Winter fun at ASC

Jenna and Maggie
Karen and Jenna

The Remick WOMEN!!

The next generation

Jay and his clan

Cindy and her Beau

Is there a Captain in the House?

Denali showed up for a few minutes too!!

Got Ice?!

So glad you could all be here!

Smile if you are having fun ;o)

Oliver shows Karen how the Kickspark sled works

Addie and her friend take a break

Oliver, Geoff, Karen, and Trixie make one last check of the ice

Night Ice

Two photos of the ASC rink at night

The ASC skating rink is ready!!

Jay gets things started

Just another day in Paradise

Almost finished

Our ASC skating rink in finished. It is 180 feet by 66 feet. Room for everyone!!

Come on up and enjoy the club

Race Committee Meeting - 6 December, 2007

Boost Your Racing Confidence - Particiate!!!!!!!!

Who: Any & All Interested Alaska Sailing Club Members or Future Members
What: The Race Committee's Official 2008 Race Season Kick-off Gathering
When: 5:30 pm Thurs December 6th
Where: Moose's Tooth (midtown Anchorage)
Why: The Race Committee Needs Your Input

LETS START TALKIN' ABOUT

"Sailing Instructions"
"Regatta Dates"
"Wet Wednesdays"
"Brain-storming other Ideas about Races & Racing"

And since this is the Alaska Sailing Club - best to do it over food & beverage!!!
RSVPs appreciated.

Respectfully,
Race Committee Chair

2007 Annual Meeting, Oct 19th.

Hey Sailors, its time for our end of the year meeting. It will be held at the Snow Goose pub, on Friday, October 19th, in the 1st floor gathering room. Exact time of the meeting and its agenda will soon follow, but one important item we will vote on is to accept our Revised Article of Incorporation and our By-Laws. We need everyone there for this important decision. In addition to taken care of ASC business, we will celebrate the joy of community and of sailing, this will a fun evening.

More details about our meeting will soon follow.

Blogger Play

Here is an amazing little tool recently posted by the Blogger team.

Blogger Play - It's a constant feed of all photos being uploaded to all Blogger blogs. Check it out for photo inspiration, etc. It is oddly hypnotizing. PW

Here's how the Blogger team describes it:

Blogger Play: Watch the blogs go by

Today we’re pleased to launch Blogger Play, a neat little toy we’ve cooked up to show you photos and blog posts as you’ve never seen them before.

Shortly after Blogger launched photo uploading two years ago, one of our engineers whipped up a web page that would show us the pictures that were being uploaded in real time. The result was fun, often beautiful, but above all, compelling. We couldn’t stop watching.

Over the years we’ve kept this photo scroller as part of the Blogger offices, on a monitor or projector, as an interesting (distracting?) slideshow, and a reminder of the diversity and vivaciousness of Blogger blogs. The fame of the scroller spread within Google, until one day we were asked, “so, when are you launching this?”

“Um...,” we replied. But we knew a good idea when we heard one. We got our UI people to come up with buttons and fadey effects and we got our engineers to make the whole thing fast and robust. A bit of work later, and now we can share it with all of you:

http://play.blogger.com/

Blogger Play will show you a never-ending stream of images that were just uploaded to public Blogger blogs. You can click the image to be taken directly to the blog post it was uploaded to, or click “show info” to see an overlay with the post title, a snippet of the body, and some profile information about the blogger who uploaded it. We also wrote a Blogger Play FAQ with more information.

A caveat: we use many techniques, including Google’s SafeSearch technology, to keep the images clean. Nevertheless, on rare occasions an image that you may find vulgar or obscene will slip through our algorithmic filters. Google does not pre-screen the images that appear in Blogger Play, nor is it responsible for their content. To report a terms of service violation, you may fill out this contact form.

Work Party on Saturday Sept. 8, 2007

It was a soggy but productive day. The rain hadn't started when we arrived at 9:00am. A gentle sprinkle so started that increased in intensity through the day. Much was accomplished. The upgraded power line was run to "Trailer Row", the docks were pulled, the clubhouse was painted, and the rear of the clubhouse was lifted. We were thoroughly wet and muddy by the end of the day. Thanks to all for organizing and participating and for the end of work day beverages!

2007 Governor's Cup Slideshow

I threw this together in about 5 minutes using photos I had on hand. Music should be changed to something from BLBB (Big Lake Blues Band). Send any additional photos to the Google Group email or Group Files page. Under 1MB each please

2007 Governor's Cup - Race 6 Results

Here are Race 6 details. Apparently there's a size limit for blogger postings and/or Google Docs.

