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Race report 1 October 2022

As reported by our PRO, Robert Vann:Scattered showers in the morning cleared nicely for our afternoon racing, with a strong turnout for sprints over the long weekend. Sailors enjoyed an 8-12 knot south-easterly breeze in an ebbing tide which led to some tricky racing between Clark Island and Point Piper. The sprint courses were the standard 2X windward/leeward, running for 10-15 minutes apiece.

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It was great to see some tight racing at the top of both fleets resulting in

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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 running of dinghy racing.This week we’d like to thank Richard George. While the club is working on a better solution for the “grassed” area in conjunction with local council, Richard has taken the initiative to fix the boggy area at the entrance to the club house. We greatly appreciate Richard pitching in to find a solution for an ongoing issue. Many thanks!

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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Regatta coordination

With the 2022-23 season underway, we have a few regattas fast approaching. We’re looking to cement our position as the world’s leading Laser sailing club and expect to send a large contingent of DBSC sailors!Coast ChampionshipsThe Coast Championships are on at South Lake Macquarie Amateur Sailing Club from 15-16 October. The Notice of Race for the event is here. You can enter online here or at the club on 15th October up to 11.30am. If you would like to attend and need help with boat transport or accommodation, please email Dave here asap.State Open & Masters ChampionshipsA combined Open and Masters states this year at Wangi from 19-20 November is the must-attend regatta for the year – the Notice of Race for the event is here. We’re again expecting DBSC to be well represented, so please fill out the below form (2 min) if you are interested asap, we need

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Registration is now open for The Women's Regatta

Registration is now open for the 2022 Women’s Regatta, to be held on Saturday 3 December at Double Bay Sailing Club.The one-day event will include races on Sydney Harbour, great food, entertainment, and activities aimed at women of all ages who currently sail an ILCA / Laser dinghy, or are looking to return to racing.If you haven’t been on the water for a while or just want to improve your skills, we have a series of women’s training clinics leading up to the regatta.Head over to thewomensregatta.com.au to get all the info and register now!

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Upcoming events and more information

Friday 16 September: 7pm Season Opening Dinner for sailors and volunteersSaturday 22 October 9am: PRO trainingSaturday 29 October 9am: Safety and competency trainingSaturday 3 December 2022: The Women’s Regatta. Sign up for more information here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.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 midnight Monday.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

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Race report 3 September 2022

From our PRO Ash Deacon:Wet, windy, wild and a tad cold might best describe the opener to the 2022/23 season and Club Championships heats 1 & 2.  Thankfully the >25 knot forecast breeze didn’t quite eventuate albeit many in the 25+ boat fleet assured me it felt like it, and we saw a lot of sailors capsizing to test the water temperature.It was clear that the fleet of ‘true believers’ were keen to race as evident by the hotly contested starts resulting in a few general and individual recalls, black flags, and one OCS.  The team on the yacht Smitten, generously loaned Kirk Marcolina, David Murphy, Justin Davey and Simon Stone, had an excellent and elevated vantage point to view each start.  For future reference, anyone OCS is super easy to detect from Smitten !!The SE course was set early in the day by Craig Sheers (COTD) with Scott Hunter & Quinn Pierson assisting on the water.  By race time the breeze had settled to around 16 knots punctuated with lots of bullets

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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

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