What a great day for the annual ALCA Pontoon Float Party. Thanks to the Kuk’s for their hospitality and everyone involved with bringing all the great food. The day was good to the last ray of sunshine.
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1995 Series Results Now Available
For those of you (Rick Klinkers) anxiously awaiting them, the 1995 Spring and Summer series results have been posted on the Series Results page.
Updated Links
The Other Links page has been updated to show who our 2015 Austin Lake Regatta sponsors were. Please show your appreciation for the nice door prizes and other items that were donated by this year’s sponsors by ordering from them.
Also added is a link to RaceQs, which is free performance and evaluation software for your cell phone, that allows you to analyze your sailing performance for a given race. Pretty slick program (…and free)!
Congratulations to Dave Stiemsma
Dave Stiemsma competed in the 2015 Hobie North American 17 Championships June 8-12, 2015 in Clear Lake, Iowa. Out of 24 boats, Dave had (2) 2nd place, (2) 3rd place, (1) 4th place and (1) 5th place finish out of 19 total races, to end up 7th overall! Congratulation Dave, you did our fleet proud.
Week 7 Spring Series (6/16/15)
Three major items on the agenda for this week’s e-mail:
- You all should have received another invite for the committee boat sign-up page. We have been fortunate to have Dave D, Steve C. and Jeff D. provide a pontoon boat for the Spring Series, thanks guys! However, we only have a single 2 week slot signed up for summer, and that’s by Dave S. in August (thanks Dave!). WE NEED BOATS FOR JULY, or we will not be able to start the summer series! You can forward your invite to anyone else you may think is interested – including non-fleet members who live on the lake.
- After sailing results this week is at the Taproom at the Airway Fun Center at 5626 Portage Rd. Portage, MI (see map below for trailer parking areas). Next week and July 7th we go back to Brewster’s. I think everyone enjoyed Brewster’s last week – I really appreciated their huge menu selection! We will try to secure more Tuesday’s at Brewster’s if everyone likes it, but there is another group who has the room on alternate weeks, and we may need an alternate site. The parking situation at Latitude 42 remains an issue, since even at 8 :45 pm on a Tuesday night, the parking lot is packed!
- 2015 ALCA Pontoon Boat Party: We have a volunteer host location for the post float dinner, for July 18th or July 19th. (Thanks Jim and Kathy Kuk!). During announcements this Tuesday, we will vote on these dates. If anyone cannot attend either the July 18th or 19th (but would if it were on a different date) please let us know!
ALCA Partnering with Med-Mates for 6/28/15 Event
Fleet member Steve Weatherford is organizing another sailing promotion event with the local MedMates (which is an organization for ALL resident physicians and medical students, their spouses/significant others and their families) organization. We did this with the group 2 years ago, and with the beautiful weather and moderate winds, both sailors and MedMates had a great time. The event is scheduled for Sunday, June 28th. Steve is asking for 3-4 skippers to volunteer themselves and their boat to take MedMate members for short sailing runs. Expected time is from 11 AM to 2 PM. Contact Steve Weatherford.
Week 3 Spring Series Races Cancelled
Races for Tuesday, May 19, 2015 have been cancelled due to cold temperature and moderately high wind conditions. Sailors will still be meeting at Burger Town Grille at 7 PM. Still to be resolved… a committee boat to use for weekly races.
Week 2 Spring Series Races CANCELLED
Races for Tuesday, May 12, 2015 have been cancelled due to weather conditions. Sailors will still be meeting at Burger Town Grille at 7 PM. Still to be resolved… a committee boat to use for weekly races.
2015 Austin Lake Regatta – May 30-31, 2015
The 2015 Austin Lake Regatta will be held on May 30-31, 2015 on Austin Lake in Portage, Michigan. Additional information is posted on the Austin Lake Catamaran Association’s Facebook page at Austin Lake Catamaran Association.
8 Boats Kick Off 2015 Spring Series
Eight hardy (die-hard) sailors braved the 50 degree weather and chance of rain to kick off Week 1 of the 2015 Spring racing series on Austin Lake.