WINTER PREP:  RENEW ILCA DUES - PLAN YOUR SEASON SCHEDULE

The weather may be cold and dreary, but there's still plenty to do for the 2010 season.  Start by renewing your ILCA dues.  Then check out the website calendar and start protecting your regatta dates.

JOHN SAWYER LEADS NINE BOATS TO SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP

John Sawyer from Carolina Yacht Club in Wrightsville Beach, NC topped a field of nine Lightnings to win the 2009 Traveling Series Championship.   John combined second place finishes at the District Championships, Southern Open, and Wrightsville Regatta with a fourth place at Augusta and a first place at Beaufort to win the series with a low score of 3.000.  For the second year in a row, Marcus Moehlman was second.  John Pelosi finished third.   In his first time qualifying for the series, young Will tyner from Columbia placed an impressive fourth.  Veteran skipper and SELD commodore Pam Barron took fifth.  Pam also sailed the most regattas at eight.  Henry McCray, Bill Sloger, Dennis Baker, and Lauren Beauchamp completed the nine boat field.   The nine skippers represented an increase of two boats over the number of 2008 qualifiers.  Special thanks to Bill Sloger who managed the scoresheets for the season and tabulated the final results.

HARKRIDER AND TYNER DUEL TO A CLASSIC FINALE IN CHARLESTON
FULL RESULTS

Young Wil Tyner threw up 4 aces on Saturday to post what appeared to be a commanding lead at the Hobcaw Regatta in Charleston on October 23.  Bob Harkirder had other ideas and on Sunday stormed back with a vengeance with three bullets of his own to win the event in a classic Southeastern Lightning District contest. 

WRIGHT HONORED AT HOBCAW REGATTA

SELD webmaster Ron Wright was honored at the Hobcaw Regatta for his service to the district.  Pam Barron wrote this report:  "The award read “For Outstanding Service as Webmaster and Promotion of the Southeastern Lightning District Throughout the Years”. We sincerely appreciate all of Ron’s time in maintaining our website and his emails to promote upcoming sailing events as well as the posting of results. This was a long overdue recognition and was very well deserved.  We “THANK YOU” Ron.  There are not enough words to express our gratitude for all of your efforts."  SailSouthEast will celebrate a decade of serice to the Southeastern Lightning District in 2010.