Don’t miss the morning of Saturday October 22 with our guest, Hugh Leicester, joining us at DBSC to talk about Laser course management and his experience as a World Sailing representative at the recent Olympics.Hugh has great credentials. He’s been running ILCA World Championships for 20 years, is currently the ILCA World Council Vice President and is a finalist for the 2022 National Sailing Awards as Official of the Year. Hugh recently officiated at the Tokyo Olympics.For all of us helping our club with race management in any way, we need you to come along to hear Hugh impart his knowledge about race management. You’ll learn so much from one of the worlds best.Please confirm your attendance with Martin White by email. If you have any questions, feel free to call Martin on 04106 27743.
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2022 ILCA 6 Men's & Women's World Championships
The 2022 ILCA 6 Men’s & Women’s World Championships are underway in Kemah, Texas with racing commencing 11 October. Sylvie Stannage, Evie Saunders, and Cote Poncell are competing at the event alongside the Australian Sailing Team and the best single-handed women sailors in the world. You can follow along here.
This weekend
This weekend a contingent of sailors are heading to Lake Macquarie for the Coast Championships. Back at Double Bay, we will have sprints on Saturday.This weekend is also the first weekend of the season for the18 footers. Christine will be managing the canteen as Shirley has other commitments.We are looking for a volunteer to help Christine between 12pm and 2pm. If you are able to help, please respond to this email and your details can be forwarded to Shirley…
Wednesday twilight racing
After a washout last week, Wednesday twilight racing is back on this week.Racing will be informal, off Clarke Island, with rabbit starts. Splash at 17:00 for racing from 17:30 (or a soon as you can make it). If you need any inspiration, or a compelling argument for your boss, watch this video!We have a WhatsApp group for coordination. If you have not been added to the group and intend to come to twilights, please email newsletter@dbsc.com.au and request to be added.
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 running of dinghy racing.This week we’d like to thank Christine Patton. Christine has received several nominations in recent weeks for her outstanding sense of community and her ongoing contribution to race officiating. Christine has volunteered for race management duty more than any other member of the club in the past year. On top of this, Christine regularly provides support in the canteen on Saturdays and Sundays. She has been known to climb up onto the roof to clear out plants from places where they shouldn’t be at our annual working bees. And finally, Christine is a regular contributor and participant in our social events. We can all agree, she rocks a turban as well!
Race report 8 October 2022
The on water crew of Craig Sheers (PRO), Justin Davey (LTRAR), Richard “Richo” Holstein (COTD) and Ben Byford (co-COTD) were met with the challenge of a fickler that forecast breeze affected by rain cells. After waiting an additional hour for the breeze to settle, heats 3&4 of the Club Championship got underway at 3pm on Saturday. Race winners were Rob Vann and Rod Barnes in the standard rig, while in the radial fleet Martin White showed everyone why he runs the Learn to Race program, schooling the entire fleet in both races!View results all here.
Many thanks also to our volunteers on
The Women's Regatta
The Women’s RegattaThe microsite for The Women’s Regatta is now live. The organising committee will be contacting those who have pre-registered interest as well as former attendees of this event. If you know of any female sailors who will be interested in this event, please share the details!We will be asking club members for support in hosting this event, which is key to maintaining diversity at the club. In the meantime, please mark your diaries for Saturday 3 December 2022, where there will be plenty of ways for non-racing members on the day (a.k.a. men) to be involved.
Training! Save the dates.
The club will be holding training before racing over 2 weekends in October.On 22 October Hugh Leicester will be joining us to provide tips and training for our PROs. Hugh is a former laser competitor and officiated one of the courses at the Tokyo Olympics. The training will be lecture style inside the club. Hugh will cover practical skills and insights from his many years of experience as a PRO, including running international events (mainly for the ILCA class) including the Olympic Games. The topics will include line length and skew, allowing for the current, predicting an unfair start, when to re-start a race, recalls, use of black flag Vs U flag, adjusting course marks for wind shifts, etc. A sign up form for this event will be available in the upcoming weeks.On 29 October the club will hold our annual safety and competency training. David Murphy will be leading
Used gear for Learn to Race
Our Learn to Race program needs booties and wetsuits for prospective members to use when they attend LTR. Our club boats, used mainly for LTR, could do with more mast top sections.If anyone has excess gear and is willing to donate any of these used items, please contact Martin White by email or on 04106 27743.
Final Reminder: Season Opening Dinner
No joke. This is the absolute final reminder!Please RSVP to the season opening dinner for sailors and volunteers.Details:7pm Friday 16th September Bedouin 2/53 Cross Street Double Bay $100 per guest (includes welcome drink, banquet dinner, beer/wine with dinner) Dress Spectacular/Glam (Studio 54)
RSVP