Thursday Snippets, 8 December

By Rod Thomas | Published: December 7, 2022

Our 2022 program at Albert Sailing Club wraps up in the next couple of weeks.
* Saturday 10th December we have our final club sailing day for the year, with our Life Members trophy race at 2.30, and end of year Festive Season and New Members Welcome function from late afternoon into the evening, with a good number of bookings for our end of year function .
* Also on the 10th there will be an end of year Update meet for members chaired by the Commodore in the clubrooms from 12 noon. Members whether sailing or not are encouraged to come down. Sit down with your lunch. No formal agenda. To cover items such as : ASC future strategy, status of possible unification discussions, Parks Victoria and lake management, club training and mentoring.
Club sail boats available for sailing by members in the afternoon.
Looking further ahead
* On Tuesday 20th December the club will be open from 12 noon ish for afternoon and twilight sailing till 7pmish, with club training boats available for member use. December club committee meeting in clubrooms that evening.
* The Club Sailing program resumes with two week short course Commodore’s Series on saturday 7th January.
* Our ASC Summer Learn to Sail program of three sundays and a saturday morning commences on sunday 12 February. Details and booking link are on the Learn to Sail tabe of www.albertsc.org.au.

Finally, well done to Hamish Gilsenan, who sails under the ASC burgee, and finished second overall in a fleet of 31 boats in the Victorian ILCA Laser Radial championships at Mordialloc Sailing Club last weekend. Hamish sailed against sailors youth to 65 years+ He finished runner up to Casey Imeneo Victoria’s top single handed female sailor who is in the Australian ILCA Laser Radial team which races and trains overseas.

Rod Thomas
commodore@albertsc.org.au

Photo : Views of Albert Park Lake from the Albert Sailing Club decking in summer. 

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Thursday Snippets, 1 December

By Rod Thomas | Published: December 1, 2022

With the arrival of summer we have two busy days first two saturdays of December at Albert Sailing Club
* On saturday 3rd there is another short informal morning race.  Rig your own boat or a club training boat from 10am with Information Session in front of clubhouse  at 10.30ish for informal race and sail at 11am. Club RS Zests and a Pacer or two will be available for use by members who need a boat. ASC/APYC Summer championship club race at 2.30. The weather forecast two days out looks good for a day of enjoyable sailing on Albert Park Lake.
* Saturday 10th December we have an end of year Members Update meet at 12 noon, followed by Life Mambers trophy race at 2.30, and our end of year Festive Season and New Members Welcome function from late afternoon into the evening. All members whether sailing or not are encouraged to come down for the Members update session which will cover items such as : Unification discussions, ASC future strategy, training and mentoring. The Xmas function includes a subsidised catered meal, and bookings are required by the end of saturday 3rd. Numbers for it are looking good, with room for more to come and enjoy an end of year get together in our clubrooms.
* In the preceding week. On friday 9th December the Victorian She Sails group will have an informal end of year function with BBQ at ASC clubrooms from 6pm. If there are any ASC women interested in attanding or assisting contact Cindy Tilbrook who is coordinating for ASC.
The Australian Society of Marine Artists have their annual exhibition of Marine and Maritime Art at Victorian Artist Society rooms in Albert Street East Melbourne from 2nd to 13th December. With free entry, well worth a visit for those intrested in nautical art.

Looking further ahead
* On Tuesday 20th December the club will be open from the middle of the day for afternoon and twilight sailing, with club training boats available for member use
* After a short break the Club Sailing program resumes with 2 week short course Commodore’s Series on saturday 7th January.

Rod Thomas
commodore@albertsc.org.au

Photo : Learn to Sail group with club Zests

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Thursday Snippets, 24 November

By Rod Thomas | Published: November 24, 2022

Plenty of activity at Albert Sailing Club next few weekends.
* Saturday 26th the Learn to Sail group have their last course session 9.30 to 12.30. Lunchtime Sausage Sizzle on the club decking for the new members and other members.
All club Zest in use till 12 noon. Club’s RS Quest boat out sailing am and pm.
The Spring Handicap series club race is at 2.30. There will be an option for new members to stay on to observe how saturday afternoon club racing works.
* On Sunday 27th the club will be open 10am to 12 noon for social sailing, for members to sail their own boat or a club training boat. Also mention you can visit the Boatshed Cafe next door to ASC, for coffee and food and listen to the pleasant musical trio who play late morning/early afternoon each sunday.
Again keep an eye on the weather forecasts. Any late changes to program will be posted on the club website.

