Events, News

Important Fleet Meeting Sat. April 2, 2016

ALCA Fleet #519 Spring Kick-off Meeting and Hobie Stone Soup Gathering

When:  Saturday, April 2, 2016
Where:  the Akert’s—9702 East Shore Drive
Time:  5:00 Meeting; 6:30 Dinner
We are anticipating some changes to the ALCA Fleet Bylaws which will require input and voting by all fleet members, along with other important pre-season decisions (how many fleets, season start dates, how many starts, etc.).  Since no one has volunteered to be the fleet Race Chairman for the season, additional changes are being contemplated to the Fleet Bylaws.
The Party Committee will get the basic soup ingredients
(broth and meat) and fleet members need to bring the add-ins
whether it be a can of healthy veggie soup, a cup of cut up
veggies (carrots, celery, tomatoes, squash, potatoes, peas,
corn, green beans), a spice packet, can of beans or pre-
cooked pasta. We will put all into the pots and while we are
meeting, the soup will simmer and the flavors meld together!
Margaret has volunteered to make bread for this gathering so
you can bring either an appetizer, salad or a dessert. BYO
Adult Beverages.  The fleet will have some sodas and the
utensils.
RSVP to Faith at 269-327-5427 by March 29
or:   Stone Soup Party
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News

2016 ALCA Fleet Meeting – Save This Date

We will be having our first fleet meeting of the 2016 season on Saturday, April 2, 2016.  The meeting will be at Faith & Ken Akert’s house.  Of HIGH importance for this meeting is to discuss and adopt the procedure that will be used to run races this year, since we had NO ONE step up and agree to be the Race Chairman for the year.  The officers had a meeting and with input from other past fleet officers have come up with some ideas for this year.  It’s important that EVERYONE be in attendance when we set the direction for the fleet for the upcoming racing seasons.

Specific details of time and what the fleet may be furnishing for the meeting will posted once the party committee has convened.

News, Series Racing, Summer Series

100+ Additional Pictures Added to 7/28/15 Photo Gallery

Going thru pictures recently, I found that I had not uploaded all the pictures taken from the 7/28/15 Tuesday night racing.  Those pictures have been added to the 7/28/15 gallery of photos.  Many are VERY similar to ones already posted, but others are new posts of pictures that have been straightened (horizon line) and color corrected.

Events, News

2015 ALCA Year End Banquet Wrapup

Thanks to the ALCA Party Committee (Julie Lenczycki, Lori Mohney, Margaret Larse, & Kathy Rubino) who organized the Year End Banquet at Fieldstone Grill. The venue was nice and relaxing and the food was great.

Thanks to Win & Margaret Larsen for hosting the Pre (and Post) Banquet Party at their house, and putting out a spread that was fabulous!

Congratulations to our Most Improved New & Experienced Skippers for 2015:
Chad VanderKlok – Most Improved New Skipper 2015
Doug Brown – Most Improved Seasoned Skipper 2015

Thanks to our outgoing 2015 ALCA fleet officers:
Win Larsen – Fleet Commodore
Dave Dunlap – Fleet Vice Commodore
Jerry Mohney – Race Chairman
Your individual contributions to the fleet this past year are much appreciated.

Thank you to the following fleet officers for their work and contributions in 2015 and for agreeing to serve another year in their continuing fleet positions:
Kathy Rubino – Fleet Secretary
Faith Akert – Fleet Treasurer
Andy Lenczycki – Fleet Statistician & Webmaster

STILL NEEDED for the 2016 sailing season, is the Fleet Race Chairman, who is responsible for setting the course each race night and determining when the races will be cancelled due to unfavorable or unsafe weather conditions.

Finally, congratulations to our two new incoming ALCA fleet officers:
Cesar Santana – Fleet Commodore
Jesse Ward – Fleet Vice-Commodore
We look forward to your stewardship and leadership in the upcoming year.

News, Spring Series, Summer Series

Final Results for 2015 Sailing Series All Posted

The Final Results of the Spring Portsmouth, Summer A Portsmouth and Summer B Portsmouth series racing is now posted on the Results page.

