The Sheet - 2006
Vol. 11, No. 11 September 11, 2006 Visit the ASC Blog for the Latest News and What's New
2006 Summer Race Series
Dave Johnson Wins The 2006 Summer Race Series By Paul Willing In conjunction with the resurgence of the Alaska Sailing Club, we're instituting a new format for the summer race series.  In addition to the winners of the individual events we're tracking total race results for the summer.  The scoring system is experimental at this point and subject to change.  For now, a premium is placed on participation.  I.e. if you fail to show up or finish we'll give you a bunch of extra points!  To earn the title you'll have to sail and finish every race.  100 points was used this time as a quick and dirty method to separate the pack. For example, for the ten races this season,  your score is 525.  This indicates you missed 5 races and your score for the remaining 5 totaled 25 points (5 fifth places or a combination of different places). SKIPPER PTS 1st DAVE 29.00 2nd PAUL 43.75 3rd TIM 207.25 4th ELAYNE 326.50 5th BOB 433.00 6th TROY 434.00 7th BRUCE 530.00 8th GEOFF 621.00 9th JIM 626.00 10th STEVE 638.00 11th CATHY 805.00 12th BEN 808.00 13th PAUL & C 906.00 14th VINCE 909.00     BIG BOATS   1st BEN 703.50 2nd CHERYL 801.50 3rd T.L. 802.75 4th CHRIS 805.00 5th JAY 900.75 6th JEROMEY 903.00
Vol. 11, No. 10 September 11, 2006 Visit the ASC Blog for the Latest News and What's New
United States Sailing Association (US SAILING) 2005 PORTSMOUTH YARDSTICK Updates for the ASC Fleet By Paul Willing Here's the latest updates for our fleet.  Active fleets tend to fluctuate slightly, based on incoming data to USSA.  Due to the late update, these handicaps were applied only to the Governor's Cup results. CLASS D-PN   LASER 91.1 2005 SKIPJACK 93.1 2005 HOBIE 16 76.1 2005 BUCCANEER 18 87.0 2005 THISTLE 83.0 2005 RANGER 20 98.9   RL 24 96.7   VENTURE 224 97.9 2005 GULF COAST 18 103.6   WINDRIDER 10 109.0   ENSENADA 20 102.5 2005 TRAC 14 84.5 2005 BUCCANEER 28 93.0   VENTURE CAT 15 90.6 2005 BALBOA 26 93.7 2005 505 80.0 2005 CATALINA 16.5 96.4 2005 WEST WIGHT POTTER 19 105.0 2005
Vol. 11, No. 9 September 10, 2006 Visit the ASC Blog for the Latest News and What's New Dave Johnson Takes the Challenge Cup 2006 By Paul Willing Labor Day morning was foggy again, but with a BIG difference from the weekend; there was wind!  At 8:30 AM I sounded the siren and called a Challenge Cup race for 9:30 AM.  Slowly, a few sailors came to life and answered the call.  By 9:30 AM the fog had cleared, there was a glorious blue sky and a nice steady breeze from the north. For this race the format was a little, well, challenging:  Le Mans start off the dock with skippers running to their boats and waiting crew. No handicaps. All marks to port. Leg 1 upwind to the mark west of Bird Island. Leg 2 reach to the second mark. Finish between the flagged buoy and the end of the dock. And….the first boat to marks 1 and 2 must round the mark twice. Dave and Elayne sailed a very fast race in the Buccaneer and won by 4 boat lengths.  Second place went to Bob and Tim sailing Bob’s Trac 14.  Jim took a close third in the club’s red Skipjack.  Taylor and I struggled to a respectable fourth place after some trouble in the harbor with our Le Mans start.
Vol. 11, No. 8 September 9, 2006 Visit the ASC Blog for the Latest News and What's New Tim and Ethan Gould Win 2006 Governor’s Cup
By Paul Willing There was little wind to be found on Saturday and lots of waiting for wind on shore during this Governor’s Cup race series.  Tim and Ethan showed again just how tough it is to beat a good Skipjack crew in light air. But we did have some excellent brew and food available.  The fish fry on Saturday night was outstanding (thanks for the fish Chris!) and the Steve / Sue Food Wagon Dynamo cranked out the tasty fried fish and Chris shared his latest culinary delight; succulent Halibut Monterey. Wind conditions didn’t improve much on Sunday and we sailed another drifter on Race 2.  Before Race 3 in the evening we feasted on a yummy spread of potluck Italian delights.  Detailed Race Results posted below.  Governor's Cup History table below has been updated.			The Junior James Band set up and wowed the crowd on Saturday night.  Even our neighbors down the shore to the east were intrigued enough to boat over and join the fun.  It was the best session I’ve heard at the club yet.  They played until it was too dark to see their instruments – next time we’ll have some lights set up to extend things.
