Tim Gould and his new red Buccaneer took first place in the Alaska Sailing Club's 2008 Firecracker Regatta.
Bruce Lalonde took first place in the big boat fleet aboard his Montgomery 15.
For detailed results see these two links:
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Sailing Club Logos--Vote!
Below are five designs for a new Alaska Sailing Club logo. Jody has suggested that these be posted on the blog to let interested folks vote on a favorite. Check these out and see which, if any, you think might work. Feel free to mix and match elements between the designs.
They are black + white for now, so we can focus on just the design. Once we agree on a design, the next step is to make requested changes (font, color, layout, etc.) to arrive at a final design.
Please reply to me if you have a favorite and/or suggestions. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Cheers,
Carolyn
They are black + white for now, so we can focus on just the design. Once we agree on a design, the next step is to make requested changes (font, color, layout, etc.) to arrive at a final design.
Please reply to me if you have a favorite and/or suggestions. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Cheers,
Carolyn
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Wet Wednesday Series 1 - Results
Live from Big Lake:
It's been a rollicking good time these past three Wednesdays - up to 10 boats on the water, excellent wind and fantastic after race food and drink.
Tom Harrison in his Lido 14 placed first, followed by Bruce Lee in second aboard the 505 and Bob Chivvis took third in the suddenly dangerous and devilish Demon.
Bruce Lalonde scored first in the Big Boat fleet.
For detailed series results see this link 2008 Wet Wednesday Series 1.
It's been a rollicking good time these past three Wednesdays - up to 10 boats on the water, excellent wind and fantastic after race food and drink.
Tom Harrison in his Lido 14 placed first, followed by Bruce Lee in second aboard the 505 and Bob Chivvis took third in the suddenly dangerous and devilish Demon.
Bruce Lalonde scored first in the Big Boat fleet.
For detailed series results see this link 2008 Wet Wednesday Series 1.
Racing Session - June 28th - Starts at Noon in the Clubhouse
What are the three basic rules that form the foundation of 90% of the racing rules?
To find out the answer - show up Sat at the Clubhouse for some brief race discussions followed by some basic on the water drills (wind willing). This will be a great opportunity to get answers (ok, maybe opinions) to those questions that have been troubling you on the racecourse. If you need an excuse to get out - here it is!
To find out the answer - show up Sat at the Clubhouse for some brief race discussions followed by some basic on the water drills (wind willing). This will be a great opportunity to get answers (ok, maybe opinions) to those questions that have been troubling you on the racecourse. If you need an excuse to get out - here it is!
Monday, June 09, 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
Open House
Please join us for our annual Open House at the Alaska Sailing Club - Mile 8.2 South Big Lake Rd. This Saturday, June 7th , from noon until 4:00 pm we're offering great hospitality, great food and free sailboat rides!
Learn about sailing on Big Lake and how the Alaska Sailing Club is a great place to get started.
Check out these postings for last year's event:
http://aksailclub.blogspot.com/2007/06/2007-open-house.html
http://aksailclub.blogspot.com/2007/06/open-house-2007.html
See you at the lake!
Learn about sailing on Big Lake and how the Alaska Sailing Club is a great place to get started.
Check out these postings for last year's event:
http://aksailclub.blogspot.com/2007/06/2007-open-house.html
http://aksailclub.blogspot.com/2007/06/open-house-2007.html
See you at the lake!
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
2008 Ice Breaker Regatta - Tom Harrison Wins
Tom Harrison and his super slick Lido 14 took the honors in our opening regatta for the 2008 season. The first of the coming Buccaneers were out with Jay and Chris both on the water with their new boats. It was cold, wet and well... a typical Alaskan spring weekend.
For detailed results see 2008 Ice Breaker Results. Note cool new Sailwave feature - Back Calculated Elapsed time. This shows how much faster each boat would have had to sail to tie the winner of each race. These results and others for this season will also be consolidated with a links list from our public website at http://www.aksailclub.com/sheet08.htm. I've also updated our homepage on the site and fixed some dead links on our links page.
Thanks for your patience as we worked through some initial training issues with our new Sailwave scoring system.
Special thanks to Tom, Jody and the rest of the Race Committee for putting on a great event under some very trying conditions.
I was too busy trying to stay warm to take any photos. Dawn provided these:
Launching Lucky
My beer is bigger than your dog
Bob and Linda
Commodore and our vistor from Nepal
Geoff and Cathy
Sunday, May 18, 2008
2008 Spring Work Party - Phase II (or the Real Ice Breaker!)
Thanks to all members who pitched in - including, but not limited to - Commodore Tim and Ethan used their Ice Breaker canoe with paddles and pickaxes to open a sliver of water for the docks. Chris spearheaded the gravel work, Keith performed electrical install on the waterfront, Tom and team got the docks in, Jay managed boat parking, TL was everywhere, Bruce completed Lucky's standing rigging (she looks sharp), Jody kept everyone moving (even a few teens) and negociated the MSB parking issue and all the others who helped with all this and more...
