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Toronto Amateur Sailing Club

Locality: Toronto, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 4959 5610

Address: 27 Victory Parade 2283 Toronto, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.tasc.org.au

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24.01.2022 Big day at TASC yesterday. Such a beautiful day attracted a huge fleet in light but sunny awesome conditions. We have around 30 sailors on the water. Racing fleet 1 skate, 2 original windsurfers, 3 Windsurfer LT’s, 1 Neil Pryde RSX, 3 or so lasers, 1 flying ant and half a dozen or so Sabots!... Lessons We had 4 new windsurfing students today Lia, Don, Aiden and Louise- all did remarkably well for first lessons and all managed to change direction, cover a lot of ground and had a thoroughly good time on the water showing glimpses of perfect form and upwind sailing skills, good balance and good attitude to learning. Did a few rescues as some of my students appeared attracted to the Yacht club around lunch time, maybe they were getting thirsty? Good times. I didn’t get to race but had a sail returning one board back to club and got huge satisfaction helping these new windsurfers on their journey of discovery! Eliza jumped on the Windsurfer LT after racing the Laser for a quick go showing she is still keen! Pete Doolan gave up windsurfing for the day to sail with Lewis and Ally on a laser. Great to see the fleet of sabots from Carey Bay join us for the day and the Beashel’s joined in as well from Sunshine. Results to come soon... Club has 4 Sabots left for sale, $500 each complete and in good working order! Sold two yesterday to Danielle and Michael, Iron Spencer and Iron Chieftain - congrats! 3 slightly newer Sabots - unmarked and Iron Prince still for sale. Oh also good progress on new windsurfer racks this week!

24.01.2022 More photos from today's sailing to come but this guy wins photo subject of the day - Peter Doolan winner of Race 2 and a stunning way to cross the line.

24.01.2022 Windsurfer Class Association of Australia

22.01.2022 Sailing Section - Royal Motor Yacht Club Toronto

22.01.2022 This weekend Sat 14th and Sun 15th Toronto Foreshore will be a blaze of colour as Toronto Amateur Sailing Club hosts the NSW State Titles for both the Windsurfer LT and Raceboards. Come and join us and cheer on your local sailors up against some of the best in Australia with several former Olympian Windsurfers and World Champions. It will be a hive of activity both on and off the water with at least 80 sailors registered. Racing starts approx. 10:30am each day. Cool drinks... and snacks will be available upstairs but we do ask you to please be Covid Safe. Enjoy the spectacle! www.tasc.org.au See more

21.01.2022 Who’s had a hectic week? Unwind your stresses away at Toronto Amateur Sailing Club this Friday. Fun short course sailing and upstairs for refreshments, fantastic views and friendly people. Then on Saturday or Sunday bring your kids down to have a look at the awesome Flying Ants vying for glory towards their State Titles. Racing starts around 11am both days. Kitchen will be open for food and drinks. We are Covid Safe so please sign in with the QR code readily available aroun...d the building. "Work like a Captain, play like a Pirate!"

21.01.2022 Toronto once again shines with a beautiful day on Sunday and we got to share our foreshore with @CCACinc Thanks for visiting us! We had a great day, kicking off with some Learn to Sail students ably tutored by Lia, Neil and the team, and some more practice on windsurfers by Karen and Bens father John. They are both getting better with each time out on the water and joined us for the afternoon races. We had a lovely little breeze in the morning but it progressively eased off ...as the afternoon arrived. Anthony had to work hard to get his board foiling and understandably called it a day after Race 1. The rest of the fleet managed to get in two races, though the second race shortened with a quick buoy movement with help from Scott from the Carey Bay fleet of sabots that joined us, and a start line move due to shifting wind direction. It ended up quite drifty but it made for some beautiful photos as the sun lowered - wish I took my proper camera out! Race 2 became a battle of the windsurfers as they could pump down wind. Ben Micallef put some pressure on Peter Doolan but in the end Pete wins his first race at TASC - well done mate. Cudos to Ben as he had run 30kms in the morning, earning a cooling off swim at the finish. Sarah graced us with her LT prowess, big smiles and took out the womens division. Well done to all who sailed, we hope you had some fun. Our next Learn to Sail (8 week program) starts on Sunday 18th October for only $200! All the gear and qualified coaching is provided for absolute beginners and more advanced coaching as needed. Kids can use their $100 NSW Gov Active Kids voucher making the 8 week course a very affordable and fun sport option. Learn to sail a dinghy or windsurfer. Big thanks to our sponsors RA Mackay Yacht Brokerage Michel's Patisserie Marine Outlet JR Works - Landscaping & Design, MEB Sail Design

