Hello fellow Lightning sailors!
The ILCA is beginning a project of archiving and curating all perpetual trophies used by the Class. If your District or Area hosts an ILCA Sanctioned event, and a perpetual trophy is awarded for any position in that event, then we need your help.
Our goal is, first, to identify all of the perpetual trophies awarded at ILCA Sanctioned regattas. That list includes all District Championships, all Area Championships (North American, South American, European, African, and Australian—including the WJM’s), The World Championships, the Circuit Championships, and other Sanctioned events, like the Canadian Open and the ACC’s.
Second, we ask that the current holder to send a nice photograph of each trophy. Third, we would like the current holder to send a list of the previous winners listed by year. One could send a Word document or an Excel spreadsheet with this information.
Finally, if there is any unique history that appertains to a specific trophy, like the story behind who gave the trophy, or like how the NA’s Third Place Trophy got so mangled, then make sure we hear that story, too.
Information and photos can be sent to:
trophyproject@lightningclass.org
On behalf of the ILCA LOYALS Project Team, I thank you in advance for helping with this project.
Clarke Newman and the LOYALS Project Team