UPDATE: After a vote after sailing on 6/16/15, the 2015 ALCA Pontoon Boat Party will be on Sunday, July 19th at Jim & Kathy Kuk’s house. Further notices will be put up regarding details once we get closer to the actual date.
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Week Between Spring & Summer Series
Hi, Me again!
We have a week with no racing between the Spring and Summer series (June 30th) , and were wondering if there was an interest in getting together at Latitude 42. Depending on the number, we could reserve a large table. If there’s a huge response, we could try to get the room where we had the year-end party. We’d need to know relatively soon since it’s coming up fast. Let us know as soon as you can, so we could make some plans.
See many of you tomorrow!
Week 6 Spring Series (6/9/15)
This Tuesday looks like a beautiful day coming up – Partly Cloudy, 79 degrees, with WNW winds at 10-15 shifting to the SW at 5-10 mph in the night. The most important part of this message is that we meet at Brewster’s Junction (5135 Portage Rd) after sailing! It’s by I-94 so should be convenient for most.
Next week is still in the works, we’re hoping to work out a reserved space for us somewhere (maybe Latitude 42?). However, June 9th and June 23rd, we are at Brewster’s!
Week 5 Spring Series (6/2/15)
We’re at week 5 and just coming off a great regatta at our home lake, we got several races in despite the rainy weather on Saturday with no wind and despite the chilly early spring temps on Sunday and strong winds. Nice job Cesar, Jesse, Win, Dave, and everyone else!
Tuesday looks like a very pleasant sunny day, with light east wind, 5-10 mph. We have a considerable amount of food left over (Lori, Margaret and Julie were the food guru’s) and would like to share it with everyone. We are meeting at Jeff Daane’s after or instead of racing. His address is 9918 East Shore Dr., Portage, 49002 (for those who want to enter it into your nav. apps). THE KEG IS DEAD……SO BYOB! Jeff said he doesn’t remember ever seeing a keg so empty!
Austin Lake Regatta Update
Just a few reminders about the regatta next weekend: If you are not sailing but still want to attend the dinner, it’s $10 per person, and includes barbeque from Barrett’s Smokehouse, potato salad and coleslaw from Daanes, baked beans, and Latitude 42 beer! Sounds wonderful! Also we are asking fleet members to provide a dessert to pass, and lawn chairs if you have them. If you haven’t already registered for the regatta, and know you will not be sailing, please let us know if you intend on coming to dinner, we need a headcount at the beginning of this week. Dinner is at Win and Margaret Larsens’.
Also, it’s not too late to sign up to sail! We have about 26 boats right now, which is awesome! Thank you to all of you who are being a host house for boats – this is what’s making this regatta happen. If you haven’t volunteered as a host house but would like to, please let Dave or Cesar know, as additional sites would be helpful for last minute sign-ups. Dave’s e-mail is; dadworksmi@gmail.com and Cesar’s, csantana823@gmail.com.
Week 4 Spring Series (5/26/15) CANCELLED
Once again, we cancelled racing for the night due to inclement weather conditions. We WILL be going to Burger Town Grille this week however, around 7 PM. For the following weeks, we are planning to go to Brewster’s. Stay tuned!
Austin Lake Regatta Update
For the regatta dinner, if you are attending, we are asking fleet members to bring a dessert. Other dishes are provided for by the fleet.
Week 3 Spring Series (5/19/15)
Tuesday is here, and unfortunately, so is the cold front. At 6pm, the weather forecast is for 53 degrees and NW winds 10-20 mph with higher gusts. OK. As usual for this month, we are gathering at Burger Towne after sailing and earlier, around 7 if we don’t race.
Austin Lake Regatta Welcome Dinner
Just a reminder to everyone: we could not put together a welcome dinner at Latitude 42 for Friday evening (5/29/15). Instead, we are gathering at the Larsens’ place. It’s BYOB at this time, and we will distribute a list of restaurants that will deliver pizza and other casual types of food. Come on over and meet your fellow sailors!
Committee Boat Required
Many of you were included on the new Sign-up Genius page I put together. Note: this is for the physical boat used for the committee boat and not for staffing. So far we have boats up to Spring Series Week 6 (June 9th) – if we don’t have a boat to use for a given Tuesday night, we won’t be sailing. Each slot is for two weeks, with the first date listed – wouldn’t let me have two dates in the column for as far as I know at this time. Even if you don’t have a boat, take a look at the page, it’s a neat system that could be used for whatever planning that needs to be done.