Due to the increasingly volatile weather and high winds, racing for the last night of the Summer Series of 2021 has been cancelled.
We ARE still planning on getting together at Patrick & Peggy’s house for pizza, campfire and comradery. The new time will be 7 PM Tuesday, September 7th. Patrick & Peggy’s address was in the email sent to all registered members. There will be a charge of $5+ dollars for pizza and other items furnished. Everyone should bring their beverage of choice.
Hello all,
This sadly is the last week of sailing. Mid 70s somewhat high chance of rain… We’ll see… Wind is currently forecasted to be 9-18 mph gusting 27-37 mph. So idk if it’s looking that good…
But we are still planning to gather at Peggy & Patrick’s. Their address is in the email sent to all members. RSVP to Peggy at her email address. A $5 per person (minimum) contribution will be asked for from everyone for the pizza and payments can be made to Peggy via PayPal (her email) or Venmo (@Peggy-Wray) or pay Tuesday night. Rain or shine. Thanks!
-fair winds
Time to Sail & Party
After Sailing Pizza Party and Bonfire Tuesday September 7th:
Well the fall is swiftly approaching – lets hope for some good sailing for the remainder of our season.
Tuesday’s forecast is high 70s with. Winds NE 7 gusting 8 mph.
Race committee will be Win Larsen, Thanks in advance Win.
The committee boat will have a small red ball buoy behind it as a Barging mark. it is to be treated as an extension of the committee boat and is to be avoided. IF we cancel we will NOT be gathering at Brewsters.
Please remember we always sail at 6:30 on Tuesdays Unless RC cancels for weather related reasons.
FOR ANY CHANGES:
To help Statistician/Committee Boat please notify Statistician if your status differs from your membership’s registration:
1. Skipper change
2. Crewed or Solo
3. Crew change
4. Boat Type
5. Sail Number
6. A or B Portsmouth Fleet
Changes to be emailed to Statistician by 4:30 pmrace day.
Email: Andy Lenczycki (Statistician) Hobie480@yahoo.com
Not the preferred method: Late changes can be texted to the PRO.
Dave Dunlap (PRO) 269-330-5496, dadworksmi@gmail.com
RACE NIGHT:
1. Please check-in with Committee Boat prior to starting sequence for attendance.
2. If possible, notify Committee Boat if you are not finishing a race or retiring for the night.
3. Notify Committee Boat if you are going to protest. PRO will let you know when / where protest will be heard.
see you on the water and Brewster’s afterwards!
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-
Hope everyone had a nice Labor Day Weekend, it was certainly a nice day on the water until the wind died!! Saw several boats out and noticed a FB post of our Long Lake boats out too!!
Our last night of racing could be interesting – 64° 55% chance of Scattered Thunderstorms, NE winds at 12 mph be sure to watch our Facebook page and your email for updates.
The Committee Boat for this week is Jim Seifert and Steve Weatherford,
If everyone would please sail past the Committee Boat and let them know who the skipper is!!! This is especially important if you are new or if there was a boat/sail change from previously.
Be sure to wear your life jackets and enjoy racing!!
I have another commitment for Tuesday night so Andy will be starting the Zoom Results Meeting at 9:00 (assuming we race). If you do not already have the Zoom app, be sure to down load it and join our results meeting – here is the link if you did not already receive the invite. If we get off the water sooner, like two weeks ago, give him about 30 minutes and he will start the Zoom early:
Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 271 408 3610
Keith Mortlock ran into one of our first fleet members, Jack Matthews, who lives on Gourdeneck Lake and has an older Hobie 16 that would be good for parts. Message Keith Mortlock for contact information.
While Michigan’s numbers are relatively low, we remind all racers to follow the social distancing and safe sailing guidelines, and remind everyone to sail safe.
I think that wraps up the messages for this week. The officers plan to meet in the next few weeks and will have updates.
Welcome to Week #6 ALCA Sailors! Got too busy watching the sky last night…wasn’t it incredible!!!
Our forecast for Tuesday looks really nice…Sunny, 81 degrees and 5-10 NW winds with only a 50% humidity index
The sun sets by 8:48 pm so if you do not already have the Zoom app, be sure to down load it and join our results meeting tonight – The link was emailed to all current members:
Julie Lenczycki is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting, to announce tonight’s racing results, and to allow for a short discussion regarding racing, rules, tactics for the night.
Topic: ALCA Tuesday Results Zoom
Time: Aug 11, 2020 09:15 PM America/Detroit
While Michigan’s numbers are relatively low, we remind all racers to follow the social distancing and safe sailing guidelines, and remind everyone to sail safe.
I think that wraps up the messages for this week. Be sure to wear your life jackets and enjoy racing!!
Good evening ALCA Sailors!!
What a night last week was…the wind died just as the horn blew for the first race…sad face! Thanks to everyone who paid their memberships, everyone is all set for being scored!
It is a turn off the air and open up the windows kind of evening…and Tuesday looks to be a nice evening for racing, somebody was good and got their wish with this forecast:
Sunny skies with temps around 83, West winds at 10-12 mph.
Please be sure to sail past and alert the Committee Boat with your sail number, skipper and crew so we do not have any hiccups with scoring. We have a few new members that may not know this and a friendly reminder to those of us in the silver fleet as well.
In the event that we do not sail, be sure to stay tuned to our Facebook or website and email for racing details around 5-5:30.
Since we are not gathering after sailing and to see the results of racing – be sure to check out the updated ALCA website, Andy tries to have that updated by the next day – http://www.austinlakecatamaran.com/?page_id=150
Forecast for Tuesday night at 6:00 pm -Mostly cloudy with temps at 81 feeling like 83; SSE winds at 4 mph. If anyone has connections with the wind gods…bring it on! With this type of forecast, be sure to stay tuned to our Facebook or website and email for racing details around 5-5:30.
If we do sail, please, please, please be sure to sail past and alert the Committee Boat with your sail number, skipper and crew so we do not have any hiccups with scoring. We have a few new members that may not know this and a friendly reminder to those of us in the silver fleet as well.
I have updated and emailed the latest Fleet Directory and Sail # list as of tonight (7/20/20). If you see your name in the CC portion of the message, it means that we have no record of your membership payment and you will not be scored. If I have this wrong, please message me.
Best of luck for another nice evening of sailing!!
Welcome sailors!
Hopefully, everyone had a nice 4th of July weekend, we saw several boats out practicing and making sure they found all of the boat parts! I have emailed the updated 2020 ALCA Directory (as of tonight) and as you can see, we have some of the ALCA “Sailing Kids” who grew up in the fleet joining us this summer as skippers with their Mom’s as crew!!
The weather forecast for Tuesday looks HOT and sticky…at 6 pm – 91° feels like 94° Sunny WNW 7 mph.
See you at the start 6:30 pm sharp for hopefully two races. Be sure to follow our FB page and look for emails if we cannot sail.
Happy 1st night of Sailing!
Julie Lenczycki, ALCA Secretary