Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

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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And another new member!

Former club secretary Emily Ball and her partner Robbie have recently added to the club’s membership waiting list! They have welcomed baby William Perry into the world on Fri 25 March. At 3.7kg they are hopeful he’ll become a standard rig sailor!Emily, William and Robbie are all well and everyone is enjoying getting to know each other and the many cuddles.

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Important membership information

Double Bay Sailing Club has migrated our membership management to a secure member management system provided by Australian Sailing and RevSport. Please keep an eye out for an email containing information about your membership. This system will be used for managing membership subscriptions. Please keep an eye out in your email for information on our new secure member management system which is provided by Australian Sailing and RevSport. The new system will be used this year for issuing invoices for your membership. You will shortly receive an email from “Double Bay Sailing Club” containing a link to your membership invoice. Click on “View invoice & pay” to launch a web browser displaying your subscription commitment breakdown for the year to come (May 2022 to April 2023). From the web page you have the option to “Download” a PDF copy of the invoice for your records, and using the “How to pay” area of the web page you can select

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Upcoming training

From time to time the club runs proficiency and skills training to ensure the safe and smooth operation of racing, most notably powerboat handling and first aid training. Mark Crowhurst maintains a list of people seeking training (and refreshers) and when we have a critical mass training is arranged. If you believe you require training, please contact Mark by email.

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