Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

Maxim Djura is once again running a boat hull maintenance session on the weekend of the 5th and 6th of May, in the break between the summer and the winter seasons. This is a perfect time to give some love to your boat and get her ready for the next season! The plan is to have enough people there to help with getting boats from their racks and to share materials (flow coat, epoxy glue and other stuff — Maxim will bring these on the day). The timing is still to be determined — please email Maxim your preferred time if you would like to come. This weekend is for repairs like:Fixing chips, scratches or cracks in the gelcoatReplacing deck fittingsCleaning

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As another Sailing Year comes to an end, another one is about to begin! From this week we will be sending out invoices via email to all members for the next sailing year: 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025We do our best to get this right, but please contact secretary@dbsc.com.au if you have any questions about your membership renewal.The Club relies on these membership subscriptions to keep the club going, and most of our costs are incurred through the winter months, so please make an effort to pay by the due date of 1 May 2024.Please Note: as was approved at the last AGM in 2023, our membership fee and storage fee have increased (mainly due to dramatic increases in insurance costs). Thank you for your understanding.Adult Membership $300ILCA/Laser Racing $250ILCA/Laser Rack Storage $450Dinghy Tender Storage $300Student Membership $150Student ILCA/Laser Racing $125ILCA/Laser Rack Storage $450 Regards Steven London

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Easter Race-Around-the-Harbour

Photo by Tim Heath

PRO David Huber reports:

Saturday was our handicap start “Round-the-Harbour Race” for Easter. The plan was a race from the usual starting location off Point Piper up the harbour to Shark Island then to Obelisk Bay, Lady Martin, Wedding Cake to Bradley’s Head then around Shark Island again and then run back to the start/finish line. In previous events there was an extra leg to include the mark off Clark Island, but given the light wind, that leg was scratched. A couple of competitors decided to shorten the race even further… but, hey, that’s what Easter is all about: individual rule-making!The

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This weekend we have our annual Easter Saturday race around the harbour. It’s a great event and there may be some chocolates floating around on the day.The intention is to run a handicap start (pursuit race) in a single combined fleet. Individual’s start times are based on your club handicap. These will be provided by the Race Team, so please ensure youmake note of your individual start time PRIOR to leaving the beach.The proposed course is as above but this could change on the day, depending on wind direction and strength. Further details will be provided at the briefing on Saturday.

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Fund-raising for New RIBs

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From the Club CalendarWednesday 27 March: Twilight Sailing (5PM splash)Thursday 28 March: Twilight Racing (5PM splash)Saturday 30 March: – DBSC’s annual Easter Race Around the Harbour (1PM briefing, 2PM-ish start)

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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Club Championship, Races 13 & 14Blue Skies with Marshmallow Clouds! – Another ESE breeze had our fleet on a relatively short course in The Dardanelles with the weather mark midway between Point Piper and Shark Island. There were plenty of “snakes and ladders” to be negotiated but the breeze held for the afternoon. In Race 13, clean starts were achieved by the two fleets, and the race was completed without much angst. As expected, the wind direction fluctuated quite a bit at the weather mark, with sailors struggling to get around it cleanly. Locating and staying in the breeze was the key on the downwind legs.In Race 14, the 4.7’s got their own start — Great to see seven starters in

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As another Sailing Year comes to an end, another one is about to begin! From early April we will be sending out invoices via email to all members for the next sailing year: 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025We do our best to get this right, but please contact secretary@dbsc.com.au if you have any questions about your membership renewal.The Club relies on these membership subscriptions to keep the club going, and most of our costs are incurred through the winter months, so please make an effort to pay by the due date of 1 May 2024.Please Note: as was approved at the last AGM in 2023, our membership fee and storage fee have increased (mainly due to dramatic increases in insurance costs). Thank you for your understanding.Adult Membership $300ILCA/Laser Racing $250ILCA/Laser Rack Storage $450Dinghy Tender Storage $300Student Membership $150Student ILCA/Laser Racing $125ILCA/Laser Rack Storage $450 Regards Steven London

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Images courtesy SeaSchool.com.au

The group booking for this course has been set for Sunday, 14-April at 07:30. If you are wanting to attend, please RSVP to David Murphy by this Thursday evening. For more information, please see last week’s newsletter.

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Photo by Pete Collie

Autumn PoiNt Score Races 11 & 12Our fleet of over 40 boats was met with a light and shifty ESE breeze. A relatively short easterly course was laid in the “Dardanelles” between Point Piper and Shark Island. Shortly before the first start the wind shifted south and, continuing the military analogy, it looked like it might prove to be a “soldier’s course”. Thankfully, that turned out to be just one of many large oscillations throughout an afternoon that rewarded lighter sailors attuned to changes in wind direction and strength.Both fleets were well-behaved during the starts, although a couple of visitors in the Radial fleet over-stepped their welcome and attracted the individual recall flag.There

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Sadly the summer season of sailing and racing is drawing to a close next month. But don’t despair, racing continues weekly throughout most of Winter, early on Sunday mornings from 12 MayIf you need to fuel your ILCA addiction and practice those lighter, shifty Westerlies then the Winter Championship is this answer.It is not for everyone though, and if you are NOT planning to sail during Winter then email Tim Heath (roster@dbsc.com.au) so that you can be removed from the racing duty roster until Spring sailing begins again.

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