2006 Governor's Cup Race Series
SKIPPER TOTAL RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 1st TIM 2.25 0.75 0.75 0.75 2nd DAVE 10.00 3.00 2.00 5.00 3rd JIM 14.00 5.00 6.00 3.00 3rd PAUL 14.00 9.00 3.00 2.00 5th BRUCE 16.00 6.00 4.00 6.00 6th BOB 21.00 8.00 5.00 8.00 7th STEVE 26.00 10.00 7.00 9.00 8th BEN 108.00 4.00 100.00 4.00 9th TROY 109.00 2.00 100.00 7.00           BIG BOATS         1ST CHERYL 0.75   0.75   2ND CHRIS 2.00       2ND TL 2.00
9/2/2006 RACE ET  MM SS RACE ET  MM.HH CORRECTED TIMES D-PN Skipper Pts. RACE 1               SKIPJACK 65 17 65.28 70.12 93.1 TIM 0.75 LASER 69 23 69.38 76.16 91.1 TROY 2.00 BUCCANEER 67 5 67.08 77.11 88.4 DAVE 3.00 SKIPJACK 73 39 73.65 79.11 93.1 BEN 4.00 SKIPJACK 74 36 74.60 80.13 93.1 JIM 5.00 505 66 18 66.30 82.88 80.0 BRUCE 6.00 TRAC 14 71 53 71.88 85.07 84.5 BOB 8.00 HOBIE 16 71 55 71.92 94.50 76.1 PAUL 9.00 CATALINA 16.5  (971?) 113 24 113.40 117.63 96.4 STEVE 10.00               RACE NOTES:               A CLASSIC DRIFTER.                                             9/3/2006 RACE ET  MM SS RACE ET  MM.HH CORRECTED TIMES D-PN Skipper Pts. RACE 2               SKIPJACK 70 13 70.22 75.42 93.1 TIM 0.75 BUCCANEER 74 43 74.72 85.88 88.4 DAVE 2.00 HOBIE 16 73 58 73.97 97.20 76.1 PAUL 3.00 505 84 4 84.07 105.08 80.0 BRUCE 4.00 TRAC 14 98 25 98.42 116.47 84.5 BOB 5.00 SKIPJACK 123 16 123.27 132.40 93.1 JIM 6.00 CATALINA 16.5 142 7 142.12 147.42 96.4 STEVE 7.00               BIG BOATS               RL 24 216 54 216.90 224.30 96.7 CHERYL 0.75               RACE NOTES:               ANOTHER DRIFTER                                           9/3/2006 RACE ET  MM SS RACE ET  MM.HH CORRECTED TIMES D-PN Skipper Pts. RACE 3               SKIPJACK 48 34 48.57 52.17 93.1 TIM 0.75 HOBIE 16 41 17 41.28 54.25 76.1 PAUL 2.00 SKIPJACK 51 9 51.15 54.94 93.1 JIM 3.00 SKIPJACK 51 35 51.58 55.41 93.1 BEN 4.00 BUCCANEER 50 42 50.70 58.28 88.4 DAVE 5.00 505 46 37 46.62 58.27 80.0 BRUCE 6.00 LASER 56 44 56.73 62.28 91.1 TROY 7.00 TRAC 14 52 8 52.13 61.70 84.5 BOB 8.00 CATALINA 16.5 65 59 65.98 68.45 96.4 STEVE 9.00               BIG BOATS               RL 24 128 54 128.90 133.30 96.7 CHERYL 0.75               RACE NOTES:               A LIGHT WIND FINALLY BEGAN TO FILL IN ABOUT 7:00 PM - RIGHT AT DINNER TIME.  DECISION MADE TO EAT QUICKLY AND GET A RACE UNDERWAY. START TIME SET FOR 8:30 PM.  RACE WAS UNDERWAY BY 8:40 PM.  AS CAN BE SEE FROM THE TABLE BELOW (USED 9/5/06) THE RACE FINISHED WELL AFTER SUNSET, BUT WITHIN CIVIL TWILIGHT LIMITS.  ALL BOATS HOME BY NAUTICAL TWILIGHT.
