79 Bay St
Double Bay NSW 2028
Australia

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Learn to race this weekend

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The next Learn to Race (LTR) a Laser at Double Bay Sailing Club is on again this Saturday morning 18 February.  It must start early at 8.30AM on that day as we have limitations with harbour zones owing to SailGP.

We’ll meet at 8.30am ready to rig boats. The aim is to be on the water well before 10am and back to the shore by 11.30pm.

LTR is for prospective new members – a ‘try before you join’ arrangement.  It’s also for DBSC members wishing to improve their sailing skills.

Participants must have basic helming capability as we are squad based and it’s sometimes difficult to provide a lot of one-on-one assistance for those without experience. It’s also a safety measure.

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Vaucluse Regatta 25 February 2022

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Saturday 25th of February - DBSC members are invited to sail in the Vaucluse Regatta.

This year the event celebrates its 91st year. As is the case each year, there will be no club racing at DBSC and we will sail up the harbour to join the event which is free however you need to register as soon as possible here.

The Sailing Instructions can be found here.

DBCS members will need to be ready to splash at 12:10 to sail to the course for a 13:20 start.
Members should read the sailing instructions before the event. Here are some salient points to note:

  • Lasers will have the first warning signal class flag at 1320, with a combined radial and 4.7 fleet starting first

  • There will be up to 3 races, with all races counting

  • The course will be 2 laps of windward-leeward legs with an offset mark at the top and rounding to port.

  • Code flag “I” us likely to be used at the start – boats that are over in the last minute must round the ENDS of the line and come back through it

  • Boats must keep at least 50m clear of the start line when not in sequence. Please watch out for yachts using the same start line!

  • The one penalty turn rule (not two) applies.


BE AWARE OF FERRIES and COMMERCIAL SHIPPING in this end of the harbour. They are dangerous and have right of way.

After racing, we are invited to return to VYC for a BBQ. We will take 2 RIBs down to VYC as on-water transport for those members who do not wish to drive.

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Race report 4 February 2023

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From our PRO Peter Collie:

This was an unusual day for summer racing. We had a westerly wind forecast all day. Usually, the westerly runs in the winter, and only in the morning, in this case it was all day and often exceeded the forecast 10 knots with the gusts and shifts we are used to with a westerly. Sailors said that the top mark approaches were where this was felt the most. 

Fortunately, the BBQ was already sizzling when sailors returned to enjoy the rest of a brilliant summer day.

In race 9:
ILCA 7 Zander Bijkerk was 1st with Rod Barnes 2nd and Ryan Aldrich 3rd
ILCA 6 Kate McHugh was 1st followed by Quentin Burns in 2nd and Charles Byford in 3rd place.
ILCA 4 Sara Bruce 1st and Ben Costandi 2nd (there were 2 competitors)

In race 10 
ILCA 7 Rod and Zander split the first two places with 1.5 each and David Newman was 3rd.
ILCA 6 Quentin Burns moved up to 1st followed by Andrew Cox in second place and Ian Alexander in 3rd.
ILCA 4 Sara Bruce 1st and Ben Costandi 2nd (there were 2 competitors)

The club’s calendar can be viewed and subscribed to here (highly recommended).

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Volly of the week!

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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 administration and management of racing.

This week, we’re saying a big thank you to Tory Epworth. As the club secretary does an enormous amount of invisible work at the club, managing our membership as well as coordinating and corresponding on behalf of the club committee and membership. She has also organised and catered (with the help of her family) our annual Adventure Day Picnic which took place on Sunday, with CWA style sandwiches, gluten free zucchini slice and watermelon slices under the DBSC cabana on Gibbons Beach. What a Treat!

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

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Annual Adventure Day Picnic

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On Sunday, the club held its third, and largest yet, adventure day picnic.

On a picture perfect day, 16 lasers departed DBSC shortly after noon, chaperoned by a support RIB to meet friends and family at Gibbons Beach. In all 33 sailors, family and friends attended, enjoying a magnificent picnic catered by Tory under the DBSC cabana.

After much swimming, socialising, eating, playing and laughter, sailors returned to DBSC while others took more conventional routes home. This was our best picnic so far!

There is an album on the Top Mark (Facebook) where more photos of the day have been, and can be, shared.

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Important information on using the club RIBs

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The Dean Bergman RIB is currently out of service being repaired due to an accident during the 18 footers race day last week. Luckily no one was hurt, but the RIB suffered two punctures in the bow and the stern. Pat Levy has already swung into action and repairs are underway this week, and we hope it is back in action soon.

Meanwhile the Paul Adam RIB is still in action this weekend, even though the bung system has been broken. Once again Pat has the parts on order, but for the moment PROs and COTDs need to leave the bungs IN, and instead use the bilge pump switch on the console to empty any water from the RIB both before and after racing.

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Important safety information when using the davits

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Following the completion of repairs to the Western Davit (where the Paul Adam RIB is hoisted), there are new blocks and winch Lines that have a different requirement.

Members operating the Davits are required to leave the blocks and winch line under tension at all times while the RIB is connected to the Davit. This means that after the RIB has been hoisted to the upper position, the Safety Chain (which we require to be attached) does not ever need to be in tension - only attached (as a safety/backup).

Also notice in the Photo the distance between the two blocks (they should not be so close as to be touching, only high enough to attach the safety chain).

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