20.01.2022 Windsurfer LT RAFFLE. OUR MAJOR CLUB FUNDRAISING EVENT. PROUDLY SUPPORTING THE REGROWTH OF WINDSURFING ON LAKE MACQUARIE.... https://www.rafflelink.com.au/tascsailing2020

19.01.2022 Our newest club sponsors for the upcoming season! More to follow... Thankyou for your support Michael, Greg and Annie and Rod!

19.01.2022 Winter sailing regatta this Sunday at TASC All welcome Free entry Windsurfers and centreboard classes very welcome to join the fun.... Racing kicks off at 1pm sharp. Free Windsurfing lessons are on from 11am- we are expecting 5 or more keen students of various stages incl 3 beginners, more welcome, call Al Haynes on 0438336495 if interested. Rubber sailing shoes and wetsuits recommended. Light winds and sunny day forecast, not ideal for racing but that just adds to the challenge and don’t forget we have a social drink or two afterwards. Social distancing applies and we have a Covid management plan in place. http://www.tasc.org.au/About-Toronto-ASC/Covid-19-Procedures Hope to see a few of the crew who have sailed every fortnight at Pittwater through winter - RPAYC. Plenty of parking and rigging space available. Please arrive by 12pm for racing, 10:30am for lessons. Covid management smartphone sign in will be done for all participants - students, sailors, volunteers and spectators. See image below and scan...

19.01.2022 Great balls of heat, thunder & lightening, haven’t we had it all this week! Cool off with our Twilight Sailing that continues at Toronto Amateur Sailing Club this Friday 4th Dec 5:30pm. Open to the community and all vessel types are welcome (even your SUP’s, kayaks etc). Please come and join us, or simply relax on the TASC veranda overlooking Lake Macquarie, with a cold drink and a barbecue snack. Non-members are asked to donate $5 per boat, to help cover insurance and resc...ue boat maintenance. http://www.tasc.org.au/ See more

18.01.2022 Community meeting today at 3pm at the rotunda. If we want changes or want to understand their plans for our foreshore better, this is our opportunity to have a say and listen to the views of the planners and community. Check out the Lake Mac Facebook page for more details.

18.01.2022 Start line tactics tip https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=304218794101234

18.01.2022 Hey sailors, Popped down to the club to do a little flag maintenance with one of our fantastic club sponsors, Rod Mackay, RAMYB who has kindly agreed to renew his sponsorship of the club learn to sail program. Thanks so much Rod, we appreciate your continued support for both Toronto Amateur Sailing Club and RMYC toronto. Greta to have such a knowledgeable industry insider backing Sail Toronto! With the strong winds his blue flag ended a tangled up in blue, however, rod displa...Continue reading

17.01.2022 TASC have again smashed records with a fantastic roll up up for the Nsw State Windsurfer and Raceboard Championships. As well as organising a regatta hosting over 90 windsurfers, we managed to cater for them all, run an excellent race program, had Marine Outlet on site selling heaps of essential sailing gear including Vaikobi PFDs and rubber booties. We have initiated our TASC summer fundraising raffle with a windsurfer LT as the first Prize. Go pro second and various minor p...rizes. We also ran a one day raffle with various prizes, had a huge presentation with plenty of giveaways for lucky competitors who stayed for the presentation. Thanks to all the windsurfers who turned up for some ideal regatta conditions and supported our club so well over the weekend. Get yourself online and check out our Windsurfer Raffle. It will help us buy more sailing gear and do some essential maintenance to the club. https://www.rafflelink.com.au/tascsailing2020 Yours in sailing Al Haynes, TASC.

