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	RV.Net Open Roads Forum: Class A Motorhomes: Lightning vs Motor Homes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Lightning is one of the most unpredictable forces of nature there is. Common sense will help avoid an encounter with it more than anything.
		Lightning is electricity that just traveled hundreds, and maybe thousands of yards through air, which is also an insulator.
		That said: damage to electrical devices by lightning is somewhat rare considering the number of lightning strikes there are in a typical summertime.
	www.rv.net /forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/14742421.cfm (1181 words)

	International Lightning Class Association
		The Lightning, a 19 foot trailerable centerboard sloop, was originally designed by Sparkman and Stephens as an affordable family day-sailor and racing boat.
		Awarded ISAF International Class status, the Lightning is sailed in more than 13 countries and in the Pan American Games, and the class provides a professionally-managed association that is among the largest in all of one-design sailing.
		The Lightning's hard chine and 130 lb centerboard give her the stability and power of a small keel boat going to weather in strong winds and allow her to carry a very large spinnaker for breathtaking offwind rides.
	www.lightningclass.org /brochure.html (905 words)

	Woodalls Open Roads Forum: General RVing Issues: Lightning
		Lightning struck the TV antenna on a coach at the Winnebago Grand National Ralley a few years ago and scorched an area on the headliner and probably did other damage.
		Add seeing that to knowing that in one weekend here in Houston, both here and elsewhere in the state, back in the Spring half a dozen persons were killed in 3 separate strikes, with I believe it was 3-4 of them all under one tree.
		The lightning is strong enough to travel for miles through the air, so 3 or 4 inches of rubber is not going to stop it.
	www.woodalls.com /forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/14524273.cfm (831 words)

	Trailer-sailer BLUE LIGHTNING and other performance sailboat designs by Keith Callaghan
		BLUE LIGHTNING is designed for coastal and estuary cruising, where her fully retractable centreboard is a great benefit in shallow waters.
		BLUE LIGHTNING is capable of speeds in excess of 20 knots (yes, we've been there!), yet has 3 comfortable berths, cooking facilities, an icebox, a toilet, electrics, and bags of stowage space.
		Blue Lightning has at last met her match - Antje (the first boat to the BlueStorm design) was about 5% faster to windward in a moderate breeze, and as fast downwind.
	www.bluelightning.co.uk (1096 words)

	Lightning 368 General information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The original Lightning pattern was made in the family garage in the evenings, it was shaped chicken wire then plastered over and smoothed.
		As the Lightning is a strict one design boat, all sails are made by Bruce Banks to a high standard in conventional sailcloth.
		The Lightning is blessed in having a proper centerboard, a feature greatly appreciated when sailing in restricted depths, or during a capsize.
	www.lightning368.co.uk /general.htm (636 words)

	GAM on Yachting: Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The storm was increasing in ferocity, with howling wind and continuous thunder and lightning booming and crackling all around us and accompanied by a deluge of rain blowing sideways, the likes of which we had never before experienced.
		It was obvious the lightning strike had gone through both carburetors as fl smoke blew through the exhaust when we were finally successful.
		Apparently there were over 120 fractures where lightning had tried to force its way from inside to out, around fittings and fastenings, in the double plant hull.
	www.gamonyachting.com /01/features/survival.htm (1499 words)

	Standard Boat Safety and Security Procedures
		When towing the dinghy, two polypropylenelines are used with a bridle, and these are shortened up so as to bring the dinghy close to the side of the mother boat when slowing down to anchor or dock, or maneuver for any other reason.
		When at anchor, the dinghy is kept attached to the mother boat with two lines.
		At night, lock the dinghy and motor to the mother boat with a metal cable and padlock.
	www.callipygia600.com /callnugget/allcruising/rules.htm (880 words)

	2 Mar 01
		She is a SOCAL boat where lightning is rare and not bonded well at all.
		No go on the engine, but he got the disheveled man into his dinghy and through the surf so he could row back to his boat and then took the lady to their boat in his dinghy.
		Geri has been going out and rowing the dinghy around the anchorage in the mornings for a little exercise and she has been telling me about these schools of big fish she's seen over near the rocky shore by the hill.
	www.redact.org /tsingtao/1999-2000/2_Mar_01/2_mar_01.html (3134 words)

	Lightning Smashes into Laser Dinghy, Sailor in Hospital
		Meech, a Laser Masters sailor, was heading back to Gosford Sailing Club after race officials had abandoned racing for the day because of the severity of storms in the area when a bolt hit the mast of his 4.23 metre Laser, blowing a hole in the deck which then delaminated from the hull.
		According to race officials, Meech was thrown 30 feet by the force of the lightning strike, landing on his back.
		"The Laser sailors were sailing back to the club through the moored yachts, on the assumption that lightning would hit the taller mast of one of these boats rather than a small dinghy mast," English added.
	www.yachting.org.au /?Page=7351&Format=print (238 words)