September 5, 2006 Rise Set Actual Time 7:01 AM AKDT 8:52 PM AKDT Civil Twilight 6:15 AM AKDT 9:38 PM AKDT Nautical Twilight 5:16 AM AKDT 10:37 PM AKDT Astronomical Twilight 4:00 AM AKDT 11:51 PM AKDT Moon 8:57 PM AKDT 2:51 AM AKDT Length Of Visible Light: 15h 23m Length of Day 13h 51m Tomorrow will be 5m 40s shorter.
Vol. 11, No. 7 August 30, 2006 Visit the ASC Blog for the Latest News and What's New 2006 Governor's Cup Regatta - Labor Day Weekend By Paul Willing This is the 40th Anniversary of this classic race series.  Races begin at noon on Saturday September 2, 2006 continuing through Sunday evening September 3, 2006.  This race has been held continuously, every year since the club was founded.  Come out and enjoy the competition by participating, helping out or just viewing from shore while enjoying our last race of the 2006 season.
	GOVERNOR'S CUP HISTORY 1 1966 TOM MARSHALL 2 1967 LARRY SNELL 3 1968 BOB LEVORSEN 4 1969 STEVE RYAN 5 1970 MASON PURCHA 6 1971 STEVE RYAN 7 1972 GARY ROGERS 8 1973 STEVE RYAN 9 1974 STEVE RYAN 10 1975 STEVE RYAN 11 1976 BOB MASSEY 12 1977 STEVE RYAN 13 1978 STEVE RYAN 14 1979 CHRIS KLETKA 15 1980 CHRIS KLETKA 16 1981 CHRIS KLETKA 17 1982 BRUCE ROSS 18 1983 GARY ROGERS 19 1984 DEAN NICHOLS 20 1985 BOB MASSEY 21 1986 BOB MASSEY 22 1988 BEN ROBAR 23 1989 DICK EVANS 24 1990 DICK EVANS 25 1991 DICK EVANS 26 1992 HENRY ROBAR 27 1993 BIRGITT ROBAR 28 1994 JOHN MCKINNON 29 1995 BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR 30 1996 MATTHEW FLICKINGER 31 1997 BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR 32 1998 BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR 33 1999 BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR 34 2000 BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR 35 2001 TIM AND TOM GOULD 36 2002 TIM GOULD 37 2003 BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR 38 2004 TIM AND ETHAN GOULD 39 2005 PAUL AND TAYLOR WILLING 40 2006 TIM AND ETHAN GOULD
Vol. 11, No. 6 August 18, 2006 Visit the ASC Blog for the Latest News and What's New Upcoming Alaska Sailing Club Events Fireweed Regatta Results Blog Help is Here See ASC Blog for details
Vol. 11, No. 5 July 24, 2006 Visit the ASC Blog for the Latest News and What's New Fireweed Regatta Coming This Weekend - July 29, 2006 Pirate Races, Feasting and More! See ASC Blog for details
Vol. 11, No. 4 July 23, 2006 Visit the ASC Blog for the Latest News and What's New Tim Gould Wins Firecracker Regatta And the crowd goes wild! By Paul Willing - Sheet Editor Firecracker Regatta Race Results 7/1/2006 RACE ET  MM SS RACE ET  MM.HH CORRECTED TIMES D-PN Skipper   RACE 1               SKIPJACK 68 15 68.25 73.31 93.1 TIM 0.75 BUCCANEER 67 16 67.27 76.09 88.4 DAVE 2.00 TRAC 14 67 43 67.72 81.10 83.5 BOB 3.00 HOBIE 16 64 41 64.68 85.00 76.1 PAUL 4.00 505 81 33 81.55 87.59 81.0 BRUCE 5.00 LASER 89 24 89.40 97.81 91.4 ELAYNE 6.00 SKIPJACK 92 24 92.40 99.25 93.1 GEOFF 7.00 LASER 93 29 93.48 102.28 91.4 TROY 8.00 SKIPJACK 100   100.00 107.41 93.1 JIM                 RACE NOTES:               VERY LIGHT WINDS AT THE STARTING LINE AND ON EACH LEG.  FLUKY AND SHIFTING WINDS CAUSED EACH LEG TO BE A BEAT TO WINDWARD.               