Monday, December 14, 2009
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Nickels Boat Works Tour
Have you ever wondered what it looks like inside the Nickels boat works plant? Alicia and I were in Michigan for about two weeks over Thanksgiving and stopped in for a brief tour. I picked up some spinnaker rigging and talked with Hugh about building a tube or sock for the ‘ol bucc. He was very gracious and walked us through the entire operation. They were refurbishing two Lightnings, fiber glassing the deck of a new Mutineer (almost identical to the Bucc, but a tad shorter in the stern) and were gel coating a glassed buccaneer hull.
Interestingly, they have a contract with the military to construct fiberglass portable field showers that the army uses all over the world. They had many of these in production. They were also making a fiberglass body for a zimbonee (sp?) machine. I was glad to see they’ve diversified and stay busy, even when new boat demand slacks off.
Below is a flickr slide show from the visit. If interested, you can turn on the “show info” option at the top right of the screen while hovering the cursor over an image to see captions.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8257155@N02/sets/72157622817911539/show/
Dave Fisher
Sunday, November 29, 2009
2010 Annual Meeting Results
Alaska Sailing Club 2009 Overall Winners
Small Boat
Dave Johnson Cup
Geoff Wright & Craig Fisher
Big Boat
Robar Cup
(Named to honor Ben & Birgitt Robar for their dedication to the ASC and exceptional racing skills)
Keith Barton & various family members
Youth Sailor of the Year
Ethan Gould
Rookie of the Year
David Fischer
Congratulations to all of the 2009 Winners!
New Board Members are:
Melissa Brudzinski as Senior Vice Commodore
Cheryl Childers as Education Vice Commodore
Cindy Dubell as Secretary
Jody Willing as Documentation
2010 Committee Sign Up Sheets - Part II
It's time to volunteer and sign up for the 2010 sailing season! See committee descriptions at link below. If you see one that's a good fit for you, then you can sign up in three ways:
1. After further consideration and an adequate amount of turkey consumption - here's the preferred way to sign up: Go to our Google Group Site Pages. There you'll find links to sign-up for each committee. Click on the sheet(s) you want to sign up for, scroll down and click Edit This Page, enter your name and contact info, click Save & Publish.
2. Email Melissa B. - she can then forward volunteers to appropriate committee chairperson.
3. Email our Google Group (please use this one sparingly to reduce email volumes).
1. After further consideration and an adequate amount of turkey consumption - here's the preferred way to sign up: Go to our Google Group Site Pages. There you'll find links to sign-up for each committee. Click on the sheet(s) you want to sign up for, scroll down and click Edit This Page, enter your name and contact info, click Save & Publish.
2. Email Melissa B. - she can then forward volunteers to appropriate committee chairperson.
3. Email our Google Group (please use this one sparingly to reduce email volumes).
Monday, November 16, 2009
2010 Committee Sign Up Sheets - Part I
It's time to volunteer and sign up for the 2010 sailing season! See committee descriptions below. If you see one that's a good fit for you, then you can sign up in three ways:
1. Write a Comment to this blog posting - the preferred method, since it keeps everything in one place. If you have privacy concerns, just use first name and last name initial (we'll figure it out!).
2. Email Melissa B. - she can then forward volunteers to appropriate committee chairperson.
3. Email our Google Group (please use this one sparingly to reduce email volumes).
Finance Committee
Education Committee
Facilities Committee
Boats & Harbor Committee
1. Write a Comment to this blog posting - the preferred method, since it keeps everything in one place. If you have privacy concerns, just use first name and last name initial (we'll figure it out!).
2. Email Melissa B. - she can then forward volunteers to appropriate committee chairperson.
3. Email our Google Group (please use this one sparingly to reduce email volumes).
Finance Committee
Education Committee
Facilities Committee
Boats & Harbor Committee
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Annual Alaska Sailing Club Meeting This Saturday
Don't forget that we have our Annual Meeting next Saturday (14 Nov).
It is at Gallo's Mexican Restaurant off of Diamond and Arctic. Here is
the Google Map link:
It is at Gallo's Mexican Restaurant off of Diamond and Arctic. Here is
the Google Map link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=8311+Arct...
The meeting agenda will be as follows (or pretty darn close to it):
6:00-7:00 pm Socialize. It's also the time to order and eat dinner if
so inclined, or just have a drink and socialize.
7:00-7:30 pm Club & Committee Overview & State of the Club.
7:30-8:00 pm Slide show and Racing overview - trophies
8:00-9:00 pm Vote for new board members and discuss business details &
finances
9:00-10:00 pm Socialize.
Hope to see everyone there!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
2009 Frostbite Regatta
Bruce Lee sailed his 505 to first place. Keith Barton took the honors for big boats.
With a Le Mans style start off the docks and visiting kids on every boat, it was a fun race. But, the wind decreased throughout the race and stretched the elapsed time to just over an hour for most small boats and over two hours for most big boats! I'm glad I could lay down and relax for most of it.
Frostbite danger was low - the sun came out and it was actually very nice for September on the water.
Get detailed results here.
With a Le Mans style start off the docks and visiting kids on every boat, it was a fun race. But, the wind decreased throughout the race and stretched the elapsed time to just over an hour for most small boats and over two hours for most big boats! I'm glad I could lay down and relax for most of it.
Frostbite danger was low - the sun came out and it was actually very nice for September on the water.
Get detailed results here.
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