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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 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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Clean Up Australia Day 4 March

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_seaDownload for iOS: https://apps.apple.com/es/app/eyesea/id1667239428We recommend you wear sun protective clothing, and bring protective gloves

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Learn to race

The next Learn to Race (LTR) a Laser at Double Bay Sailing Club is on again on Saturday morning Feb 18.  It must start early at 8.30AM on that day as we have limitations with harbour zones on Sat Feb 18. We’ll meet at 8.30am ready to rig boats. The aim is to be on the water well before 10am and back to the shore by 11.30pm.LTR is for prospective new members – a ‘try before you join’ arrangement.  It’s also for DBSC members wishing to improve their sailing skills.Participants must have basic helming capability as we are squad based and it’s sometimes difficult to provide a lot of one-on-one assistance for those without experience. It’s also a safety measure.

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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’d like to thank our handicapper Daryl Lawrence and assistant handicapper Geoffrey Boscoe for coordinating the implementation of our newly adopted “Sailor” App for race day sign-on and digital scoring from the finish boat. Thank you also to Scott Finlayson who will be assisting.There is a lot of work behind the scenes that goes into the coordination of the results each week, and we expect these new innovations to provide a more streamlined system for Race Officers on the day and the Handicapping and Scoring system.

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Adventure picnic this Sunday

If you’ve been waiting to see the weather and wind conditions for the annual club picnic, wait no more!The picnic gods are smiling and the forecast for this SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY is sunny blue skies, a balmy 25 degrees, and SSE winds at a comfortable 10-12 knots…  location confirmed as CAMP COVE BEACH.Be at the club for a 12 noon splash, friends and family are more than welcome. We have a few spots on the RIB, and there’s also good parking at Camp Cove if you prefer to meet us there. We’ll take the club cabana and set up camp at the west-end of the beach.Picnic lunch is served at 1pm. We’re going old school with the food… sandwiches on white bread with the crusts off, veggie frittata for our vegetarian and gluten-free friends and freshly cut melon… $10 a head, and an esky of drinks that you can charge to your canteen tab.This takes a little

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Powerboat training

To ensure all members are available for RIB duty, the club is offering some heavily subsidised spots for the full day theory and practical course needed for a boat licence. We will try to organise a DBSC group day if we can get numbers, but if your availability is an issue, we may be able to accommodate. NB this subsidy is toward the course and does not cover all RMS fees. Members are also welcome to nominate friends or family members in case there are any unfilled spots (although the DBSC subsidy is only for members on the volunteer roster).If you are interested, please contact David Murphy on davidmurphy@dbsc.com.au 

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Race report 21 January 2023

From our PRO Steven LondonThirty sailors joined us last Saturday for the Autumn Poinscore Races 3 & 4. The course was ESE and set in our “Dardanelles”, the passage between Point Piper and Shark Island. The 12 knot shifty conditions challenged sailors to commit to the left or the right, with gains for getting it right or losses for the unlucky ones. The races were once again scored in real time using the new Sailor app, and all sailors are required to sign-on to be scored. Ben Constandi was the only 4.7 rig and sailed well amongst the radial fleet. In the Radials Chris Tattersall won both races, Scott Finlayson second in both, and Kate McHugh was third in both! The standard rig Race 3 was won by Max Djura, Robert Vann second and Mark Gray third, and in Race 4 Robert Van won, with Mark Gray second and Jules

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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 Pat Levy. This isn’t the first time Pat has been mentioned in this segment, yet he does so very much it’s hard to look past it. Not only did he keep a RIB on the water during the nationals at GRSC, as well as manning it on all but one day, he has recently arranged an upgrade to the western davit, replaced the throttle on the Paul Adam, and coordinated a bimini for the Jazzman. Pat even missed the first race on Saturday as he was asked to help a fellow club member.

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