Upcoming
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Saturday 3 December Another short informal race at 11am and ASC/APYC Championship series race at 2pm.

Saturday 10 December Join us for our club’s end-of-year Festive Season and Welcome to New Members Celebration Dinner after sailing. Early online registration required to enable organising of the fully catered meal. Go to the link on https://albertsailingclub.wildapricot.org/

Tuesday 29th November and 6 December  Final two sessions Melbourne Girls Grammar School program. Need a member to assist wtih rigging and launching of Zest boats 4 to 6 pm on these afternoons. Contact Rod via training@albertsc if you can help out.

Rod Thomas
commodore@albertsc.org.au

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Thursday Snippets, 17 November

By Rod Thomas | Published: November 17, 2022

Club sailing day on saturday 19th with the club open by 10am, and ASC/APYC Spring Championship Race at 2.30. On sunday the third day of the Spring Learn to Sail program in club Zest boats from 9.30 to 4.30. Keep an eye on the weather and the forecasts with some stronger winds and showers coming in the next few days.

Upcoming
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Saturday 26th the Learn to Sail group have their last course session 9.30 to 12.30. From 12.30 Cindy will have a Sausage Sizzle on the club decking for the new members and other members who are down, with family members welcome. The handicap series club race is then at 2.30. There will be an option for new members to stay on to observe and have commentary on how saturday afternoon club racing works, with  spots on the club’s Start/Finish boat possible if the weather is kind.

Saturday 10 December Join us for our club’s end-of-year Festive Season and Welcome to New Members Celebration Dinner after sailing. We ask for early online registration to enable organising for the fully catered meal. Go to the link on https://albertsailingclub.wildapricot.org/

Friday 18 November 2022 there is a Junior Boys Rowing Regatta all day on Albert Park Lake. If down sailing the areas available for sailing are the basin North of Gunn Island and the area between Gunn Island and the Golf course.

Rod Thomas
commodore@albertsc.org.au

This week the Lake is again at or above its maximum level and the Aquatic Weed Harvesting vessel is in operation.

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Thursday Snippets, 10 November

By Rod Thomas | Published: November 9, 2022

On saturday 12th it is a club sailing day with options all day.
* The club opens by 10am. There will be a short informal race at 11. Fully or partially rig by 1030 with an Information Session at 1030 in front of the club. Main target group is people who have miminal experience racing or have not raced for some time. Sail you own Sabre or other class of boat. Alternatively a club Zest 1up or 2up, with allocations by the Commodore at 10.15ish.
* Club Handicap Race from 2.30pm.
* The club’s RS Quest will be sailed by an experienced sailing member with spots for 2 or 3 people to crew am or pm. If interested in crewing on the Quest prefereably email Jack via membership@albertsc.org.au or see him or Steve Dunn at the Quest on the day.

On 4 November four of Australia’s top sailors were inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.
* Congratulations to Tom King on his induction into the Hall of Fame. Tom started sailing as a young junior at Albert Sailing Club in 1984 and continued to sail at ASC as he progressed to state, national and world Miror champion in 1991. He then moved on to sail a 470 class boat at the 1996 Olympics with Owen McMahon, another ASC junior Mirror and Sabre graduate, and with Mark Turnbull from Mordialloc to win gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.  A short video on the induction of Tom and Mark is at https://www.facebook.com/AustSail/videos/681101063446001 
* Also congratulations to Mark. Matt Belcher and Jessica Watson who were also inducted.  

Upcoming
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Saturday 10 December Join us for our club’s end-of-year Festive Season and Welcome to New Members Celebration Dinner after sailing. Get together with club and family members and their guests to enjoy a great spit roast dinner (vegetarian options available), and an end of year catchup. Registration is essential and done via link on https://albertsailingclub.wildapricot.org/

Rod Thomas
commodore@albertsc.org.au

Photo : Tom King and Mark Turnbull after winning gold at Sydney 2000 Olympics

 

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Thursday Snippets, 3 November

