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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 boat has a draft of 5.00 ft (1.52 m) with the standard wing keel fitted. The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 144 with a high of 152 and low of 144. It has a hull speed of 7.44 kn (13.78 km/h). [15] [16] C&C 34XL Model which combines the performance of the "R", with a cruising interior. [6] C&C 34-2
The design's hull is molded in a single piece using polyester resin and fiberglass woven roving, as well as multidirectional chopped strand fibers (MSCF). The keel is integral to the hull and the ballast is internal to the keel. The deck and the cockpit and also moulded in pone piece, also using polyester resin and fiberglass woven roving with ...
Lightning was a clipper ship, one of the last really large clippers to be built in the United States. She was built by Donald McKay for James Baines of the Black Ball Line, Liverpool, for the Australia trade. [1] [2] It has been said [by whom?] that Lightning was the most extreme example of a type of ship classified as an extreme clipper ...
The Mark II uses the same hull design and rig, but has a larger cockpit, different cabin ports, a walk-through transom and a new deck and interior design. The boat has a draft of 5.83 ft (1.78 m) with the standard fin keel and 4.52 ft (1.38 m) with the optional shoal draft wing keel.
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The Sun Odyssey 44 DS (Deck Salon) is a French sailboat with a hull that was designed by Philippe Briand, deck and interior by Franck Darnet, Flahault Design and the Jeanneau Design Office. It was designed as a cruiser and first built in 2011.
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of 4.50 ft (1.37 m), while the centerboard-equipped version has a draft of 7.2 ft (2.2 m) with the centerboard extended and 3.7 ft (1.1 m) with it retracted. [1] The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 35 or 38 hp (26 or 28 kW). The fuel tank holds 48 U.S. gallons (180 L; 40 ...