Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

Photos by Peter D’Arcy-King and Brendan Pollard

Spring Point Score Races 7 & 8Date: Saturday, November 8Races: 2Drama Level: Moderate-to-SpicyWind: NE Moderate, with a cameo from the NorthCourse Setting: The Diplomatic OlympicsBefore a single sail was hoisted, we found ourselves in a spirited discussion with the Squadron start boat about who’s water is it anyway, as they decided to set their course in our backyard. Their main move? Threatening to release our buoys like some kind of nautical hostage situation if we laid our wing mark to give our fleet any decent reach.After some tense radio chatter and a few deep breaths. Our marks were moved to minimise any dangers potential or real from the Squadron fleet,

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October 27, 2025I’m writing from Malta as a DBSC member to let you know that I crewed on the J/122 Noisy Oyster that won first place in IRC Class 5 of the Rolex Middle Sea Race last week. It was a great race, over a truly magnificent course, with two active volcanoes along the way. The first night on the leg to Sicily was brutal, with heavy rain that soaked everyone and everything on board. We made good progress up the Straits of Messina, and then rounded Stromboli in the dark, trimming a spinnaker as the volcano’s belching lit up the sky. There were plenty of wind holes, which required a lot of focus to get through, especially as we rounded Lampedusa. But once we hooked into some breeze on the homeward leg to Valletta, we made a steady 10 knots, up to 15 knots off the waves. It was a great victory,

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleThursday 13 November: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 15 November: Sprint Racing (1pm briefing for 2pm start)Saturday & Sunday 15-16 November: 2025 NSW & ACT Open, Youth, Masters State Titles, Wangi ASCNORThursday 20 November: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 22 November: Learn to Race: 9:00amSpring Point Score Races 9 & 10: 1pm Briefing, 2pm First warningThursday 27 November: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 29 November: Spring Point Score Races 11 & 12: 1pm Briefing, 2pm First warning

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 Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

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Photos by Diana Chen and Ian Tudball

Club Championship Races 5 & 6With a BOM forecast of Light Easterly winds, the race team set out after the morning of Competency Training, and set up the course as per the forecast. It was going to be a difficult day for the RIB team – shifting the course to follow the wind. By the time we were out on the water, we had 21 Radials and 21 Standards ready to start, and what little wind there was had swung around north to and then to the north west. Race 5 was started as it shifted back and forth from the NWW to NW, and still very light – so

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Photo by David Murphy

Our annual competency day was held last Saturday with about 40 members attending. Pat Levy showed us some excellent tricks with laying marks and anchors, with Andrew Cox giving us the low-down on flags and course setting, and some great questions as always in the incident response section. More content to follow in coming weeks, and we hope to get some vids up, too.

Photo by Diana Chen

– David Murphy,

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The World Sailing Youth Worlds is the pinnacle of youth sailing across the planet. Many describe it as the junior Olympics. Only one sailor from each of the 11 classes represents their country. After a close fought battle held recently at Toronto, Lake Macquarie, our very own Healy Ryan clinched a narrow victory over a talented West Australian.World Sailing’s Youth World Championship attracts the best youth sailors around the world and follows a similar format to Olympic sailing. The event has been a stepping stone for many Olympic champions.This year’s event will be held in December in Vilamoura, Portugal. Our last Double Bay SC representative in the Laser class at the Youth Worlds was Finn Alexander in 2016. Finn went on

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleThursday 6 November: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 8 November: Learn to Race: 9:00am1pm Visit from our Local Member for Vaucluse: Ms Kellie Anne SLOANE, MPSpring Point Score Races 7 & 8: 1pm Briefing, 2pm First warningThursday 13 November: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 15 November: Sprint Racing (1pm briefing for 2pm start)Saturday & Sunday 15-16 November: 2025 NSW & ACT Open, Youth, Masters State Titles, Wangi ASCNORThursday 20 November: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 22 November: Learn to Race: 9:00amSpring Point Score Races 9 & 10: 1pm Briefing, 2pm First warning

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 Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

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An important reminder from the club’s Safety Officer:Dear DBSC members, 9am this Saturday is our annual competency day. Andrew Cox, our ex-commodore, will review how to run a race. Pat Levy will demonstrate and update us on how to use RIBs, davits and other club equipment safely on rostered volunteer days. I will brief on how to respond to on-water incidents (plus refresh some basic resuscitation knowledge).

There are changes every year, and all members are expected to attend, as well as anyone who may

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleThursday 30 October: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 1 November: Members’ Competency Training: 9am start (please see preceding article)Club Championships Races 5 & 6: 1pm Briefing, 2:00pm First warningBBQ after racingThursday 6 November: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 8 November: Learn to Race: 9:00amSpring Point Score Races 7 & 8: 1pm Briefing, 2pm First warningThursday 13 November: Twilight Racing (5pm splash)Saturday 15 November: Sprint Racing (1pm briefing for 2pm start)Saturday & Sunday 15-16 November: 2025 NSW & ACT Open, Youth, Masters State Titles, Wangi ASCNOR

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 Monday evening.View all racing results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.

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All photos by Jason Wilkins

Spring Point Score Races 5 & 6A very pleasant 8 knot nor’easter greeted a fleet of 45 or so boats on Saturday for spring Pointscores 5&6, albeit there was about 25% attrition rate between the races.The seas were a little choppy, but this made the downwinds prime for surfing.  An eager fleet and runout tide made for some aggressive starts.  The Radials were lucky to get away in Race 1, and one boat was OCS’ed in Race 2.  The standards were recalled for Race 1 and thereafter were well behaved under the black flag. It was a day for the “mature” sailors.  Alistair crossed the line first in both ILCA 6 races, although

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