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The Lightning Youth World Championship is an bi-annual international sailing regatta for lightning (dinghy), organized by the host club on behalf of the International Lightning Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.
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.
The Lightning World Championship is a bi-annual international sailing regatta for lightning (dinghy), organized by the host club on behalf of the International Lightning Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sport's IOC-recognized governing body. The class gained class status in November 1962 from World Sailing, so its first ...
4: Every 4 years: Youth Sailing World Championships: Youth Male/Female/Open: 1971– Champions in nine disciplines: 47: Annual: ISAF Team Racing World Championship: Open: 1995– United States (2015) 11: Variable: ISAF Offshore Team Racing World Championship: Open: 2004– no longer held: 4: Women's Match Racing World Championship: Female: 1999–
Dinghy racing is a competitive sport using dinghies, which are small boats which may be rowboats, have an outboard motor, or be sailing dinghies. Dinghy racing has affected aspects of the modern sailing dinghy , including hull design, sail materials and sailplan , and techniques such as planing and trapezing .
The organizers define the races in their Notice Of Race (NOR) to include boats of defined minimum size and equipment so at least in name they are capable of off-shore sailing. If a minimum number of one-design boats show an interest in a regatta, the organizer arranges for the class to have a separate starting sequence, or class start.
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Doublehanded Farallones Race 27 March 1999 Harvey Shlasky (USA), 51, of Berkeley, California White Lightning, J/29 , [9] [10] Transat Jacques Vabre: 21 October 1999 Paul Vatine (FRA), 42, Le Harve ORMA 60 Boat Capsized Paul was ondeck and lost other crew member was below deck [11] Doublehanded Lightship Race Island Yacht Club of Alameda