By Rod Thomas | Published: November 2, 2022

At long last a warm and mostly sunny weekend in prospect. Get your sailing gear out and come sailing at Albert Park Lake this weekend.
* Club sailing day on saturday 5th November, with club open at 10am and ASC/APYC Summer Series club race at 2.30. ASC is host club with Steve Dunne our illustrious Race Officer.
* On sunday 9.30 to 4.30 is Week 1 of the ASC November Learn to Sail course. The course is fully booked with 16 adult and youth participants to learn to sail, mainly in our club RS Zest boats. The Most of them are new members, and so we wish them well and a big welcome to our club. The course continues the following two sundays and the last saturday in November.
* The Trivia Night scheduled for saturday 5th will not proceed, but may be rescheduled in the New Year.
* The Melbourne Girls Grammar school program at ASC in Zest resumes at 4pm on tuesday 8th and continues for the following three thursday afternoons.
* Also the State Liberals will make a multi-million dollar funding pledge this coming Saturday.to support community sport infrastructure in the Park and the lake wall if they win Government 10am, Saturday 5 November. Club members who can make it to the announcement it will be by the local Liberal Party candidiate and David Davis shadow treasurer, at 10am for 20 to 30 minutes at Pit Building 6, Aughtie Drive, Albert Park Reserve. We have a couple of ASC committee members going along and would welcome a few more club members.

Rod Thomas
commodore@albertsc.org.au

The ASC Commodore and a couple of ASC juniors and their dads had a great Melbourne Cup long weekend at the Victorian Laser Association Inland Waters Regatta at Lake Eppalock near Bendigo. 48 Lasers sailed in the two day regatta and 24 stayed on for the following two days training camp. Also good to see a fleet of 20 or so junior Optimist sailors sail in a hastily convened event for them after the cancellation of Sail Country at Albury- Wodonga due to blue-green algae in Lake Hume

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Thursday Snippets, 27 October

By Rod Thomas | Published: October 26, 2022

     The next club sailing day is on saturday 5th November, with club race at 2.30pm and club open from 10am.
     The ASC Trivia Night follows sailing on 5th. People need to register by Tuesday 1 November  so that catering and prizes can be organised.  Register by sending an email to Cindy via admin@albertsc.org.au indicating how many adults/children will be attending  Further Trivia Night details can be found on our club website www.albertsc.org.au
     On the Melbourne Cup Day weekend the TS Hartley Association is having their annual presentation and BBQ on club decking 11 to 3pm, with ASC clubrooms available to members with a club key.
A number of our members are sailing in Regattas in Regional Victoria, including 3 sailing Lasers at Lake Eppalock near Bendigo and Ron in his Aero at Stawell.
     On 2 Sunday 23rd we had a successful Discover Sailing Day with a good attendance by people looking to try dinghy sailing with us on Albert Park Lake. A big thankyou  to the members who assisted to make it such a good day.
     On the soggy morning of saturday 22nd October ASC was represented by 3 members at the Greens announcement by Victorian Lower House candidate for Albert Park, Kim Samiotis, that the Victorian Greens have pledged $5 million dollars in support of restoring and maintaining re-building the western section of the lake wall which has crubled in places abd is lower than the restored eastern Lake wall. The Albert Park Sports Club graoup has made representations to the other local candidates to match this pledge and funding for other essential works of benefit to clubs in the park.
Upcoming
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The November Learn to Sail course for adults and youth with a participating adult starts on Sunday 6th, with  only two or three spots left as at 25/10. Details on 

Rod Thomas
commodore@albertsc.org.au


Media Release – Victorian Greens pledge

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Thursday Snippets, 20 October

By Rod Thomas | Published: October 20, 2022

A busy weekend at Albert Sailing Club on 22/23 October weekend.
     Club sailing day on saturday with club race at 2.30pm. Discover Sailing Public Open Day on sunday 23rd across 10am to 3pm. Details and pre-registration link on our club website www.albertsc.org.au, with paper registrations possible on the day. This is a good opportunity for people from 5 to 70 years+ to check out our club facilities and have a sail on Albert Park Lake with a club member.
    Also on the saturday morning Secondary Schools Team Racing from 9am.If you can make it down to the club by 10am a small group of us will be walking or sailing over to the Carousel Car Park area for a State election pledge announcement by Kim Samiotis the Greens candidate for Albert Park. She is announcing a pledge to seek the expenditure of $5m on a rebuild of the crumbling western section of the lake wall, and other expenditure on Albert Park Reserve upgrades.
Upcoming
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* Each tuesday afternoon 4 to 6pm we have a group of Melbourne Girls Grammar School students undertaking a Learn to Sail program with Boatshed Instructors using our club’s RS Zest boats. We need a member or two to assist each week. If you could assist for say 1 or 2 sessions in October or November contact Don or Rod via training@albertsc.org.au.

