Carla and J.C. Moore J.C. Moore of Columbia is the 2010 recipient of the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association’s H. Willard Davis Award. This award was presented on January 30 at the association’s annual meeting at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center.

In January of 1986, SAYRA established an award to honor individuals, who over the years make significant and outstanding contributions in service to the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association. This award was named for and dedicated to Dr. H. Willard Davis, who for many years was executive secretary and treasurer of SAYRA, representing SAYRA on the YRA Council of the United States Yacht Racing Union, was the Regional Administrative Judge for US SAILING, and is an International Judge Emeritus for US SAILING. He set a shining example of service for all who knew him and followed in his footsteps.

Willard Davis brought honor to SAYRA through his judging major regattas throughout the United States, and he has earned the respect and admiration of his peers in the international judging community for his superior knowledge of the racing rules and his calm, compassionate demeanor as he performed his duty as he saw fit. Dr. Davis is retired from the University of South Carolina and lives in Columbia.

J.C. Moore is a past commodore of the Columbia Sailing Club and the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association. He has worked extensively in the US, as well as in Canada, Mexico, the Carribean, and Great Britain, as an international judge and umpire for US Sailing and the International Sailing Federation.