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Development | |
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Designer | Olin Stephens |
Location | United States |
Year | 1938 |
No. built | 15,550 |
Builder(s) | Clark Boat Company Lippincott Boat Works Nickels Boat Works Allen Boat Company Jack A. Helms Co. J.J. Taylor and Sons Lockley Newport Boats Skaneateles Boat & Canoe Mobjack Manufacturing Siddons & Sindle Lofland Sail-craft Eichenlaub Boat WindRider LLC |
Role | One-design racer |
Name | Lightning |
Boat | |
Displacement | 700 lb (318 kg) |
Draft | 4.95 ft (1.51 m) with centerboard down |
Hull | |
Type | monohull |
Construction | wood or fiberglass |
LOA | 19.00 ft (5.79 m) |
LWL | 15.25 ft (4.65 m) |
Beam | 6.50 ft (1.98 m) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | centerboard |
Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda rig |
I foretriangle height | 20.00 ft (6.10 m) |
J foretriangle base | 6.91 ft (2.11 m) |
P mainsail luff | 24.00 ft (7.32 m) |
E mainsail foot | 10.00 ft (3.05 m) |
Sails | |
Sailplan | fractional rigged sloop |
Mainsail area | 120.00 sq ft (11.148 m2) |
Jib/genoa area | 69.10 sq ft (6.420 m2) |
Spinnaker area | 300 sq ft (28 m2) |
Total sail area | 189.10 sq ft (17.568 m2) |
Racing | |
D-PN | 88.4 |
The Lightning is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens, as a one-design racer and first built in 1938.[1][2][3]
An accepted World Sailing class, the boat is one of the most popular one-design sailing classes in the United States and is also raced in several other countries.[1][3]
The design was developed into a smaller boat, as a trainer for the Lightning, the Blue Jay in 1947.[4]