Thursday Snippets, 29 March

By Rod Thomas | Published: March 28, 2018

Our next scheduled ASC sailing day is on Saturday 7th April with Summer Series 6 club race at 2pm. Weather prospects look good for Easter. Don McKenzie and some other members will be down for a casual sail on the Lake from mid morning on Easter Saturday.

On the weekend of the Grand Prix (24/25 March) a number of ASC juniors participated in the Victorian Schools Sailing Championships at St Kilda. The St Michael’s junior secondary team finished runnerup in Division 2 with Anna Cripsey, Philip Cripsey and Max Commeignes half of the six member team. Another good result for ASC junior members.

Upcoming
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Wednesday 4th to 6th April ASC Junior school holiday program. Entries close on Friday 30th. Link to information and registration on club website www.albertsc.org.au.

Sunday 22 April ASC Family and Friends Picnic day on the water with your own boat or a club training boat, and socially in clubhouse/on club decking/on lawns in front of the club. Involve family and friends and ask them along to the picnic day. The club’s 4 new RS Zests should be at ASC by then. Please submit your naming suggestions for the yellow sailed Zests to commodore@albertsc.org.au.

Rod Thomas
for ASC committee

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Thursday Snippets, 22 March 2018

By Rod Thomas | Published: March 21, 2018

The Albert Park Reserve was closed to the general public for the F1 Grand Prix on tuesday 20th and re-opens on Tuesday 27th March. Our next scheduled ASC sailing day is on Saturday 7th April with Summer Series 6 club race at 2pm (following change back to AEST in Victoria). No doubt there will be some down sailing socially on Easter Saturday if the whether is reasonable.

Upcoming
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Wednesday 4th to 6th April ASC Junior school holiday program. Link to information and registration on club website www.albertsc.org.au.

Sunday 22 April ASC Family and Friends Picnic day on the water with your own boat or a club training boat, and socially in clubhouse/on club decking/on lawns in front of the club. Involve family and friends and ask them along to the picnic day. The club’s 4 new RS Zests should be at ASC by then. Please submit your naming suggestions for the yellow sailed Zests to commodore@albertsc.org.au.

Albert Sailing Club has been well represented at Wooden Boats Festivals in Victoria in the last couple of months, with some good results and feedback. Steve Dunn’s ‘Grumpy Boy’ took out a couple of the major trophies at the Inverloch Wooden Boat Festival at end of January. Jaemie Wilson’s wooden dragon “Siena” was the overall winner of the Classic Yacht division of the Geelong Wooden Boat festival on the March Labour Day long weekend. Items on both boats are in our Summer Mudpuddler newsletter on www.albertsc.org.au.

ASC was also well represented at the Optimist class titles at Blairgowrie on the March long weekend. Finn McMahon sailed well to win Victorian State Championship. Phillip Cripsey the 11 year old and under State Champion winner.

Items on ASC members at some recent regatta events with photos have been placed on our Albert Sailing Club Facebook.

Rod Thomas
for ASC committee

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Thursday Snippets, 8 March 2018

By Rod Thomas | Published: March 8, 2018

Labor Day long weekend, so no scheduled club racing at ASC. Expect that some people will come down to the club on Saturday from 10am for casual sailing. Also, we have junior green fleet from 1pm – 4pm.

A number of our juniors are sailing in the Victorian Optimist championships at Blairgowrie across the weekend and we wish them well.

The next club race day is on Saturday 17th March 2018. Don’t forget that there is no sailing on 24 March 2018 due to the Grand Prix and that you will not be able to access the club from 19 March to 26 March 2018.

The latest Mudpuddler was distributed this week. Online version is on the home page of www.albertsc.org.au. Big thanks to editor Naomi and contributors for another bumper issue.

Upcoming

ASC committee meeting at 7.30 on Tuesday 13 March 2018. All welcome.

RIB powerboat handling session on Sunday 18th March 2018 from 9.30am to 12.30pm. We have received a good response and quite a few will attend. Email commodore@albertsc.com.au if you wish to attend.

