Category: Latest from Double Bay Sailing Club

Returning member – Yves Stening

This week we are extending a warm welcome to Yves Stening, who has returned to the club after a stint in Melbourne. Here is 60 seconds with Yves.How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? 5y.o., Manly Junior, DBSC, 1969.If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? I’d have 3. An AC40, a Moth, and a 505.What is your ultimate sailing goal? I think the best thing in life is to sail every week at your club and share a beer with your friends afterwards, so sail every Saturday at DBSC!Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser? Sailing is … Air PlayIf you could add any ingredient to DBSC’s world’s best toasties – what would it be? These toasties are made with love. What more would you need?What are your second/third favourite hobbies (assuming sailing is #1)? Reading, bush walking, yoga, chess and Rugby (purely a

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Coming up next…

Wednesday 9 February – Twilight sprintsSaturday 12 February – Autumn Pointscore 1 & 2Sunday 13 February – Reserve Day for club picnicMonday 14 February – Committee MeetingWednesday 16 February – Twilight sprintsSaturday 19 February – Learn to Race (am) | Club Championships 7 & 8, Autumn Pointscore 3 & 4, Vaucluse RegattaWednesday 23 February – Twilight sprintsSaturday 26 February – Sprints | Masters’ National Championships (Westernport, Vic)Wednesday 2 March – Twilight sprintsSaturday 5 March – Learn to Race (am) | Clean Up Australia Day (am) | Sprints | Metros (RPAYC)The club calendar can be viewed (and subscribed to) here.

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Race report 29 January 2022

On Saturday races 5 and 6 of the club championship were completed in a fresh north easterly wind.PRO Josh Kirton oversaw racing and was ably assisted by Geoff Boscoe (LTRAR), with on water assistance from Andrew Simpson (COTD) and John Chesterman(co-COTD). Off the water, Ben Wirtz and Kerryn Smith assisted Paul and Shirley in the canteen, while Ian Alexander and others helped clean up after the bbq and drinks.Our race winners were Alexander Bijkerk and David Newman in the standard rigs (David Newman is top of the leader board), and in the radial fleet Evie Saunders dominated the day (James Tudball is top of the leader board). There are some photos from racing on the club’s facebook page.After racing, the club hosted a special presentation for Jules Hall and Jan ‘Clogs’ Scholten for their success in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race two handed division. Nick Pellow has uploaded some photos

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This weekend

This weekend there will be sprint racing at the club as the State Masters’ Championships are also on. The club has a solid contingent of competitors attending the regatta at Port Stephens. Wish them well – it’s forecast to blow!This weekend the club will also be home to the Australian Championship for the 18 foot skiffs. Please expect to have the boats in the boat park and using the clubhouse (and possibly conducting repairs during the evenings.

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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 Andrew Simpson. On Saturday as the club was packed up and kitchen door closed, a beep beep beep noise was heard by the final attendees. After some detective work to figure out where the noise coming from it transpired the fridge door had been left open. With no key to access the canteen. members still in attendance scratched their heads on how to close it. Andrew Simpson put his structural engineering prowess to use and using a carbon top section was able to close the fridge door through the grill ensuring ingredients for the 18’ skiff toasties didn’t perish overnight.

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Be cool!

The DBSC Sailing instructions govern racing at DBSC alongside the Racing Rules of Sailing and the rules and by-laws of the International Laser Class Association. All club racers should be familiar with these.DBSC does not permit formal protests, as the adversarial environment this can create is inconsistent with our culture, and the time commitment this can require is unreasonable for our volunteers. The success of racing depends on an “honour system” based on the principles of good sportsmanship and adherence to the Racing Rules and the Sailing Instructions by all participants.Please be sure to familiarise yourself with the sailing rules and undertake your penalties when incidents arise. On Saturday there were a number of people hitting the top mark who did not do their penalties, and this is uncool, especially in a championship race.

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Returning member – Nathan Deng

This week we are extending a warm welcome to Nathan Deng who is returning to the club. 

How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? 10 years oldIf money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? 29erWhat is your ultimate sailing goal? Top 10 youths in Australia for lasersTell us the story behind the name of your Laser? My boat name is Tag, I chose tag since sailing to me is like a game of tag. constantly trying to catch up to people when your “it” and then running (sailing) away when Ur being chased.If you could add any ingredient to DBSC’s world’s best toasties – what would it be? Don’t know, I haven’t tried them yetWhat are your second/third favourite

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