Author Archives: Rod Thomas
Thursday Snippets, 7 March
The club has no sailing programmed on the 9-11 March Labour Day weekend and the following Melbourne F1 Grand Prix. On the morning of saturday 9th there will be a mini working bee at the club from 9.30. lead by Mark Snell with a number of tasks including the completion of painting of the boatyard […]
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Thursday Snippets, 28 February
On Saturday 2nd March there is a club race starting at 2.30. From 9.30am we have the final session of the Summer Learn to Sail program, and an Optimist rigging and sailing session lead by Jon Rawlings and Hamish Gilsenan. Also a sailing committee meeting from 11am. Then on sunday morning there is a Better […]
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Thursday Snippets, 21 February
There is a full program of sailing and other activities at Albert Sailing Club over 3 days from Friday 23rd February, Casual social sailing and get together with catered BBQ from late Friday afternoon into the early evening. Members, families and visitors most welcome. Summer season club race Saturday afternoon, and junior green fleet sessions […]
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Thursday Snippets, 14th February
On Saturday 16th the club’s summer sailing season resumes. There is a Summer Learn to Sail program session in the morning, and junior Green Fleet sessions am and pm. In the afternoon there is a Summer Series club race from 2.30pm. Some of our juniors are sailing in the Snapper Point Regatta at Mornington on […]
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Thursday Snippets, 7 February
Plenty on this coming weekend. Friday from late afternoon there is a social get together at ASC, with sailing option where you have a boat. BBQ dinner food and drinks on club decking overlooking the Lake from late afternoon. On Saturday 9th there is a Regatta for Top of the Bay clubs at Port Melbourne, with […]
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Thursday Snippets, 31 January
After a few hot days this week the forecasts look good for a classic Melbourne day for sailing at ASC on Saturday 2nd with an afternoon sea breeze and maximum of around 30. There is a full program on saturday. In the morning the Summer Learn to Sail and junior Green Fleet programs commence, and […]
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Thursday Snippets, 24 January
On the Australia Day weekend ASC has a social sailing day on sunday 27th from 10am to 3pm or so, for members with own boat or using a club training boat. Saturday 26th there may be some members down, but no one specifically rostered to open up and supervise. For anyone wanting some racing away […]
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Thursday Snippets 17 January 2019
On Saturday we have the second in the Commodore’s series. This is short course racing. Last week we had 3 races each of 3 laps in conditions that turned out to be more difficult than expected. But once on the plane, it was sure a lot of fun and exhilarating. Forecast for Saturday is 23 […]
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Thursday Snippets 10 January 2019
Racing resumes this week with Commodore Series 1. This is a two part series comprising a number of short course races each day. Indications are for a beautiful day of around 28 degrees and afternoon SSW breeze of around 12Kn. Our commodore is looking forward to a big attendance for our first week back racing […]
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Thursday Snippets, 21 March