Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

Before we get to this week’s 60 seconds, we wanted to share a bit more about last week’s highlighted member. People got very excited about Candice Cushway’s brush with fame as a Gladiator, and with some impressive Googling our fanboys have unearthed the original Gladiator’s episode starring Candice which you can view HERE.It’s hard to follow in a Galdiator’s footsteps, but someone has to do it, and although he might not have been on a TV show, Jules Hall is often a Gladiator on Sydney Harbour…  1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? I’ve been on and around boats my whole life. My earliest memories are down at the sea sailing with my folks. 2. If money (& sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? I did a lot of offshore racing in my twenties. And loved it. This year the Sydney-Hobart has a two handed division

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The third instalment of the Winter Championships was held last Sunday. Despite a cold and wet morning, 30 sailors braved the conditions to compete. A storm swept through while rigging to wake up the fleet. In a repeat of last week, a course was set for a light S/SW breeze, then wind shifted to W/NW so racing was delayed and the course had to be moved. By the second race, the breeze swung to the North. Despite the difficult, shifty conditions there was very efficient race management and course setting by our race team. A big thanks to PRO Luke Parker, COTD Alistair Sutherland, and CCO James Johnson. Congratulations to the winners: Standards: Mark Louis (races 7 and 9), Rod Barnes (race 8); Radials: Daniel Costandi (race 7 and 9), and Mina Ferguson (race 8). A symmetry of 1sts!Here’s hoping there’s no rain and a steady breeze this Sunday for heats 10-12 of the Winter Championships. 

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There is a great regatta season coming up and the first event for the year is the South Pacific Laser Masters (SPLM) which will be held at RQYS from August 7-10. DBSC has had representation at the regatta for several years and by all accounts it is a well organised event at a great location.There is a Laser Forum running before the event on Thursday evening 6th August and an event dinner on the Saturday night.Note that the Queensland Border is still closed but indications are this may change in the coming weeks.  Updates on the border closure can be viewed HERE.Those interested in attending should contact Rod Barnes HERE.Check the RQYS web site HERE for NoR, entry and SI’s.For those interested, a list of all regatta’s for the 2020-2021 season is published on the DBSC website HERE.

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We have a beach-cleaning Gladiator in our midst. Read on to find out more… 1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? 7 years old on my dad’s Timpenny 670 Trailer Sailer called CYREN. 2. If money (& sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? Super Yacht! 3. What is your sailing goal?Win a race. Get my Yacht Master Certificate. 4. Tell us the back story to your laser’s name?Sea Cubed. Captain Candice Cushway = C3. That was my nickname whilst an Army Captain. 5. If you could add any ingredient to our already world’s best toasties – what would it be?Salt and Pepper, but they are already perfect. Thanks Shirley and your helpers!6. What are your second/ third favourite hobbies (obviously assuming sailing holds the #1 spot)Run/walk to various parks and beaches and assist with the debris clean-up. I like gardening too.

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DBSC was featured in Gabrielle Upton’s June Newsletter. Check out the great photo of our local MP visiting the club during the Women’s Laser Regatta. We appreciate Ms Upton’s ongoing support.

DBSC in MP Gabrielle Upton’s Newsletter.

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The Women’s Regatta hosted by Double Bay Sailing Club will be held on 26 and 27 September 2020.Tell your friends, girlfriends, mothers, partners, wives, sisters, daughters and friends of sailors – that she’s back and this year is going to be a cracker of an event for women and girls on Sydney Harbour. This year’s committee – Clare Alexander, Christine Patton and Diana Chen have been busy working through the COVID-19 lockdown to present the not-to-be-missed annual event for women Laser sailors of all ages and abilities.Sailing training and competition in all classes have been affected by the COVID-19 restrictions, so the first Laser regatta in Australian waters will certainly generate excitement in the community and start the season on a high. The event format will be adapted to the Public Health advice at the time and will include two days of competitive racing on Sydney Harbour as well as some of

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We are thrilled to announce that Christine Linhart and Rob Greenhalgh’s son has arrived! Oscar William Greenhalgh was born on 21st May at 8am, after 28 hours of labour. Christine reports the following:“His 4ks chubby cheeks took a little while to come out, but finally with a little assistance, he found his way. Oscar has thankfully inherited his father’s skill of being able to sleep anywhere, including in my hospital bed! I have been lost in a newborn bubble, but am slowly emerging, with a good sleep and feeding routine…for now anyway. Sorry I missed the AGM, if I wasn’t in labour (or perhaps  I had just delivered) I was planning to be there to say hi to everyone.When the club opens up a bit more in due course I look forward to coming down for the reopening of the post-sailing deck hang-outs.”Big congratulations to Christine and Rob… with those two as parents

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As regulations change and we experience more racing under COVID restrictions, we will continue to tweak our Sailing Instructions (SIs) and clubhouse / rigging regulations. To that end we have several changes to announce: Additions to SIs:New Sub-Paragraph: 10.4  No warning signal for a particular event will be made more than 3hrs after the published time for the first warning signal for that event (and, if separate times are published for individual fleets, the word “event” as used in this sub-paragraph 10.4 shall be read instead as “fleet”. This clause is intended to ensure people can make afternoon plans on Sundays in winter and Saturday evenings in summer with confidence.Also, as announced previously: Paragraph 31.2 has changed for this season only as a result of COVID-19 to provide for two separate five minute count-down starts for Radials/4.7s and Standards, with each fleet starting at minutes, rather than the Radials/4.7s starting at 1 minute

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Hadiren made us smile last Sunday as he made sure we all stayed COVID Compliant, so we thought it was time to find out more about man… 1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? I was 6 months old. I couldn’t walk so technically I didn’t ‘step’ on the boat thought. My parents had a lovely little yacht (as you do) and we sailed from Monaco to the Balearic Islands. I can’t believe they dared to do that with me. To cross, they would have had to sail for several days/nights without seeing land. No autopilot. I took my first steps on that boat. Pic below. 2. If money (& sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? A star-ship. I love Astronomy and I did a summer session in the US in that field while in high school (to learn English). I almost made it my

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With the showers passing and a decent NNE breeze, a fleet of 26 boats prepared for heats 4-6 of the Winter Championships last Sunday. However, soon after the radial start, the wind began to shift 90 degrees to the west, and then abruptly faded.  The race was abandoned and the fleet waited for the new westerly to build. After a 45-minute delay, the racing began again with a decent breeze and good competition. Congratulations to the winners: Standards: Luke Parker (races 4 and 6), Jules Hall (race 5); Radials:  Daniel Costandi (race 4), Mark Louis (race 5), Sylvie Stannage (race 6).A special thanks to the race officers who were forced to reset the course many times. PRO Michael Osborne, and COTD Christine and Tim Patton were aided by Bret Beyer, Ian Saunders, and Tristan Brown in moving the marks as the fickle breeze continued to swing. Thanks also to our cheery COVID Compliance Officer,

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