Last Sunday I was received a lovely and overwhelming surprise farewell from Dinah Beach as I completed my last Wet Season Race. True to form it was memorable sail having to stop mid race to allow the Gas Tanker to pass and then getting caught in a dramatic storm right on the finish line.…
Management Committee nominations received: Commodore: Joy Eggenhuizen, John Burke – vote to be conducted at the AGM Vice Commodore: Bob Colman – uncontested Treasurer: Ian McKerrow, Michelle Meldrum – – vote to be conducted at the AGM Secretary: Lewis Roberts – uncontested Rear Commodore: Ray Jarrett – uncontested Public Officer: Andrew Wilson – uncontested Ordinary:…
Congratulations to Louise Becker for winning the cruising division of this event. here’s a little wrap from the champ herself: NTWKR Wrap by Louise Becker Gallery 1 – photos provided by Robyn Dix Gallery 2 – Photos provided by Darwin Sailing Club
Items: Commodore’s address; wharf piles repairs; careening poles, poles basin concrete slab and side bar shade structure project wrap-up; pensioner discount criteria review, info sessions on new poles and waste management. SGM Agenda 20 July 2020.
COVID-19 SITUATION UPDATE Please be advised that our licensed premises is closed until further notice. Club members can purchase takeaways from the bar from 4:30pm – 6:30pm weekdays and 10am – 12pm on Saturdays. Essential services for members are still operating – ablutions, laundry, pontoon, poles, ATM, wifi etc. The Galley is closed for…
Thanks to successful grant funding obtained through the NT Government Tourism NT ‘Visitor Experience Enhancement Program’, DBCYA is able to erect a 9m x 9m stand-alone permanent waterproof shade structure in the side bar area to provide year-round weather protection. This structure will utilise a section of the domed shed structure gifted to the club…
Congrats to Vice Commodore Bob Colman who has just finished his third Sydney to Hobart yacht race in what has been described as Champion Sailing. HIs wrap of the race is below: North-Easterly winds allowed the fleet to carry spinnakers into the Bass Strait and achieve 200nm daily runs in the right direction. The Bucket…
Effie Psaki and her team launch their new menu, brimming with light snacks and seafood bites through to local seafood and Aussie favourite mains. More details and the new menu here
Thank you for your interest. We wish to advise that EOIs have now closed. Apologies to anyone directed to this site by the ad in the NT News 20 November – this ad was run in error by the NT News.
It was our 4th race in the Spice Islands Darwin Ambon Yacht Race. We sail in the Cruising Multihull Division and have placed 2 firsts and a second over the last 3 years. The boat, a Malcolm Tennant designed Dakota 10 metre foam sandwich catamaran, weighing in around 3 tonnes. She’s done some miles, also holding…