Central New York Lightning District

Please Please share that you are looking for crew and or housing on the site! You can also post if you have a cottage or space available to host teams for the WJMs or the NAs. I know there are lots of people out there looking for both so put yourself out there!

Looking for crew:

 Paige Fagan - Sodus Bay Junior Sailor looking for a crew job

Nancy Ghertner(Sodus Bay Native)- Looking for experienced bow crew for the Womens

AJ Murphy (Willowbank Junior)- Looking for crew for the Juniors

Looking for housing:

Gustavo Tamayo Arango (Colombian Team)- Looking for Housing for him and his crew

Additional Housing Available:

Central New York Lightning District

 1.  14821 Ched Proctor, Jay Mueller, Jimmy Barnash 11 pts.

2.   15355 David Starck, Jody Starck, Ian Jones 18 pts.

3.   15393 Marcus Eagan, Marc Eagan, Kippy Chamberlain 20 pts.

4.   15164 Jed Dodge, Bill Dodge, Sarah Costich 26 pts.

5.   14905 Jamie Allen, Jay Deakin, Marc Littee 27 pts.

Congradulations to Steve!! We all wish him the best of Luck with his new office!! Read the official press release below Milford, CT (July 2, 2009) - North Sails has opened a new office inside Sound Boatworks in Westbrook, CT. Located just off Route 1 in Westbrook (between Clinton and Old Lyme) this new location will support North’s Milford, CT flagship sales and sail care facility by allowing customers in the Southeastern part of Connecticut to order, drop-off and pick-up sails at this location.

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