Thanks to Bill Gilsdorf, Gary beck and Bruce Barrett (and crews) for RC last night.

Results from last night are posted.

Please join us this Wednesday, August 4th, 6:45 PM sharp at the X mark for a ceremony to honor Joan Bray Holcomb.

This is a ceremony from the early naval history when a ship’s bell was used to signal various evolutions of the daily routine.  Two bells marked the end of the workday and offered the crew a chance to relax and reflect before taps.

On Wednesday, we will strike the bell two times to mark the end of Joan’s life here on earth and so that she can be at peace.  After the bell strikes, we will have a moment of silence in lieu of taps and then flowers will be thrown into the lake as a tribute (all are welcome to throw flowers).

Thank you in advance for your help and respect!

Felicia Myers
AISC Commodore

Thanks to Dean Holcomb and Matthew Widlansky for calling a great race last night.  Results will be posted shortly.  We have a food date that opened on 7/21 if someone would like to step up to feed the sailors @ LLSC.  Thank you Scott Baste and crew for a great meal last night.

Sean

Thanks to everyone who joined in at the mid season awards party, it was a blast.  Hope everyone is looking forward to the second half, let's get some breeze.  Yesterday was beautiful on the lake.

First Series complete!

The first half is complete and lots of great competition took place.

Thanks to Tom Sawchuk for running a great race last night despite a difficult shifty breeze to set up a start line.

The Awards will be presented this coming Wednesday (6/23) @ 7:30 PM at the LLSC clubhouse.  Please come by to catch a meal and a beverage.

Sean

The wind gods didn't smile on Lake Lanier last night.  Frank Vandall and the crews from 'Bad Influence' and 'Strega' did their best to get a race off but it wasn't there.

John McCarthy did a fine job with the post 'race' food so the trip wasn't a waste.

Better luck next week,

Sean

Another race in the books thanks to RC moving to 'A' mark and getting a short course in.  Good Job Linda Webster and Jeff Elam.  I would also like to Pat Funk and Penny Chinik for an excellent meal at LLSC.  We do have a couple of meal dates open as well as some RC spots so don't be shy about signing up.

Sean

Race 6 was held in beautiful conditions and a great job done by RC from Renegade and Hermes.  Thanks also to Gary Umberger and Frank Vandell for providing plenty of Hot Dogs for everyone at the post race party.  Let's hope the wind keeps up for the next four races.

Sean

Burger Blowout tomorrow @ LLSC

Well it's my turn to cook and we have 96 burgers including 12 Turkey and 12 Veggie.  We also have Potato salad and Greek Salad so if you are a regular eating at the club, don't miss this.  The lovely Nancy and Debbie will be helping me serve and Tammy Duran (she's an Angel) is getting it started for us while were still racing.

Hope the wind shows,

Sean

Race results are up.  Thanks to Jim Chambers and Paul Warner for getting a good race off.  Next weeks results will be delayed since our scorer won't be available till the following weekend.  Let's hope the wind continues cooperating.

Sean

Results are up (check results tab).  Thanks to Bill Gilsdorf and Steve Sudderth for RC and Tammy/Joey Duran for food.

This week Jim Kingery and John Burgess will be doing RC.  Mike Krantz is my hero this time for volunteering on food.

Hope for breeze Wednesday,

Sean

Tammy and Joey Duran are my hero's this week.  We will have food thanks to them.  I have the 4/28 and 5/5 races coming up soon so I need some more help.  Please come to the site and sign up so everyone can eat and be happy.

Thanks,

Sean

Good Evening racers,

The results from race one have been updated to show a rating correction (didn't effect results) and we added the FT10 fleet as nearly one design.

I still need a food volunteer for this Wednesday, someone can be my hero this week.

Sean

Greetings racers,

RC will be using the Barefoot Sailing barge this evening.  We will have boards up to remind everyone what the fleet definitions are as well as the start sequence.  Please make sure you check in before the race.

I have made a minor change to the SI's to include 'T' as a valid mark for RC to use.  These new SI's are on the aiscracing.com site.

Please call me on the barge @ 404-906-1418 if there is any question BEFORE we start the first sequence.

Sean

The Dogwood Regatta is in the bag and it was exciting with plenty of races.  Thanks to Susan Reddaway and the entire RC crew.  Thanks also to West Marine, Hometown Spirits and all of the AISC officers.  The results are posted on the results page.  Kirk Jockell will have lots of pictures on saillanier.com.