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Thursday Snippets, 22 February

By Rod Thomas | Published: February 21, 2018

Plenty on at Albert Sailing Club on 24th/25th weekend. Summer Series 3 club race and another junior Green fleet sail in the afternoon of Saturday 24th. On sunday we have our monthly social sailing day and continuation of the Summer Learn to Sail program from 9.30. There is a ‘cold front’ with possible showers and a wind change predicted for sometime Saturday. Suggest check forecasts Friday evening on http://www.bom.gov.au/vic Summer Series and training programs continue on Saturday 3rd March.

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Thursday Snippets, 15 February

By Rod Thomas | Published: February 14, 2018

Club sailing day on Saturday 17th with Learn to Sail program in morning, junior Green Fleet from 1pm and Summer Series 2 club race at 2.30. The club will be open Friday twilight from around 5.30 to 9pm. ASC members and visitors are invited down to sail and/or socialise with the Australian Sailing Women’s & Girls Group. Sail your own boat or a Boatshed Pacer, with Instructors in attendance. There will be a BBQ on club decking. https://www.facebook.com/WomenandGirlsinsailing/

Another full weekend on 24th/25th February weekend. Summer Series club race and junior Green Fleet on Saturday. The club will be open all day Sunday 25th from 9.30am with a full day session for the Learn to Sail group and the monthly Social Sailing sunday. Some club boats available for members or sail your own boat. Sausage sizzle at lunchtime or BYO lunch

Rod Thomas
for ASC Committee

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Thursday Snippets, 8 February

By Rod Thomas | Published: February 7, 2018

Saturday 10th February there is full day of sailing at Albert Sailing Club. From 9.30 we have Week 2 of the Summer Learn to Sail course, with 7 adults and 5 juniors. Late morning there is a junior Green Fleet start racing session, then 1 – 4pm Week 1 of the Term 1 junior Green Fleet program with 11 pre-enrolled. At 2.30 is the ASC Summer Series 1 club race.
There are other activities in Albert Park Reserve on Saturday to note. The Queen’s Commonwealth Games Baton relay is coming through the park at 9.30am, and Lakeside Drive on the eastern side of the Lake will be closed till 10am. Athletics Victoria have the final of their 2017/18 Shield competition at Lakeside stadium across the day. Parking useage in Aughtie Drive behind ASC will vary across the day with peak likely to be in the afternoon. If parking in Aughtie Drive is full, you can park in gravel areas either side of club if you have a Parks Vic Sports Club parking permit. If it is full and you do not have a 6 monthly or annual pass, then stop kerbside behind ASC clubrooms and come inside to Galley and seek out Rod Thomas. Rod has a small number of passes which can be purchased from him for parking on gravel area next to the club if required.
A number of our junior Optimist sailors are sailing in the Schnapper Point Regatta across the weekend and we wish them good sailing. The February ASC General Committee meeting is in our clubrooms on Tuesday 13th from 7.30pm. Finally, there is a Responsible Serving of Alcohol course provided at no cost by City of Port Phillip on evening of 5 March. We always need people with RSA accreditation to serve in Doug’s Bar. Contact Jack Woods via secretary@albertsc.org.au for more detail and registration form.

Rod Thomas
for ASC Committee

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Thursday Snippets, 14 December

By Rod Thomas | Published: December 13, 2017

On Saturday 16th December there is Junior Green Fleet Sailing program from 1pm and others down at ASC for some casual sailing. Victorian Women & Girls in Sailing groups sailing on lake from Boatshed at 6pm on Friday 15th followed by drinks at ASC. Wednesday 20th the club will be open from 1pm till sunset or a little later. Have an afternoon or late afternoon/twilight sail. Bringown boat or club boats available for members. An RS Zest has been booked for tryout sails. Sausage sizzle style BBQ and drinks on ASC balcony from 6.30ish.

