LMYC Lightning Fleet

What exactly is a Lightning?

Design: Sparkman & Stephens, 1938

Over 15000 built

More than 500 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