Sean

The Dogwood PRO Susan Reddaway (who you should thank when you see her) and Edith Collins have reviewed and updated the Dogwood NOR and SI's.  The new documents are available from the links on the right side of the screen.  Please be sure to come to the party Friday evening at the Pizza Pub in Tannery Row to see the fleet splits and participate in the skippers meeting.

Since this is also the kickoff for Wednesday night 2010, we should have a nearly complete list of competitors signed up so you can see how your fleet will play out this summer.  Registration runs from 18:00 to 19:30 and Skippers meeting is at 20:00.

The Saturday course and start times for the Cruising fleet will be determined before the skippers meeting.  Sunday's cruising course will be determined an posted by 8PM on Saturday night.

See you there.

After much discussion in our final board meeting before the Dogwood we have made one final change to the Spin fleets.  The breakdown is as follows:

Low Spin PHRF 72 - 120
Mid Spin PHRF 121 - 158
Mid-High Spin PHRF 159-171
High Spin PHRF > 171

I will post new SI's tomorrow with the fleet numbers and start sequence.

As Dogwood draws near I would like to remind everyone that registrations for membership must be postmarked by March 20 to avoid the late fee.  On Friday night we will be determining fleet splits for the Dogwood and confirming the final fleet splits for Wednesday night.  See y'all on Friday.

An update to the Wednesday SI's has been posted.  The Spin fleets have been re-arranged to now include three fleets of roughly 50 point spreads per fleet.  The fleets are as follows:

• Spin PHRF up to 120 (low boat is 72)
• Spin PHRF 121-171
• Spin PHRF 172 +

Please download the SI's located on the right side of the screen or here: 2010 SI's Rev 2

See you all at the Dogwood / Wednesday sign-up party on 3/26

Sean

Just an update.  The Dogwood NOR incorrectly stated there were no throw outs.  There will be a throw out if six races are completed.  The new NOR is on the site link to the right.

Sean

Hello Sailors, it's AISC time again.  The lake is up and the weather should be getting warmer.  We are four weeks from the Dogwood and Wednesday night kickoff party.  We have several new features this year:

• We are discounting membership for new members and those who haven't raced since 2007.  The normal membership price (Dogwood and Wednesday Night racing) is $145.  New and returning racers will get it all for $75.  For those who can only do Dogwood the normal $65 price will be discounted to $45.
• We are creating a Performance Cruiser fleet to allow those who have shown keen interest in racing their cruising boats to join in on the AISC fun.  This fleet will be given a course that is predominately reaching and will keep them out of the fray from the other fleets.
• We are starting the Cruising fleet first @ 6:55PM and then the Non-Spin fleets @ 7PM.  This will help those boats get in to participate in the post race festivities.

Please check the links on the right side of the page to download the membership application, the SI's and NOR's.

Don't forget to fill out the Dogwood application with your food and party orders as well as your club membership application.  These need to be in by March 19 to avoid the late fee's.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  Please tell all your friends that haven't raced in awhile (or never) that this is the year to join in.

Sean O'Connor
AISC Fleet Captain
678-404-0321

I've posted a gallery of images from 2007 vs 2009 to show the lake level changes.  Check it out here: Gallery

Here are two samples:

Happy Holidays to all!!!  I have started adding the archives from the old SailLanier site for race results.  Please look under the results tab and an archives menu should show.  We are looking at some new ideas for fleet splits due to the ever changing nature of our fleet so stay posted for more info.

Sean

AISC wins 2009 Lanier Cup !!!

Congratulations to all skippers and crew on an outstanding effort in difficult conditions in this years Lanier Cup.  Thanks also to University Yacht Club for getting off two races when it didn't look like any would happen.

Sean O'Connor
AISC Fleet Captain

Thanks to Greg Cash for making the weather canceled race worth coming out for.  Don't forget the awards party is on 9/17 (Thursday) at the Lake House restaurant.  Thanks to all the competitors for an excellent racing season and we hope to see you at the party.

Sean

Race Results for race 9 are posted.  Special thanks to Jim and Penny Chinik for the excellent food last night.  Also thanks to Mike Macleod and Dan McGraw for RC.

