To ensure all members are available for RIB duty, the club is offering some heavily subsidised spots for the full day theory and practical course needed for a boat licence. We will try to organise a DBSC group day if we can get numbers, but if your availability is an issue, we may be able to accommodate. NB this subsidy is toward the course and does not cover all RMS fees. Members are also welcome to nominate friends or family members in case there are any unfilled spots (although the DBSC subsidy is only for members on the volunteer roster).If you are interested, please contact David Murphy on davidmurphy@dbsc.com.au
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Volly of the week!
Double Bay Sailing Club is managed and run entirely by volunteers. As the saying goes, “many hands make light work. There is always work to be done in the upkeep of our shed and the ongoing administration and management of racing.This week, we’re saying a big thank you to Tory Epworth. As the club secretary does an enormous amount of invisible work at the club, managing our membership as well as coordinating and corresponding on behalf of the club committee and membership. She has also organised and catered (with the help of her family) our annual Adventure Day Picnic which took place on Sunday, with CWA style sandwiches, gluten free zucchini slice and watermelon slices under the DBSC cabana on Gibbons Beach. What a Treat!The club is full of people making wonderful contributions around the place, and sometimes behind the scenes. Let us know who deserves a mention!
Race report 21 January 2023
From our PRO Steven LondonThirty sailors joined us last Saturday for the Autumn Poinscore Races 3 & 4. The course was ESE and set in our “Dardanelles”, the passage between Point Piper and Shark Island. The 12 knot shifty conditions challenged sailors to commit to the left or the right, with gains for getting it right or losses for the unlucky ones. The races were once again scored in real time using the new Sailor app, and all sailors are required to sign-on to be scored. Ben Constandi was the only 4.7 rig and sailed well amongst the radial fleet. In the Radials Chris Tattersall won both races, Scott Finlayson second in both, and Kate McHugh was third in both! The standard rig Race 3 was won by Max Djura, Robert Vann second and Mark Gray third, and in Race 4 Robert Van won, with Mark Gray second and Jules
Annual Adventure Day Picnic
On Sunday, the club held its third, and largest yet, adventure day picnic. On a picture perfect day, 16 lasers departed DBSC shortly after noon, chaperoned by a support RIB to meet friends and family at Gibbons Beach. In all 33 sailors, family and friends attended, enjoying a magnificent picnic catered by Tory under the DBSC cabana.After much swimming, socialising, eating, playing and laughter, sailors returned to DBSC while others took more conventional routes home. This was our best picnic so far!
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Volly of the week
Double Bay Sailing Club is managed and run entirely by volunteers. As the saying goes, “many hands make light work. There is always work to be done in the upkeep of our shed and the ongoing administration and management of racing.This week, we’re saying a big thank you to Pat Levy. This isn’t the first time Pat has been mentioned in this segment, yet he does so very much it’s hard to look past it. Not only did he keep a RIB on the water during the nationals at GRSC, as well as manning it on all but one day, he has recently arranged an upgrade to the western davit, replaced the throttle on the Paul Adam, and coordinated a bimini for the Jazzman. Pat even missed the first race on Saturday as he was asked to help a fellow club member.
Important information on using the club RIBs
The Dean Bergman RIB is currently out of service being repaired due to an accident during the 18 footers race day last week. Luckily no one was hurt, but the RIB suffered two punctures in the bow and the stern. Pat Levy has already swung into action and repairs are underway this week, and we hope it is back in action soon.Meanwhile the Paul Adam RIB is still in action this weekend, even though the bung system has been broken. Once again Pat has the parts on order, but for the moment PROs and COTDs need to leave the bungs IN, and instead use the bilge pump switch on the console to empty any water from the RIB both before and after racing.
Important safety information when using the davits
Following the completion of repairs to the Western Davit (where the Paul Adam RIB is hoisted), there are new blocks and winch Lines that have a different requirement. Members operating the Davits are required to leave the blocks and winch line under tension at all times while the RIB is connected to the Davit. This means that after the RIB has been hoisted to the upper position, the Safety Chain (which we require to be attached) does not ever need to be in tension – only attached (as a safety/backup). Also notice in the Photo the distance between the two blocks (they should not be so close as to be touching, only high enough to attach the safety chain).
Update to the Sailing Instructions
Changes have been made to the DBSC Sailing Instructions regarding the requirements for all racing sailors to sign on with the Sailor App in order to be scored in club races. Specifically paragraphs 5.2, 6.2The updates are reflected on the website here:https://www.dbsc.com.au/sailing-instructions- The Commodore
18s RIB support and Canteen help needed this Sunday 12 February
We need a RIB driver volunteer to help this coming Sunday 12 February, 1-5pm. We need Canteen support for Sunday 12 February, 12-2pm. Please contact the Commodore if you can help, or put your name down in this Google sheet HERE.A big thank you to Andrew Craker for helping in the Canteen last weekend.
Race report 4 February 2023
From our PRO Peter Collie:This was an unusual day for summer racing. We had a westerly wind forecast all day. Usually, the westerly runs in the winter, and only in the morning, in this case it was all day and often exceeded the forecast 10 knots with the gusts and shifts we are used to with a westerly. Sailors said that the top mark approaches were where this was felt the most. Fortunately, the BBQ was already sizzling when sailors returned to enjoy the rest of a brilliant summer day.In race 9: ILCA 7 Zander Bijkerk was 1st with Rod Barnes 2nd and Ryan Aldrich 3rd ILCA 6 Kate McHugh was 1st followed by Quentin Burns in 2nd and Charles Byford in 3rd place. ILCA 4 Sara Bruce 1st and Ben Costandi 2nd (there were 2 competitors)In race 10 ILCA 7 Rod and Zander split the first two places with 1.5