Brand new etched Alaska Sailing Club mugs will be available at the annual meeting on Thursday. The Brecht Studio in Eagle River has again produced a beautiful mug. These 14oz mugs are available in solid colors of black, green and burgundy. They are in limited supply and will be on a first come first serve basis at the meeting. Priced very attractively $15.
Hey Bucc Sailors - If you follow the Buccaneer 18 group you might have seen this. He's beam reaching with the chute, solo in 5-10 kt. I though it was worth a second look and a posting.
My Hobie may not fly for the Gov Cup (still stuck in PNG), but you mechanically minded and engineering types will find this article interesting. It describes the hows and whys of the boat design and the winged sails used.
Fun Factoid - a winged sail puts less stress on the boat than a soft sail, while generating more power. Thus you can make the boat lighter - hence FASTER!
Check out the latest issue of the Sail World Newsletter. There's a good range of racing articles and some very interesting updates on the America's Cup and lead up series - many changes with new multihull format (and why!):
For 160 years, the America’s Cup has been contested in monohulls. The introduction of multihulls is intended to transform the event into a spectator friendly competition while also heightening the action with yachts that can sail more that twice the speed of the wind.
'The switch to multihulls has left the slow boats in the past,' added Russell Coutts, CEO of ORACLE Racing. 'The new boats are just one element of a total transformation of the America’s Cup. The excitement is higher, racing more physical and challenging and rules simpler. Best of all, here in the Bay, the action is right in front of the public.'
And if you don't know who Russell Coutts is....well, he used to race monohulls.
Another big Thank You, to all those that turned out for the second work party. We got the docks launched and connected to land. Grounds clean up and trash in a central location, waiting for someone with a trailer to remove. For those of you that have time this week, the trash needs to be removed. The Dock bumper project started by Geoff needs to be continued, look at the dock nearest the hoist and continue on. We didn't get to setup the tents and tables which can be done next Friday.
PLEASE NOTE: Hazard to navigation, the end of the lakeward dock arm is tied to bouy #128. The rope is just under the surface. This is a temporary measure and will be rectified ASAP.
We got a good start on the on the grounds cleanup, Skipjack rigging and dock refurbishment. There are still some docks to do, plus launching them which we will do at the next work party.
A big "Thank You" to all those who participated. Hope to see as many at the next on on the 21st. We particularly need strong backs to get the docks in the water.
Once again, thank you all for yout time and efforts on behalf of the Club.
Star date: April 22nd. Lots of snow on the ground but its melting fast. There are still trucks driving on the lake but thats crazy. In about a month we'll be sailing.
Vice Commodore Jim says,
"Come to the fundraiser at 5:30pm or you will be keel hauled. Bring friends, family, coworkers, or anyone you know with MONEY!"
Here ya go folks. You can click the photo and print it for your refrigerator. Or use this Link to pdf version. We'll get it entered in our Google Calendar soon too.
Test post, using Blogger Insert Video toolbar button.
Procedure:
Go to YouTube.
Find video.
RH click in browser address bar and Copy link to video.
Back to Blogger.
Choose Insert a Video button.
In dialogue box select YouTube and then Paste video address from step above.
A list of video thumbnails will appear.
Choose the one you want.
Click Select.
Video is inserted.
Publish Post button.
Done as seen below.
Same video posted in another way:
Got to YouTube.
Find video.
Below viewer, look for Embed tab and click it.
Accept defaults, but choose Custom size - type 500 into width box. RH click and copy code.
In Blogger in New Post tab.
Type Title, etc.
Click Edit HTML tab.
Scroll to end of all visible text and Paste code.
Publish Post.
Check it out - Note selecting too large of a video size in YouTube may affect how the blog is shown, i.e. it should not be wider than other postings and thus encroach on RH menus or push menus to bottom of blog - hence the 500 width.
For those of you who are not members of the Buccaneer Class Associtaion, I thought you would like to read the great article submitted by Dave J. published in the Association newsletter. Thanks Dave!
I'm looking forward to Spring, ice free waters and fun sailing in 2011!