The race 8 scores are up.  I was on the road and missed that big breeze yesterday.  I have ordered impressive wind for good fair racing in the last two races.  We will see if my order is ignored.  Thanks as always to Frank Atkinson for his efforts on producing the scoring.

Sean

Results of Race 7 are posted.  Thanks to RC for the good work.

Race results from last night are posted.  Thanks to RC for getting in a race in what looked like nothing shortly before the start.

Galley duty is now fully booked for the remaining Wednesday Nights.  I still need a primary RC for the last race.  I'd like to thank all the volunteers for both RC and Galley duty as we start the second half of the second half.  Keep you fingers crossed for breeze and no storms this Wednesday.

As most of you have probably figured out, the scores from Race 5 are posted.  We have some videos of the starts for your viewing pleasure:

Results now posted on results page.

This just in from one of our Wednesday racers who is based at Aqualand:

"New Yahoo group for slip renters at Aqualand Marina This group will allow all slip owners to share observations and ideas with each other via email, point out boats in trouble, let others know about open dock parties, share tips on how to maintain our boats, where to go or avoid on the lake, racing or cruising information, boat stuff you want to buy or sell, etc. The group is free for all Aqualand slip renters. To join it simply send an email to AqualandMarina-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. In the email, state your name, boat type and size and dock letters so we know about where you are. You are free to share anything else you want as well but those items are mandatory. Enrollment is automatic, easy and free but accounts which do not contain that information will be deleted. This is a volunteer effort with no budget so please copy this to other clubs and groups you know about."

I will be posting last nights scores as soon as I receive them.

Sean

Good Morning Racers.  I have just added a new document to the site to help remind RC folks what to bring on RC night.  I realize most people that have done it before don't need this but it can't hurt.  Please be sure to let me know if I'm missing anything or am otherwise erroneous.  The link is one the lower right on the home screen.

On the good news front, we now only need a primary RC for the last race and an LLSC chef for week 8.  Please step up and help us out.

Sean

Race 3 scores are up.  We are still looking for primary RC's for race 8 and 10.  If you are ready and able Please consider signing up for RC on one of those races.

Thanks to Rob Whitley, Greg Bell and Phil Eastman for yesterday's RC work.

From an anonymous source comes the idea for a 'quote of the year'.  If you hear a noteworthy quote this year on the race course please let us know but the initial quote is a classic.

'Your not hot enough to be useless'.

I'll be adding a quote of the year page to the site so we can track the progress of our navel linguists.

Results should be available by later in the day.

I recieved a question from the comment page regarding how we calculate the distance between marks.  Frank Atkinson provided me with the Excel spreadsheet and I have loaded it on the site under the results page.  The file is also available here Distance Calculator.  You may need to enable macros on the spreadsheet when you open it.

Sean

Race 2 scores are up.  There wasn't much breeze but RC managed to move to A mark and get one in.  Please note we need primary RC's for race 8 and 10 still.  If you are ready and able Please consider signing up for RC on one of those races.

It's race day again sailors.  Tonight we can hope the Bill Gilsdorf and Gary Umberger can pull of a similar miracle to last week and find wind where the weatherman couldn't.  You may want to re-check your Nav lights since we could be out there late if the wind doesn't cooperate.

See you on the water

p.s.

We may need to rename USA-125 to 'Just Add Wind' now.

Race results are in from Wednesday Night.  What a night it was, it surpassed expectations by a staggering amount.  Results are on the Results tab or here:  Race 2-1

Sean

Well it's race day one for the second half.  Let's hope we have some breeze tonight.  Robin Terrell and Warren Doyle's crew will be doing RC so I assume they know the number for the wind Gods.

Gary Umberger has been kind enough to provide the food at LLSC tonight so be sure to thank him if you stop by for a dinner after the racing.  Also please note there are quite a few dates still available following tonight so I hope everyone who enjoys the post race meal pitch in.

See you tonight....

Happy July fellow racers.  I just wanted to remind everyone who recieved awards for the first half that additional glasses can be purchased (show your crew some love) from Regatta Outfitters.  They are on the web at RegattaOutfitters.com or at phone number 888-550-9010.  Ask for Ian.

Hope we continue to have this incredible weather next week when the second half kicks off.  I'm getting ready to go to the lake and play so see you all on the water.

Sean