Still to complete prior to Ice Breaker Regatta Memorial weekend - connect docks and secure to mooring.
First dock in (marginal cellphone photo):
Still to complete prior to Ice Breaker Regatta Memorial weekend - connect docks and secure to mooring.
First dock in (marginal cellphone photo):
Saturday, May 17, 2008
2008 Spring Work Party - Phase I
Jim Aumann and his super roofing team worked all day and long past quitting time on the clubhouse roof project. The May 10th kickoff work party accomplished great things as we count the seconds to an ice free lake and the 2008 sailing season.
See post below for the finished product!
See you today for Phase II !
Monday, May 12, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Alaska Sailing Club - 41st Birthday Celebration
Waterline in Concert celebrating
the Alaska Sailing Club's
41st Birthday
We look forward to seeing all of you.
This is a fundraiser so please consider signing up for birthday presents at the Snow Goose.
The club could use small appliances, building supplies, racing equipment, folding tables, picnic tables and more.
the Alaska Sailing Club's
41st Birthday
We look forward to seeing all of you.
This is a fundraiser so please consider signing up for birthday presents at the Snow Goose.
The club could use small appliances, building supplies, racing equipment, folding tables, picnic tables and more.
When: Saturday March 29, 2008
Times: 5:45 p.m to 10:30 p.m
Where: Snow Goose Restaurant
Cost: $10 per person
Spring Party Flyer
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Sunday, March 02, 2008
ASC on the ice!!
Winter fun with Sails!! Today we tried an experiment with some ice boats out on Lake Lucille in Wasilla. We would like to thank all the folks that showed up and our new friend Dennis who provided the boats. With any luck we will get out again this winter. If anyone is interested in winter sailing on ice contact Chris Remick for more details.
Which is faster the Audi or the Ice boat?
Which is faster the Audi or the Ice boat?
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Boating Safety Film
You are cordially invited to the premier of
COLD WATER BOATING
An exciting & educational film presented by the
Alaska Office of Boating Safety
& hosted by the Anchorage Museum
February 13, 12 noon-1pm
Anchorage Museum auditorium, corner of A Street and 7th
All are welcome and admission is FREE! Come learn about cold water immersion, boating preparation, preventing fatal accidents while on the water, and much, much more!
For more information, please contact the Office of Boating Safety at 269-6042.
Alaska Office of Boating Safety
& hosted by the Anchorage Museum
February 13, 12 noon-1pm
Anchorage Museum auditorium, corner of A Street and 7th
All are welcome and admission is FREE! Come learn about cold water immersion, boating preparation, preventing fatal accidents while on the water, and much, much more!
For more information, please contact the Office of Boating Safety at 269-6042.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Polar Bear Jump-Seward,AK
Jay, in background, enters the water wearing his Aloha trunks. A Coastie assigned to the USCGC Mustang jumps in the foreground.
Lindsay and Louisa showed the crowd the "Jump for Germany" sign printed on their shorts then did cannon balls into the 32 degree water.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
skipjack in color
"LUCKY"
is wearing the very fashon forward Jade Green with a Snow White bottom.
She will be doing her best to show the rest of the skips her transom not her bottom
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Technology Committee Update - Sailwave Sailing Scoring Software
As promised, we are implementing Sailwave Sailing Scoring Software for the 2008 racing season. This will provide a robust and easy to use system for recording, calculating and posting race results. It also provides the option to use different handicap systems and wind indexed ratings as well as different scoring systems, e.g. .75 pts for 1st place vs. 1.00 pts for 1st place.
Any member can tinker around with Sailwave. Just download the free software. The Portsmouth tables and our race files are contained in small, separate files that are easily emailed.
For a trial I've entered the last two races of the 2007 Governor's Cup (no big boat data entered yet). And yes, it will show crew as well. You can see the test results here:
ASC Test Results using D-PN ratings
This sheet gives exactly the same corrected times we've been generating using our Excel template, but data entry and results are both faster and easier. We can even post to the web right after the race.
ASC Test Results using Wind Indexed Ratings
This sheet uses the same elapsed times, but includes an additional correction based on wind speed ranges. To use this we'll need a handheld wind meter, at least two wind readings during each race and complete Portsmouth ratings for each boat. For some boats (like the RL) there are no additional ratings available for all the wind speed ranges.
If you print out and study these two sheets you'll find the differences in Race 6 results in the USPN and Corrected Time columns.
Soft water is just around the corner!
Any member can tinker around with Sailwave. Just download the free software. The Portsmouth tables and our race files are contained in small, separate files that are easily emailed.