Based on the number of sailors in the “core fleets” (sailors that sailed at least 60% of the actual races raced in the series) for each fleet, and going at LEAST 50% deep into a core fleet, year end trophies will be awarded as follows:

Spring Portsmouth Fleet:  10 Races raced, 10 races x 60% = 6 races (sailors who raced at least 6 races in the Spring series are part of the “core fleet”), 19 Sailors in core fleet, 19 sailors x 50% = trophies awarded to 10th place.

Summer Portsmouth B Fleet:  17 Races raced, 17 races x 60% = 10 races (sailors who raced at least 10 races in the Summer series are part of the “core fleet”), 8 Sailors in core fleet, 8 sailors x 50% = trophies awarded to 4th place.

Summer Portsmouth A Fleet:  17 Races raced, 17 races x 60% = 10 races (sailors who raced at least 10 races in the Summer series are part of the “core fleet”), 12 Sailors in core fleet, 12 sailors x 50% = trophies awarded to 6th place.

Awards for the Most Improved New and Seasoned Skipper will be awarded at the year end banquet on Saturday, October 3, 2015.

Sailors that didn’t qualify for one of the above trophies are eligible for a participation brass plate to add to their trophy base, if they sailed at least 50% of the actual races for the ENTIRE YEAR.  The cost of the brass plate is $5.00.  If you are eligible for the participation brass plate and don’t yet have a trophy base, you will be provided with one free of charge.

All fleet members that are eligible for one (or more trophies) or a participation plate, will be contacted via email by Andy Lenczycki during the week of September 21, 2015 to get any specific information required for your individual brass plate.  If I haven’t gotten a response back by Friday, September 25, you may not get a plate (or it may not display the full/correct data).

News

2015 ALCA Year End Banquet

The Party Committee has been busy finalizing details for the 2015 ALCA Year End Banquet, to be held at Fieldstone Grill in Portage, on Saturday, October 3, 2015.  See the flyer below for all the details.  Don’t miss the Pre-Party at Win and Margaret Larsen’s house!

ALCA 2015 YEAR END FLYER
ALCA 2015 YEAR END FLYER

Below is the menu for the Banquet at Fieldstone Grill

2015 ALCA Banquet Fieldstone Grill menu
2015 ALCA Banquet Fieldstone Grill menu
News, Summer Series

Summer Series Week 10 (9/8/15)

This is our last scheduled week of racing for the year!  My apologies for this late communication – hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend and first weekend of college football – I know I sure did!  Tonight’s weather is pretty iffy, with a 60% chance of thunderstorms and SSW winds at 9 mph at 6 pm – so stay tuned.  It might turn out to be nice if there’s a break in the wave of storms.  If we are cancelled, we still will gather at Brewster’s, so plan to come out anyway – I will call ahead to reserve “our spot” for us.

News, Regattas

Last Chance on Regatta T-Shirts!

Regatta Chairman Cesar Santana says we have a few T-shirts left from this year’s Austin Lake “Dirty Thirty” regatta.

There are 4 mediums and 1 large left.  They are being sold at a discounted rate of $10.   Cesar will have them tonight if we sail and at the year end dinner.  We can also make arrangements outside of those times (call, text or email).  Proceeds go right to the fleet.

News, Summer Series

Summer Series Week 9 (9/1/15)

Summer’s back!  Tuesday looks like the summer days of old, with hot temps at 86 degrees and SW Winds, at 7 mph, decreasing to 4 mph. We still meet at Brewster’s and will gather in the dining room to the left as you walk into the restaurant.

News, Summer Series

Summer Series Week 8 (8/25/15)

The summer series (and 2015 racing) is winding down, with tomorrow being Week 8 of 10.  We’re looking at cool temps, with highs around 66 degrees F, cloudy skies and WNW winds at 10-15 mph.  At Brewster’s following sailing, we meet in the dining room, as there is expected to be others in the room off to the side.  Remember to save the date of our year end party – Saturday October 3rd – we are in the process of narrowing down a few choices for our end of year dinner celebration and will get that info out to all of you as soon as we know more.

Results of the protest that was heard last week will also be discussed at Brewster’s, so plan on attending.