The Club:
The Stirling Marblehead Yacht
Racing Club is based in Stirling, South Australia some 20km east
of Adelaide in the Adelaide Hills.
The Lake is simply beautiful.
With a backdrop of regenerated forest, nature reflected brightly
in its glassy waters and a flotilla of ducks ever present, it's
hard to believe this secluded and idyllic spot is less than a
minute's drive from Stirling's main street.
It is located in the picturesque
Stirling Linear
Park.
The Club has been sailing since
its inception by Laurie Rees and others in 1993 and only races the
Marblehead "M" Class and has around 16 members at present.
Sailing is all year round every
Wednesday for official races and infrequently on Sunday mornings.
Visitors are welcome to watch the
yachts in action - members seem only too happy to let interested
onlookers share their love of sailing by offering the controls.
POLICIES
Hot / Severe Weather Policy:
Note changes resulting from the change in the way fire danger
ratings are now defined.
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Sailing will be
cancelled on days of Catastrophic
Fire Danger as defined by the ~5:00 pm forecast on the BOM and
CFS sites on the preceding day, The basis for this policy
is the one way road leading to the lake and the Adelaide Hills
Council restriction on the use of Woorabinda on those days.
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Sailing will be held
on days of Extreme fire danger BUT at the discretion of the
individual members.
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Be aware that the
Hills Council may close Woorabinda on either extreme or
catastrophic days and this would preclude us from sailing.
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It is probably not
appropriate to use the BBQ on extreme days.
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The Fire rating is available from
this site by following the link top the 'Weather'
page and clicking on the 'CFS' icon (or writing just
beneath)
Risk Assessment
Link to Document
An Environmental Value Assessment performed by Robby Towill
prepared for the 'Friends of the Stirling Linear Park outlines
amongst other things an interesting survey of the lake. We
have been given perrmission to reproduce this map here but not
the whole document. However, it is on the web and a Google
search for 'woorabinda environmental value assessment pdf' will
find it. The article is copyrighted and should not be
copied for reuse but can be read.
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For more information Email our
Club Secretary
Click on image for e-mail
link
 Ben Morris
or
Mob: 0424363428
S.M.Y.R.C.
4 Glen Court
Goolwa Beach SA 5214
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