Double Bay Sailing Club

Our club is nothing without our epic volunteer spirit 🫶🏽

Some great photos from Tim Heath capturing our members hard at work running the racing last week 🙌🏽 🙌🏽 🙌🏽

Epic start to our Winter Series today. 40+ Lasers. Strong fleets across our 4s, 6s and 7s. And Sydney Harbour water temp of 24 degrees!

Thanks for the great pics Tim Heath 👏🏽

Sailing royalty Tom Slingsby joined us tonight for a fireside chat with Martin White, discussing America's Cup, Moth Class, SailGP, and the TP52. What an inspiration, thanks Tom ❤️

Our annual Tyrrell & Rousso trophy races were held over the weekend with Jim Dounis victorious in the Tyrrell and Alexander Bijkerk winning the Rousso. We were all rewarded with a a lovely Nor'easter for the racing and pizzas on the deck for our Christmas Party 🏆🎄🍕

Thanks to the race management team and to all members that volunteer throughout the year to give us quality racing and contribute to the best ILCA sailing community in the world!

Photos by John Sweeny & Brendan Pollard

🏆 Richard Tyrrell Trophy 🏆
Richard Tyrrell was one of the early Laser class sailors at DBSC in the 1980s. He was an active member, who had a real presence and was very much liked by everyone. He was instrumental in building a sense of community, for example as one of the instigators of the annual Laser Sailors’ Dinner, and he showed leadership in fundraising activities for much-needed repairs. He continued sailing with the club until his untimely death from asthma in his 40s in 1987. In memoriam, DBSC hosts an annual race in a handicapped chase format that is named after him, and the winner’s name is inscribed each year on the perpetual Richard Tyrrell Trophy.

🏆 Mano Rousso Trophy 🏆
Mano Rousso was a distinguished former Greek Navy Officer and post-WW2 migrant who lived in Cooper Street, Double Bay. His daughter was a regular Leader sailor at DBSC during the 1980s, and Mano was a generous and well-liked volunteer, taking on the significant hands-on responsibility for upkeep and maintenance of the clubhouse, which he continued until his death in the early 1990s. In memoriam, DBSC hosts an annual race in a massed start scratch format (with a yardstick) that is named after him, and the winner’s name is inscribed each year on the perpetual Mano Rousso Trophy.