RACE REPORT - SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2024

June 27, 2024Chris Tattersall

Winter Championship & Point Score series - Races 16, 17, 18

Grant Lovelady (PRO) Reports:

After Saturday’s soggy downpour you would be excused for thinking Sunday was going to be a repeat and a lie-in the better option. We arrived early for a crisp winter morning and beautiful Sydney Harbour mostly to ourselves, along with a few high-speed water skiers and a peloton of kayakers: 20-plus hardy ILCA /Laser sailors including a few visitors.

Breeze was W, WSW at 10-13 knots and we set a course with the top mark just off Clark Island and the bottom mark off Point Piper.

R1 set the day up with nice left shifts but the right had the pressure. The story for the day was to manage the oscillating shifts, sometimes 20+ degrees and connecting the pressure lines.

R2 saw the Radial/4.7 fleet very keen to test the PRO, but to no avail — we were not going to deploy the 1st substitute flag. Up came code flag X individual recall and 5 boats were called. Only 2 returned correctly.

R3 the rain looked like it was coming in and the breeze clocking to the south. A wise decision under the conditions meant we kept the same course but rotated the line. This made for a good tactical play, and shifts a plenty.

Winners for the day were:

ILCA 6 Radials – Roberto Blum, Andrew Cox, Ian Alexander

ILCA 7 Standards – Maxim Djura and Tim Heath (2 wins)

Thanks to the on-water crew of John Sweeny & Van Allen on the Dene Bergman setting the course and Ben & Charlie Byford on the Jazzman with PRO & LTRaR. Result thanks to Geoffrey Boscoe.

A reminder please to sign on, with the correct sail number. This helps the race management team, safety and of course you get included in the results.

Photos by Van Allen and Grant Lovelady

RACE REPORT - SUNDAY 16 JUNE 2024

June 18, 2024Chris Tattersall

Winter Racing – Races 13, 14 & 15

Rod Barnes (PRO) Reports:

Sunday was a sensational day on the Harbour. After a rainy few days, we turned up to clear blue skies, crisp and cold conditions and, like most other Sundays in winter, a relatively clear Harbour. It’s such a contrast to those busy summer days and there is a huge reward if you can just get out from under the doona.

There were a few stragglers, but by the time the second race came around, there was more than 30 boats on the water. We welcomed a few visitors from Middle Harbour and Vaucluse and it was a fantastic effort from all who attended.

Thanks to the on-water crew of Craig Ryan, Andrew Craker and Andrew Foote. With a couple of tweaks to the course, we were racing with a beautiful WSW breeze ranging from 14 to 21 knots.

In the ILCA 6 class, James Gosling had a great day in the point score finishing with two firsts and a second, and in the Championships, Healy Ryan dominated the fleet.

Patrick Black also had a good day in the ILCA 7 point score finishing with two firsts and a third, and in the championships, Luke Parker, Quentin Burns and Nick Pellow all had wins.

WHAT'S GOING ON

June 18, 2024Chris Tattersall

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday, 23 June: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 16, 17 & 18) 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 Warning

Sunday, 30 June: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 19, 20 & 21) 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 Warning.

Sunday, 7 July: NO RACING - Happy Holidays — Work-on-Your-Boat day for those interested.

Sunday, 14 July: NO RACING - Happy Holidays

Sunday, 21 July: NO RACING - Happy Holidays

Sunday, 28 July: Winter Championship & Point Score series racing (Races 22, 23 & 24) 07:30 Briefing / 08:15 Warning.
(The last race day of the Winter Series)

Next Season’s Calendar

Vice Commodore Rod Barnes has updated the Sailing Calendar for next season. Here’s the link: DBSC Calendar.

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RACE REPORT - SUNDAY 9 JUNE 2024

June 11, 2024Nick Pellow

King’s Birthday Long Weekend - Winter Sprints

6:15am on a winter’s morning looks stunning at Double Bay Sailing Club for those dodging flu and covid this season. Richard George was captured having just surveyed the sunrise but also the mirror-like surface of our beautiful harbour. Thanks to John Vasey for popping in on his bike ride to check on the RIBs but everything was looking great except for the wind.

An enthusiastic group of 16 sailors attended the briefing with the wind apps telling us that a wind strength of 1 knot with gusts of 2 knots. The PRO made the call at about 7:40am for a postponement and for sailors to stay ashore.

Across the harbour we could see a small fleet of Etchells being towed out to race. There appeared to be two of them sailing with spinnakers up so we went out onto to the harbour to survey the wind in situ. A persistent 5 knot gentle westerly had developed and a call ashore on the radio was made to get the Lasers heading out. A course adjustment was made that remained surprisingly correct for the duration of the morning and then “Paul Adams” and “Dene Bergman” helped pull the last of the Lasers out of Double Bay before we kicked off the start sequence.

Racing got underway by 8:45am, so just 30 mins lost enjoying the morning sun. We were able to run four races for each fleet with a tactical (and well-supported) decision to race a single lap on the fourth race. There were 10 Standards and 6 Radial starters (how often do we get more Standards than Radials nowadays? Although I suspect we have an increasing number of crossovers depending on the wind).

Eight clean starts and some very competitive racing with a call out to Chris Tattersall (Standards) and Jasper Kinsman (Radials) taking the line respectively in the first two races. The balance of wind shifts and pressure made for exciting racing in the 5-7 knot breeze. Boat handling skills were put to the test in close quarter rounding at the leeward gate with photos attached.

Some sailors even reported hiking in the breeze coming back into Double Bay amongst the moorings! All sailors and buoys ashore by 10:45am, one capsize, and no rescues.

[Side note: Richard reported that the Dene Bergman radio was transmitting but not receiving]

Volunteer crew for the day was: PRO Jason Wilkins, LTRaR Rob Blum (obrigado), COTD Richard George and CoCOTD Michael Morris.

Race Report: Jason

Fundraising for New RIBs

June 11, 2024Nick Pellow

Heartfelt thanks to those of you who have already contributed to our fundraising efforts towards new club RIBs.

So far we've raised over $21,000... but there's still a way to go to reach our target.

Now is a great time to help. As you prepare your tax returns for the financial year, remember all donations are tax deductible! ♥️

Why is it so important? As you know, our support boats are the ‘work-horses’ of the club, used day in, day out to set courses, assist beginners on the water and to be on stand-by for safety in high winds. They are vital assets that allow us to run competitive racing, whilst still keeping safety our top priority.

Every donation, big or small, is greatly appreciated. Please consider donating via this LINK HERE .

WHAT'S GOING ON

June 11, 2024Chris Tattersall

July Work-on-your-boat Day

This is confirmed for the morning of Sunday, July 7th. There will be tools, supplies and advice to be shared. Please email Maxim so we can gauge interest.