Lightning Fleet 74 will be hosting the Mississippi Valley Lightning District Championship in Decatur for the first time since 1992. This will be an open regatta as well for Lightnings outside of the MVLD as well and named The Year of the Locust Regatta. All Lightnings are welcome to participate in the event. The MVLD includes fleets from Carlyle, IL., Memphis, TN., Nashville, TN., as well as Decatur.