9/2/2007	ET	CT	D-PN		Skipper	Pts.
RACE 6
505	38.92	48.65	80.0		BRUCE	0.75
HOBIE 16	39.40	51.77	76.1		PAUL W.	2.00
SKIPJACK	57.00	61.22	93.1		TIM	3.00
SKIPJACK	57.93	62.23	93.1		ROBIN	4.00
LIDO 14	63.55	64.26	98.9		TOM H.	5.00
SKIPJACK	62.35	66.97	93.1		PAUL B.	6.00
SKIPJACK	62.87	67.53	93.1		JIM	7.00
SKIPJACK	62.88	67.54	93.1		JAMES	8.00
LASER	62.80	68.94	91.1		TROY	9.00
BUCCANEER	62.27	71.57	87.0		GEOFF	10.00
SKIPJACK	67.25	72.23	93.1		KEVIN	11.00
TRAC 14	62.30	73.73	84.5		BOB	12.00
HOBIE 16	60.57	79.59	76.1		TOM G.	13.00
LASER	DNC				CATHY	14.00
FJ	DNC				CHERYL	14.00
BUCCANEER	DNC				ELAYNE	14.00
CATALINA 16	DNC				STEVE	14.00
BIG BOATS
ENSENADA 20	43.35	42.29	102.5		CHRIS	0.75
BALBOA 26	40.63	43.37	93.7		JAY	2.00
MONTGOMERY 15	51.60	47.69	108.2		BRUCE	3.00
RL 24	46.95	48.55	96.7		KEITH	4.00
WEST WIGHT 19	59.73	56.89	105.0		JEROMEY	5.00

Get out

Don't forget to check out our segment on channel 11 news tonight.

Here's a link to the script and a few photos. I've asked Mitch for a YouTube posting also.

2007 Governor's Cup

Robin Rader Wins 2007 Governor’s Cup

While visiting from Fairbanks, Robin Rader showed how you can rinse off an old Skipjack (Robin R. updates - only correction I would make to the story is that we never rinsed off the boat. Actually I think the slime might have helped the boat go faster.), recall sailing skills from over 20 years ago, select a family member (I not only enlisted the help of my family as crew but managed to rope Skyler (Kevin and Dawn's boy) into the fray.) as victim, er crew, and show us Big Lake sailors how it should be done.

It turns out Robin was an ASC member in the 1970s. His dream was to win the Governor’s Cup, but try as he might, there was a sailor named Steve Ryan that he just couldn’t seem to beat. If you study the names on the Governor’s Cup you’ll find Steve Ryan won the cup seven times – 1969, 1971, 73, 74, 75, 77 and 78. That could discourage a fellow!

Now, Robin has won the cup and his name will finally take its place alongside his old nemesis. The rest of the story involves some great racing conditions (actual wind), a record number of boats competing, no rain, a great band, great food, fireworks and great company.

For race scoring, the old Excel spreadsheet, which worked fine for a fleet you could count on one hand, is starting to become cumbersome. Next year we’ll be evaluating Sailwave software for score keeping. It’s used by the majority of sailing organizations and it’s free!

The race committee also spent a lot of time discussing the correct way to score missed races and failed to finish races. It had never really been an issue before as no cup contenders had failed to finish or miss a race. This year Robin missed a race (we may have forgotten to hail him) and Tim suffered a main halyard failure. Just like in the America’s Cup, equipment failures can cause you to lose a race, but not doom you for the series.

Our solution for Sunday night was very close to the ISAF Appendix A, Low Point System. Now home with book in hand, I’ve updated the figures to reflect this. There are minor changes to some total point scores from what is in the club log book, but not enough to change the standings themselves.

See Troy’s cool photos below this posting.

Detailed standings and race results to follow.

