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We are delighted to announce that Brett Beyer will offer his popular Brett Beyer Saturday (BBSP) Program again this season. Subscriptions need to be confirmed and paid by COB, Friday 19 August. The terms of the program and sign-up form can be found here.The program will run for 8 sessions prior to Christmas on September 3, 10, 17, October 22, 29, November 5, 12, 26. The cost of the program is $480 (plus merchant fees) per subscriber.
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The annual working bee will be conducted on Saturday 20 August from 8am and will include a boat rack reshuffle.All members are expected to attend and contribute to the working bee.This is an annual event that takes considerable planning to ensure our club is ready to run smoothly for the summer season. If you are unable to attend on the day, please contact the Commodore, Steven London, to arrange for a job to be undertaken at a time convenient to you.(Members who do not participate are under the usual threat of having their laser torched in the park!)
We are pleased to announce the new club laser representative is David Newman. David loves a regatta and last season had a stellar year performing extremely well in state and national masters championships.There are two events coming up prior to Christmas. The Coast Championships will be held at South Lake Macquarie SC on the 15/16 October and the State Open and Masters championships will be held at Wangi ASC on the 19/20 November.
DBSC will be coordinating transport and the possibility of group accommodation for both events.These weekends away are legendary so if you are interested in either of these regattas, please contact David.
From our race management team Tim Heath and John Chesterman:It was a ‘why would you be anywhere else’ day – mild and mostly sunny Winter’s afternoon for Saturday Winter Sprints. There was a modest 18 boat turnout, presumably based on an incorrect weather forecast, which included the welcome return of Campbell Patton from roaming the globe, and Maxim Djura from Brisbane.6 sprint races, with a work of approximately 300m were run in a Westerly breeze oscillating between 8 and 15 knots, with some big right shifts.Standard rig wins were shared between Campbell Patton x 3 and Robert Vann x 3, usually followed by Geoff Kirk, and with Jason Wilkins in the mix.Radial fleet winners were James Tudball x 2, Katie McHugh x 2, Martin White, and Scott Hunter.The race officers were Tim Heath (his first stint as PRO), ably assisted by John Chesterman, John Vasey, and Scott Finlayson. Special thanks to Pat Levy and
It’s official! She’s back!
The Women’s Regatta will be returning to Double Bay Sailing Club on Saturday 3 December 2022. 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 who are looking to return to racing.Double Bay Sailing Club will also run a series of small-group training clinics in the weeks leading up to the event, focusing on improving sailing skills such as race starts, upwind technique, and downwind technique.“After the disruption of the past two years, it’s fantastic to be hosting the Women’s Regatta again, and to establish this as an annual event in our racing calendar,” said Tory Epworth, Secretary
As you all know, the club has been pushing hard at sustainability initiatives and we now have a sustainability page on our website.Last week we advised Vaikobi has partnered with Terracycle® for sailors, and ocean enthusiasts to send back or drop off their old gear and Brett Beyer has volunteered to help us return this gear to Vaikobi when we have a critical mass. In the meantime, hang onto it and we will put a call out at the start of the season.If you have further suggestions on sustainability initiatives we should undertake, please contact our sustainability officer, Katie McHugh.
Congratulations to Evie Saunders, who has won a silver medal in the ILCA 6 class at the Allianz Youth Sailing World Championships in The Hague, The Netherlands.The regatta was held in The Hague where the tides are quite extreme, so sailing there requires a 4th dimension of understanding.Evie stated the regatta well with a win in the first race and held onto 2nd for the whole regatta. The last race was very tense with up to 6 countries a possible podium finish and Evie said, “yellow flags were being displayed everywhere – I just sailed the way I know how, start well, and play the shifts … and stay out of trouble.” Evie is the first Australian radial girl to podium at the ISAF Worlds in more than a decade. We are so very proud, and we look forward to Evie showing us how it’s done when she returns to
Powerboat safety is fundamental to our club’s operations. It is important to be aware of the safety responsibilities that come with the use and operation of powerboats at our club.
Australian Sailing has a powerboating program where you can learn basic power boat handling skills right up to assisting to retrieve the different styles of race craft on the water.Some safety tips to remember when you’re out on a power boat and assisting race management: • Know where the safety equipment is kept on board • Do a safety briefing if you have another person on board • Wear your lifejacket • Have the kill cord attached to you when underway • Know how to tow another boat, particularly the class that is
Photo: Mark Bethwaite
Mark Bethwaite, reports in from Europe:The paparazzi caught up with DBSC’s Monegasque contingent, Hadrien & Elle Bourley dining dockside last weekend. Behind them are several suitably comfortable Laser tenders for charter when the Laser Master Worlds are again in the Med. On the far shore is the Yacht Club de Monaco, anxiously waiting to hear about its application for reciprocity with DBSC from the new Committee.
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