The best way to find out about the club is to visit us, and meet some members.
Apart from the week of Christmas, the clubhouse is open from at least noon every Saturday from 1 August to 30 April. Our telephone number is: +61 2 9363 5577.
We are run by volunteers, so if your query cannot answered by the frequently asked questions (FAQs) below or the rest of the website, we will get back to you by Wednesday, 10pm.
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79 Bay St
Double Bay NSW 2028
Australia
The best ILCA / Laser sailing club in the world, located in Double Bay on Sydney Harbour.
The club now has a boat hoist to assist members in retrieving their boats “solo” on non-racing days. In order to use the hoist, you must be trained. Rod Barnes is providing a training session this Saturday at 11am. Please email Rod if you wish to attend.
In laser circles it’s perfectly normal to know how old everyone is, or at least what age range they belong in the masters categories. At DBSC we are doing something different; we’re adding the year you joined (date of joining – DOJ) to the club members page.
To assist with this task, can you please email marketing@dbsc.com.au with the year you joined DBSC so this can be added?
Last week the newsletter editor got a bit excited about resuming social activities, including partners and families at our club championship BBQ series. (Sorry.)
Unfortunately owing to COVID restrictions this is not possible for the first BBQ this weekend, which will be for members only (in lieu of our pre-season soiree for sailors and volunteers).
The club is looking forward to welcoming partners and families at functions in the very near future.
The open state championships will be going ahead at Georges River Sailing Club at Botany Bay on 4 & 5 December. The Notice of Race for the Event is here. You can enter here.
Please note, to compete in the States (or any State, National or World Championship) you need to be a member of a Laser District. The NSW & ACT membership runs from 1st October 2021 to 30th September 2022 and costs $40 ($20 if you are under 21). You can join or renew membership here.
If you are planning to attend the states, can you please email Rod Barnes in order to coordinate transport of boats from the club.
Additional information:
The AGM for the NSW & ACT Laser Association will be held in the Sailing Office at Georges River Sailing Club on 9.00am Sunday 5th December during the State Championships. The 2021 agenda, minutes from the 2020 AGM and reports for this meeting are available online.
Because the 2022 Australian Championships in WA have had to be cancelled the States will be the ranking event for NSW & ACT sailors for 2022 ILCA World Championships except ILCA World Masters.
Or in his words, “five seconds from the Handicappered.”
One: First time on a boat …
Does babes (I’m a twin)-in-arms on the Queenscliff-Portsea ferry count?
… or perhaps being shit-scared in a Heron in the channel at Kurrimine Beach NQ with my girlfriend when I was 22. (She is now my spouse of 38 years and I’m proud to say taught me the basics…. in many things.)
Two: Money and boats…
Saw a lovely J-class, teak decks, manual winches, glorious luminescent blue hull, huge amount of stick… sitting next to a Vendee round-the-world in Auckland harbour. Difficult!
Three: Ultimate goal????
I have already had my salute returned by Her Majesty’s yacht Britannia in the Coral Sea north of Lizard Island in 1982.
Goal long done!
Four: Boat name provenance…
Bought an old clunker named ‘Fluke’ from an ex DBSC member. (Bad luck to change the name.) Won a new boat trade-in in a raffle (winter series sponsored by NB sail sports). So. ….. N.B. FLUKE
(and I’m still smiling) and Rob gives a hoy every time he passes.
Five: Toasties…
This is a sore point.
Tried one day to jazz things up with some olympique rings on the outside of the toastie (onion rings).
Not well received….
Six: Other passions…
Stars, nature and home automation…. Guess that covers the universe.
Seven: Work….
As Little As Possible.
Eight: International travel…
Had planned to run a Bohemian resort on Milos Island (think Venus de Milo) during their winter in 2020. It’s still there, as is my second home in Switzerland !!!!
Nine: TV, movies and books….
Nordic noir
Matrix
Richard Flanagan
Ten: Unknown facts…
I have never owned a lawn mower.
I have never in my life HAD to drive a car through a set of traffic lights on the way to work. (Bicycles and foot traffic can cheat.)
Saturday 6 November - Learn to Race (am) Club Championships 1&2 | BBQ
Wednesday 10 November - Twilight sprints | BBTP
Saturday 13 November – Spring Pointscore 3 & 4
Wednesday 17 November - Twilight sprints | BBTP
Saturday 20 November – Learn to Race (am) | Spring Pointscore 5 & 6 || VYC Invitational
Wednesday 24 November - Twilight sprints | BBTP
Saturday 27 November – Club Championships 3 & 4 | BBQ
Wednesday 1 December - Twilight sprints
Saturday 4 December – Sprints / State Championships @ Georges River
Wednesday 8 December - Twilight sprints
Saturday 11 December – Tyrell and Rousso Races | Christmas Party
Wednesday 15 December - Twilight sprints
Saturday 18 December – Sprints (Sail GP)
Wednesday 22 December - Twilight sprints
On Saturday Alistair Sutherland (PRO) and Murray Stone (LTRAR) conducted five sprint races in what could be described as perfect conditions. Nearly 50 boats turned out for a sunny 26 degree day with moderate north easterly winds.
Many thanks to our on water crew assisting – Thomas Beregi (COTD) and Kim Ketelby (CSO). The on water team provided an excellent preparatory session for pointscore racing which resumes this week.
Members are asked to arrive at the club at 8am this Saturday as the club will be hosting a working bee before racing. We are looking forward to getting the members together to tackle this much-needed and important event in the calendar as a team.
The working bee is something all members of the club are expected to attend each year. If you are (absolutely) unable to attend on 30 October, please email the commodore so you can be allocated a job to complete.
Removing the plant growing in the water tank will be one of the tasks for Saturday
The rapidity at which the club has been able to resume activities, combined with the ongoing restrictions on hospitality venues, means that the club has been unable to organise and host the pre-season dinner for a second year in a row.
On the other hand, the club is resuming the club championship BBQs on the deck at the club. The first of these will be on Saturday 6 November. This year we are extending the invitation to the club championship BBQ to members and their families after racing. It’s going to be great fun!
Members are reminded to use the appropriate bins when disposing of rubbish. As a reminder, red lid bins are for landfill waste, while yellow lid bins are for recyclable waste. Please use the container deposit bin for drink containers for which we are able to claim a container deposit.
Unfortunately, one of the tasks this weekend is sorting out the rubbish in the yellow and blue lid bins and then washing them, as people have been using them for general waste. YUCK!
