INTERNATIONAL 110 INVITATIONAL REGATTA

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday the 14th-16th of August. The dates have been set and planning is underway. More information to follow soon.

Ghost Fleet to host Regatta

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye! I've been asked to announce that we have permission to organize a International 110 Regatta to host guest sailors for two days of racing on Lake Alexander in August. The details of whether the racing weekend will be August 8th or August 15th are yet still being worked out. We are excited to make this announcement. Lots to do to prepare for this event but I'm confident that we can together make this a racing weekend to remember. It being our first regatta hosting in too long to remember we hope you will help us make it a fun and welcoming event for our guests. More to follow as I know more details I will let you know. - Pete

2009 Season Planning

All,

It has been a long snowy winter, but the robins and cardinals are back so it is time to begin the preparations for another summer of sailing and racing on our fair lake. Just yesterday I got a call from my skipper letting me know he was ready to get started on Red Witch's season prep including a new mast.

A meeting of the race committee is being organized for early April and as I know more details I will post them. It would be nice if we can get enough boats in the water to begin racing a bit earlier this year.

The 110 Class website has been transferred to a different webmaster as Marty Brown has been busy this winter at the famous Landing School learning more about boatbuilding skills and the trade. Eli Slater has taken over and is working to get all the pieces of the new site working. The forum is already up and getting hits so take a look if you have a chance, I've updated the links on the left side of this page. Amongst the links are blgs for other fleets that are active. There are some rumblings about 110 sailing in New London.

If you are interested in purchasing new hardware for your 110 please drop me a line at petercinqmars@onebox.com as I too will be investing in hardware and perhaps we can pool our purchases like some of us did on the mast purchase last fall making it more reasonable through the sharing of the shipping costs. I will in turn reach out to several vendors who may make the items we are looking for and see if we can get a deal on the purchase of these parts.

One other note that I wanted to share is that the organization responsible for racing rules has released its new Rules Book to cover 2009-2012. More information can be obtained by going to their website USSAILING.ORG.

Looking forward to seeing you soon and being out on the water.

Pete Cinq Mars

Map of lake and bouys with their numbers - Links to Sailing Topics

Starter bouy is marked "S"

The starting boat usually anchored so a line is formed between the starting bouy and the boat that is ninety degrees relative to the direction the wind.

The course is called out before each race from the starting boat and varies based on the wind conditions on the lake prior to the start of each race. By tradition the fleet members can voice their suggestions for courses before the announcement of courses.

Effort is made to race to bouy 6 & 7 when the wind permits.

Each start begins with a 3 minute starting warning and the boats jockey for position as they try to get the best spot on the line to begin and time their approach to the line so that they just arrive at the line as the final horn blows announcing the start of the race.

We all try to keep the racing fun and spirited, remembering that any time on the lake under sail is to be treasured. We also hope the sails floating across the lake are something to behold from the shoreline. We sail a classic boat design that has been on the lake for over fifty years with our oldest fleet boat taking second place in this year's racing, not bad for a boat that sailed with one of the last wooden masts and has been carried generations of family around the lake when she is not racing.

We would love to have more boats and crews racing in 2008. These boats also race in other fleets in places like Newport, RI, Portland, ME, Hull, MA, Chicago, IL, and Bay City, MI. See the link to the International 110 Class website and other Fleet wesites listed in Links.

For more detail on how a sailboat works and fundamentals of racing sailboats try one of the following links:

Great link to sailing fundamentals -

http://www.uiowa.edu/~sail/skills/racing_basics/index1.shtml

Slide Presentation on Racing Rules -

www.whyra.org/sailing%20rules.ppt

A sailing course -

http://www.sailingcourse.com/racing.htm

Terms and Terminology for sailboats -

http://www.boatingchannel.com/Boating_Sports/Sailing/Sailing_Terminology/sailing_terminology.html

Historical Article about 110

Some Designs Truly Stand the Test of Time

By Dave Baldwin

International 110

Enthusiasts of the sleek, double-ended 24-foot International 110 are quick to point out its striking similarity to many of today's high performance sport boats, citing its minimal wetted surface, bulb keel, and generous sail area—a testament to renowned designer Ray Hunt's innovation, considering he launched the 110 in 1939. One of the first boats made from marine plywood, this hard-chined, flat-bottomed one-design is known for its speed, stability, and responsiveness. Modern 110s are made of fiberglass and feature a single trapeze, a bow-launched spinnaker, and rollerfurling jib. The 110 is easily trailerable, weighing only 910 pounds, and its class remains a perennial favorite among daysailers and racers alike, boasting fleets nationwide and as far off as Hawaii and the Philippines. This picture was published early on to show how easy it is to trailer a boat of the 110 Class.

2008 ALYC Officers

Commodore - John Keech
Racing Chairman - Dave Allen

Season Special Regattas Winners

4th of July Regatta - Malihini # 245
Armand Ricard Memorial Regatta - Not Held in 2007
Sunfish Championship - Dave Allen
Labor Day Regatta - Malihini # 245

Beautiful Moments on the Lake

GOALS for this site

This Blog site is intended to demonstrate the capability for group participation in 110 Class lake activities. The hope is that Alexander's Lake sailors will use this forum for the exchange of ideas and information and use it as a jumping off spot to learn about activities in other 110 Class fleets. - Pete Cinq Mars