Thursday Snippets 9 November IMPORTANT UPDATE

By Rod Thomas | Published: November 9, 2023

There has been a sewerage problem in the Albert Park Reserve with the sign enclosed to this UPDATE placed on the Lake foreshore on Thursday. Boating on the Lake is  not recommended until water testing determines if there has been discharge into the Lake and whether water quality limits have been breached. We await a report from Parks Victoria and South East Water, hopefully on Friday. We will place an update on our club website www.albertsc.org.au by 6pm on Friday. This will include effects on our club sailing program over the coming days.

The link on the action from the gusty Club race on the 28th October has been updated on our You Tube site to  https://youtu.be/SGqg0Bua9xM
To improve video quality on your device click on the cogwheel on the You Tube screen and select the quality option.

Rod Thomas
sailing@albertsc.org.au

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Thursday Snippets, 9 November

By Rod Thomas | Published: November 8, 2023

This coming week we have a big week of club activities.
* Club sailing day on Saturday 11th November. Monthly informal morning race at 11 Partially rig own or club boat by 10, then session on sailing upwind, and briefing at 10.30. Spring club race from 2.30. A RHIB ‘jockey’ assistant is needed for a patrol boat RHIB from 1pm.

* Thursday 16th November a new initiative with Twilight Sailing and a scrumptuous BBQ. This is a new initiative by the ASC Social Committee who warmly invites members, family and friends. Email admin@albertsc.org.au by end of tuesday to register for the BBQ, and if a club member a training boat if required.
The sailing option is from 5pm to 7pm. Whether sailing or not join us on the balcony for the BBQ dinner available from 6.30 ($15 all you can eat: hamburgers, sausages, chicken skewers and salad and dessert) and a social drink. Hire of a club training boat (Zest, Pacer, Laser, or Ozi Opti) will be subject to weather conditions on the day.
Any postponement due to weather will be notified on www.albertsc.org.au by 7pm on the preceding day.
We look forward to seeing you there!
* Sunday 12th Week 1 of the Spring Learn to Sail program 9.30 to 4.30pm in club Zests.

To make the social sailing events a success, we need a pool of RHIB drivers and crew to assist with on-shore boat assistance and availability as a rescue boat driver/crew for this or future social sailing events so that we can contact the pool each time an event is scheduled and form a roster. Please email admin@albertsc.org.au to add your name to the pool, and if you can assist on the 16th. Willing helpers will receive a FREE DINNER at the Twilight BBQ as a reward.

Send Mudpuddler Newsletter items to MAddy via mudpuddler@albertsc.org,au

Rod Thomas
sailing@albertsc.org.au

Checkout the action from the gusty Club race on the 28th October on our club Youtube site at  https://youtu.be/dEbwDbkQods
To improve video quality on your device click on the cogwheel on your screen and select the quality option.


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Thursday Snippets, 2 November

By Rod Thomas | Published: November 1, 2023

A weekend off from organised sailing at Albert Park Lake on the “Cup Day weekend”. Given forecast likely to be some members down for a sail on one or more of the days.
Upcoming
* Saturday 11th informal morning race at 11 and club race from 2.30. Club training boats available for members from 9.30.
* Sunday 12th Week 1 of the Spring Learn to Sail program from 9.30 to 4.30pm. Late bookings may be possible till midday 3 November via www.albertsc.org.au,
*NEW The ASC Social Committee warmly invites members, family and friends to the season’s first Twilight Social Sailing and BBQ on Thursday 16th November.

The clubhouse will be open from 4pm on the 16th with sailing option from 5pm to 7pm. Join us whether sailing or not on the balcony for a BBQ dinner ($15 all you can eat: hamburgers, sausages, chicken skewers and salad and dessert) or social drink. Hire of a club training boat (Zest, Pacer, Laser, or Ozi Opti) will be subject to approval in advance and weather conditions on the day.
Any cancellation of Twilight Sailing due to weather will be notified on the home page of the asc website by 7pm on the preceding day.

Please email admin@albertsc.org.au to register your attendance for the BBQ, and for a training boat if required.
We look forward to seeing you there!

