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Welcome to Thursday Snippets On the March Labour Day weekend we have a break from club racing at Albert Sailing Club. A number of members have indicated that they are likely to be down sailing on Saturday, depending upon the weather conditions. Club racing resumes on Tuesday with the second last of this season’s Twilight Races commencing at 6pm. Club Events
On Wednesday (10th) we are hosting an interschool Fleet Racing Regatta. Over 40 students from 5 or more colleges and secondary schools are expected to participate. Contact Don McKenzie who is the Race Officer for this Regatta if you can help out either on or offshore. On the weekend of the 13th and 14th March we have a full weekend of sailing at the club. The 5th race of the 2010 Summer Series is on Saturday 13th March. We expect a large Division 4 in the Saturday race with Melbourne Grammar School students competing in their school Pacers as their final programmed summer season activity. Albert members with Pacers are encouraged to join in and give the boys some good competition. There is also a full program of training on that weekend with Basic Skills courses on Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon, and junior training on Sunday morning. Other Events for the Labour Day Weekend Missing your sailing this weekend. Here are a bunch of events to get involved in. There is plenty of sailing around Victoria, over the weekend, with a number of events attracting Albert Sailing Club members. The Impulse class have their State titles hosted by Williamstown Sailing Club on Saturday pm, Sunday am and pm, and Monday am. A fleet of around 30 boats are expected, including 5 or 6 boats from Albert lead by Paul Farrell the 2009 Victorian Impulse champion. If there are the expected Southerly winds, the course is likely to be to the East of the main shipping channel and Princess Pier at Port Melbourne would be a good spot to have a view of the Impulse races. The Marlay Point race for trailable yachts and multi-hulls, sportsboats and keelboats is being held overnight on Saturday into Sunday. Several hundred boats have entered the race which starts on Lake Wellington at Marlay Point on Saturday evening, with boats sailing through the Gippsland Lakes to finish at Paynesville sometime Sunday. We know of three trailables skippered by Albert Sailing Club members participating in the event. Peter Wright, Steve Lincoln, Brian Finlayson and their respective crews will be flying the flag for Albert. The Victorian Laser Association is conducting an all day Coaching Day on Saturday 6 March at Mordialloc Sailing Club. Details are on the Victorian Laser Association website. There are other class State Titles and regattas on this weekend. See Upcoming Events on the Yachting Victoria website for details. We wish those sailing in the Impulse titles, the Marlay Point race, and any other club members sailing in events over the weekend, good sailing and look forward to reports on how they fared. Recycling at the Club With SEDA using the club during the week and Saturday and Sunday racing the club is producing a fair amount of garbage. A large percentage of that is recyclable material. We now have a regular rubbish and recycling service, as such we need to separate out the recycling from the normal rubbish. In the club rooms there are now two bins with blue lids on them. These bins are for recyclable (cans, bottles, paper etc) items, and should be emptied into the main recycling bin (also with a blue lid). The wheelie bins (1 recycling, 1 garbage) are stored at the end of the first isle in the boatyard. Thanks
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