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.
There will be no racing at the club this weekend.
Organised sailing will resume at the club on Wednesday 5 January 2022 for twilight sailing.
The next pointscore race will be Saturday 8 January 2022.
We will also be taking a break from the newsletter during this time.
Members are able to attend the club on New Year’s Eve to watch the fireworks. If you attend, you are kindly asked to take responsibility for the club and premises.
Following the success of the inaugural club picnic, this event is returning on Sunday 30 January 2022. Similar to the last event, we will sail down to Kutti beach and have a picnic on the shore.
Further details and a request for RSVP will be posted closer to the date.
In the event of inclement conditions, the back-up date for the picnic will be 13 February.
Emily Ball is selling her laser. Bought in 2018 and raced regularly, laser 205005 is up for sale.
Dolly not included
Includes:
Good condition hull
Centreboard, rudder, carbon tiller + extension, vang, and all ropes
Carbon top section
Radial aluminium bottom section
Radial Rig race sail (used half a dozen time)
$5,500
Please contact Emily on 0466445669 or email emilyball100@googlemail.com if interested.
Wednesday 22 December - Twilight sprints
Holiday Break
Wednesday 5 January – Twilight sprints
Saturday 8 January – Sprint pointscore 7 & 8
Wednesday 12 January – Twilight sprints
Saturday 15 January – Learn to race (am) | Spring pointscore 9 & 10
Wednesday 19 January – Twilight sprints
Saturday 22 January – Spring pointscore 11 & 12
Wednesday 26 January – Twilight sprints
Saturday 29 January – Club championships 5 & 6
Sunday 30 January – Club picnic
On Saturday the club hosted the annual Tyrrell and Rousso races. Federal Member for Wentworth, Dave Sharma joined the club for the briefing and was the guest starter on the Jazzman for the Tyrell race.
It was yet again another wild and woolly day of racing. 22 sailors braved 25-30 knot southerly with gusts of 35 registered during the racing period. Given the conditions, most of the full rig sailors downsized to radial sails, except Mike Dunne and Ian Alexander who muscled out the conditions in their regular rigs. Peter Collie and Daryl Lawrence opted to sail in 4.7 rigs.
There were some wild rides downwind (see The Top Mark) and a graveyard for a gybe mark, yet aside from Peter Collie’s nose, there wasn’t much carnage to report. The race winners were Mike Dunne in the pursuit (Tyrell) race and Luke Parker in the Rousso.
Racing was overseen by Craig Sheers (PRO) and Christine Patton (LTRAR) with the assistance of Clare Alexander and David Sharma on the Jazzman.
Our rescue boats with Emily Ball (COTD), Ross Ramsay (Co-COTD), David Murphy (CSO) and David Airey did an excellent job keeping the marks in place in challenging conditions. Tim Heath and Christine Linhart were on hand to assist Paul and Shirley in the canteen.
After racing, members returned to the club for the Christmas party with excellent food, drinks and entertainment (and a few weary faces).
Photos by Diana Chen. There are some more excellent photos of the party posted by Diana in The Top Mark.
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 Diana Chen for coordinating our Christmas Party with the assistance of Peter Collie. Special mention also goes to John Vasey for coordinating lighting and James Tudball for providing the band.
The club is full of people making wonderful contributions around the place, and sometimes behind the scenes. Do you know of someone who deserves a mention? If so, email us and tell us why they should be club member of the week.
The forecast for Wednesday evening is for a 15 knot north easterly and temperatures in the high 20s. Twilight sailing is on! Better yet, the CYCA is not running twilights tomorrow so the harbour should have less traffic.
This weekend SailGP will be on the harbour this Saturday. An exclusion zone will apply from Potts Point to Shark Island from 3pm (map).
The club will host sprint racing in the bay as soon after the briefing (1pm) as possible until just before 3pm. Can all sailors be rigged, dressed and prepared to splash immediately after the briefing?
After racing, we’ll be taking the RIBs out to watch SailGP, aiming for departure from the deck at 3.45pm.
It is expected to be a busy day on the harbour with good weather, and lots of traffic. Please be careful.
Following the success of the inaugural club picnic, this event is returning on Sunday 30 January 2022. Similar to the last event, we will sail down to Kutti beach and have a picnic on the shore. Further details and a request for RSVP will be posted closer to the date.