* The club’s Spring Learn to Sail program across November commences on Sunday 6th November. The course is primarily for new club members with a heavily discounted $50 per person fee. Details with the booking and new member links have been activated this week via the Learn to Sail tab of www.albertsc.org.au. If interested booking early as the limit of 16 is expected to be reached in the coming week.
* Saturday 5th November ASC’s annual Trivia Night
BYO main course dinner followed by Trivia from 7pm.
Members and visitors are welcome to take on the Trivia challenge. It is time to register with details and Registration via the link on the club website.
* Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th November Montalto Westernport Masters Regatta for Masters age sailors of dinghy class boats. Details on the Westernport Yacht Club website.

Rod Thomas
commodore@albertsc.org.au

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Thursday Snippets, 13 October

By Rod Thomas | Published: October 13, 2022

The next two saturday club sailing days are on the 15th and 22nd October with club open from 10 am and start for afternoon Summer Series races at 2.30. On the 15th there is a schools Athletics event at Lakeside stadium which may make parking in Aquatic Drive tight, and require more effort than normal to find parking.

Sunday 23rd October we have Albert Sailing Club’s Discover Sailing Public Open Day from 10am – 3pm.
Invite friends and extended family who may have an interest in dinghy sailing to come down and check out our facilities and have a sail (or a kayak ?) with or under the supervision of an experienced club member. Also a good opportunity for ASC members who have not sailed for a while and club juniors to come down and sail a club boat. Juniors should arrive 10 – 10.30 for allocation of a club boat.
Details and Pre-Registration for the Discover Sailing Day via link on www.albertsc.org.au Members please volunteer to assist in an on water or shore based role for a half day or full day. Do so via the link on club website orby contacting Graeme Blunt or Bettina Azzopardi from the club’s committee.

Saturday 5th November there is ASC’s annual Trivia Night with BYO main course dinner followed by Trivia from 7pm. Members, and their families and friends are inviting to come along to mix with others and take on the Trivia challenge. Details are in the flyer in the Spring Mudpuddler Newsletter with Registration via the link on the club website.

Keep safe if you are in an area impacted by heavy rains on Wednesday and Thursday. As at 8am no reports of impacts on Albert Park Lake, and our club webcam shows no water lying on wooden decks at lakes edge in front of club. 

Rod Thomas
commodore@albertsc.org.au

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Thursday Snippets, 8 October

By Rod Thomas | Published: October 5, 2022

Saturday 8th October the club is open from 9.30am, with regular Summer Series club race from 2.30pm. For those interested in a morning sail, rig between 10 and 10.30, for a briefing in front of club at 10.30 and an 11am start for an informal short race or Lake sail. Club training boats available for member use with approval by a committee member at the club that morning., including the club’s Quest and Zest boats. Albert Park Yacht Club have a 2022/23 Sail Past at 2pm, with briefing for the Sailpast and the afternoon race in front of the APYC clubrooms at 1.30.

The ASC Mudpuddler Newsletter Spring edition was posted to members this week, with an online copy placed on the Home screen of www.albertsc.org.au. It is another newsy Mudpuddler, which includes flyers and details of Upcoming events and activities. Thanks to our editor Maddy and to the contributors of articles and photos. Share a copy with family and friends who may be interested in sailing with us on Albert Park Lake.

On sunday 9th no programmed ASC activity. For anyone coming to the club on sunday you can drive in and park behind the club, but there will be some road restrictions in and around the Albert Park Reserve for the annual Round the Bay cycling event.


Upcoming
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Sunday 23rd October Discover Sailing Public Open Day at Albert Sailing Club 10am – 3pm. Invite friends and extended family family who may have an interest in dinghy sailing to come down and check out our facilities and have a sail with or under the supervision of an experienced club member. Pre-Registration via link on www.albertsc.org.au  Members please volunteer to assist for a half day or full day through via the link on club website or a nominated club committee member.
Saturday 5th November. ASC Trivia Night at 7pm, with semi-catered meal from 6pm. Place in your diary, with more details in Mudpuddler Newsleter.
Also
15th/16th October Sail Sandy Regatta at Sandringham Yacht Club. Traditionally the largest multi class club regatta for off the beach classes on Port Phillip
29th/30th October Cup Day ‘long weekend’. Sail Country at Albury Wodonga Yacht Club and Inland Championships Regatta for Laser and some other classes at Bendigo Yacht Club.

Rod Thomas

commodore@albertsc.org.au

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