Ahoy sailors!
Week 7 is here! The weather looks good right around 80 and sunny, winds ENE Around 7-8 MPH.
Should be a good night.
Race Chair is Myself and Dave Dunlap on the Lenczycki pontoon.
Jacs, afterwards per usual.
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Fair Winds
Walter (Wall-E) Elsner
ALCA Fleet 519 Secretary
Ahoy!
Week 6 is upon us already. Weather is looking decent at temps in the 70s and winds forecasted anywhere from 2-12 but it appears that there is a shift predicted around that time tomorrow, we’ll see if it comes in early or stretches out further. I’m also only looking at one model so who knows.
John Hayward is RC again this week! Thanks in advance, John!
Jacs after as usual.
We have a date set for our year end party/ awards banquet. It will be Friday October 6th at Travler’s Pub, further details in the coming weeks.
This Week CRAM held a Regatta in St. Ignace on Lake Huron. Wind was AMAZING the whole regatta we got 11 races in over the course of 3 days! ALCA was represented well with First place taken by myself and Lidsay, and third place taken by Michael Kucharski in the Hobie 16 Fleet.
Larry Maniak Took first place in the open Fleet on his A-cat.
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Fair Winds
Walter (Wall-E) Elsner
ALCA Fleet 519 Secretary
Good Morning,
I believe we are on week 5, its tough when we skip a couple.. lol
weather is looking good for Tuesday! Right around 80 Mostly sunny. winds forecasted to be 7-12 sustained gusting 14. should be a beautiful day!
John Hayward is our race chair! thanks John!!!
Jacs after sailing!
This weekend come join CRAM for st martins bay! CRAM Sailing – St. Martin’s Bay
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Fair Winds Walter (Wall-E) Elsner
ALCA Fleet 519 Secretary
Ahoy all,
Week 4 is here! Hopefully we get more wind than last week. Weather is looking to be in the mid 80s and partly cloudy. The wind is looking a little light at the moment at about 4 mph out of the NNE. HOWEVER that forecast has DOUBLED since yesterday afternoon. So we’ll keep an eye on it and see if we can get something to work with. DO YOUR WIND DANCES!!!
John Hayward is race chair, Thanks in advance John!
Jacs afterwards for results, dinner and drinks.
Fair Winds
Walter (Wall-E) Elsner
ALCA Fleet 519 Secretary
Good Morning All,
Week 2 is here! forecast looks to be High 70s partly cloudy, 6-8 mph WNW should be a decent night assuming the breeze is consistent. Maybe the forecast will build! (fingers crossed)
A few of us will have our Hobie 14s out this week! So if you have one you should bring it out!!! Mine will be for sale as well if anyone is interested…
Committee boat / Race committee will be Jerry Mohney, thanks in advance Jerry.
After racing we will meet at Jac’s per usual.
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Fair Winds
Walter (Wall-E) Elsner
ALCA Fleet 519 Secretary
Ahoy sailors,
Welcome to the first week (of 8) of our summer series! Hope everyone had a safe and Happy 4th of July.
The Forecast for Tuesday looks like a low 80s mix of clouds and sun, very low chance of precip. Winds forecasted to be 11 -12 mph gusting 14-18 mph. Should be a great night!
Committee boat / Race committee will be Jerry Mohney, thanks in advance Jerry.
After racing we will meet at Jac’s per usual.
Congratulations to Bruce Williams for taking 1st place at CRAM’s Caseville regatta this weekend and Congrats to Wall-E and Lindsay for taking 2nd place! Way to Represent ALCA 519!!!
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Fair Winds
Walter (Wall-E) Elsner
ALCA Fleet 519 Secretary
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.
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
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 taken during Summer Series, Week #6 (8/16/22) are posted under the Photos menu item just below the banner for the website.