And I should mention that our post header image is from the Pirate Race. That’s Taylor (new member from our first class) at the helm and Dave working as her able crew and gunner. They’re showing off proper crew/skipper configuration for the Fireweed, although you have to stow your water cannons for this race.
Friday Night Racing
As a warmup for the Fireweed Ladies Race, we’ll be running some low-key around the buoys races starting at around 7:00 PM, and we even have some sunshine in the forecast. I’ll be out mid-afternoon to get the racecourse setup, and I’ll can also do RC duty for the race. This is a beginner-friendly event, and new sailors are encouraged to come out for this. We’ll do a little on-shore refresher and a few practice starts for new sailors in attendance. Oh, and gents are welcome to helm for these races.
Fireweed Ladies Race
Here’s a missive about the race from Brie Busey, our very own Racing Vice Commodore:
Hey ladies (and gentlemen crew),
It’s time for the annual Fireweed Ladies’ Race this weekend!
As always, women skippers only and anyone can be crew! If you don’t have someone to sail with, you should definitely show up anyway because we can generally find someone for you to sail with. The number of boats will determine whether we have one or two fleets. If you are available, we might do some practice races Friday night.
We will attempt five races on Saturday. Skipper’s meeting will be at 11am. First start at 12pm, wind dependent. We will have a potluck Saturday, but it could be afternoon or evening, weather dependent.
We had a great idea from Geoff, where instead of racing on Sunday, we sail to the brewery together. So if everyone would like to try that out for Sunday if we get enough races on Saturday, then I think that could be really fun.
I hope to see everyone out at the club this weekend, and please come, even if you are a new sailor.
Brie
Susitna Brewing Co. Fleet Sail
We’re going to try a new thing and take the entire ASC fleet to the Susitna Brewing Company for lunch on Sunday. All sailors and all boats are welcome for this. I’ll call the brewery in the morning once we have a head count and warn them that we’re showing up. We’ll take off at (roughly) 12:30 PM and return whenever we return. Hopefully, we’ll have enough wind to sail, but don’t forget to bring paddles if it’s light.
Alaska Sailing Club 
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