FlashBlast - May 13, 2024
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| | | | President's Challenge - David Starck
Ok, I am officially challenging each of you reading this. Here’s the good news: these challenges are FUN and REWARDING.
Challenge #1: You are responsible for helping 3 Teams to participate at the WJM NA’s. 1 Women's Team, 1 Junior Team and 1 Masters' Team from your Fleet/District. Start a dialogue with your fellow Lightning sailors and help make this a reality. It takes boats, people, equipment, and planning. Help find skipper’s, crew, chaperones, etc. Housing at WJM’s provided! Work at it, plan, plan, plan. Help make it happen. MAKE IT FUN.
| | | Challenge #2: Plan to attend at least 1 local/regional regatta this spring and 1 local/regional regatta this summer. Go to the ILCA Regatta Calendar and map out a plan. Talk to your teammates/sailing friends. It takes some planning ahead. The beauty is THAT IS FUN TOO. You might find the planning and traveling is as much fun as the regatta itself.
Watch the short 90 second clip of David Starck outlining the importance of regional regatta sailing. A special Thank You to Bill Crawford for filming and editing this clip. | | We welcome 3 Teams this season!
Ian Beckley, Noah Hallerman and Sophie Lusty will be based out of Madison, WI and the MW District. Mentor - Bill Faude
Emma Hawko, Kim Roswell and Caitlin Derby will be based out of Burlington, VT and NE District. Mentor - Ched Proctor
Aidan Naughton, Marina Barzaghi and Kaleigh Morgan will be based out of Newport, RI and the CT/RI District. Mentor - PJ Schaffer
| | | | Team Naughton - Kicks off Boat Grant Season at Southern Circuit
Aidan and his team pick up and uncover the boat for the first time in St Pete. Then travel onto Miami. After the week Marina says that "This was the closest to college sailing I've found..."
| | | | Click on the image below to see a great video on how to uncover and step your mast! Be sure to share the link with all new comers to the Class! A Special Thank You to Whitney, Tony, Bill and the Harken Media Team for putting together a great video! | The first 40 boats to register for the WJMs and the first 50 boats to register for the North Americans will be entered into a drawing for a PREMIER CAR PARKING SPACE!!! Wait no longer . . . REGISTER on Yachtscoring TODAY !!NA's WJM's
Come a few weeks early and sail the Canadian Open . . . get some practice in and leave your boat for the North Americans! | | | Want to come to the WJMs and/or NAs but have non-sailors in your group? Looking for something to do on the day off between events? Niagara Falls, A Lighthouse Tour, Farmers Markets and much more are nearby . . .Things To Do
The Merchandise Store for the 2024 WJMs and NAs is OPEN! Check out everything we have to offer and place your order NOW for pickup at the BCC in August.
Get your housing now and register so we know you're coming!! | | | |
On The Rocks - R1 - Kimmo Aromaa, Mika Aromaa, Pekka Bollstrom
Chilean YW Q1 - Nicolas Halles, Pedro Pablo Parada, Elisa Schongut
Please be sure to submit your results with CREW NAMES to the Class Office via EMAIL office@lightningclass.org . If you have a short summary and a few photos even better!
If your regatta isn't listed here - be sure to add the event to the ILCA Event Calendar and send in results after the regatta!
| Upcoming Regattas:
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If you need help listing your 2024 events please contact Laura in the Class Office. |
Great season starter hosted by Pymatuning Yacht Club. Cool breezes, warm friendship and hot competition!
Great spring racing on the Chesapeake Bay and lots of fun surrounding the 50th Anniversary of the regatta!
Come help celebrate 175 Years of Southern Yacht Club!
Great facilities, Great wind, Great race committee, Great turnout, and lots of fun!
The MVLD will held on Lake Decatur, IL at the Commodore Decatur Yacht Club. This will be a open Lightning regatta with seperate scores to determine MVLD champion.
NEW venue/regatta added to the NE District Circuit. Join us for this one day event!
All are welcome! Come and sail in Green Bay!
Leatherlips Yacht Club, O'Shaughnessy Reservoir, Powell, Ohio
With a combined Districts we are expecting a great Fleet! All are welcome to come and check out Hingham Bay!
In combination with the Crescent One Design Regatta
All are invited to Cazenovia, NY BIG discounts for Junior and U32 skippers!
Keuka Lake is one of the prettiest places to sail. Come one, come all! We will have both Modern and Classic Fleets with 2 starts and a shorter windward mark for the Classics.
The first year was so fun, we are doing it again! Join us in Duxbury on Boston's South Shore!
Great sailing on Barnegat Bay! All are welcome!
This is the Dixie District Championship, along with the Doc Gilbert Potomac Cup Regatta. Open to all Lightning Sailors. A beautiful venue, with Potomac River over 2 miles wide at this location. Camping is permitted. Additional details will follow.
All are welcome! Come and sail in Green Bay!
Leatherlips Yacht Club, O'Shaughnessy Reservoir, Powell, Ohio
| | U32 is a new Lightning class initiative focused on strengthening the younger generation in the class by creating fun, competitive events to boost camaraderie and connections among young sailors after aging out of junior events. The goal is to provide opportunities to support current members and provide potential new members experiences to participate in the class. | | | | Inaugural Regatta: Aug 24-25 at Buffalo Canoe Club
Shirts cost $25 and $10 from each sale goes to the U32 initiative.
Note: ALL sizes are NOW IN STOCK!
Or make a financial donation to the Limbaugh Fund noting a designation to the U32 Program. Donate Here
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Open Events - come and enjoy the BCC and tune up for the NAs!
Calling all sailors aged 35+ come and sail in the Pan American Masters Championship - Cleveland, OH!
Lightnings in Marblehead are BACK! Only 2 Days of Racing
NA's are BACK at the BCC!
NA's are BACK at the BCC!
Tune up for the South American Championships!
Includes a Master's Winter Championship and first Part of the Southern Circuit.
Final stop of the 2025 Southern Circuit!
| International Lightning Class Association
Laura Jeffers, Executive Secretary
(727) 942-7969 | |