To make these social sailing events a success, we need a pool of RHIB drivers and crew to assist with on-shore boat assistance and availability as a rescue boat driver/crew for this or future social sailing events so that we can contact the pool each time an event is scheduled and form a roster.  Please email admin@albertsc.org.au to add your name to the pool, and if you can assist on the 16th. Willing helpers will receive a FREE DINNER at the Twilight BBQ as a reward.

Rod Thomas
sailing@albertsc.org.au




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Thursday Snippets, 26 October

By Rod Thomas | Published: October 26, 2023

On Saturday 28th there is another club sailing day with clubrooms open from 10am and Spring Series Race from 2.30 for members and visitors from other clubs. School Teams Racing in PAcers from Boatshed all morning. Parking in Aquatic Drive is likely to be tight from mid morning with State Schools Athletics championships at Lakeside Stadium and require patience in finding a park. Members with annual parking permits can park in gravel areas next to the club if no parking spaces readily available.

No club sailing programmed on the Cup Day weekend in early November.
Then Upcoming
* Saturday 11th informal morning race at 11 and club race from 2.30.
* Sunday 12th Week 1 of the Spring Learn to Sail program from 9.30 to 4.30pm.
The course is a good opportunity for adults and youth with an adult to Learn to Sail a dinghy class boat on one of the safest and most convenient waterways in Victoria. Details and Bookings on www.albertsc.org.au, with bookings closing on Wednesday 1st November.

The Discover Sailing Public Open Day on Sunday 22nd proceeded in gusty conditions that tested the experienced club members who took people out sailing on Albert Park Lake. People who came down for a sail or to find out more about the club enjoyed the morning tea and BBQ and the ambience of the clubrooms with views of the Lake and the City skyline. Well done to the members who supported the activities on water or in and around the clubrooms.

Late News – Sunday 29th LAunch of Albert Park Clubs Sporting Network 11am – 12.30 southern end of Park. Anyone local may like to attend. Contact Greg via commodore@albertsc.org.au for details.

Rod Thomas
For Albert Sailing Club

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Thursday Snippets, 19 October

By Rod Thomas | Published: October 18, 2023

Upcoming is our club’s Discover Sailing Public Open Day on sunday 22 October 10am to 3pm and the Spring Learn to Sail program from 12 November.
On Saturday 21st another ASC/APYC club race at 2.30.

The 3 day out forecast for the 21/22 October weekend is not looking promising with some strong winds being forecast. As always we need to wait and see what develops. The Discover Sailing Day will proceed, hopefully with opportunity for some club boats to get out on Albert Park Lake.  There will be Boat displays, tours of the club, some Rigging Demonstrations, Rope Tying, and club members on hand to chat to about our club and getting into dinghy sailing and sailing with our club. Also morning tea and BBQ at no cost from late morning. 

Details and registration links for the Discover Sailing Day participants and volunteers are on the Home screen of www.albertsc.org.au.
We want to gratefully acknowledge the support of the City of Port Philip for our Discover Sailing Day. 

The Learn to Sail program from 12th November is for adults and adult/youth of the same family, with sailing in club Zest boats. For people with little or no experience of dinghy sailing or someone returning to sailing after a long break. Sessions on 3 sundays from 12th November, with a final session on saturday 2nd December. This is a good opportunity to learn or refresh skills and enjoyment of dinghy sailing on Albert Park Lake, a convenient and safe place to Sail.
Full details and bookings link again on the Home screen of www.albertsc.org.au. 

Rod Thomas
sailing@albertsc.org.au
for Albert Sailing Club committee and members

Photo :  Week 3 of the Girls School Term 4 tuedsay afternoon program. The girls are sailing the club’s RS Zest traing boats which will be used at the Discover Sailing Day and in the Spring Learn to Sail program.

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Thursday Snippets, 12 October

By Rod Thomas | Published: October 12, 2023

A regular club sailing day on saturday 14 October. Club open from 10.00, with Information Session in our clubrooms at 1.45 for Spring Series race from 2.30. 