7/1/2006 RACE ET  MM SS RACE ET  MM.HH CORRECTED TIMES D-PN Skipper   RACE 2               505 25 22 25.37 27.25 81.0 BRUCE 0.75 SKIPJACK 26 14 26.23 28.18 93.1 TIM 2.00 LASER 26 59 26.98 29.52 91.4 CATHY 3.00 LASER 27 6 27.10 29.65 91.4 TROY 4.00 LASER 27 10 27.17 29.72 91.4 ELAYNE 5.00 BUCCANEER 26 52 26.87 30.39 88.4 DAVE 6.00 LASER 28 5 28.08 30.73 91.4 GEOFF 7.00 HOBIE 16 24 34 24.57 32.28 76.1 PAUL 8.00 SKIPJACK 48 58 48.97 52.60 93.1 VINCE 9.00               RACE NOTES:               AFTER DINNER A SLIGHT BREEZE APPEARS ON THE LAKE.  THE COLLECTIVE DECISION IS TO RACE!  THE BREEZE REMAINED STEADY THROUGHOUT THE RACE.  THE FLEET FOUND THE WINDWARD MARK MISSING AND USED BARSTON ISLAND INSTEAD.                             7/1/2006 RACE ET  MM SS RACE ET  MM.HH CORRECTED TIMES D-PN Skipper   RACE 3               SKIPJACK 58 29 58.48 62.82 93.1 TIM 0.75 BUCCANEER 60 30 60.50 68.44 88.4 DAVE 2.00 HOBIE 16 52 58 52.97 69.60 76.1 PAUL 3.00 LASER 65 18 65.30 71.44 91.4 ELAYNE 4.00 LASER 68 11 68.18 74.60 91.4 GEOFF 5.00 LASER 69 47 69.78 76.35 91.4 TROY 6.00               RACE NOTES:               THE BREEZE SEEMS TO BE HOLDING.  AFTER CONVINCIING THE RACE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN WE SHOULD RACE AGAIN VERY SOON, WE DO.  BY START TIME IT'S ALREADY DIMINISHED AND CONTINUES TO DECREASE DURING THE RACE.  THE LAST TWO LEGS ARE DRIFTERS.                             7/2/2006 RACE ET  MM SS RACE ET  MM.HH CORRECTED TIMES D-PN Skipper   RACE 4               SKIPJACK 36 29 36.48 39.19 93.1 TIM 0.75 BUCCANEER 37 13 37.22 42.10 88.4 DAVE 2.00 LASER 39 49 39.82 43.56 91.4 CATHY 3.00 LASER 43 39 43.65 47.76 91.4 GEOFF 4.00 HOBIE 16 36 23 36.38 47.81 76.1 PAUL 5.00 SKIPJACK 45 56 45.93 49.34 93.1 PAUL & C 6.00 SKIPJACK 48 6 48.10 51.66 93.1 TROY 7.00 LASER 50 2 50.03 54.74 91.4 ELAYNE 8.00 SKIPJACK 68 18 68.30 73.36 93.1 STEVE 9.00               BIG BOATS               BALBOA 26 49 40 49.67 53.06 93.6 JAY 0.75 ENSENADA 20 116 7 116.12 113.28 102.5 CHRIS 2.00 JEROMEY SCHOONER 200 0 200.00 200.00 100.0 JEROMEY 3.00               WAITED ALL DAY FOR WIND.  FINALLY AT ABOUT 800 PM THERE WAS ENOUGH TO TRY A RACE.  WE CHANGED START LINES ON THE FLY ON THE WATER.   The fleet takes a break   Sailors on break Photos courtesy of Geoff Wright
Vol. 11, No. 3 June 16, 2006 Visit the ASC Blog for the Latest News and What's New   The Sheet - New Format By Paul Willing After nine years of publishing The Sheet on paper handouts, bulk mailings and our website, we're moving to a new format - The Blog era has arrived.  Now, all club members are the reporters, photographers and editors.  Postings and comments on the Alaska Sailing Club Blog and The Sheet are now one and the same. Periodically, I'll post links here back to the corresponding blog postings, like these blog links below.  Alaska Sailing Club on TV More of the Sailing Class - photos and captions Sailing Class and Open House - class photo The Importance of a Newsletter - Collectively, using this new format we'll have a more vibrant, interesting and timely publication.  That's the power of a group blog.  But what do I write about you say?  Whatever strikes your fancy - What do you feel when you sail? What are some of your favorite lake experiences? What did you learn last weekend about boat handling, sail trimming, start tactics or mark roundings? What is your favorite type of sailboat? What is your most memorable sailing experience? Favorite sailing vacation. New ideas for fun events and races at the club, e.g. last year's Pirate Race. Potluck themes. Cool sailing links you've found on the web. America's Cup and Olympic Sailing events. For more ideas see excerpts from Mary Well's Revival chapter of Catamaran Racing for the 90's in the archived issues of The Sheet online.  