For a trial I've entered the last two races of the 2007 Governor's Cup (no big boat data entered yet). And yes, it will show crew as well. You can see the test results here:
ASC Test Results using D-PN ratings
This sheet gives exactly the same corrected times we've been generating using our Excel template, but data entry and results are both faster and easier. We can even post to the web right after the race.
ASC Test Results using Wind Indexed Ratings
This sheet uses the same elapsed times, but includes an additional correction based on wind speed ranges. To use this we'll need a handheld wind meter, at least two wind readings during each race and complete Portsmouth ratings for each boat. For some boats (like the RL) there are no additional ratings available for all the wind speed ranges.
If you print out and study these two sheets you'll find the differences in Race 6 results in the USPN and Corrected Time columns.
Soft water is just around the corner!
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Governor's Cup Regatta
The Race Committee is off and running for the 2008 sailing season.
One item from today's meeting was a suggestion for a Racing Crew Need / Want List. I'll start this one off with a suggested format. Feel free to change as needed. The samples will be marked as such. Since we can't edit previous posts (other than our own) the best way is to post continuous comments to this original post.
We'll break it up into the various regattas to keep each list manageable and easier to read and search.
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Governor's Cup Regatta
August 30-31 (1) Sept, 2008
One item from today's meeting was a suggestion for a Racing Crew Need / Want List. I'll start this one off with a suggested format. Feel free to change as needed. The samples will be marked as such. Since we can't edit previous posts (other than our own) the best way is to post continuous comments to this original post.
We'll break it up into the various regattas to keep each list manageable and easier to read and search.
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Governor's Cup Regatta
August 30-31 (1) Sept, 2008
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Fireweed Regatta
The Race Committee is off and running for the 2008 sailing season.
One item from today's meeting was a suggestion for a Racing Crew Need / Want List. I'll start this one off with a suggested format. Feel free to change as needed. The samples will be marked as such. Since we can't edit previous posts (other than our own) the best way is to post continuous comments to this original post.
We'll break it up into the various regattas to keep each list manageable and easier to read and search.
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Fireweed Regatta
August 2-3, 2008
One item from today's meeting was a suggestion for a Racing Crew Need / Want List. I'll start this one off with a suggested format. Feel free to change as needed. The samples will be marked as such. Since we can't edit previous posts (other than our own) the best way is to post continuous comments to this original post.
We'll break it up into the various regattas to keep each list manageable and easier to read and search.
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Fireweed Regatta
August 2-3, 2008
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Firecracker Regatta
The Race Committee is off and running for the 2008 sailing season.
One item from today's meeting was a suggestion for a Racing Crew Need / Want List. I'll start this one off with a suggested format. Feel free to change as needed. The samples will be marked as such. Since we can't edit previous posts (other than our own) the best way is to post continuous comments to this original post.
We'll break it up into the various regattas to keep each list manageable and easier to read and search.
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Firecracker Regatta
July 4-5, (6), 2008
One item from today's meeting was a suggestion for a Racing Crew Need / Want List. I'll start this one off with a suggested format. Feel free to change as needed. The samples will be marked as such. Since we can't edit previous posts (other than our own) the best way is to post continuous comments to this original post.
We'll break it up into the various regattas to keep each list manageable and easier to read and search.
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Firecracker Regatta
July 4-5, (6), 2008
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Icebreaker Regatta
The Race Committee is off and running for the 2008 sailing season.
One item from today's meeting was a suggestion for a Racing Crew Need / Want List. I'll start this one off with a suggested format. Feel free to change as needed. The samples will be marked as such.
Since we can't edit previous posts (other than our own) the best way is to post continuous comments to this original post. We'll break it up into the various regattas to keep each list manageable and easier to read and search.
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Icebreaker Regatta
May 24 - 25 (26), 2008
One item from today's meeting was a suggestion for a Racing Crew Need / Want List. I'll start this one off with a suggested format. Feel free to change as needed. The samples will be marked as such.
Since we can't edit previous posts (other than our own) the best way is to post continuous comments to this original post. We'll break it up into the various regattas to keep each list manageable and easier to read and search.
Racing Crew Need / Want List - Icebreaker Regatta
May 24 - 25 (26), 2008
Racing Instruction Clinic
When: June 7, 2008 beginning at 10:00 am.
Where: ASC Big Lake, Alaska
What: Receive racing instruction from some of the club's top racers. First some "chalk talk" on shore, then some on the water instructions.
More details to follow.
Sign up by posting a comment to this post, or emailing Tom Harrison, our race committee chair.
Where: ASC Big Lake, Alaska
What: Receive racing instruction from some of the club's top racers. First some "chalk talk" on shore, then some on the water instructions.
More details to follow.
Sign up by posting a comment to this post, or emailing Tom Harrison, our race committee chair.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Skipjack repair
Just an update on your skipjack-- the Yellow one-- the color may change
Her new name is LUCKY
The pictures are a bit boring-sorry
Her new name is LUCKY
The pictures are a bit boring-sorry
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