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summer series Week #10 – September 8, 2020

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. 

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Summer series Week #6 – August 11, 2020

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!!

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Summer Series Week #4 – July 28, 2020

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

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Summer Series Week #3 – July 21, 2020

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!!

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Summer Series Week #1 – July 7, 2020

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

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Summer Series Week #10 – September 10, 2019

Tuesday (9/10) marks our last night of Tuesday racing in the Summer Series, and a re-emergence of summer weather, with temps in the mid 80’s, sunshine, humid, with a slight chance of thunderstorms.  Winds predicted at 15 – 25 mph from the southwest for the day, and specifically, SW winds at 12 mph at 6 pm.  Time to get out and enjoy!  Jeff Daane will be our Race Chair, on his pontoon boat.  We meet at Brewster’s afterwards, as usual.  

Save the date for the 2019 Year End Banquet – 5:30 pm on Saturday Oct 19th.  We are in the process of firming up plans for the venue and will have the info out soon.

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Summer Series Week #9 – September 3, 2019

Hard to believe it’s September  already!  Tuesday is week 9 and Race Chair is Jeff Daane with his pontoon boat.  The forecast for tomorrow is a high of 81, with a 55% chance of strong  thunderstorms, with SSW winds at  15 to 25 mph gusting to around 30 mph.  Well see how accurate these forecasts are when tomorrow arrives! 


Save the date:  Saturday Oct 19th for our year end party – site TBD.
Otherwise, Dave and I just got home from Michigan City where we sailed in a Fleet 126 one day regatta.  Very little wind, but tons  of fun!  3 races, all beach starts – CRAZY!  Then we all gathered at Shoreline Brewery for dinner, drinks and socializing.  This was the last race for this year, but there most certainly will be on the calendar for next year!
Stay tuned for what’s going on with Tuesday’s weather!

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Summer series week #3 – July 23, 2019

Tuesday looks great with sunny skies and temps in the 70’s and winds out of the northwest at 10-15 mph at start time.  Dave Stiemsma is the RC, and it’s his pontoon boat for committee boat.  Our PRO will be absent for the night, so any questions should be directed to Dave at (269)760-2698.  We will be meeting at Brewster’s after sailing tomorrow night, and there will be stories to tell about the Fleet 126 Michigan City one day regatta some of us attended this past weekend.  Turtle Soup Anyone?   

Dates to remember:

  • July 27 – July 28:  Pere Marquette Regatta  CRAM/HCANA Hobie Event
  • Aug 4: ALCA Float Party
  • Aug 17:  Fleet 126 Race 3, Michigan City
  • Sept 1:   Fleet 126 Race 4, Michigan City.
  • Resister for Muskegon July 27th and 28th! Last day for pre-registration is Tuesdayt (July 23rd)  at midnight!  We have at rough guess 13 Hobie 16s that should be in attendance!
  • Manistee on August 10th and 11th
  • Port Sanilac August 24th and 25th  
  • CSYC September 7th and 8th
  • Caseville II on September 28th and 29th in place of Tawas this year

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Summer series week #2 – July 16, 2019

Tuesday is the second week of the Summer Series, Race Chair is Faith Akert, with Patrick Halpin and Peggy Wray’s pontoon boat as our committee boat.  John Hansen is scheduled to help Dixie and Keith run the races.  We are looking at winds coming from the South/Southwest at 7 mph, with a 55% chance of thunderstorms.  BooHoo!  One thing we learned last week, is pay more attention to what’s happening in real time on the lake at 5:30 – 6:00 pm than to only believe your weather APPS on your phone.  We had 2 very nice races last week, all 5 or 6 of us who were out there.  Also, the course might be somewhere that is not easily visible from your line of site when looking out onto the lake, so if you’re not sure we are sailing or not, ask Julie or me.