You can use these links to quickly jump to the articles: Revival Part 1 Revival Part 2 Revival Part 3 Revival Part 4 Revival Part 5 If you need help with logging onto the blog, postings or comments just drop me an email.   Vol. 11, No. 2 June 8, 2006 Visit the ASC Blog for the Latest News and What's New Open House and Sailing Classes This Weekend By Paul Willing - Sheet Editor Open House Our annual Open House is this Saturday, June 10 from 1-4 pm.  Stop by and learn about sailing on Big Lake!    Sailing Class Our annual sailing class is this Saturday and Sunday.  The class is full, but you can always sign up for next year's session.  Club members come on out and lend a hand.   Vol. 11, No.1 June 7, 2006 Visit the ASC Blog for the Latest News and What's New Elayne Hunter Wins Icebreaker Regatta By Paul Willing - Sheet Editor Icebreaker Regatta Race Results 6/3/2006 RACE ET  MM SS RACE ET  MM.HH CORR TIMES D-PN Skipper RACE 1             LASER 58 48 58.80 64.33 91.4 ELAYNE BUCCANEER 62 13 62.22 70.38 88.4 DAVE HOBIE 16 54 52 54.87 72.10 76.1 PAUL TRAC 14         83.5 BOB             BIG BOATS             VENTURE 224 78 30 78.50 80.10 98.0 T.L. RL 24 80 2 80.03 82.76 96.7 BEN ENSENADA 20 111 44 111.73 109.01 102.5 CHRIS
RACE NOTES - VERY NICE BREEZE AT START. DECREASED SLIGHTLY DURING THE RACE. ESTIMATED AVERAGE 15 MPH.   RACE 2             LASER 31 41 31.68 34.66 91.4 ELAYNE BUCCANEER 32 42 32.70 36.99 88.4 DAVE TRAC 14 31 12 31.20 37.37 83.5 BOB HOBIE 16 28 41 28.68 37.69 76.1 PAUL             BIG BOATS             RL 24 41 35 41.58 43.00 96.7 BEN VENTURE 224 43 48 43.80 44.69 98.0 T.L.   6/4/2006 RACE ET  MM SS RACE ET  MM.HH CORR TIMES D-PN Skipper RACE 3             HOBIE 16 39 54 39.90 52.43 76.1 PAUL SKIPJACK 50 40 50.67 54.42 93.1 TIM BUCCANEER 50 5 50.08 56.66 88.4 DAVE LASER         91.4 ELAYNE             BIG BOATS             RL 24         96.7 BEN Special thanks to Race Committee officials Jody Willing and Tom Gould for their excellent job onshore.

By Timothy Gould - Vice Commodore, Race Committee Chairman Greetings ASC, The Ice Breaker Regatta was a wet and wild ride!  I've never seen such tremendous winds and beautiful weather linked up like they were for this years' Ice Breaker.   The results:   Small Boats 1st - Elayne Hunter 2nd - Dave Johnson 3rd - Paul Willing   Big Boats 1st - TL Stanbro 2nd - Ben & Birgitt Robar 3rd - Chris Remick   Congratulations to the winners and all the participants.   I wasn't able to see all the action on Saturday, but there was some very tight groupings on the results - competitive racing.  I was able to get out and race on Sunday - what a blast!  The winds were cooking at about 20kts which made for a very fast ride, major heeling, and water in the cockpit.       And, yes, there were a couple boats that tipped, and a few folks that went swimming.  And I'm here to tell you that the water has some warming up to do!  Luckily I had some good crew and we got the boat underway without further incident.  We even made a respectable finish!   Please plan to make the next races series, the Firecracker Regatta,  on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of July.   PS - if you are looking for a boat to buy, I might have a line on a couple nice ones that would add wonderfully to our fleet.

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