Upcoming is our Discover Sailing Public Open Day on sunday 22 October 10am to 3pm and the Spring Learn to Sail program from 12 November.
* The Discover Sailing Day provides an opportunity for family and friends and the general public to try dinghy sailing and/or find out more about sailing and our club.
We have had a good response to a call out for members to volunteer to assist on the day. We could do with a few more, in particualr people who can take people out sailing on a club training boat or operate a powerboat. Details and registration links for participants and for members to vblunteer are on the Home screen of www.albertsc.org.au
* The Learn to Sail program is for adults and adult/youth of the same family, with sailing in club Zest boats. For people with little or no experience of dinghy sailing or someone returning to sailing after a long break. Sessions on 3 sundays from 12th November, with a final session on saturday 2nd December. Full details and bookings link again on the Home screen of www.albertsc.org.au.

The club’s monthly general committee meeting is on tuesday 17th at 7.30. Non-committee members welcome. Contact the Commodore or Rear Commodore if looking to attend.

Good to see the water level in Lake back up to its maximum level after the rain this month. This makes for good Spring sailing on Albert Park Lake.

Rod Thomas
Rear Commodore
for Albert Sailing Club committee
sailing@albertsc.org.au

Photo of a family enjoying a sail on the club’s Quest sailboat at a Discover Sailing Session in 2022.

 

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Thursday Snippets, 5 October

By Rod Thomas | Published: October 4, 2023

A busy program of activities on the 7th with our monthly informal short course morning race race at 11 including the Virgo ladies skippers race * ; BBQ on ASC decking at lunchtime **; APYC’s season opening Sailpast for the Spring season on the Lake at 2.15 ***, and the first Spring Series race afrom 2.30. The weather forecast is looking reasonable with southerlies rather than gusty northerlies.

Our main Upcoming is our Discover Sailing Public Open Day on sunday 22 October. Invite families and friends of members and general public with details and registration link on www.albertsc.org.au. Share the pictorial post enclosed.We also need members to volunteer to assist on the day, with registration for that also on the Home Screen of the club website.

Additionally on 7th October program 
* For the informal morning race arrive between 9.30 and 9.45 or so for rigging own boat, with a club training boat for members. Information session in clubrooms at 10.20 for the informal race at 11. Lady skippers from ASC, APYC or other clubs invited to sail 1up or 2up in the annual Virgo Ladies skippers race.
** Following the morning’s events, there will be a BBQ lunch available on the upstairs decking with the usual sausage sizzle offerings, plus homemade hamburgers ($6) for those wanting something more substantial (hamburger bun, meat patty, cheese, lettuce, tomato). The galley will still operate for those who want their usual Galley foods and drinks.
*** Information Session for Sailpast and afternoon Spring Series race at 1.30 ish at APYC. All welcome to sail or observe Sail Past in northern basin of the Lake, and then packup or sail the club race which follows on.

A reminder if using the clubrooms leave the area you were in in a tidy state and on a non-programmed day take your bin items home with you.

Rod Thomas
for Albert Sailing Club committee and members

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Thursday Snippets, 21 September

By Rod Thomas | Published: September 20, 2023
Week 3 of the  short course Bill Hooper Series on saturday 23rd from 2pm. Club open from 10.30 with club training boats available for members with approval by Don or Rod on the day. 
The club’s program has a break on the AFL Grand Final weekend. The Social Sailing/Family Picnic Day mentioned in Mupduddler for 1 October has been postponed.

Last Saturday 16th  saw 40 people gather at the club for a very social, very competitive Trivia night.  7 teams competed over a range of quiz sets, with each team being required to decide in advance which set (eg History & Geography, Sport, Old-Fashioned Cinema and Music, Famous Faces) was their special field of expertise and worth ‘double points’ for each correct answer.  The winning team of Lisa, John and Tony, whilst being worthy winners, only won by the smallest of margins and quiz-master Cindy was frequency queried on the veracity of both questions and answers as competitors vied for the Trivia Trophy.  It was a glorious spring evening and many of the non-members attending were impressed with the view over the lake and the fantastic facilities the club has available

