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About the Lightning

  • Design: Sparkman & Stephens, 1938
  • Over 15,000 built
  • More than 100 active Fleets worldwide
  • Length: 19'0" (5.8m)
  • Beam: 6'6" (2m)
  • Displacement: 700 lb (318 kg
  • Draft (board down): 4'11" (151.3cm)(board up): 5" (12.8cm)
  • Mast height: 26'2" (7.9m)
  • Sail area (main & jib): 177 sq.ft. / spinnaker): 300 sq.ft.
  • Crew (racing): 3




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Regatta Winners

Ecuador sweeps podium at South American Championship in Salinas, Ecuador. Team Martinetti, wins with 15 points. Team Birkett in second with 21 points. Team Velez is third with 43 points.  
Dec 11-14  Results
Team Diaz edged out Team Starck by 1 point to win the King's Day Regatta. Team Jeffers rounded out the top 3. 4 races were sailed on Saturday in lighter, shifty conditions. Racing was canceled on Sunday due to no wind. Sailors were treated to great oyster roast on Saturday night. 
Nov 23-24 Results

After a 20 year hiatus Lightnings sailed on Lake San Pablo, 9000 feet above sea level for the ECU National Championship! Congratulations to Jonathan Martinetti, Moira Padilla, Alisson Haon for winning with 8 points. Team Wiener finished second with 16 points and Team Birkett finished 3rd with 18 points.   

Nov 2-3          Results
Team Proctor won the Frigid Digit Regatta with 6 points. David Starck and his Team finished in second with 8 points and Team Neuman in 3rd with 18 points. Greg Fisher was on hand for a Lightning Lab. Be sure to read the full regatta report. 
Sept 28-29                           Results
Congrats to recently awarded Youth World Champions Alec Hughes, Sergio Gutarra and Sofia Ruales from Peru. After protest hearing 11 was reopened the overall results were updated. Team Salvatore from CHI finished 2nd and Team Gilmm from BRA finished third.
July 23-27          Revised Results
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