New fleet member Cameron Dick’s friend, Jake Allen was out on our pontoon boat the week of August 23, 2022 and shot video using a drone. Thanks to Jake for coming out and doing this for the fleet! You can see the video at August 23, 2022 Aerial.
Category Archives: Summer Series
Results for the Summer racing series.
Summer Series Results Posted
The Summer 2022 series racing results are posted on the Tuesday’s Results and the Series Results tabs. I will be reviewing and finalizing the series results over the weekend. If anyone has any questions or believe a correction needs to be made, email Andy Lenczycki.
Summer Series Week #8 (Last Week)- August 30, 2022
Ahoy hoy,
Sadly this is our final week of racing for the Summer Series!
Weather looks good however, mid 70s 10-13 mph sustained gusting 17-20 mph WNW direction.
Committee boat and race Chair is Jeff Danne. Thanks Jeff!
Year end party:
Scheduled for November 5th at Travelers Pub. More details to come.
PLEASE REGISTER FOR:
* DISCOUNTED RATES EXTENDED THROUGH END OF MONTH!!! *
2022Hobie 16 North American Championships are coming up! September 11-16 This will be a high profile HOBIE event right in our own backyard! normally you would need to travel 10+ hours for an event of this caliper! Hobie 16 North American Championship 2022 – International Hobie Class Association
We currently have 43 boats registered !!!
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Fair Winds Walter (Wall-E) Elsner ALCA Fleet 519 Secretary CRAM H-16 Fleet Captain
Summer Series Week #7 – August 23, 2022
Ahoy,
I can’t believe we’re almost to the end of our season…
Weather for Tuesday: temps High 70s. Partly cloudy. winds NW pretty steady around 7 mph hopefully it’ll pick up some.
Jeff Daane is race committee for our last 2 weeks. Thanks in advance Jeff!
After sailing (or in the event of a cancellation) we will be meeting at Jac’s Cekola’s Portage https://jacscekolaspizza.com/. I would encourage people with boats to park either in the back or to the north (by Habitat or Colonial Kitchen).
Former ALCA fleet member Jim & Kathy Kuk will be in town on Tuesday and plan on being out on the committee boat. If racing is cancelled, we will still meet at Jac’s Pizza, but those wanting to catch up with the Kuk’s will leave around 9 PM to go to Dave Dunlap & Kathy Rubino’s house on Long Lake for a fire and visit with the Kuk’s.
7640 S Westnedge Ave, Portage, MI 49002
https://goo.gl/maps/Fe9YfKVtfKPeeiKJA
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Fair Winds Walter (Wall-E) Elsner ALCA Fleet 519 Secretary CRAM H-16 Fleet Captain
Photos from Summer Week #6 – 8-16-22
Photos taken during Summer Series, Week #6 (8/16/22) are posted under the Photos menu item just below the banner for the website.
Summer Series Week #3 – July 26, 2022
Ahoy,
Welcome to week 3!
Weather for Tuesday night looks to be in the upper 70s partly cloudy, wind looks to be light around 4-6 MPH and out of the South. However, that may change between now and then. Stay tuned here and on Facebook for any cancellations. I’m hoping for the forecast to build!!! So do your wind dance!
Win Larsen will be providing committee boat and serving as RC this week and next. Thanks in advance guys we couldn’t do what we do without people volunteering their time and boats!
After sailing (or in the event of a cancellation) we will be meeting at Jac’s Cekola’s Portage https://jacscekolaspizza.com/ I would encourage people with boats to park either in the back or to the north (by Habitat or Colonial Kitchen)7640 S Westnedge Ave, Portage, MI 49002 https://goo.gl/maps/Fe9YfKVtfKPeeiKJA
PLEASE REGISTER FOR 2022 Hobie 16 North American Championships – Coming up September 11-16, This will be a high profile HOBIE event right in our own backyard! Normally you would need to travel 10+ hours for an event of this caliper! Hobie 16 North American Championship 2022 – International Hobie Class Association
IF any of you have questions about the event please reach out!!!
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Fair Winds
Walter (Wall-E) ElsnerALCA Fleet 519 Secretary CRAM H-16 Fleet Captain
Summer Series Week #2 – July 19, 2022
Ahoy Sailors,
Tuesday: is looking like mid 80s partly cloudy 0% chance of rain with winds forecasted 8-10 mph sustained gusting 15 mph out of the SW so should be a great night for racing.
Our race committee will be Steve Chapman on their pontoon. Thanks in advance!
This past weekend in Michigan City with Fleet 126 – Hobie Class Division 10 and CRAM was a blast! We all got a bunch of good practice in for NACs. We had 12 Hobie 16s registered all of which sailed 2up… we had sailors from Alabama, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and of course Michigan. Including a few of us from ALCA! Michael Estes even came down for his first big water race and crewed for Dave Stiemsma!
PLEASE REGISTER FOR 2022 Hobie 16 North American Championships. They are coming up September 11-16! This will be a high profile HOBIE event right in our own backyard! Normally you would need to travel 10+ hours for an event of this caliber! Hobie 16 North American Championship 2022 – International Hobie Class Association
IF any of you have questions about the event please reach out!!!
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Fair Winds
Walter (Wall-E) Elsner ALCA Fleet 519 Secretary CRAM H-16 Fleet Captain
spring-summer break reminder
Hey Everyone,
Just a friendly reminder that we have tonight (Tuesday, June 29, 2021) off for the 4th of July break week. Starting next Tuesday (July 6, 2021) we will begin week 1 of 10 of our Summer Series.
Fair Winds-
Summer Series Week #1 Cancelled
Due to the low and spotty wind, racing for the 1st week of the ALCA Summer series was cancelled. The “results” are posted on the Series Results page of the website. Don’t see your name in the results? Please pay your 2020 membership dues to be scored. We’re hoping for a better wind/weather result for next week.
New pictures from 8-28-18 Tuesday Night Racing Posted
Pictures that Julie Lenczycki took when on the committee boat the night of August 28, 2018 are now posted on the Photos > 8-28-18 Tuesday Night Racing menu.