Upcoming
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* School Holiday Sailing Day on Wednesday 27th. Includes Junior program for club juniors and youth those who have completed a Learn to Sail level program. Registration via link on our club website by 8pm on Sunday 24th. Midweek sailors of all ageswelcome to sail casually or come down for a ‘watch and chat’ during the day up to 4pmish
* The Spring season commences on saturday 8th October, with start time for afternoon club races back to 2.30 for daylight savings period till April. 
Morning short race from 11am with briefing and rigging from 9.30. Includes annual Virgo Ladies skippers short race. Sail 1up or 2up in own boat or a club training boat

Registrations now open and details on www.albertsc.org for :
* Albert Sailing Club’s Discover Sailing Public Open Day on sunday 22 October. A great opportunity for peple to visit our club and go for a sail with an experienced member.
* Spring Learn to Sail program from Sunday 12th November.

Parks Victoria have notified of road closures on Sunday 24 September, 8 and 15 October of most roads in Albert Park Reserve including in Aquatic Drive behind sailing club fo some major events. Summary of closures on Home of www.albertsc.org.au
 
Rod Thomas
sailing@albertsc.org.au
 
A couple of photos from the ASC Trivia Night 



 
 
 


 
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Thursday Snippets, 14 September

By Rod Thomas | Published: September 13, 2023

The club’s Winter Season concludes with short course racing from 2pm on saturday 16th and 23rd. Forecast for saturday 16th is looking promising with warm conditions and light to possibly moderate winds. Club training boats available for club memberswith approval by Don or Rod on the day.

On saturday 16th take advantage of the warmer weather and stay on or come to the club for the Trivia Night from 6pm. BYO main course with dessert and nibbles provided, and drinks from Doug’s Bar. All members and their friends welcome. Send late registrations to Cindy via admin@albertsc.org.au

One of the two old wooden Mirrors setup for racing mentioned in the Spring Mudpuddler has been sold. If you are interested in buying the other at a good low price speak to Rod on the weekend. Otherwise will offer to a potential buyer from a Peninsula club next week. Also a couple of  wooden Sabres for sale at a good price.

Upcoming
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* School Holiday Sailing Day on Wednesday 27th. Includes Junior program for those who have completed Tackers programs or similar Learn to Sail – registration on our Albert Sailing Club Wild Apricot site. Midweek sailors welcome to sail casually or come down for a ‘watch and chat’ during the day up to 4pm or so.

* The Spring season commences on saturday 8th October.
Morning short race from 11am with briefing and rigging from 9.30.

Registrations now open and details on www.albertsc.org for
* Albert Sailing Club’s Discover Sailing Public Open Day on sunday 22 October. A great opportunity to invite family and friends to visit our club and go for a sail with an experienced member.

* Spring Learn to Sail program from Sunday 12th November.

APYC’s City Sail Coaching Regatta and the VIODA Girls and Mum’s weekend based at Albert Sailing Club both went well last weekend. Photo of the sunday afternoon Zest short race 1st placegetter ASC’s Mai and Nina Curtis, State MP for Albert Park. Well done Mai and the other four ladies skippers from Albert Sailing Club who sailed the City Sail weekend.

Rod Thomas
sailing@albertsc.org.au

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Thursday Snippets, 7 September

By Rod Thomas | Published: September 7, 2023

On saturday 9th September there is a half yearly ASC Working Bee in the morning for members from 9.30. Come down dressed in ‘working bee clothes’. No club racing with APYC’s City Sail Women’s and Girl’s Regatta across the weekend. Five ASC ladies entered, with two in Sabres and three in club Zests.

The club’s Winter Season concludes with short course racing from 2pm on saturday 16th and 23rd. The Spring season commences on saturday 8th October.

Saturday 16th Trivia Night @ Albert Sailing Club from 6pm for members and friends. Details on club website with pre-Registrations required on list on club Galley or the club website link.

Wednesday 27th School Holiday Sailing Day including Junior program for those who have completed Tackers programs or similar Learn to Sail – registration on our club Wild Apricot site. All members welcome to sail casually or come down for a ‘watch and chat’. Any queries can be directed to Rod via training @albertsc.org.au

The finalists for the Australian Sailing Victoria annual Awards have been released on their Facebook site with the Award presentation night on Friday 15th September. Nice mix of finalists for Club of the Year.

Rod Thomas
sailing@albertsc.org.au

 

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