Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

Thank you to all members who attended the annual working bee. 57 members helped out in last Saturday, and with the fine sunny skies, volunteers tackled the following tasks and more:Repainting the North facing walls on the deckReplacing broken deck timbers (storing and stacking spare deck timbers)Sweeping shed floor beneath the Laser racks and removal of old rubber sheetsReplacing corroded rack beams (F2, G2, H2, I2) and re-wrapping with carpet protectors.Patch and re-paint the wall around the canteen and cleaning in the canteenClean out the change roomsDe-cluttering and cleaning the workshop and removal of rubbish.Hoses maintenance and repairing the grate under the tapsBuoys and anchors audit and repair, and check the safety bagsClean tables and chairs and tidy the handicapper’s deskJazzman:

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Winter Sprints Run by REACH Youth SailorsWell, I drew the short straw this week, or the long one, depending on how you look at it. Instead of bobbing around the Harbour in a Laser, I got the honour of sitting on the RIB and spectating. Considering what the breeze was doing, I reckon I was pretty lucky.We set off with some light rain, but it didn’t last long, although it lingered in the background. The wind decided it would pick up the slack and misbehave instead. From the very first minutes on the water, it was obvious this wasn’t going to be one of those “set and forget” days. The breeze couldn’t decide where it wanted to come from, so it

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Don’t Forget, calling all Members!!! Come down and help maintain our club this Saturday.The annual working bee will be conducted this Saturday 23rd August from 8am. This is an event that takes considerable planning to ensure our club is ready to run smoothly for the summer season. All members are expected to attend – there is a large amount of work to be done. If you are unable to attend on the day, please contact the Commodore, Steven London, and arrange for a job to be undertaken at a time convenient to you. Sprint Races will be held afterward (12pm Briefing 1pm First Warning)

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Save the Date: Saturday, 11th October 2025This year DBSC will be hosting the inaugural Double Bay Regatta. A day to celebrate Laser racing in Double Bay, it is open to all Laser ILCA sailors.Three races will be held on this single day event on Saturday, 11th October 2025 in the the waters off Double Bay in Sydney Harbour. Cash Prizes will be awarded to winners in ILCA 4, ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 divisions, and the winner of each class will get their name on the Mark Bethwaite Trophy, named after our club legend. The Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions and Registration will be issued shortly. Until then, lock this date into your sailing calendar.

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleSaturday 23 August: Working Bee – All Members (8:00am start)Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Friday 29 August: DBSC Sailors’ Season Opening DinnerSaturday 30 August: Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Saturday 6 September: Summer Opening Club Championship Races 1 & 21pm Briefing, 2:00pm First warningBBQ on the Deck after racing

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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Winter Sprints with a Championship Twist!Last weekend we had volunteer PROs Dr Martin Gill and Gaye Rosen joining us on the start boat to run the racing, and so for this sprints day we ran a mini Champs course. A few showers around made for a gusty/shifty S to SSE course just off Double Bay, with blue sky breaking through on occasion. The course was set South and as the wind tended more to the SSE for the second race, we adjusted the course more to the SSE for the third. Martin Gill our PRO had his wind instrument up on the Jazzman, and we made great use of his self-written app which showed the wind swinging from 20deg on one

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Calling all Members!!! The annual working bee will be conducted on Saturday 23rd August from 8am. This is an annual event that takes considerable planning to ensure our club is ready to run smoothly for the summer season. All members are expected to attend – there is a large amount of work to be done. If you are unable to attend on the day, please contact the Commodore, Steven London, and arrange for a job to be undertaken at a time convenient to you.

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Club Look-ahead ScheduleSaturday 16 August: Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Saturday 23 August: Working Bee – All Members (8:00am start)Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm First warning)Friday 29 August: DBSC Sailors’ Season Opening DinnerSaturday 30 August: Winter Sprints (12pm Briefing, 1:00pm 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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All photos by Ben Byford, Harper Spacey and James Tudball

Winter Sprint RacingHarper Spacey reports The first week of Saturday sprint racing got off to an exciting start with tricky conditions throughout the day.  A building sou’easterly of 15-25 knots made for shifty conditions and a gusty racecourse.Double Bay’s youth members constituted this week’s race management with Harper Spacey and Raphael McLachlan taking on the duty of PRO, Charles Byford and Tucker McKeon supporting sailors as COTD and Charlotte Jenkins on canteen duty (and assisting on the water).  Thanks to James Tudball and Ben Byford who assisted on both support RIBs. Although the conditions were challenging, a solid fleet of mostly ILCA 6’s and 7’s had some tight

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Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club, Los AngelesCharlotte Jenkins reportsDuring our winter holidays (plus the first week of school), four DBSC youth members were lucky enough to escape the cold, rainy weather and spend some time training and then racing at the ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, in Los Angeles, California. The regatta was hosted by Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club, and we launched from the neighbouring Cabrillo Beach Youth Waterfront Sports Centre/Boy Scout Camp, which took about an hour to sail (or half an hour to tow) past the sea wall and out to the racecourse.We spent four days training with SailCoach, where, as the ‘Down Under’ group, we would start the session with speed-testing lineups to correct our setup and posture, then later join the internationals in short practice races on a start line of 30-50 boats. Back on land, we had detailed video debriefs from Canadian ILCA 7 sailor and

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