Discovery Bay Yacht Club

DBYC yachts invite you to come for a trial day on Saturday, 15th March!
See flyer for details.

Register here:
https://forms.gle/PPekg3BixqA5mFBo6

Or email your name and contact number to [email protected]

www.dbyc.net

Next up on the DBYC calendar is our Christmas Party on Nov 30th 🎉🎄

We’re looking forward to food, drinks, slideshow, prizes and music. Will Santa Steve Bruce surprise us with a Christmas lucky draw??! 🎅🏼🎁

Join us at DBrasserie in Discovery Bay on Sat, Nov 30th, 7-11pm. Non-members are welcome.
Please see the flyer for more details - an amazing menu and free flow drinks!!
🎄🎅🏼🥂🍻🎉

Ticket purchase -
$880 Members / $980 Non-members
Discovery Bay Yacht Club
HSBC 571 129402 001

Email transfer proof to:
[email protected]

Another magical Sokos Under The Stars weekend wrapped up on Sunday… boats gathered, the piper piped the sailors ashore (thank you, Richard), food and drink were enjoyed and prizes awarded. Music played and songs sung… til rain chased the sailors back to boats and tents. Richard led a history walk on the island on Sunday morning, and all lapsap was cleared away leaving no trace…

Thanks to all who joined and helped to make this another very special SUTS weekend!

⛵️⛵️🍹Join the DBYC on 27th July for a fun cruise to The Outpost! A fantastic BBQ restaurant on South Lantau Mong Tung Wan. ⛵️⛵️🍤🥗🥘

DBYC Boat Neo One arrives in Subic!

More mooring gold here!

Casting off with confidence - safe ways for solo sailors to get off the dock - Practical Boat Owner Duncan Wells describes casting off – a number of easy methods to leave the dock with both sail and power vessels

Good to know

Double handed sailing skills: gybing symmetric spinnakers In the final instalment of her series on double handed sailing skills, Pip Hare explains the best process for gybing a symmetric spinnaker

Here's a nifty little invention!

DIY anti-surf device for towing a dinghy - Practical Boat Owner Does your dinghy sn**ch or surf when being towed? If so, Max Liberson has a solution, which worked wonders when attached to his 23ft 1936 gaff cutter Wendy May

The Beneteau Figaro 3 is the world's first production model foiling yacht. One is racing in the Rolex China Sea Race - The name of the boat is 'A Plastic Ocean', named after the multi award winning documentary by Craig Leesen.

Just to make it a bit harder they are double handing it all the way looking to set a new speed record perhaps?

Listen to this podcast to learn more:
https://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item.php?pid=2063&eid=234926&year=2024&lang=en-US

There are 21 boats competing in this years Rolex China Sea Race!

2 of them are from Discovery Bay Yacht Club, Neo One, A Neo 400 Carbon Fibre Racing Dream owned by Stefan Filip and 'Pacific Sunrise' a Sun Odyssey 42Ds owned by Thomas Weisinger.

They are 24h into the race so far - you can track their progress at:
https://yb.tl/rolexchinasea2024

Best of luck to our DBYC Boats - make us proud!

See a full list of the boats here:
https://www.rolexchinasearace.com/entries

As well as Mr Paul Daley's 'Happy Hours', we have two other boats competing in the forthcoming Rolex China Sea Race! Neo One - a Neo 400 carbon fibre racing dream owned by Stefan Filip and 'Pacific Sunrise' owned by Thomas Weisinger.

Start time is 1100h on Weds 27th March and you can track their progress using https://yb.tl/rolexchinasea2023. There's also an app you can download for your phone as well!

Best of luck to all boats taking part - make us proud! 🏆

Interesting story!

The pioneering sailor you've probably never heard of: Nicolette Milnes Walker - Practical Boat Owner Nicolette Milnes Walker was the first woman to sail solo and non-stop from the UK to the USA. Julia Jones charts her trailblazing achievement

Discovery Bay Yacht Club boat Pacific Sunrise, a Sun Odyssey 42ds
owned by Thomas Weisinger will compete in the Rolex China Sea Race! You can learn more about it here:

Rolex China Sea Race 2024 - IRC Double Handed Heightened interest in double-handed racing worldwide has seen a shift in all major blue water classic races embracing the trend, and the Rolex China Sea Race is no exception.

10 new members from our recent Open Day! Welcome to you all!

Come and find out how our 2nd Annual Open Day went - there will SURELY be some good stories to be shared.

Hopefully we will be welcoming some new DBYC members and future boat owners as well!

Also, we can discuss tactics for the race #1/3 in the forthcoming Direct Sails x DBYC Island Series!

D'Brasserie has a 2-4-1 happy hour till 2000h, so come early!

See you there!