Central New York Lightning District

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.

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

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: