Club sailing program resumes with Club Sailing Days including Summer Season Races at 2.30 on saturdays 17 and 24 February and 2 March. We welcome Sue back for the Club Galley which operates at lunchtimes on saturdays. On sunday 18th Week 2 of the club’s Summer Learn to Sail course. The weather forecast is for mild summer weather across the weekend which should be good for sailing on the Lake after the burst of hot windy weather earlier in the week.
The annual Top of the Bay Regatta for dinghy sailing clubs from Elwood around to Altona including Albert Park Lake clubs was sailed in the waters between Williamstown and Port Melbourne on saturday 10th. A good fleet of 78 boats sailed the Regatta Race in a very pleasant 5 – 10 knot sea breeze with calm seas. Phillip, Rod and Gianne from ASC sailed their ILCA6 Lasers from Port Melbourne and finished just two and a half minutes apart in a race time of around 80 minutes. The 3 ASC boats plus 4 from Albert Park Yacht Club formed the Albert Park Lake team, which didn’t quite make the threshold of ten boats for an interclub team result. Some interesting “nuggests of information” supplied by the hosting Williamstown Sailing Club race management team is included below.
Otherwise. Jaemie and David have sailed all week, except the windy tuesday, in the World Fireball Championships in Corio Bay off Geelong which conclude on saturday 17th. The ILCA (Laser) Masters World Championship s concluded in Adelaide last weekend. The 20 or so competitors from Victoria in the fleet of 230 boats had good results with 3 division winners and a close second across the 9 divisions which included the Legends division for competitors 65 years of age plus.
Rod Thomas for Committee and members Albert Sailing Club
A few interesting nuggets from the 2024 Top of the Bay Regatta results: * Port Melbourne with 9 of the top 20 placings narrowly won the interclub challenge trophy from Altona which had 5 of the top 10 results. * Shannon Wilson from Altona in a Mosquito sloop catamaran took first overall individual placing. * Biggest classes were Impulses and ILCA6s with 9 boats each * Williamstown with 29 entries had the largest number of entries closely followed by Port Melbourne with 25 entries. * 28 classes in total – only 7 had entries from more than one Club (Impulse, 125, ILCA6, Sabre, ILCA7, Pacer, Aero7). Shows that TOTB is a great event for mixed fleet racing * Moving forward need to think about how to encourage Elwood and Albert Park sailors to join in so there is more contention for the interclub trophy.
Rod’s Boat 2024 Top of the Bay Regatta
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Thursday Snippets,
Club sailing program resumes with Club Sailing Days including Summer Season Races at 2.30 on saturdays 17 and 24 February and 2 March. We welcome Sue back for the Club Galley which operates at lunchtimes on saturdays. On sunday 18th Week 2 of the club’s Summer Learn to Sail course. The weather forecast is for mild summer weather across the weekend which should be good for sailing on the Lake after the burst of hot windy weather earlier in the week.
The annual Top of the Bay Regatta for dinghy sailing clubs from Elwood around to Altona including Albert Park Lake clubs was sailed in the waters between Williamstown and Port Melbourne on saturday 10th. A good fleet of 78 boats sailed the Regatta Race in a very pleasant 5 – 10 knot sea breeze with calm seas. Phillip, Rod and Gianne from ASC sailed their ILCA6 Lasers from Port Melbourne and finished just two and a half minutes apart in a race time of around 80 minutes. The 3 ASC boats plus 4 from Albert Park Yacht Club formed the Albert Park Lake team, which didn’t quite make the threshold of ten boats for an interclub team result.
Some interesting “nuggests of information” supplied by the hosting Williamstown Sailing Club race management team is included below.
Otherwise. Jaemie and David have sailed all week, except the windy tuesday, in the World Fireball Championships in Corio Bay off Geelong which conclude on saturday 17th.
The ILCA (Laser) Masters World Championship s concluded in Adelaide last weekend. The 20 or so competitors from Victoria in the fleet of 230 boats had good results with 3 division winners and a close second across the 9 divisions which included the Legends division for competitors 65 years of age plus.
Rod Thomas
for Committee and members
Albert Sailing Club
A few interesting nuggets from the 2024 Top of the Bay Regatta results:
* Port Melbourne with 9 of the top 20 placings narrowly won the interclub challenge trophy from Altona which had 5 of the top 10 results.
* Shannon Wilson from Altona in a Mosquito sloop catamaran took first overall individual placing.
* Biggest classes were Impulses and ILCA6s with 9 boats each
* Williamstown with 29 entries had the largest number of entries closely followed by Port Melbourne with 25 entries.
* 28 classes in total – only 7 had entries from more than one Club (Impulse, 125, ILCA6, Sabre, ILCA7, Pacer, Aero7). Shows that TOTB is a great event for mixed fleet racing
* Moving forward need to think about how to encourage Elwood and Albert Park sailors to join in so there is more contention for the interclub trophy.
Rod’s Boat 2024 Top of the Bay Regatta