Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

Mother Nature has certainly been keeping it interesting for our Saturday racing this spring. For the third weekend in a row, the wind was gusting well over 20 knots. This time it was a 22 knot N/NE breeze that was blowing against an ebbing tide making upwinds and downwinds a challenge. Rumour has it that everyone but Ashley Deacon took a swim. Congratulations to the robust victors. The results were: Full Rigs: Ian Alexander (Championship Heat 5) and Luke Parker (Championship Heat 6); Radials: Sylvie Stannage (Championship Heat 5) and Matt Wenke (Championship Heat 6). Thanks to the many race volunteers who helped in the wild winds — Pat Levy (PRO) assisted by Jason Wilkins and Christine Linhart on the Jazzman, David Huber, Kevin Gilroy, Peter Collie and David Devlin on the RIBs, and Yves Stening and John Vasey in the canteen. 

Hadrian took a swim like most sailors

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This week we have another member in need of help. Mr Messy often finds his mainsheet wrapped around his ankles. He’d like to know how to reduce mainsheet tangles. Let’s see if we can help poor Mr Messy — please email your responses HERE. 

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Wednesday, 6 November, 5pm Splash – Twilight Sailing / BBTPSaturday, 9 November, 2pm Start – Sprint Racing at DBSCSaturday, 9 November & Sunday, 10 November –  Laser State Championships at George’s River Wednesday, 13 November, 5pm Splash – Twilight Sailing / BBTPSaturday, 16 November, 2pm Start – Spring Pointscore

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NB Sailsports delivered a further batch of our bulk sail order to DBSC last week.  If your sail is in the batch, you will have been emailed to let you know.  If yours is not here yet, it will be soon – NB has just 3 sails to complete and is telling us these should be available by Saturday.

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Racing was cancelled on Saturday due to wild westerly winds that were consistently approaching 25 kts with very frequent gusts averaging well over 30 kts (and highest BOM readings of 37 kts).But the time was not wasted.  Brett Beyer stayed for a Q&A session for a couple of hours on the front deck, where summer was finally here and the wind only occasionally made it far enough into the bay to blow chairs off the deck into the water!Other than the Q&A session, the BBSP session scheduled for today was not held.  The club has offered to reimburse BBSP participants for the cost of the session that was missed.  If you would like a reimbursement, please let Justin Davey know.  If we do not hear from you this week, we will assume you have waived the reimbursement (effectively making a donation of the reimbursable amount to the club), in which

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Someone left a pair of Ray-Bans in a case on Saturday. Paul Adam has them safely stored in the kitchen. If anyone is looking for them on Wednesday evening they are on the kitchen bench beside the microwave.

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Pippa Batchelor has shared an interesting tool for members looking to better understand rules and strategy by visually sketching out different sailing situations. It’s a drawing tool called Boat Scenario. It is an ideal companion for training sessions, rule learning, strategy explanations and more.Try Boat Scenario (free Download) HERE.

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Wednesday, 30 October, 5pm Splash – Twilight Sailing / BBTPSaturday, 2 November, 9am – Learn to RaceSaturday, 6 November, 2pm Start – Club Championship, Heats 5 & 6, followed by a BBQSunday, 3 November, 2pm Start – Big Boat RaceWednesday, 6 November, 5pm Splash – Twilight Sailing / BBTPSaturday, 9 November, 2pm Start – Sprint RacingSaturday, 9 November & Sunday, 10 November – Laser State Championships at George’s River (see info above) 

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If you ever see a prospective new member walk into the club, please be on your best selling behaviour!  We constantly want to grow our fleet and increase the depth and engagement of our membership base – and new members are a great way to do that.In case you are wondering, our racks look full, but they are never actually full.  There are boats on Level 5 that are rarely or even never used – and we keep them there because they pay their way.  But, if we can replace them with an active sailor’s boat, we will.  All members whose boats are infrequently used are aware of this.  So, if someone asks about a rack spot, the answer is ALWAYS YES.  Get their details and pass them on to Emily Ball or one of the Flag Officers.And in case the idea of being on Level 5 is a turn

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It’s looking like another perfect evening for twilights tonight. A warm and sunny 12 knots are predicted.  Last Wednesday we had 19 boats participate.  It was an awesome afternoon with a series of mini races run by Brett, and individual coaching tailored to each of the participants in the BBTP and their development stage.  Everyone participated in some very exciting close racing in a brisk 15-20kt breeze.  Let’s keep the big numbers rolling as we get further into those long warm evenings! 

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