Race report 15 May 2022

Our PRO on the day, Andrew Cox, reports:

On Sunday, we had another excellent turnout of 30 boats for races 4, 5, and 6 in our combined Winter Championship and Winter Point Score series. It was a beautiful warm day for this time of year, which made it easier than usual to get out of bed. But, this also meant a less reliable westerly breeze than normal.

Our on-water race management team of Andrew Cox, Mark Lewkovitz, Diana Chen, Andrea Kraus, and Tim Heath had their work cut out for them. After carefully laying the westerly course before the briefing, they discovered upon returning to the water that the breeze had shifted left 90 degrees. After waiting what seemed an appropriate length of time, they hurried to reset the course in time for the start, only to find, as the first boats arrived for the start, that the wind had flipped back to where it started. After a short AP, a third course was set, and racing got underway in a gentle breeze.

The breeze remained true throughout the morning, but continuously weakened, resulting in plenty of shortened course practice for the race management team, as well as more mark shifting as the marks were brought further in after each race. Congratulations to Daniel Costandi and Sylvie Stannage, who won all three scratch races in their respective fleets. The point scores were won in the full rigs by Dave Newman, Chris Berg, and Julian Taylor, and in the radials by Sylvie Stannage, Quentin Burns / Kate McHugh (tied), and Ian Alexander, respectively.

We were delighted to welcome Jeff Loosemore and Vai Ripley from MHASC to our fleet. Jeff uncharacteristically appeared in a full rig, in advance of his forthcoming back-to-back worlds campaigns in both the full rig and radial in Mexico.

Thanks to the on-water team, who were no doubt sore the next day, after lifting so many marks. A special thanks to Andrea, who turned up for duty despite his first baby being due that day. Fortunately for him (and us) there was no urgent call! We wish him and his wife all the best over the coming days.

And a big thanks also to Paul Adam, who made a delicious carrot and ginger soup, which kept everyone guessing as to the secret ingredient that gave it an incredible, smoky flavour! And a final thanks to Peter Collie, who heated the soup, defrosted the bread, and cleaned up afterwards.

Full results for both series are available on our website.

Vollies 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 our new member Chris Berg, who swept the clubhouse on Sunday morning without being asked.

Thank you also to Tim Heath. Tim was unable to sail on Sunday as he was “on call”, yet towed boats out and back on the day while waiting to be called.

The club is full of people making wonderful contributions around the place, and sometimes behind the scenes. Let us know who deserves a mention!

AGP RSVP

The AGP is a highlight of the club’s social calendar, and this year is Friday 27th May 2022.

Please ensure you have RSVPed HERE.

AGP help

To make sure the AGP is the night of nights, we need some help.

Please let Diana Chen know if you are able to help with any of the following tasks:

Friday 27 May 5pm to 7pm - set up chairs, bar, etc.

Saturday 28 May 8am to 9am – tidy up and return glasses.

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A crystal blue sky, warm May temperatures, and a decent 12 to 15 knot westerly breeze enticed a fleet of over 25 sailors to participate in the opening three heats of the combined DBSC winter championship and pointscore racing on Sunday.

Racing started promptly at 8:30am and we were off the water by 10:45am to enjoy some hot tomato soup on the deck courtesy of Paul Adam. A shorter course and a combined fleet start (with the Radials starting two minutes ahead of the standard rigs) made for a competitive and fun morning of racing.

Full results for both series are available on our website.

Thanks to Kirk Marcolina, Scott Hunter, Julian Van Aalst and Chris Berg for putting on a great day of early morning competition. Thanks also to Ben Byford whose son Charlie joined the Radial Fleet as a visitor this week. Ben was an immense help to the Race Committee on the Jazzman.

Winter visitors welcome!

This is a reminder that visitors are welcome to join our winter racing at no cost. If you are reading this newsletter and would like to join us for racing, please do. And if you have friends who would like to try out laser racing over the winter, tell them to come on down!

Don’t forget, there’s soup afterwards!

Captain in tow...

If you are rostered on as COTD during the winter series, you are requested to monitor the need to tow competitors out to the race course after the briefing, or back to the clubhouse after racing.

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 Richard George. Richard has filled the holes in our lawn nearest the concrete semi-circle. This has taken 9 bags of dirt, grass seeds, grass runners and fencing off the area. It has been a big and much needed job! Thanks to Richard for doing this on his own initiative.

PLEASE DO NOT WASH BOATS ON THE CONCRETE SEMI-CIRCLE!!! ONLY WASH BOATS AT THE TOP OF THE BOAT RAMP and be mindful of other sailors trying to get off the water and up the ramp. 

The club is full of people making wonderful contributions around the place, and sometimes behind the scenes. Let us know who deserves a mention!

Membership subscriptions

Membership subscriptions are now overdue. Thank you to the 68% of members who have paid.

If you are one of the 35 members who has not paid your membership, please do so right now!

 You will have received an emailed invoice from Revolutionise Sport (no-reply@revolutionise.com.au). Please check you spam folder if you have not received it. If you still have not received your invoice for the renewal of your membership, please contact our club secretary, Steven London.

Training partner?

Coté Poncell is looking for training partners winter mid-week and/or weekends.

Please let her know if you are interested.