{"id":2969,"date":"2025-02-19T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T07:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.albertsailingclub.com\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2025-02-19T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T07:13:00","slug":"thursday-snippets-20-february-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/news.albertsailingclub.com\/?p=2969","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Snippets, 20 February"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Club Sailing Day on saturday 22nd. Club open from 10am. Summer championship at 2.30, with ASC the host club. There is also Social Sailing from APYC on sunday, with a few Mirrors from Mirror Association planning to visit. Check weekend forecasts as some windier weather is being predicted on the weekend – again !

Saturday 1st March club sailing day with Informal Race and Casual Sailing session in the morning and Summer Series Race in the afternoon.

Upcoming
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21 – 24 February Australian ILCA (Laser) Masters Championships at Westernport Yacht Club. No ASC Lasers this year, but Cindy Tilbrook from ASC is one of the on water Race Officers.

8 – 9 March Labour Day weekend. Impulse State Titles at Altona YC.
Marley Point Trailer Sailer Overnight Race, Gippsland Lakes.
No programmed sailing on Albert Park Lake, with Lake and Park closed for a week late on Monday 10th for a week for F1 Grand Prix.

This Week’s News Special
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Our regular ASC Optimist sailor Kengo has built a Lego NZ America’s Cup boat.
His parents Mai and Shinsuke report :
Kengo was given the Lego set as his birthday gift. He built and completed by himself.

Kengo enjoyed building it so much. Especially, he loves the keel system controlled by a pneumatic system and double-filmed main sail with a rotating mast. It even comes with jib and main sheets to trim the sails.

This opened up Kengo’s strong interest in America’s cup. He started reading books about the rich history of America’s cup.
His favourite class is AC75. And his favourite boat is Australia II.

Well done Kengo ! Well assembled and a great effort.

Rod Thomas
for ASC committee and members

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