Saturday 16 July there is Winter Series 3 club race at 2pm, with an Information session in clubrooms at 1.15. There is also a couple of training sessions in the morning for junior Optimist sailors from 9.30. The weather will be warmer that during the week, and will again see a return to light winds in the NE to NW sector.<\/p>\n
For anyone coming down to the Lake on sunday 17th there is a partial park road closure from 6am to 11am for an Athletics Victoria Road Race event Road closures include Aquatic Drive behind ASC and preceding Albert Park Road.<\/p>\n
Saturday 23 July there will be junior Optimist class training in the morning and a social sailing day, with no afternoon club race. On Sunday 24 July the Hartley T16 Association’s annual Demonstration Day will be held in the gravel area next to Albert Sailing Club from 11.00 am to 3.00 pm. Come and have a look at a group of Hartley Trailer Sailer 16s and speak to class association members. Further details www.australianhartleyts16.org.au\/Joomla\/<\/p>\n
Club racing resumes weekly from 30 July. On sunday 31 July the Victorian Teams Ra9ng Championship are being hosted by Albert Park Yacht Club. The event consists of a series of very short races on Albert Park Lake basin in front of the sailing clubs from 9.30 to 4.30. Contested by up to 8 teams in Pacer class boats provided by the organisers. An ASC team participated a couple of years ago. For a team to be entered in the 2016 event we would need 6 – 8 people, including 3 or 4 skippers. $40 per person entry fee to cover boat hire and event costs. If interested send an email expressing interest to sailing@albertsc.org.au by 21 July. More\u00a0 details on www.apyc.org.au. If you are down at the Lake on sunday 31st it should be worth taking a look at the teams racing.<\/p>\n
Rod Thomas
\nfor ASC committee<\/p>\n