16.01.2022 Covid procedures for TASC

16.01.2022 It’s all happening at Toronto Amateur Sailing Club. A huge windsurfing regatta is being held next weekend, come along and experience all the action - Windsurfer Class one design boards and rigs - such a versatile setup for learner, families cruisers and international level tactical racing. Also racing are the Raceboard Class of Windsurfing, hi tech gear, huge sails for experienced sailors only. Both classes competing for respective state championships. Check out some shots fr...om the previous Nationals held at Toronto in January 2019. This will be a similar spectacle. The club is licensed and will be providing lunches and snacks all weekend. Come and join us and cheer on your local sailors up against some of the best in Australia with several former Olympian Windsurfers and World Champions. We have sailors from 15 years old to 72 years old having a crack and showing their skills. Also on same weekend, we have another big windsurfing slalom event on Lake Macquarie at Marmong Point Windsurfing Club - check them out as well if you have the time. Windsurfing, like boat sailing has so many different facets, everyone has so much choice these days with various classes and styles of gear. We specialize in old school style long boards with a centreboard that anyone can ride and develop their skills continually whilst having a great time with a large group of friends from around the state! See you Saturday. See more

16.01.2022 WIN a WINDSURFER LT valued at $2,899 or choose to take cash prize of $2,500! Toronto Amateur Sailing Club is raising funds to support our Learn to Sail program, that introduces people of all ages to the joys of sailing. Please support our small community club by purchasing tickets for your chance to win, and there are other great prizes too. $5 each, 5 for $20 or 15 for $50. Simply scan the QR code or visit https://www.rafflelink.com.au/tascsailing2020 to purchase. Terms and conditions attached and available on the Rafflelink site.

15.01.2022 Hey guys and girls, thanks for your amazing show of support over the three pages I shared the graffiti damage to our club on. Our community response is overwhelmingly positive and there has been some fabulous offers of help. Our committee will be contacting a guy who has cleaned it up before for us tomorrow to see when he can help. We may be doing a working bee either Sat arvo or Sunday morning will advise when we know more. A lot of the building has been treated to make remo...val easier than having to repaint (I hope) roller doors may be a different story. Cameras and lighting definitely on our agenda ASAP. Thanks everyone once again. TASC Committee. Neil Petherbridge Mark Kirby Darren Boden Ken Davies Andrew Mears Al Haynes PS we are looking forward to an awesome summer sailing season for dinghys and Windsurfers, racing and Lessons etc. everyone is more than welcome to come along and check out the fun we have both on the water and after sailing. Rectification completed! Many thanks to David Wilde for all his effort this morning and breaking the back of the job with an application of graffiti removal solution and no doubt a lot of scrubbing. David has recently rejoined our club and showing his character by getting in there early to rectify the mess. Neil Petherbridge our pres also helped out as did Mark Kirby our club secretary manning the sanding and pressure cleaner for those stubborn marks and myself on pressure cleaner. Looking pretty good, we will be repainting a few sections in near future as that pressure cleaner preferred to remove some of the older paint than the new stuff. May have to locate the graffiti scoundrels and find out what brand they use....

14.01.2022 Graffiti removed successfully today, a few chemical, pressure cleaner, sand paper and some elbow grease. Four good men and a good few hours. Even managed to do... a windsurfing lesson with one of our youth sailors, Eliza Kirby. Going well, progressed to full sized regatta rig on the LT today and sailed for two hours covering a lot of ground. Awesome effort and looking pretty comfortable sailing after only 4 lessons. Won’t be long and she’ll be giving me hell on the racecourse! She even managed to beat me back to shore against a difficult light breeze! A rewarding afternoon. Thanks everyone again for your positive feedback and offers of assistance. Appreciated more than you will ever know. Love Toronto and love our lake!

13.01.2022 Our hard working President of TASC, Neil getting a sweat up on an old Windsurfer One Design (this one weighs 24kgs) board but LT sail. Thanks for all of your hard work Neil.

13.01.2022 1 x Sabot left for sale at TASC - Iron Prince. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3072079812845576/

12.01.2022 All Sabots now sold! Only one left for new owner to pick up and more space for boat storage once again. Thanks to the purchasers, we now have a few extra dollars for equipment upgrades.

