Congratulations to our Masters sailors who ventured to Westernport Yacht Club in Victoria over the past week for the Australian Laser Masters National Championships. We have two National Champions at the club – Rod Barnes in the Standard Master division and Brett Beyer in the Standard Grand Master division.Congratulations to all our competitors who raced, and represented the club, with merit:Brett Beyer – Standard Grand Master: 1stRod Barnes – Standard Master: 1stNick Alexander – Standard Master: 2ndDavid Newman – Standard Apprentice: 3rdAndrew Cox – Radial Master: 5thMartin White – Radial Grand Master: 5thYves Stening – Radial Grand Master :19thPat Levy – Radial Great Grand Master: 7thIan Tudball – Radial Great Grandmaster: 20th
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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 Steven London. Steven has recently replaced and upgraded the club’s security CCTV, the club’s CCTV policy and arranged signage around the club. Thanks Steven!
Steven at the State Masters Championships in Port Stephens. Photo credit: Steven (obviously)
The club is full of people making wonderful contributions around the place, and sometimes behind the scenes. Let us know who deserves a mention!
Wednesday twilight sailing
Never say never, but the weather is looking pretty, ahem, ordinary. It’s forecast for rain, 25+ knots from the east and 24C. Oh and the water is an interesting shade of brown. Word on the street is Commodore Cox won’t be taking a roll call this week.
Shout out to…
Photo: @SailGPAUS
Congratulations to club member Brooke Wilson who, alongside Jack Ferguson, will be representing Australia in the @sailgp Inspire X @waszp Grand Final in San Francisco. We will be cheering you on from Double Bay.
This weekend
This weekend we have sprint racing at the club as there is an away regatta – the Laser Metropolitan Championships are up at RPAYC. (More information here.)The 18’ skiffs are also holding the J.J. Giltinan Regatta at the club from Thursday 3rd to 13th March. There are likely to be 18s in the park all week. There are likely to be boats and their respective crews doing repairs in the evening, and overnight security, so if you’re dropping in the club out of hours, you might find more company than usual.Given the rain, the state of the harbour, the condition of the boat park and the 18’ skiff event, we have decided to suspend the Clean Up Australia Day activities at the club this weekend. We will schedule an alternative event in the near future. DBSC has a long standing commitment to CUAD and more broadly sustainability, and we continue to encourage our membership to keep the
Sailing stories with Malcolm Page
The club will be continuing our sailing stories events for members, this time with Malcolm Page on Wednesday 16thMarch after twilight sailing. Malcolm is a three time Olympian and dual gold medallist in the 470 class (Qingdao and London). He was the official Australian flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics. Malcom has won the 470 men’s world championships six times and has also won world championships in the 420 and Tasar classes.Following his retirement from Olympic sailing, Malcolm worked at World Sailing as Head of Media, before becoming Chief of Olympic Sailing for US Sailing. He has now returned to Australian Sailing assuming the role of Mixed 470 coach.Malcolm is a deadest legend and all-round nice guy of Australian sailing. You won’t want to miss this event.We will be serving pizzas at 7.30pm for everyone to be seated at 7.45pm.
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Laser for sale
203794 – David Johnson has moved and can no longer keep his laser. He is selling “PEB” with 4.7, radial and standard rigs. Choose your own adventure!
Further details- All three rigs and sails (4.7, Radial x 2 sails and Standard)- 4.7 bottom section- Radial bottom section- Standard bottom Section- Boom- Battens- Used 4.7 sail- Used Radial sails x 2 (good condition)- Used standard sail (good condition)- Rudder and tiller- Centreboard- Upgraded racing cunningham- All cleats, pulleys, straps, lines, ropes, etc- Just rig and go!- (Dolly not included)Contact David on 0404 636 800 or david@watchdogcompliance.com
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Coming up next…
Wednesday 2 March – Twilight sprints4-13 March – JJ Giltinan Regatta (18’ skiffs)Saturday 5 March – Learn to Race (am) | Clean Up Australia Day (am) | Sprints | Metros (RPAYC)Wednesday 9 March – Twilight sprintsSaturday 12 March – Club Championships 7&8 (BBQ)Wednesday 16 March – Twilight sprintsSaturday 19 March – Learn to Race (am) | Autumn Pointscore 3&4Wednesday 23 March – Twilight sprintsSaturday 26 March – Autumn Pointscore 5&6Wednesday 30 March – Twilight sprintsThe club calendar can be viewed (and subscribed to) here.
Race Report 19 February 2022
On Saturday Double Bay sailors ventured up the harbour for the VYC regatta which was held in a fickle and fading ESE with a large outgoing tide. Only two of the anticipated three races were able to be conducted with Sylvie Stannage winning in the radial fleet and David Newman winning in the standard fleet. At the end of racing, the fleet was towed back to DBSC for a late finish and hasty rack shuffle. DBSC was supported by Tori Epworth and James Johnson, who did an excellent job of rounding up the troupes at the conclusion of racing. Off the water, Bonnie Nixon and Pia Hattersley assisted Paul and Shirley in the canteen. A special thanks also goes to Brett Beyer who was at the event and towed a number of Double Bay sailors home after racing.