News and other stories about real people, places, and events in Double Bay and nearby suburbs.
Photo: Mark Bethwaite
Mark Bethwaite, reports in from Europe:The paparazzi caught up with DBSC’s Monegasque contingent, Hadrien & Elle Bourley dining dockside last weekend. Behind them are several suitably comfortable Laser tenders for charter when the Laser Master Worlds are again in the Med. On the far shore is the Yacht Club de Monaco, anxiously waiting to hear about its application for reciprocity with DBSC from the new Committee.
There is no racing scheduled until 24 July 2022.In August, the club will be hosting sprint races on Saturday afternoons.The club’s calendar can be subscribed to here (strongly recommended).
Photo credit: Diana Chen
Pia Hattersley reports:Over the past few months DBSC held a series of four Women’s Regatta laser training and coaching sessions.The sessions were conducted by DBSC member, the suitably qualified and fabulous Sylvie Stannage. Sessions covered general boat handling, upwind, downwind and race starts, across a range of wind speeds on various Saturday mornings during winter, including Saturday just past at the onset of this vile weather we are experiencing. One participant had even driven with her laser from the Central Coast to join this particularly soggy, but fun, training session!The training is part of DBSC’s ongoing initiative to support women in sailing and aimed to improve racing technique and confidence for female sailors. The sessions were extremely well received, with participants
As you all know, the club has been pushing hard at sustainability initiatives. We are in the process of publishing updated information on our website.In the meantime, however, we noted an announcement by Vaikobi to partner with Terracycle® for sailors, and ocean enthusiasts to send back or drop off their old gear at a designated location, to be collected and made into new products. For now, the Zero Waste Box™ system by TerraCycle® will be implemented at the Vaikobi Sydney headquarters in Warriewood on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. More information on this initiative is available here.We will find a way to coordinate the collection of clothing for recycling. If you are interested in helping with this initiative please contact our sustainability officer, Katie McHugh or our volunteer coordinator Kirk Marcolina.
Commodore Steven London recently attended an event by Port Authority of New South Wales conducted to remind recreational users of the harbour that it also remains a commercial port. With Covid lockdowns and travel restrictions eased, we can expect the harbour to become busier again this summer.To the Captain on the bridge, a laser is a tiny speck in comparison to the vessel. Not only that, but owing to the vessel’s size has large windage, is difficult to turn, and it might surprise some at how fast they are moving.
To the Master on the bridge, you are barely visible.
A laser capsizing in front of a commercial vessel will not have a good outcome for you. Please stay
Nominations are now open for the Australian Sailing Awards. You can nominate a club, volunteer or athlete here.
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 midnight Monday.View results here.The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here.Make a tax deductible donation to DBSC here.
Mike Dunne is organising a service some repairs for his boat over the winter with an Authorised Laser Repairer. If enough people are interested, he may come to our boat shed instead of us having to transport the boats to him. If you are in need of some boat works and interested in coordinating with Mike please contact Mike or email newsletter@dbsc.com.au in order to compile a list of interested people.
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 midnight Monday.
We have a number of Double Bay sailors who have been representing the club at various events recently that deserve our congratulations.Over in Mexico we have our older sailors competing in the masters’ world championships.Congratulations to:Brett Beyer – 1st Grand Master ILCA7 Masters World ChampionshipRod Barnes – 9th Master Fleet ILCA7 Masters World ChampionshipPat Levy and Martin White are currently competing at the ILCA 6 Masters World Championship, and we wish them luck and fair winds over the next few days of racing.And over the weekend, some of our younger sailors competed at the East Coast Championships at GRSC. Congratulations to:Daniel Costandi – 1st Laser RadialSylvie Stannage – 2nd Laser RadialBrooke Wilson – 3rd Laser RadialAlexander Bijkerk – 4th Laser RadialEvie Saunders – 5th Laser RadialQuentin Burns – 7th Laser RadialJames Hayhoe – 10th Laser RadialIf you are competing at away events, please don’t forget to register DBSC as your