12.01.2022 Salt water sooths the soul! Our Learn to Sail students certainly experienced that this morning with a mixture of wind conditions that tested even the best of our sailors today. Well done to all of our junior sailors, adult sailors and windsurfers! You all did so well and are progressing nicely with your learning. Next week our club is hosting the Windsurfer State Titles, so LTS students please arrive ready for a 9am start on Sunday. Afternoon club racing we had a mixture of Windsurfers, Lasers and Skates getting out to enjoy 4 races, plenty of race time to fine tune your skills. Big thanks to our club volunteers, Instructors, Race Officials and helpers for making the day the successful. See you all next week!

10.01.2022 A great way to end the hustle of the week, and finished off with a bbq, drinks and priceless views.

10.01.2022 LEARN TO SAIL OR WINDSURF !! The next 8 week course starts Sun 7th Feb, 10am to Midday. Contact us quickly as we already have enrolments. Run separately for children (Kids Active voucher eligible) and adults, we have qualified instructors, and all equipment is provided. Learn To Sail try out: if you or someone you know are interested in sailing but don’t want to commit just yet, we offer one free session to test if it is really for you. Anyone interested please visit http://www.tasc.org.au/ or contact Neil Petherbridge (Sailing) ([email protected]) or Al Haynes (Windsurfing) ([email protected]).

10.01.2022 Sunday 4th October is the start of WCAA NSW SPRING INTO SUMMER SERIES. SEVERAL TASC WINDSURFERS ATTENDING. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, WE CAN TRAILER YOUR GEAR DOWN IF IT HELPS! Contact Al Haynes 0438336495 for more info. Alternatively, club sailing still on at TASC if you prefer to sail locally.

09.01.2022 Eliza and Waverly doing it on the Windsurfer LT at TASC. Rain does not bother them, winter no worries, off shore winds, sure! Let’s do it! https://youtu.be/KsFmUGyilBQ

08.01.2022 This is the childish behaviour we have to deal with at Toronto Amateur Sailing Club and Sailability on an all too regular basis! We are a small group of volunt...eers that run this little not for profit club serving our community and some dopey delinquents seem to think this is cool. If you recognise their tags, politely ask them to grow up and do something constructive. We would happily accept them at our club to learn sailing and responsible behaviour. See more

07.01.2022 Hey NSW Windsurfers of all classes! Pete Doolan, Al Haynes and Team NSW are proud to announce that finally, Our WCAA NSW... 2020 - 2021 NSW Spring Into Summer Windsurfer Class Series is now open for registrations. After last season was cut short due to Covid, let’s all get out and hit the season with a vengeance. We had some huge roll ups during the Winter, now with the warmer weather let’s rip and get some big fleet experience in preparation for the NSW State Championships at Toronto in November! Please see links for Online Registrations and Notice of Race / Sailing Instructions. 1st event at Palm Beach on Sunday 4th October* * Note: subject to Covid regional zones ceasing to be in place late September as advised by Australian Sailing. We will post on this page and send emails to registered competitors and current WCAA Members to keep you up to date with the latest. Let’s hope it is ok to go on the 4th. Rest assured, if for some reason that event is postponed, we will add another event at end of series so you all get great value by entering. For those of you not at the last WCAA Nationals, NSW won the team Championship as best performing state, so we expect a first class field to be competing. A great opportunity for us all to learn from our champions on the race course and on shore for rigging tips and all, so please, regardless of your skill level, join us for an awesome 6 event series at some terrific locations, fun and fantastic sailing. Junior sailors very welcome, foilers, techno, race boarding juniors and adult sailors who need a charter board and rig can be catered for, limited numbers available on a first in first served basis. Details in NOR. A great opportunity to get some big fleet racing experience with some Australia’s best sailors. Only a few weeks to season start so register now and guarantee you get yourself some great sailing and a special edition Windsurfer Cap. To Register for the series or a single event - https://theclubspot.com/regatta/tu1x2jaJ6G Notice of race - https://myclubspot.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tu1x2jaJ6G_do

07.01.2022 Here we go Toronto, come and have a look at the Windsurfer and Raceboard State Titles. It's a stunning day, get the kids out in the sunshine racing starts shortly!

