Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

ARE YOU IN NEED OF BOAT REPAIRS?

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.

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Away results

The results from the ILCA6 Masters World Championship are now in.Congratulations to:Pat Levy – 10th Great Grand Master ILCA 6 Men’s World ChampionshipMartin White – 7th Grand Master Fleet ILCA 6 Men’s World ChampionshipIf you are competing at away events, please don’t forget to register DBSC as your club (or one of them) and let us know where you’re competing!

Pat Levy at the worlds. Thanks to Ash Deacon for sending this photo in. Credit: Charity Palmatier

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Funding

The club has been fortunate enough to receive some further grants from the NSW government and on Sunday local member, Gabrielle Upton, attended the club to meet with members and announce the latest grants the club has received.Specifically, these grants are for:Improvements to our race committee boat, the Jazzman;Developing instructional videos for the club competency and safety program; and,The Laser Sailing Expo (watch this space).The Minister commented on the professionalism of the club and its committee, particularly noting the quality of the grant submissions (many thanks to Mark Crowhurst) and the ongoing relationship with the club committee and its focus on community engagement.

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60 seconds with New Member, Dr. Michael Morris

The club has another new member to welcome, Dr. Michael Morris. Please give Michael a warm welcome when you see him at the club.In the meantime, here’s what you should know about him.How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? On boats since a childIf money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? No limit boat would be a laser, because I just love the purity of themWhat is your ultimate sailing goal? Sailing goal is the worldsTell us the story behind the name of your Laser? my laser has no nameIf you could add any ingredient to DBSC’s world’s best toasties – what would it be? I haven’t tried one yet.What are your second/third favourite hobbies (assuming sailing is #1)? My other hobbies are home based, but mostly involve some exerciseDescribe what you do for work in less than five words? I

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Race report 12 June 2022

From our PRO on the day, Mike Dunne:Brilliant, bright and beautiful…  The only way to describe another special morning on Sydney Harbour.An amazing and interesting 45 degree oscillating westerly kept everyone on their toes for the three races. There was a good outgoing tide, variable wind from 10 to 20 knots building as the morning went on, with more pressure lanes on the right, and more consistent shifts to the left.  So..  Not a soldiers course.There were 13 boats in total, with an even split across the two fleets.  No visitors on the day, just the local legends.  Some first time and deserved winners on the day.It was challenging conditions and watching the racers trying to negotiate the best outcome by prioritising one of the three options at any time was interesting.  The snakes and ladders even at different times on the same leg made the event a winner.   The race

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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 running of dinghy racing.This week we’d like to thank Daryl Lawrence. Each week Daryl prepares the handicaps and publishes the results. This is a time consuming job, with plenty of “feedback” (and heckling when he places well).

Darryl (centre) loves the social functions almost as much as he loves the handicap job!

Thank you to the many people who have already nominated to take on a task in the club’s long list of duties. If you have yet to do so, can you

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Race report 26 June 2022

Our PRO on Sunday, David Newman, reports:With a relatively warmer morning, the cold westerly breeze was lacking and there was some scepticism we’d get racing away (including ourselves). However, we managed to get in three races of three laps with a westerly breeze isolating between 4 and 10 knots throughout the morning.  Under mostly blue skies, it was yet another glorious morning on the harbour. After a quick delay towing boats out of Double Bay, racing got underway. In the radials, Sylvie Stannage showed a clean set of heels for races 1 & 2, but after being OCS in race 3 had some work to do to chase down Quentin Burns who had a great first work, eventually just holding out the fast-charging Sylvie for the win. Ian Alexander was always in the mix with a strong performance for a 2nd in race 1 and 3rd in race 2, and

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