Learn to race will be on this Saturday from 08:30am. Please confirm your attendance with Martin White.This weekend the club will host heats 3&4 of the Autumn pointscore.Partners and family are welcome to come out on our support boats (RIBs and Jazzman) during racing. If you would like to come along, please email Mark Crowhurst to ensure there is adequate space. mark.crowhurst@gmail.comIf you need to plan further ahead, the club calendar can be viewed (and subscribed to) here.
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Twilight sailing, pizza and Malcolm Page
Twilight sailing is on! The forecast is for a gently ESE followed by sailing stories with Malcolm Page from 7.30pm. Please ensure you have RSVPed for the pizza!
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Vollies 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 all of the volunteers who have assisted in the canteen during the J.J. Giltinan series. In particular, Shirley and Paul deserve much respect for the effort they have put into having the canteen up and running during the event, with an enormous volume of toasties for hungry 18’ skiff sailors. It has been a tremendous effort!
Shirley with Ian Tudball. Ian was just one of the volunteers who assisted Shirley and Paul during the week. Photo credit: Diana Chen
Race report 12 March 2022
After nearly three weeks, it finally stopped raining and our club championship heats 7&8 were conducted on the brown soup formerly known as Sydney harbour in moderate north-easterly conditions.Rod Barnes cleaned up in both races for the standard rigs, while James Tudball and Andrew Cox each scored a win in the radial fleet. Full results are available on the website.
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Coming up next…
Wednesday 9 March – Twilight sprintsSaturday 12 March – Club Championships 7&8 (BBQ)Wednesday 16 March – Twilight sprintsSaturday 19 March – Learn to Race (am) | Autumn Pointscore 3&4Wednesday 23 March – Twilight sprintsSaturday 26 March – Autumn Pointscore 5&6Wednesday 30 March – Twilight sprintsThe club calendar can be viewed (and subscribed to) here.
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Notes from afar
Mark Bethwaite has reported in from dinner in Villenfranche with good company, former DBSC member Hadrien Bourley. Hadrien returned to Monaco last year where he and Elle finally married after two years of COVID-postponement.Hadrien is well but missing the crew at DBSC. And we’re missing him. On the upside, there’s been more space at the pin end of the start line for the standard fleet since he returned to Monaco!
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New member – David Evenden
David Evenden has joined the club after purchasing James Johnson’s laser. If you see him around the club, please be sure to give him a warm welcome. In the meantime, here is a little about David to help you get to know him.How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? My family came back to Australia from Europe on P & O’s Arcadia when I was 5 years old. I must have been 7 or 8 when I went on my first sailboat, with a school mate and his dad on Pittwater.If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? A Pogo 40, because this makes me excited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osFEjGyXMZIWhat is your ultimate sailing goal? Cruising the Pacific. And doing a few offshore races with my own crew.Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser? I bought “Question of Balance” from barrister James Johnson, who I came
Winter sailing and BBWP
Winter sailing will be returning this year. The winter series will be 30 races held over 10 Sundays from 1 May 2022 to 24 July 2022 (that is, 3 races each Sunday). There will be no racing during the school holidays. (3 Jul, 10 Jul, 17 Jul). The calendar is on the website.This year there will be a handicapped pointscore held in conjunction with the championship for every race. We encourage everyone to participate as there are trophies and honour boards at stake!In conjunction with the winter series, Brett Beyer will offer a Brett Beyer Winter Program (BBWP) for 6 weeks (18 races) on 8 May, 15 May, 12 Jun, 19 Jun, 26 Jun, 24 Jul. The cost of the program is $360 for all 6 weeks. BBWP subscribers will carry a GPS during each race and will later receive a report and animation showing their GPS tracks vs the fleet, together with
No RSVP, no pizza
The club will be continuing our sailing stories events for members, this time with Malcolm Page on Wednesday 16th March after twilight sailing. More details about Malcolm can be found here.We will be serving pizzas at 7.30pm for everyone to be seated at 7.45pm. If you intend on attending this event, please RSVP so that you are appropriately catered for with Pizza AND SEATING.
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