05.01.2022 Windsurfer LT is huge in Italy, looking pretty hot there atm and plenty of cool windsurfers - Can’t wait for summer!

05.01.2022 Here’s the revised results from last weekends State Championship, Windsurfer Class https://myclubspot.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/r3PKb8pTOP_do The class thanks the entire band of helpers, sponsors, committee, club exec, members and visitors and of course the competitors to this event. We also ran the nsw Raceboard championships (see RB Results in pics) and conducted sailing and windsurfing lesssons on a huge weekend! Over 100 windsurfers were on the water on Sunday with clos...e to 90 on Saturday. We are a premier Sailing Location and a well run club that really does run terrific state and national events! We also race every weekend and have very affordable memberships, learn to sail programs and great social het together. Get on board and join our club - whether you are a beginner, a pro or just would like to check us out, come and say hello on Sunday mornings, you will always be made welcome!

05.01.2022 Hello everyone, and in particular, proposed student for this Saturday’s Learn to Windsurfer Lessons With due consideration to the weather forecast on numerous sites predicting 15-20knots SE breeze all day Saturday, the club (TASC) has decided to postpone the event till Late January. Safety is a primary consideration for all sailors. We even call off racing for experienced sailors if conditions are considered dangerous. I know some will be disappointed, however, we have your h...Continue reading

03.01.2022 The club has 6 Sabot dinghys for sale. Great for kids to learn sailing. Complete with sails and rigs and ready to sail. $500 each. These are surplus to needs and we need to clear to make more room! Get in quick as they are priced to sell fast. Contact any of our members to Enquire. Cheers, Al Haynes 0438336495

03.01.2022 Australian Sailing NSW Covid-19 Update. Important info. Restrictions on sailors, volunteers, students etc attending club events within a different zone to their home. This is expected to be in place till end of September. https://www.sailingresources.org.au/covid-19/

03.01.2022 Repaired access to video for those who were locked out! https://youtu.be/EjOEj0_YIA8

01.01.2022 A hot weekend of sailing at Toronto Amateur Sailing Club as part of the 505 NSW State Titles series. Temps in the 40's didn't dampen the spirit of crews, including 3 boats from S.A. Sunday the breeze really kicked in and Marks Pt gauge took gusts of 50+ knots. All are safe and back on shore but not before some flying reaches and a swim or two. Australian 505 Sailing Association Sydney 505 Sailing Australian Sailing - NSW & ACT

01.01.2022 This photo, taken a few weeks back reminds me of another of our clubs sponsors... it is terrific to get such great support from our community! John Roberts and his family donated two Starboard Rios to the club for the learn to windsurf program. These are terrific boards to aid in learning being relatively wide and stable with a smallish 5m rig. Here Aidan and Don were sailing during their first lesson, since then, after two lessons they can comfortably sail out, turn and ret...urn safely to shore in a light breeze. Stronger winds will challenge them as they develop their muscle memory and hone their technique but that is all part of the fun of windsurfing! These boards will also be a great asset as they develop and start using footstraps and harnesses in stronger winds, as these boards reall are quite fast in a blow. John Roberts is a local landscaper / Concreter from Coal Point and was involved in windsurfing on Lake Macquarie when the sport was still in its infancy here. He has been sailing kites and high performance gear for years and must have a good level of expertise as his daughter, Peri is one of the worlds hottest Kitesurfers sponsored by Robby Naish, former multiple World Champion from the age of 14 sailing against guys twice his age and whipping them hard. He picked up windsurfing at 12 years of age using a full sized sail and heavy timber booms. He is a true Hawaiian waterman who is just at ease kiting, foiling, surfing, SUPing etc as he is on a windsurfer. Hence he has been called the king for his sheer dominance for many years. Anyhow, thanks John and crew for your support of our clubs prospering Windsurfing fleet and school. If you want work done by a craftsman with integrity and a good community spirit, look him up. Smooth Sailing, Al Windsurfing Training Coordinator, Toronto Amateur Sailing Club. PS. We sail Sundays at the club, a few weeks left of free lessons if you’d like to join us at 10:00am and check it out. Your 12 year old child could be the next world champ, we breed them good here on Lake Macquarie with many windsurfing and sailing world champions and Olympians over the years.