This is final Snippets for 2017. Best wishes for the upcoming festive period. The ASC program re-commences with club race on Saturday 13th January.

Rod Thomas
for ASC committee

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Thursday Snippets, 7th December

By Rod Thomas | Published: December 6, 2017

Last saturday of club racing for 2017 on 9th December, with a Memorial trophy race at 2.30. Also on the water we have Learn to Sail course (am and pm) and junior Green fleet session from 1pm. Off the water there is a Glass Painting Session in clubrooms from 2pm. Following sailing till after sunset we have our annual Pre-Christmas Social function, with BYO BBQ. After the poor weather of 2 of the last 3 weeks we hope for something reasonable on the weather front.

The final ASC date for 2017 is on wednesday 20th December with afternoon/twilight sailing, followed by drinks and BBQ on club decking.

The December issue of our club’s Mudpuddler Newsletter plus the 2018 club Handbook were mailed out on 4 December. A big thankyou to our editor Naomi, and to our flag officers and other members who made contributions. An online version of Mudpuddler has been placed on home page of our club website www.albertsc.org.au

Rod Thomas
for ASC Committee

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Thursday Snippets, 30th November

By Rod Thomas | Published: November 29, 2017

ASC club trophy race on Saturday 2nd December at 2.30. Spring junior Green Fleet program from 1pm on December 2nd and 9th. $30 per session for ASC juniors with Registration on https://albertsailingclub.wildapricot.org/. Also Sail Melbourne Regatta at Royal Brighton this weekend, sith 6 ASC juniors entered,

On Saturday 9th December ASC’s end of year trophy race, followed by after sailing Christmas breakup function. All members and family welcome. Bring your own BBQ or other main course, nibbles, and a salad to share. Club bar will operate and club will provide desserts. We hope to see our new members at tje Christmas get together. It gives an opportunity to catch up with other members, and enjoy a relaxed celebration of our sailing year.

Wednesday 20th Pre-Christmas afternoon/twilight sailing with club open from 1pm. Sail own boat or club boats available for members for whatever period suits. Drinks and BBQ on club decking, People who have been members or have sailed at ASC in the past most welcome.

We had a number of ASC sailors competing in Go for Gold Regatta at Black Rock on weekend of 24/25 November. Mike Horvath, who is a past member who stills sails with us in Winter, was the Ok dinghy class winner in a fleet of 13. Ron Fergusson finished 3rd in the Aero 7 class.

Rod Thomas
for ASC committee

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Thursday Snippets, 23 November

By Rod Thomas | Published: November 23, 2017

Another full weekend at Albert Sailing Club on 25/26 November weekend. On Saturday 25th November, members Information Meeting at 12 noon, then Spring Series club race at 2.30, and junior Green Fleet program from 1pm.

On Sunday we have Week 4 of Learn to Sail program and Social Sailing Day from 9.30 am. For social sailing sail your own boat or for club members one of the club training boats not being used in the Learn to Sail program.

On Friday 24th the Victorian Women & Girls sailing group will be at Albert Park Lake, 6 – 9pm. Sailing session in Boatshed boats or own boat from 6pm, followed by Drinks and BBQ in ASC clubrooms. ASC members and friends have been invited to participate, Go to Women & Girls in Sailing Facebook for details and registration.

On Saturday 9th December we have ASC end of year trophy race and after sailing Christmas breakup function. All members and family welcome. Also Albert Sailing Club’s junior Green Fleet programme on Saturdays from 1pm – 4pm has been extended to include December 2nd and 9th. It is for juniors aged from 8 to 12 yo in Ozi Opti who have completed Tackers (level 2 or above) or similar learn to sail programme. Boatshed Instructor. The fees are $30 per session for ASC junior members with Registration for one or both extra sessions on https://albertsailingclub.wildapricot.org/.

Mudpuddler Newsletter items required by Saturday 25th November for December issue. Send articles, photos, etc. to Naomi via mudpuddler@albertsc.org.au.

Rod Thomas
for ASC committee

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