Monthly Archives: August 2020

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summer series week #8 – August 25. 2020

Hope everyone is staying cool today….it’s hot, hot, hot!

The forecast for Tuesday looks awesome…Sunny, 83 degrees and a NNW wind at 5-10 but with a 50% chance of rain…watch the weather!
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. 

We need a Race Chair for our last two weeks, otherwise there will be no racing.  Please let Jerry or myself know if you can provide a pontoon boat and be the chair before noon on Tuesday.

We plan to start the Zoom Results tonight at 9:30, so if you do not already have the Zoom app, be sure to down load it and join our results meeting tonight – here is the link if you did not already receive the invite:

Julie Lenczycki is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: ALCA Results – Week #8
Time: Aug 25, 2020 09:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

If you’re a registered member, you were emailed the Meeting ID that you will need to enter the meeting, otherwise contact Julie Lenczycki.

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Summer Series Week #7 – August 18, 2020

WOW, only four weeks left!!
The forecast for Tuesday looks awesome…Sunny, 75 degrees and a NNW wind at 10.  Don’t forget your wind jackets and booties, it might get cold.
Rumor has it that this week’s Race Chair – Steve Chapman, to mix things up, may run an upwind finish course.  For those newer skippers, if you see the start/finish line ABOVE the gates or inside the course, remember this:

After completing the first leg of the course, a boat shall not cross the starting line. A boat shall not cross the finishing line until she is completing the last leg of the course and finishes. If you sail through a start-finish line by mistake (you are not starting or finishing), you can back out the way you came and go around either end of the starting line to correct your error, it is referred to as unwinding in the rule book.  My point simply was to not be complacent in your sailing but be aware of different types of race courses, start/finish line locations and conditions.  

We plan to start the Zoom Results at 9:30 so if you do not already have the Zoom app, be sure to down load it and join our results meeting tonight – here is the link if you did not already receive the invite:
Julie Lenczycki is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: ALCA Zoom Result’s Meeting

Time: Aug 18, 2020 09:30 PM America/Detroit

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2714083610?pwd=M3pHWHFnc2cvdXo1UklpS3RPRkhGdz09 Meeting ID: 271 408 3610

All fleet members were emailed the login (above) along with the password to enter the meeting.

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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 #5 – August 4, 2020

Greetings ALCA Sailors! WOW…20 boats last week!!  We are at the half way point and you better get your heavy weight crews for Tuesday night because the forecast looks….WINDY!!

Our across the street neighbor and neighborhood Little Free Library Tramontane now has a weather station and you can see it on sailflow –  https://www.sailflow.com/spot/518196

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While Michigan’s numbers are realatively low, we remind all racers to follow the social distancing and safe sailing guidelines, and remind everyone to sail safe.

The Officers met late last week to develop some Race Chair Guidelines for duties while on the Committee Boat, please review the two emailed documents and provide any feedback. 

We are set for the next two weeks with the Lenczycki pontoon as Committee Boat, but will need boats/race chairs for our last four weeks.  If you can supply your pontoon and serve as race chair for a two week commitment, please let me know by next Sunday, August 9.

We are looking to see if there is an interest in doing a Zoom meeting the night of sailing to hear results and see everyone’s smiling faces or talk about the races that night.   It would most likely start at 9:15 pm and run for an hour or less.  Let me know if there is an interest and I will set it up for next week.
I think that wraps up the messages for this week.  Be sure to dress warm and wear your life jackets! Enjoy the wind!!

And don’t forget your DRAIN PLUGS!