Greetings!

Hope you are all enjoying your summers – if you like hot weather, you are in for a great week!  Tuesday is set to be similar to the 1st week of summer series heat-wise, with a heat advisory forecasted for tomorrow, with high humidity and heat indexes up to 103 degrees F.  If you feel like you can’t handle these conditions, stay off the water and spend your evening in the shade or AC!  Winds are forecasted to be 8-10 mph out of the west, with sunny skies with Win Larsen as our Race Chair.  We will go to Main St. Pub on Westnedge – gotta love those $5 burger baskets! 

Unfortunately, we have no Race Chair (and pontoon) to run the races the two weeks after tomorrow – July 21 and July 28th. Unless someone steps up, there will be no racing.  Attached is the sign up sheet for RC, as well as a membership form and the ALCA SSI. If any of you want to run the races and have a pontoon lined up – please let me know and I will update the list. 

See you Tuesday!

Kathy Rubino – ALCA Secretary 

We will not be racing Tuesday, July 7th as this is our week off for the July 4th celebration. We will resume the Summer Series racing next week, July 13th. Have a good week off.

NOTE: WE HAVE NO RC FOR JULY 21st and 28th!  Sailing will be cancelled unless someone steps up to run the races!  

Pictures taken by Michelle Smock of ALCA Tuesday, 8-5-25 racing are posted at 8-5-25 Pictures.

Is it Fall ALCA?

It sure feels like it!  I can’t say that I mind though – it’s pretty refreshing if you ask me!  It is our last Tuesday of 2025 racing on Austin Lake. We are looking at temperatures in the high 60S, sunny skies, and northwest winds 10-15 mph.  Michael Kucharski is our Race Chairman on John Hayward’s pontoon, remember to sail by to check in when you get on the water.  After racing we will go to Main Street on Westnedge.    

Lastly, save this date for our year-end celebration: Sunday October 19th.  Venue is TBD and we are looking at starting in the late afternoon.  More details to follow.  

That’s it for now – cya on the water!

Kathy Rubino – ALCA Secretary 

Michelle Smock was on the Committee Boat on 7/22/25, Summer Series week #3 and took some great photos. Check them out here.

Hi ALCA!

This Tuesday is our second to last Tuesday of racing for 2025 – wow has time flown by!  After the rain showers clear, we are looking at temps in the high 70s, with NW winds around 9mph.  If you follow SailFlow, winds are predicted to be a little higher at 14mph.  Michael Kucharski is the Race Chair, on John Hayward’s pontoon.  Please sail by the committee boat to check in before the first race.  Afterwards we meet at Main St. on Westnedge for results. 

Kathy Rubino – ALCA Secretary 

Hi ALCA-ers!  

Tuesday marks the 6th week of the Summer Series – time is going fast!  Dave Stiemsma is our RC and the weather is predicted to be iffy with an 80% chance of thunderstorms.  Winds are predicted to be 5-10 mph out of the southeast, and storms may produce stronger gusty winds.  As always, stay tuned to any communications about cancellations which will be through email or Facebook.  We go to Main Street Grill on Westnedge after sailing, or earlier, if we cancel.  

As always, attached are our SSI – if you are a new sailor or know of a new sailor coming out to join us, please review and or share.

UPDATE – 5:30 PM

Due to storms in the area, there will be no racing tonight!  Some of us are meeting at Main St at 6:30 pm.  Let us know if you’d like to join us! 

Kathy Rubino – ALCA Secretary 

Good morning!

Yes, it’s another Tuesday and another light wind day!  Forecast for race time is mostly sunny, 80 degrees and ENE winds of 6 mph.  Dave and Gail Stiemsma are our Race Committee – hopefully Mother Nature will come through with some wind and we’ll race!   Please check in with them when you come out to the water, and with these light winds, give yourselves plenty of time to reach the start area by 6:30 pm.  After sailing we are going to Main Street on Westnedge.  

Please stay tuned to your emails or Facebook for any cancellations.  

Later, 

Kathy Rubino