Greetings Racers! Hope everyone is staying cool, did see one boat out on Austin Lake Monday night, trying to practice for week #7 with the winds out there!
Found this little blurb while checking the weather forecast for tomorrow….
Winter hasn’t ended everywhere in North America – just ask one lodge owner in the eastern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Located about 600 miles northeast of Caribou, Maine, areas near the Igloo Lake Lodge in Labrador remain buried under six feet of snow, locals told CBC News. The deep snow cover, which has persisted after a snowstorm struck parts of the province earlier in the month, has been a late-spring surprise for lodge operators who say they’re usually getting the summer activities started by now. Further down in the report, they still have ice on Igloo Lake….imagine that on a day like today!!
Watch the social media and email tomorrow to see about racing because the forecast calls for Cloudy with occasional showers in the afternoon. High 79F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Lastly, I posted this on FB earlier – ALCA has lost one of their founding members, Sue Geerligs passed away on June 5. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, July 17 at Lakeland Reformed Church from 7:00-9:00 pm. Hence, racing for that night will be cancelled. Sue and her husband, Jim were very instrumental in our fleet start up and will be missed. Here is the link – http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/kalamazoo/obituary.aspx?n=sue-geerligs&pid=189325946
Everyone -our PRO just called me and racing week #6 is cancelled tonight due to the rain and lack of wind!! Meet at Brewster’s at 7:00 tonight, we are in the north dining room as there is a group already in our room.
Stay tuned to the ALCA Facebook site for info about racing tonight. The weather forecast does not look promising:
Tuesday: Clouds and a few breaks of sun, especially north of Kalamazoo, with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing by early afternoon. The high will be near 80 degrees. Winds SE-SW 10-15 mph.
Tuesday Night: Evening showers and thunderstorms then isolated showers overnight. Warm, and very humid with fog developing. Lows in the upper 60s. Winds SW 10-15 mph.
Win Larsen is our race chair to tonight, and will be making the race/no race call.
Hey gang – can you believe we are over half way through Spring 2018 Series??
Tuesday night looks pretty promising for racing…the forecast tonight for 6:00 pm Tues is Sunny, 68
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with 0% chance of precipitation, 47%humidity and a NW 13 mph wind!! WOOHOO!!
Win Larsen is the Committee Boat and Race Chair with Janet Haff and Dixie Stiemsma assisting; Keith Mortlock calling boats over.
Save this date – Sunday, August 5 for the Annual Pontoon Float. We are looking for a host house – fleet will provide everything once we are off the water for this event.
Watch the FB page for immediate weather updates tomorrow night.
I’ve attached the most up to date 2018 membership listing and a membership application. If you see someone not listed and you know they want to race, please forward this email to them and have them either send it into Faith or drop it off at Brewsters after racing tomorrow night.
Congratulations to Austin Lee for taking 1st Place in the CRAM/CRAW Cat Fight Hobie 16 Fleet this past weekend in New Buffalo!!
Wishes for a speedy recovery go out to social member, Jim Kuk. He had knee replacement surgery this past week just after the wedding of their son Evan! Busy times!
See you on the water!
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