79 Bay St
Double Bay NSW 2028
Australia

The best ILCA / Laser sailing club in the world, located in Double Bay on Sydney Harbour.

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Race report 23 April 2023

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From our PRO Rob Vann:

25 sailors turned up for sprint racing on the harbour under cloudy skies with sporadic rain showers. Racing began in Double Bay in a light southerly before shifting to the SE forcing a course change to our Dardanelles racing area. 3 additional races were completed in nice 8(ish) knots.

[Photos courtesy of Maxim Djura].

Hendrick, a laser sailor originally from Lake Tahoe Nevada (and friend of Campbell Parton) and hydraulic engineer with SailGP, sailed sprints with the standard fleet. We always welcome laser sailors that are traveling through Sydney to join us for a couple of races while in town!

[Results are available in the Sailor app and online.]

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Winter racing details

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As we come to the end of another fantastic summer sailing season, it is time to dust off the thermals and start preparing for winter. Winter sailing has been going well, and we have decided to compress the racing format to ensure we’re all home when the roast chook lands on the table for Sunday lunch!

The winter series commences on Sunday 14 May and sailing instructions will be updated shortly.
Until then, the format will be as follows::

  • Winter sailing will remain weekly.

  • We will run 3 races with a target time of no more than 30 minutes each.  

  • The PRO must be willing to shorten the course if it goes longer than 30 minutes.

  • We will eliminate the wing mark and the finish mark (no offset mark either)

  • The marks will be a top mark, start pin and bottom mark.

  • The start line will also be the finish line.

  • We will now run rolling starts. If there is a general recall, that class will go to the end of the queue.

  • The start sequence of each race will be reduced by 2 minutes to a three minute sequence.
    The start sequence will be:
    At 3 minutes – class flag
    At 2 minutes – blue peter
    At 1 minute – blue peter down
    At 0 minutes – start, class flags down and new class flag up.

  • ILCA 4 and 6 will start together first followed by ILCA 7.

  • There will be a quick briefing at 7.30am.

  • The proposed start time will now be 8.15am. 

  • There will be no warning signal after 10.30am.

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Membership Subscriptions are due

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From the Commodore, Steven London…

We would greatly appreciate it if members could pay their subscriptions in the coming weeks. All members should now have received their notice for renewal of membership subscriptions which are managed through the Australian Sailing RevSport system, and will be addressed from Double Bay Sailing Club <no-reply@revolutionise.com.au> Please check your Junk or Spam folder if you have not received it.

It is important that memberships are paid on time, as many of our major payments are due during the winter period. The prompt payment of membership subscriptions allows our club to keep running smoothly.

If you have not received your invoice for the renewal of your membership, or wish to make changes, or there is an error, please contact our club secretary Tory Epworth secretary@dbsc.com.au .

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Annual General Party

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Email invitations for the DBSC Annual General Party and AGM have been sent out to all members. Please reply to the RSVP in the email with any dietary requirements so that we can organise the catering.

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Race report 16 April 2023 (and a little rant)

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From our PRO Luke Parker…

Champagne racing on the harbour for Saturday’s final two heats of the Autumn point score!

The 33 boat fleet enjoyed a 10 knot nor Easter that built to a tad over 15 by the end of the second race. Tide was incoming, traffic was sparse, and the sun was shining. It simply doesn’t get better.  This season we’ve been enjoying much better late season conditions than we did in 2021 and 2022. Perhaps the benefit of being freed from La Niña’s impact?

Both fleets were impeccably behaved at the starts and all races started cleanly with the fleets spread across the line.  Upwind, most sailors played the right hand side of the course to avoid the incoming tide and play the shifts that form around Point Piper.  Downwind appeared to be about hunting waves and gusts. 

In the Radials, John Verco won the 1st race.  Andrew Cox came 2nd in the first race, and 1st in the 2nd. 

In the full rigs, Quentin Burns won the first, Maxim Djura the 2nd and a shoutout to Connor for placing 2nd in both races. 

I’ll leave for others to expand on the Autumn pointscore’s results, but here’s a spoiler…. expect to see a very happy Commodore at the AGP. 

An observation of the Sailor App…

This was the first time your correspondent has used the new App for race management. It’s a fantastic product that makes the process on the start boat simple and results are immediate. However for the system to work, all sailors must Sign on via the Sailor App with the correct sail number. This is critical.   The club has been lenient with laggards who don’t sign on correctly this season.  This leniency has an impost on our volunteers. On Saturday it took the handicapper and commodore considerable time to manually enter results for sailors that didn’t sign on properly.

Don’t be surprised if the outpouring of goodwill ceases: PLEASE SIGN ON CORRECTLY!!!!!

Here’s a link to the app and the process. https://www.dbsc.com.au/sailor-sign-on-app

If you forget to sign on before launching, there is capacity to sign on at the start boat before racing, but not to change your sail number. 

Finally….an open question to the sailing committee:  Is the winter series the ideal time to enforce a zero tolerance policy to signing on? No sign on = no result!

[Results are available in the Sailor app and online.]

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Learn to Race wraps up for another season

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By Ian Tudball

The ‘Learn to Race’ final session for the year was sailed in perfect weather, which was the catalyst for a big turnout of 12 boats, 6 of which were Club members with their own boats, wanting to build up their race skill and confidence. 

The success of Martin’s sessions is best measured by the repeat attendees, some of whom convert to club members. It takes a top person to attract top helpers and the Club is fortunate to have a willing band of ‘early risers’ to assist Martin in running the program. 

Volunteers in the ‘tall’ category are highly valued and Max and Tim Heath were essential for moving boats on the penthouse level all season. 

The shorter guys always make up for lack of size with intellect, and Scott has now taken on the job of systemised storage of spars and gear. And of course our Mr. Fixit, Pat Levy who always attends to the ribs and coaching, along with fellow coaches, including Pete Collie and James T. 

And not to mention our Commodore and Craig who are regularly replacing gear and doing maintenance. 

It requires many hands to make the unique program work, but the results are worthwhile and it is another example of what makes DBSC, such a great Club. 

Ps. Congratulations to Martin who has been enthusiastically running the program for approximately 10 years. 

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Membership Subscriptions are due before 1 May 2023

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From the Commodore, Steven London…

We would greatly appreciate it if members could pay their subscriptions in the coming weeks. All members should now have received their notice for renewal of membership subscriptions which are managed through the Australian Sailing RevSport system, and will be addressed from Double Bay Sailing Club <no-reply@revolutionise.com.au> Please check your Junk or Spam folder if you have not received it.

It is important that memberships are paid on time, as many of our major payments are due during the winter period. The prompt payment of membership subscriptions allows our club to keep running smoothly.

If you have not received your invoice for the renewal of your membership, or wish to make changes, or there is an error, please contact our club secretary Tory Epworth secretary@dbsc.com.au .

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