Spring Series catamaran racing is scheduled to begin Tuesday, May 3, 2021. Currently, weather is scheduled to be 60 degrees with a chance of showers. Watch our Facebook page for the latest updates or cancellations. We will do results afterwards via Zoom meeting. The link to the Zoom Results meeting is: ALCA 5-4-21 Results Zoom Meeting. We will plan on starting the meeting at 8:00 PM. If we cancel racing for the night, there will be no results meeting.
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2021 Fleet Officers Meet – 3/15/21
The 2021 ALCA Fleet officers met via Zoom to begin our planning for the upcoming sailing season. Stay tuned to this website and our Facebook posts to see what’s coming for the year.
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.
summer series week #9 – September 1, 2020
Happy Last Day of August (1st day of September), 2020! Hard to believe we only have two more weeks…was it pretty today or what?? Enjoy these last days of summer before they are gone!
The weather forecast for Tuesday looks a little on the rainy side so be sure to watch your email and our Facebook page for updates. At last week’s results gathering, Steve Weatherford and Jim Seifert volunteered to by our last (2) committee boats of the season – thank you!
If everyone would please sail past the Committee Boat and let them know who the skipper is (especially if you want timely, accurate results)!!! This is especially important if you are new or if there was a boat/sail change from previously.
We plan to start the Zoom Results at 9:00 PM, so 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 last week with only one race, give me about 30 minutes to help Chad tear down our boat and I will start the Zoom early:
Julie Lenczycki is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: ALCA Week #9 Sailing Results
Time: Sep 1, 2020 09:00 PM America/Detroit
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.
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!!
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
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!!
Tuesday Night Racing Check-In Required
To make the already busy Committee Boat jobs (and personnel) a little less hectic, we are asking that EVERYONE sail by the committee boat PRIOR to the 1st race starting flag going up, and announce their boat sail number, the skipper name, and the crew name (if present on the boat). If for some reason you don’t make it out to the race course prior to the 1st race, then still do this process before the 2nd race flag goes up.
If you don’t meet the minimum weight for a Hobie 16 2 person boat (285 lbs), then you MUST notify the Committee Boat that although you have 2 (or 3) people on the boat you should be scored as a SOLO boat. If you don’t do this and are challenged by anyone, you will have all races disqualified (DSQ’d) for the night.
I realize last week was our first actual night of racing for 2020, but we didn’t have everyone’s membership forms pass thru all officers that need to have information from the forms, by the time racing started. Not having who was on what boat greatly slows down the results process, which I assume you would like to have the evening of the race, rather than the next day after a flurry of emails to gather missing information must be sent.
Also, if you have already been scored one week for the year (Summer) and are NOT a paid ALCA member, you will not be scored going forward. We had a few people last year that got scored as dues paying members, but never actually joined the fleet. Not going to happen this year.
Summer Series Week #2 – July 14, 2020
Welcome to week #2 of the ALCA 2020 Sailing Season! The weather forecast for Tuesday looks nice at 6 pm – 82° feels like 82° Sunny SSW 7 mph.
We saw many boats out practicing over the weekend, awesome winds and conditions!!
I emailed our Sailing Guidelines during COVID to all members I have an email for and membership forms are available on this site.
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 Sailing!