Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

Wednesday 04-Oct: Twilight Sailing commences (5PM splash)Thursday 05-Oct: Twilight Racing commences (5PM splash) Members wishing to sign-up for the Thursday on water coaching please click HERESaturday 07-Oct:Learn-to-RaceSpring Championships 5 & 6 (2PM warning flag)Brett Beyer Saturday ProgramBBQ after racing

Saturday 14-Oct: Sprints (2PM start)Saturday & Sunday 14 & 15-Oct: NSW & ACT Coast Champs @ Gosford SC

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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SPRING POINTSCORE Races 1 & 2Last Saturday was a near perfect day to be on Sydney Harbour with 53+ boats getting on the water. When the race crew made our way out around lunch time to lay some marks, the breeze was a 10 – 12 kt westerly north of Clark Island and some steep shifts around to the south west coming out of Rushcutters Bay. With the breeze predicted to make its way around to the south around start time and then roll slightly further east late in the afternoon, we hedged our bets and set up for a south-south westerly, hoping that we’d have only some minor adjustments to make just prior to 2pm.That plan went to custard when the sea breeze gods made an early appearance and instead dialled in a modest south easterly and leaving the start crew scrambling to find some sense and sensibility. At

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Our Twilight Sailing is ramping up! Wednesday and ThursdayAfter an extensive survey of our current twilight sailors in relation to our club’s twilight sailing program, we have decided to shift our main twilight night to Thursdays as part of a three month trial, kicking off on Thursday 5 October, listed on our club’s calendar as Twilight Racing.What about Wednesdays?We will keep Wednesday as an informal sailing activity kicking off on Wednesday 4 October, listed on our club’s calendar as Twilight Sailing.Why the change?There was strong support for Thursdays as the preferred night among the existing twilight sailors, particularly due to the safety issues surrounding the CYC big boats on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, our section

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If you are starting to accumulate a heap of old sails that you no longer use, we encourage all members to recycle these. Recycled sails are made into motorbike covers, surfboard covers and bike bags, fashionable carry bags, sails for fisherman in the South Pacific, or are resold to leisure sailors through Sail Exchange.. Geoff Kirk is very kindly collecting these, so either give them to him directly at the clubhouse or contact him at gdfkirk@gmail.com.

Image courtesy www.secondwindsails.net

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We encourage all members to obtain First Aid Certification and to this end we have arranged an expert trainer (Brian Richards) to run a course at the club on Saturday, 23 September for members. The course is intensive, and is designed for those with no prior first aid training, as well as those wanting to update their skills and keep their certification current. It will start at 07:00 and will finish by noon, to allow those attending to race in the afternoon. The Club will pay for the cost of members attending the course, so book now, there is a maximum of 20 on the day.If you want to attend this course, you must email David Murphy (davidmurphy@dbsc.com.au) by Monday

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16 September 2023:Learn to Race 9AM, Club Championship Races 3 & 4Brett Beyer Saturday ProgramBBQ after Racing23 September 2023: First Aid Training 7AMSpring Pointscore 3 & 4Brett Beyer Saturday Program

30 September 2023 (long weekend):Sprints (2PM 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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Summer Championship Races 3 & 4

PRO James Tudball reports:There was a lot of heat on Saturday for Races 3 and 4 of the Club Champs… but unfortunately not a lot of wind. At 1PM there was barely a puff on the harbour, so the race team (James Tudball, Tim Heath, Mark Gray and Quentin Burns) opted for a brief onshore postponement to give the wind time to see which direction it wanted to fill from. At 1:30 we were a bit miffed to see the Squadron had plonked their start line directly in our racing area (along with 30+ Etchells), but we managed to co-exist!At 2:30 we were underway in about 5 knots

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As per last weeks Newsletter – Thursdays:We have decided to shift our main twilight night to Thursdays as part of a three month trial, kicking off on Thursday 5 October, listed on our club’s calendar as Twilight Racing. 5pm splash, 5:30pm start on water. There will be an on-water coach to facilitate the racing, and to provide group coaching for those members who sign up.We will keep Wednesday as an informal sailing activity kicking off on Wednesday 4 October, listed on our club’s calendar as Twilight Sailing.How do I book for the Thursday Twilight Racing Program?Members are encouraged to book and pay if they intend to sail semi-regularly on Thursdays, the charge of $120 covers the 12 Thursdays from October to December, (which is about $10 per session) and will help the club cover the costs of having the coach on water and setting the course. Members are still able

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Saturday 23-Sep: First Aid Training Course at DBSC 7AMSpring Pointscore 3 & 4Brett Beyer Saturday ProgramSaturday 30-Sep (long weekend): Sprints (2PM start)Wednesday 04-Oct: Twilight Sailing (5PM splash)Thursday 05-Oct: Twilight Racing (5PM splash)

Saturday 07-Oct:Learn-to-RaceSpring Championships 5 & 6Brett Beyer Saturday ProgramBBQ 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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Photo from Mike Dunne

Club Championship Races 1 & 2

Saturday was the opening of our 2023-24 sailing season and the gods/godesses dished up sunny skies and a beautiful 12-18 knot oscillating southerly. We don’t get the harbour to ourselves very often, but it seems the slight chill in the air kept other boat traffic to a minimum.  Other than one general recall, both fleets were well behaved on the start line, which was surprising given it was the first club championship heat of the year. Plenty of young sailing talent was on show, some returning from the recent ILCA Open Worlds, the U21 Europeans and the 4.7 Youth Worlds in Greece.  They were looking sharp

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