Central New York Lightning District

The 2009 Caz Flash Bash Lightning Regatta was held over a soggy Fathers Day Weekend.  Willowbank Yacht Club in picturesque Cazenovia New York hosted the 19 boat regatta and certainly did their best to prepare crews for potential heavy air... the food was endless!  Dick Hallagan, Pam Murphy, and Rick TenEyck won the regatta on a tie breaker over Jed Dodge, Bill Stuart, and Sarah Costich.  Cazenovia local ace Federico Meira took a tight battle for third over Bob Wardwell in fourth and Bob King in fifth. 

Central New York Lightning District

Hello Everyone! I know there are still some people searching for crew for the NAs. The best suggestion I have is to let it be known! If you are looking for crew respond to this blog.. or if you are looking for a crew job. You can than exchange information and get set up for the regatta. 

Central New York Lightning District

Newport Yacht Club, located on Irondequoit Bay of Lake Ontario, held the annual Celebration of Spring Lightning Regatta over the June 6th weekend.  Ched Proctor with teammates Jay Mueller and Jim Barnash made the trek from Connecticut to Rochester and won the regatta by winning three of the five races and placing no worse than fourth in any race.  According to Jay, "Ched is fast".  2009 Lightning Boat grant recipient Dan Thompson edged out Dan Pope for second while Jed Dodge and Mark Sertl rounded out the top five.  In all twenty one boats competed in this regatta, though sadly I was not one of them and therefore don't have any details to fill in.  I realize this race was a few weeks ago, but please feel free to fill in any details if you have them.  Results are located

The Volvo Ocean Race is in Port in Boston. It is going to be the center of sailing in the US for the next few weeks. Post your pics and stories here. We are looking forward to Rochester Yacht Club's finest, Brandon Colombo and John Newell getting in on the action.

Photo Credit: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3326128879_c63b81cea1.jpg

Lets go PUMA!!!! 

Lake Ontario Windsurfing

Owen MacDonald and Tim Jones will be representing  ROC windsurfers in Hood River, Oregon this summer. I know they are  both very excited. Here are some of the links I found on Hood River windsurfing. I'm jealous! I am hoping that they will fill us all in on their adventures along the way.

http://www.bigwinds.com/wind A local windsurfing shop.

http://www.el.com/to/hoodriver/ Learn about Hood River!

http://www.byways.org/explore/activities/water/stories/74472 Windsurfing Capital of the World & Scenic Byway!

Syracuse University Sailing Team

Where is everyone from the team?! Anyone still sailing??

Sodus Bay Junior Sailing Association

Session I 
June 29th - July 17th                  

Session II
July 20th - August 7th 

Double Session Racing Program
June 29th - August 13th

Instruction and Racing

9:30 AM – 4:00 PM daily

www.sbjsa.org

Lightning Boat Grant Program

The International Lightning Class has just announced the recipients of the prestigious 2009 Boat Grants.  This ground breaking program is in it's third year of existence and has recieved nothing but rave reviews.  We're looking forward to another successful summer sailing season, particularly in the Central New York District.  The future of the district is looking bright!

Here is the press release from the class office:

I cant wait to sail this season. I am graduating from SUNY ESF in just a few weeks now. I cant believe it! The new change is exciting but I have very spolied with being able to spend summer on Sodus Bay for the past 22 years of my life. Becoming a sailing instructor is one of the best things I've ever done and will miss coaching this summer. I'm looking re forward to the Lightning NAs in Sodus this summer, I will certainly be attending. As of now I'm looking forward to sailing Pymatuning with either Jed or Bob or maybe both! So thats whats on my mind now as I sit here in Sodus on a Tuesday Night... very relaxing!

Central New York Lightning District

The preliminary schedule for the 2009 Central New York Lightning sailing season has been set.  Look for more details in the near future.  Looking forward to June 6 and the first day on the water!

Newport Yacht Club (Irondequoit)
– June 6^th & 7^th