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- For alternate meanings, see Lightning (disambiguation).
The Lightning is a sloop rigged sailing dinghy originally designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens in 1938 and was first sailed on Skaneateles Lake, Skaneateles, NY, USA. For the military definition of sloop see Sloop-of-war. For the open learning project see SLOOP Project. Sailing is the art of controlling a Sailing vessel. By changing the Rigging, Rudder and dagger or centre board a Sailor manages the force Dinghy sailing is the activity of Sailing small boats by using (1 the Sails and (2 underwater foils ( Daggerboard or Centreboard Olin James Stephens II ( April 13, 1908 &ndash September 13, 2008) has been described as the best-known and most successful yacht designer of Sparkman & Stephens is a Naval architecture and Yacht brokerage firm with main offices on 5th Avenue in New York City, USA and a second Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Skaneateles Lake is one of the Finger Lakes in central New York in the United States. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the More than 15,000 Lightnings have been built since then. There are over 500 fleets of Lightnings worldwide, many of which participate in dinghy racing. See also Dinghy sailing Dinghy racing is the competitive Sport of sailing dinghies.
Awarded ISAF International Class status, the Lightning is sailed in more than 13 countries and in the Pan American Games, and the class provides a professionally-managed association that is among the largest in all of one-design sailing. The International Sailing Federation (ISAF is the world governing body for the sport of Sailing, particularly yacht, dinghy, Windsurfing and The Pan American Games are a Multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of The Americas. A World Championship is held every two years. North American, South American and European Championships are held each year as are innumerable regional and District championships.
There is room in the cockpit for two couples or a family to daysail, but a crew of three is employed when racing. In the Royal Navy, the term cockpit originally referred to the area where the Coxswain was stationed On most racing teams, the skipper drives the boat and handles the mainsail. A skipper is a person who has Command of a Boat or Ship, more or less equivalent to " captain. A mainsail is the most important sail raised from the main (or only mast of a sailing vessel The front crew on a racing team handles the jib upwind and is responsible for spinnaker pole handling downwind. A jib (also spelled jibb) is a triangular Staysail set ahead of the foremost mast of a sailing boat Windward is the direction from which the wind is blowing at the time in question A spinnaker is a special type of Sail that is designed specifically for Sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind i When racing, a middle crew is relied upon for trimming the spinnaker downwind and has boat balance as a primary responsibility upwind.
The Lightning's rig is simple, but offers sophisticated sail shape controls. Rigging (from Anglo-Saxon wrigan or wringing, "to clothe" is on Sailboats and Sailing ships the collection of The hull features a unique hard chine design that combines the stability that provides sail-carrying power, with flat bottom sections that promote planing. A hull is the body of a Ship or Boat. It is a central concept in floating vessels as it provides the Buoyancy that keeps the vessel from sinking planing Boat 's hull skims across the surface of the Water rather than pushing through the water in the way a traditional Displacement hull The Lightning's hard chine and 130 lb centerboard give her the stability and power of a small keel boat going to weather in strong winds and allow her to carry a very large spinnaker for breathtaking offwind rides. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass centreboard is a retractable Keel which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a Sailboat, known as a centerboard trunk (US or case In boats and ships keel can refer to either of two parts a structural element or a hydrodynamic element
At 700 pounds (318 kg), length of 19'0" (5. 8 m) and beam of 6'6" (2 m), the Lightning is easily trailered. The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point or at the mid-point of its length Draft with the centerboard down is 4'11" (151. The draft (or draught) of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the Waterline and the bottom of the hull ( Keel) with the thickness 3 cm) and 5" (12. 8 cm) with the centerboard raised.
The International Lightning Class Association (ILCA) protects the boat's design and licenses custom and private builders to build boats under its administration.
See also
- Blue Jay Sailboat a smaller version of the lightning.
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