coté Poncell

2022-23 Best Club Person
John Barraclough Award
Pat Levy

2023 EAST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA

All members planning to compete in the East Coast Championship Youth Regatta hosted by Georges River Sailing Club on Botany Bay over the June long weekend - Don’t forget to Register!
You can Register and read the details in the Notice of Race posted on the OptiNSW website HERE.

Date: Saturday 10 - Monday 12 June 2023

Registration Fee is $140, and registrations will close on 2 June 2023
Late Entries will require an addition $50 fee and will be accepted up until 09:00 on 10 June 2023

WHATS GOING ON - MORE INFORMATION

from DBSC’s Monagasque division

Mark Bethwaite reports:

The hottest ticket in town last weekend was of course the DBSC Annual General Meeting/Party
- others had to make do elsewhere ….

Our man in Monaco, Hadrien Bourely with wife Elle at Yacht Club de Monaco watching some fast moving traffic last Sunday. I can report that YCM is extremely pleased that DBSC has graciously agreed to its request for reciprocity …

New Life Member: Richard George

Over 30 years with the club, Richard can often be seen helping out around the club, and with the attitude we strive for: to treat the club and their own, to act as owners, to fix things that break, or at least let someone know. He’s had many other tasks behind the scenes volunteering over many years, most recently as our Buddy Coordinator, Accounts Reviewer and Club Historian for the last 10 years. Congratulations Richard!

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Notice of fees increase

Committee will increase the Membership Subscription and Storage fees, and this will occur for existing members in the Next Sailing Season (when we invoice for the 2024-25 season in April 2024). The fee increases for future members joining the club will be effective from now. This was communicated to the members at the AGM last Friday as follows:
$50 increase to Adult Membership which will raise to $300 per year (students continue to pay 50% of the Adult membership fee.) and
$50 increase to Storage Fees which will raise to $450 per year.

The total cost for an Adult racing rack storage member would become 300+250+450=$1000 (previously $900)
The total cost for a Student racing rack storage member would become 150+125+450=$725 (previously $650)

The last time we increased fees was 7 years ago, and then 7 years prior to that. We understand that any increases have an impact on our members, and we don’t do this lightly. Even though this is effectively a 10% increase in one year, we ask you to consider that the increase spread over the last 7 years has been about 1.5% per year.

The reasons for the increase are based on maintaining sustainable club revenue versus operating costs, with insurance increases being the major factor in the decision. In the last 12 months we have had significant increases in our insurance premiums, which we were informed at the AS Club Summit last week, were brought about after the multiple flooding events in NSW, and have affected most sailing clubs due to our proximity to the water. On top of that we have had an updated formal valuation for the replacement cost of the clubhouse for insurance, which has shown a 3x increase on the previous value that we had. So there is also a major increase in premium for the clubhouse in the coming year.

We thank all members for their understanding.

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Many Hands make light work

Thank you this week to our resident “Gurneyman” Ian Alexander.
(When asked about the late hour replied “At Alexander’s ramp cleaning, we work the tides… morning noon and night!!)

Ian is one of the many volunteers that keep our club in great shape by doing their bit throughout the year.

If there is something you see around the club that needs doing, why not lend a hand.

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 racing results here.
The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.
Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

We Are in NEED of a NEWSLETTER EDITOR

DBSC are looking for a member to take on the volunteer role of Newsletter Editor, please contact secretary@dbsc.com.au