2012 LaCrosse Sailing Club Racing
Race Results
Results will be posted as soon as possible after races are completed, usually the following day.
We will be collecting race fees: $5/night. Purchases can be made from Bill Fox or John Zinn at any time. Make a check payable to “Lacrosse Sailing Club”. Please send your boat name and sail number with the payment so we can keep our score sheets up to date.
| Payment should be sent to : | ||
| John Zinn | or | Bill Fox |
| S1874 Nestingen Rd. | N5882 Park Drive | |
| Westby, WI 54667-7231 | Onalaska, WI 54650 |
Or you can pay the first day you race and thereafter to the race committee member on duty. Please don’t force us to bring Guido out of retirement to collect race fees. He’s been relaxing in Vegas these last couple of years and would be pretty grouchy if he had to leave his trophy show girl to attend to business.
Funds will be used for the purchase of trophies, engraving on the keelboat trophy, buoys, race committee pay and committee boat maintenance.
Please check in with the race committee before racing, particularly if you haven’t been in awhile or if it is your first race of the season.
2012 Weekly Racing Schedule
| Board Boat Fleet Racing – Lasers/Day Sailers: Tuesday nights | |||||||||||
| First Series: May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 June 5, 12, 19 |
Second Series: June 26 (no racing July 3), 10, 17, 24, 31 August 7, 14, 21 |
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Tuesday night races on May start at 5:30pm (first horn). As the days lengthen, as announced by the committee, first horn will be at 6pm until adjusted again to earlier as the days shorten in the late summer. |
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| Cruiser Fleet Racing: Thursday nights | |||||||||||
| First Series: May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7, 14, 21 |
Second Series: June 28 (no racing July 5), 12, 19, 26 August 2, 9, 16, 23 |
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We will start at 6:30 with one or more races per night depending on conditions and previous number of races cancelled. To be eligible for placement in the Series Championship the minimum number of races a participant has completed is as follows:
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Help Needed
We need a dedicated individual to run the races. Basic powerboat skills would be required but we can also train the right individual. Someone would need to set the buoys out for the race course (prior to 6 PM),
count down to the start with a stopwatch and record the finishes (again, we will help train someone).
The individual could be a club member, who would like to do this as a volunteer task, and could get workday credit, or it could be someone who would like to be paid ($20 an evening), maybe a teenager or a retiree.
If you think you'd have fun seeing some competitive sailboat racing up close and spending some extra time on the water please give us a call or drop an e-mail. If you might know of someone else who might be interested please contact us as well.
Thanks for the consideration,
Bill Fox and John Zinn
Race Committee Chairmen
La Crosse Sailing Club
Fox: bfox@trane.com 608-397-0973
Zinn: jzinn@mwt.net 608-634-3834
Racing at the La Crosse Sailing Club!
At the La Crosse Sailing Club, racing is part of its history. We encourage all of our members to participate in our racing events and seminars. Workshops are held to help novice to expert sailors and racers understand right-of-way rules, starting and finishing techniques, tips, tricks and trim. We strive to be helpful to everyone knowing that it makes all of us better sailors.
Our current one-design fleets consist of Day Sailers and Lasers. We also offer handicap racing using the Portsmouth Yardstick as our rating system. This system not only accommodates the cruising fleet but also has ratings for centerboard, dagger board and multi-hull boats as well. Please check our Calendar page for 2008 race dates!
Day Sailer
Fleet 132
Welcome to Fleet 132, the Muskrat Fleet. Fleet 132 is a recognized Day Sailer Association Fleet sailing out of the La Crosse Sailing Club in La Crosse, Wisconsin. We’re part of the DSA’s Western Great Lakes Region. Click here for Day Sailer Facts.
Fleet Activities:
Weekly Racing
Regattas
Fleet Sails
Moonlight Sails: Fleet members often participate in Moonlight Sail events sponsored by the LaCrosse Sailing Club. The monthly events include an evening meal in the club’s picnic shelter, followed by sailing on Lake Onalaska under a full moon. Sailing club members and guests may participate for a nominal fee.
Fleet Membership: Membership in Fleet 132 is open to all Day Sailer Association members who live or sail in our area. If you would like to join us, please contact Fleet Captain John Zinnfor more information, 608-634-3834.There is no cost for Fleet membership.
Day Sailer Association Membership: To join the Day Sailer Association, contact John Zinn or the DSA Secretary Patricia Skeen at 541-689-2190 or email skeenjp@aol.com. DSA membership is $25 per year.
La Crosse
Laser Fleet
With over 190,000 boats on the water the Laser is the most popular racing boat, period. With good used boat starting at about $1500, and new boats at about five grand, Lasers are said to have the best fun-to-cost ratio of anything you can race….and the fact that there’s no crew required, and almost no maintenance, it also allows for the best fun-to- hassle ratio.
The La Crosse fleet offers some of the top competition in the Midwest and also an extremely congenial group interested in helping sailors new to racing get their feet wet. Click here for Laser Facts and more information.
Cruiser Fleet
Club cruiser racing is done on Thursday afternoons with crews gathering after 5, with starts at 6:30 P.M. For additional information contact the Racing Committee, John or Bill at racing@lax-sailing.org for special events and regattas. The majority of boats raced are the Precision 23 and the O'Day 25, but all Portsmouth rated boats are welcome.
