Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

A clear and bright dawn awaited the race committee and captains-of-the-day, with a promise of steady winds. After negotiating random zephyrs in the bay, the fleet of 25 Lasers was greeted by a steady 12-14 kt breeze from the northwest and accompanying chop.In Race 1 (R16), the Radials and 4.7’s got away cleanly and completed the two lap sausage, as did the following Standards. By the start of Race 2 (R17), the wind had dropped to about 8 kts. Anxious Radial sailors triggered a general recall, so the Standards got first crack at the course. For Race 3 (R18) the breeze held, though there were distinct breeze lines to be chased.General consensus was that a fine morning on the water was had by all. Results so

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All racing members are required to sign on with the Sailor App on race days. If you don’t sign on you may be marked DNC or DQS in the results. If you sign on with the wrong sail number, you may be marked DNF.If you are in any doubt as to how to sign on, please see the Race Officer on race day or contact results@dbsc.com.auThe sign on screen must show your Name, Division and Sail Number – and show as GREEN “Signed ON”You will find more information on our web page HERE

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The NSW Government is upgrading Double Bay Wharf as part of the Transport Access Program. This is not expected to have an impact on DBSC club racing. However you may see barges with anchor lines in the water in the area to the north of the club, and are advised to keep clear of any workers, barges or anchor lines near the wharf. Also if you see Blue & White signal flag “Alpha” – you should assume in this case there are Divers working in the water, and avoid taking your sailing boat or motor boat

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East Coast Championship Youth Regatta

All members planning to compete in the East Coast Championship Youth Regatta hosted by Georges River Sailing Club on Botany Bay over the June long weekend – Don’t forget to Register!You can Register and read the details in the Notice of Race posted on the OptiNSW website HERE.Date: Saturday 10 – Monday 12 June 2023

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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

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PRO Ian Alexander reports:Over 30 sailors hit the water for our Winter Series Races 7, 8 & 9 shrouded in a beautiful sunny blue sky. It was a classic champagne Sydney Harbour morning. A brisk 10°C greeted the sailors as they made their way out to the start line with light winds from the West. Excellent course management by Ian Tudball (COTD) , Maxim Djura (CoCOTD) and John Vasey (PRO in training) with oversight by PRO Ian Alexander. All sailors were extremely well-behaved with clear starts for all races with exception of a few individual OCS sailors who returned promptly, thank you. Very close racing across all fleets with line honors champions recorded as:Race 7 – Healy Ryan (ILCA 6), Daniel Costandi (ILCA7), Olivia Aitken (ILCA

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Last Friday about 60 members and guest attended our AGP/AGM at the club, including Life Members: Shirley Roach, Dean Bergman, Andrea Bergman and Julian Van Aalst, with apologies from Life Members that were unable to make it: Jonathan Stone, Paul Adam AM, Mark Bethwaite AM, Peter Collie, Jim Ley, John Vasey and now Richard George. Reports were presented by the Commodore, Vice Commodore, Treasurer, Learn to Race and Canteen, which formed the minutes of the proceedings. Members present voted in the affirmative on the Committee nominations for the 2023-24 year as follows:

Commodore – Steven LondonVice Commodore/Property – Rod BarnesRear Commodore – Pat LevySecretary – Tory EpworthTreasurer – Justin DaveyCanteen Captain – Paul AdamSocial Secretary – Peter CollieMarketing & Communications – Diana ChenRoster – Tim Heath

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The club is in good shape! with over 150 members (119 are racing members!) In the last year we’ve had 45 new members join, many from our Learn To Race program. Also of those, 25 new Youth members have joined, and another 4 of them are volunteering parents of youth members.Age of members range from 13 to 84. We are made up of 24% Female, and currently 31% Youth sailors. In fact in our under 21 Youth division, Female membership is over 60%. We continue to attract 40-50 Lasers to the start-line on Saturdays from September through April, and have a strong fleet of 20-30 boats on Sundays in winter.We have had a great year of Racing – the first full sailing calendar since Covid – with 47 race days over the year. Yep, count them, that’s 5 weekends that we didn’t sail last year : – We had 26

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All members planning to compete in the East Coast Championship Youth Regatta hosted by Georges River Sailing Club on Botany Bay over the June long weekend – Don’t forget to Register!You can Register and read the details in the Notice of Race posted on the OptiNSW website HERE.Date: Saturday 10 – Monday 12 June 2023Registration Fee is $140, and registrations will close on 2 June 2023Late Entries will require an addition $50 fee and will be accepted up until 09:00 on 10 June 2023

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from DBSC’s Monagasque divisionMark Bethwaite reports:The hottest ticket in town last weekend was of course the DBSC Annual General Meeting/Party – others had to make do elsewhere ….Our man in Monaco, Hadrien Bourely with wife Elle at Yacht Club de Monaco watching some fast moving traffic last Sunday. I can report that YCM is extremely pleased that DBSC has graciously agreed to its request for reciprocity …New Life Member: Richard GeorgeOver 30 years with the club, Richard can often be seen helping out around the club, and with the attitude we strive for: to treat the club and their own, to act as owners, to fix things that break, or at least let someone know. He’s had many other tasks behind the scenes volunteering over many

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From our PRO Alistair Sutherland:The end of May has delivered wintery weather across Sydney, and that came to a head with a cold, stiff Westerly on Sunday 21st May which was as exciting as it was hard work.  The Race Officer team of Alistair, John Verco, Kim Ketelby and Chris Berg launched the Paul Adam at dawn to find a pleasant, and surprisingly stable, 12knots blowing down the harbour.  But with the forecast to strengthen as the morning progressed, it was always going to be a gusty, shifty day on the water.  Although the Sailing Instructions called for a three lap windward leeward, the decision was again made to go with a two lap race, with most racers preferring to stretch their legs on the longer course.A South American Wedding,

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