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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

8 Races with a 3 point difference for the top 3 teams at the Winter Championship #2 Junior Selec Reagatta.  Congrats to team Benjamin Guzman, German Novion & Agustin Campos with 18 points in 1st place.  2nd place team Nicolas Halles, Pedro Pablo Parada & Elisa Schongut with 19 points and 3rd place with 21 points team Rafaela Savatore, Walter Malsh & Jorge Urzua.
June 22                           Results
This year the modern fleet had 11 boats sailing, and the classic lightning fleet had 13 that
actually finished a race, 14 boats sailed. Total regatta turnout 26 boats, largest attendance in
several years for the Champagne Regatta and Classic Lightning Get Together. Congrats to Bob Astrove (1st), Craig Thayer (2nd) and Dave Chervenic (3rd) in the Classis Fleet.  In the Open Fleet congrats to David Starck (1st), Connor Godfrey (2nd) and Clay Murphy (3rd).
June 22-23  Results
Various wind conditions allowed for great participation at the Bay City Yacht Club Regatta.  Congrats to T. Starck who finished in 1st place.  B. Starck finishing 2nd place and T. Klaban finishing in 3rd place.
June 22-23 Results

Historic Charleston Harbor delivered 6 races with breeze, summer sun and warm water for the James Island Regatta.  Congrats to 1st place finishers Andrew Bercovici, John Cameron and Amy Woodard.  2nd place finishers Will Sloger, Logan Hankel and Sean Hannigan and 3rd place finishers Craig Bennett, John Bennett and Michael Burton.

June 15-16 Results
Shifty wind provided 4 races Saturday and 1 race Sunday for the NJ Governor's Cup with Clint Neuman finishing in 1st place, Glenn Smyth finishing in 2nd place and Hugh Hutchinson in 3rd place.
June 15-16 Results
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