DNC (DID NOT COME TO START AREA - DID NOT RACE FOR ANY REASON) = NO. OF BOATS THAT STARTED + 1

DNF (DID NOT FINISH THE RACE) = NO. OF BOATS THAT FINISHED + 1

Final Standings:

	SKIPPER		TOTAL
1st	ROBIN	RADER	25.50
2nd	TIM	GOULD	27.75
3rd	TOM	HARRISON	30.00
4th	BRUCE	LEE	31.50
5th	PAUL	WILLING	37.00
6th	PAUL	BUTTON	44.00
7th	TROY	AUMAN	45.00
8th	JIM	AUMAN	46.00
9th	KEVIN	FRANK	48.00
10th	TOM	GOULD	53.00
11th	BOB	CHIVVIS	57.00
12th	ELAYNE	HUNTER	62.75
13th	JAMES	THULLBERY	68.00
14th	GEOFF	WRIGHT	71.00
15th	CATHY	WRIGHT	76.00
16th	CHERYL	HILMES	82.00
17th	STEVE	BROWN	83.00
BIG BOATS
	SKIPPER		TOTAL
1st	JAY	BRUDZINSKI	8.00
2nd	BRUCE	LALONDE	13.75
3rd	CHRIS	REMICK	14.75
4th	KEITH	BARTON	25.00
5th	JEROMEY	REED	29.00

Detailed Race Results:

9/1/2007	ET	CT	D-PN		Skipper	Pts.
RACE 1
SKIPJACK	32.58	35.00	93.1		ROBIN	0.75
SKIPJACK	32.62	35.03	93.1		TIM	2.00
LIDO 14	34.87	35.25	98.9		TOM H.	3.00
LASER	32.87	36.08	91.1		TROY	4.00
SKIPJACK	35.20	37.81	93.1		KEVIN	5.00
HOBIE 16	29.03	38.15	76.1		PAUL W.	6.00
SKIPJACK	36.17	38.85	93.1		PAUL B.	7.00
505	32.65	40.81	80.0		BRUCE	8.00
SKIPJACK	38.33	41.17	93.1		JIM	9.00
HOBIE 16	32.63	42.88	76.1		TOM G.	10.00
SKIPJACK	40.30	43.29	93.1		JAMES	11.00
BUCCANEER	38.15	43.85	87.0		ELAYNE	12.00
TRAC 14	DNC				BOB	13.00
BUCCANEER	DNC				GEOFF	13.00
LASER	DNC				CATHY	13.00
FJ	DNC				CHERYL	13.00
CATALINA 16	DNC				STEVE	13.00
BIG BOATS
BALBOA 26	47.12	50.28	93.7		JAY	0.75
MONTGOMERY 15	56.05	51.80	108.2		BRUCE	2.00
ENSENADA 20	53.47	52.16	102.5		CHRIS	3.00
WEST WIGHT 19	56.63	53.94	105.0		JEROMEY	4.00
RL 24	57.87	59.84	96.7		KEITH	5.00

9/1/2007	ET	CT	D-PN		Skipper	Pts.
RACE 2
505	23.45	29.31	80.0		BRUCE	0.75
SKIPJACK	27.47	29.50	93.1		TIM	2.00
SKIPJACK	29.28	31.45	93.1		JIM	3.00
LASER	29.82	32.73	91.1		TROY	4.00
HOBIE 16	26.43	34.73	76.1		TOM G.	5.00
SKIPJACK	33.18	35.64	93.1		KEVIN	6.00
BUCCANEER	31.25	35.92	87.0		ELAYNE	7.00
SKIPJACK	33.95	36.47	93.1		PAUL B.	8.00
LIDO 14	38.72	39.15	98.9		TOM H.	9.00
HOBIE 16	30.27	39.77	76.1		PAUL W.	10.00
TRAC 14	35.12	41.56	84.5		BOB	11.00
FJ	53.27	54.35	98.0		CHERYL	12.00
SKIPJACK	114.78	123.29	93.1		JAMES	13.00
CATALINA 16	DNF				STEVE	14.00
SKIPJACK	DNC				ROBIN	15.00
BUCCANEER	DNC				GEOFF	15.00
LASER	DNC				CATHY	15.00
BIG BOATS
BALBOA 26	46.92	50.07	93.7		JAY	0.75
MONTGOMERY 15	123.90	114.51	108.2		BRUCE	2.00
WEST WIGHT 19	124.22	118.30	105.0		JEROMEY	3.00
ENSENADA 20	122.35	119.37	102.5		CHRIS	4.00
RL 24	122.42	126.59	96.7		KEITH	5.00

