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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 Snipe is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by William F. Crosby as a one design racer and first built in 1931. [1] [2] [3] [4]The boat is a World Sailing recognized international class.
Uffa Fox started building 14s in 1923, and was designing them by 1925. He was to transform the class with the introduction of his first planing hull design, Avenger, in 1927. The construction and finish of his 14s was considered by many to be the ultimate in quality and craftsmanship, and Thunder and Lightning built in 1938 was no exception.
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 ...
The Watkins 27, also known as the W27, is an American sailboat that was designed by naval architect Walter Scott and first built in 1977. [1] [2] [3] [4]The Watkins 27 design was developed into the pilothouse Watkins 27P in 1981, although only seven of that model were built.
The Laser hull is 4.19 m (13.75 ft) long, with a waterline length of 3.96 m (12.99 ft). The hull weight is 59 kg (130 lb), which makes the boat light enough to lift onto a car-top rack. [8] The various sizes of Laser are all cat-rigged. The Laser Standard sail has a sail area of 7.06 m 2 (76.0 sq ft). [8]
A group of seven passengers is grateful for their rescue by the Coast Guard after their boat was hit by lightning off the coast of Florida in a frightening scene captured on video.
C. Raymond Hunt Associates (doing business as Ray Hunt Design) is an American naval architecture design firm, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The company specializes in the design of fiberglass sailboats and powerboats. [1] The company was founded by C. Raymond Hunt and John Deknatel in 1966.