9/1/2007	ET	CT	D-PN		Skipper	Pts.
RACE 3
BUCCANEER	17.40	20.00	87.0		ELAYNE	0.75
SKIPJACK	19.48	20.93	93.1		ROBIN	2.00
HOBIE 16	16.40	21.55	76.1		PAUL W.	3.00
HOBIE 16	16.88	22.19	76.1		TOM G.	4.00
LASER	20.53	22.54	91.1		CATHY	5.00
LIDO 14	22.52	22.77	98.9		TOM H.	6.00
TRAC 14	19.52	23.10	84.5		BOB	7.00
SKIPJACK	22.38	24.04	93.1		KEVIN	8.00
SKIPJACK	22.43	24.10	93.1		JIM	9.00
LASER	22.10	24.26	91.1		TROY	10.00
SKIPJACK	23.70	25.46	93.1		PAUL B.	11.00
SKIPJACK	23.77	25.53	93.1		JAMES	12.00
505	22.72	28.40	80.0		BRUCE	13.00
FJ	29.95	30.56	98.0		CHERYL	14.00
SKIPJACK	DNF				TIM	15.00
BUCCANEER	DNC				GEOFF	16.00
CATALINA 16	DNC				STEVE	16.00
BIG BOATS
BALBOA 26	26.22	27.98	93.7		JAY	0.75
ENSENADA 20	30.68	29.93	102.5		CHRIS	2.00
RL 24	32.07	33.16	96.7		KEITH	3.00
MONTGOMERY 15	37.42	34.58	108.2		BRUCE	4.00
WEST WIGHT 19	45.82	43.63	105.0		JEROMEY	5.00

9/2/2007	ET	CT	D-PN		Skipper	Pts.
RACE 4
SKIPJACK	65.10	69.92	93.1		TIM	0.75
505	56.40	70.50	80.0		BRUCE	2.00
SKIPJACK	67.88	72.91	93.1		ROBIN	3.00
BUCCANEER	64.60	74.25	87.0		GEOFF	4.00
LIDO 14	80.57	81.46	98.9		TOM H.	5.00
SKIPJACK	81.03	87.04	93.1		PAUL B.	6.00
SKIPJACK	82.13	88.22	93.1		KEVIN	7.00
LASER	80.72	88.60	91.1		TROY	8.00
SKIPJACK	89.63	96.28	93.1		JIM	9.00
SKIPJACK	90.12	96.80	93.1		JAMES	10.00
TRAC 14	83.63	98.97	84.5		BOB	11.00
HOBIE 16	75.50	99.21	76.1		PAUL W.	12.00
HOBIE 16	75.55	99.28	76.1		TOM G.	13.00
CATALINA 16	DNF				STEVE	14.00
LASER	DNC				CATHY	15.00
FJ	DNC				CHERYL	15.00
BUCCANEER	DNC				ELAYNE	15.00
BIG BOATS
MONTGOMERY 15	86.55	79.99	108.2		BRUCE	0.75
ENSENADA 20	90.98	88.76	102.5		CHRIS	2.00
BALBOA 26	91.87	98.04	93.7		JAY	3.00
RL 24	105.27	108.86	96.7		KEITH	4.00
WEST WIGHT 19	DNC				JEROMEY	5.00

9/2/2007	ET	CT	D-PN		Skipper	Pts.
RACE 5
SKIPJACK	50.75	54.51	93.1		ROBIN	0.75
LIDO 14	54.78	55.39	98.9		TOM H.	2.00
TRAC 14	47.97	56.77	84.5		BOB	3.00
HOBIE 16	43.23	56.81	76.1		PAUL W.	4.00
SKIPJACK	53.87	57.86	93.1		TIM	5.00
SKIPJACK	55.30	59.40	93.1		PAUL B.	6.00
505	47.85	59.81	80.0		BRUCE	7.00
HOBIE 16	45.92	60.34	76.1		TOM G.	8.00
SKIPJACK	56.27	60.44	93.1		JIM	9.00
LASER	57.13	62.71	91.1		TROY	10.00
SKIPJACK	63.37	68.06	93.1		KEVIN	11.00
CATALINA 16	77.25	80.13	96.4		STEVE	12.00
SKIPJACK	DNF				JAMES	13.00
LASER	DNC				CATHY	14.00
FJ	DNC				CHERYL	14.00
BUCCANEER	DNC				ELAYNE	14.00
BUCCANEER	DNC				GEOFF	14.00
BIG BOATS
BALBOA 26	57.95	61.85	93.7		JAY	0.75
MONTGOMERY 15	67.28	62.18	108.2		BRUCE	2.00
ENSENADA 20	68.78	67.11	102.5		CHRIS	3.00
RL 24	68.12	70.44	96.7		KEITH	4.00
WEST WIGHT 19	DNC				JEROMEY	5.00