	Lightning (dinghy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lightning is a sailing dinghy originally designed by Sparkman and Stephens in 1938.
		More than 15,000 Lightnings have been built since then.
		There are over 500 fleets of Lightnings worldwide, many of which participate in dinghy racing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lightning_(dinghy) (118 words)

	Yachts and Yachting Online - The UK's top performance sailing magazine
		After a short briefing, the race officer got the 1st race underway (before some of the competitors had made it to the starting area) with patchy wind proving to be decisive as to who made the (best) start.
		With the lightning event now won, the battle was on for 2nd, with Hartland looking to overhaul the GP14 for 2nd place in the overall standings.
		Twenty seven Lightning 368s turned up for their first race in very light and shifty conditions.
	www.yachtsandyachting.com /news?article=10005 (1177 words)

	High speed ejection from a Lightning F6 XS921
		High speed ejection from a Lightning F6 A good pilot is defined as one who has the same number of take-offs as landings.
		This was a Thursday; on the Monday of the same week the entire fleet of Binbrook Lightnings had had a modification embodied to the Ejection seat such that the PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) would be activated during the normal ejection sequence at the point when man-seat separation occurs, rather than having to be manually operated.
		I had partially managed to separate myself from the dinghy pack that forms the seat portion while in the aircraft, this is normally dropped on a lanyard during the parachute descent by undoing two clips, one on each side, that rest around the small of the back when you are hanging in the chute.
	www.ejectorseats.co.uk /Lightningf6_1.html (3357 words)

	Olin Stephens, designer, Lightning class, America's Cup
		At the 60th Anniversary regatta of the Lightning class, sailors were standing in the boat park studying a brand new example of this classic, first sailed in 1938.
		Provisions have been made for Lightning #1 to make the pilgrimage to upstate New York for the 70th Anniversary regatta and the 80th and beyond.
		Close examination of Lightning #1 reveals the beautiful inconsistencies consistent with a prototype—even one that went on to become a legend.
	www.sailmagazine.com /features/OlinAndLightnings (928 words)

	Lightning (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mozilla Lightning, a project to extend the Thunderbird email client
		the Lightning (dinghy), a 19 foot sailing dinghy raced worldwide
		This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lightning_(disambiguation) (123 words)

	sailpower.com
		The Junior Champion is Ben Haynes (9) from Matlock who scored 63 points sailing in his Optimist dinghy, with his best result being a sixth place overall in the final event of the series.
		Louis Saunders (17) from Combs in North Derbyshire is the new Derbyshire Youth Sailing Series Champion after dominating the 2004 series in his Lightning dinghy.
		'Lightning Louis' has won three of the ten series events, been second in a further three events and with the best six results to count from ten events, this has given him a total score of just 9 points.
	www.ybw.com /auto/newsdesk/20040926154621Sailpower.html (524 words)

	About Lightning
		At 700 pounds all up, the boat is tough enough to avoid frequent breakdowns, but light enough to plane wildly on the reaches.
		The Lightning has interested the finest sail makers in the world so the sails and the tuning guides look great and are easy to use.
		The Lightning is a very roomy boat for day sailing.
	www.keukayc.org /lightning.html (252 words)

	Chabascos
		One of the cruisers we met in La Paz last winter described being in one where his dinghy was sailing straight back from the boat, out of the water.
		I was planning on hauling another dinghy load to Harvy and was doing the morning constitutional thing in the head when Marsha started urging me to hurry up and get out here.
		My dinghy stopped at the edge of the dock, but was being bounced in every direction wildly.
	members.aol.com /searspir2/Chaboscos.html (1329 words)

	REPORT ON PAN AM CLASSES FOR RIO
		For instance, even though a boat such as the Lightning is not listed as equipment for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, its characteristics and potentiality will provide equal challenge sailing for the competitors, i.e.
		Therefore, ISAF has clearly endorsed the Lightning as a substitute for a present Olympic boat in the Pan Am Games even though there is no exact mach of 3 crew Dinghy in the Olympic Games.
		Another approach is that Lightnings, Snipes, Hobies, Sunfishes, and J-24 are much more appropriate to serve as open class boats that their Beijing counterparts.
	www.pasaf.org /PASAFOthers/reportpanamclassesforrio.htm (1053 words)

	Dinghy Trailer
		South Korea plans to raise the number of its private-run trial fishing boats from two to four in the Northern Pacific region, where commercial fishing is banned due to depletion of resources, government officials said Friday.
		The Heron is an exciting sailing dinghy for crew of two designed by Jack Holt who also...
		R.M. dinghy trailers are designed to be fully adjustable to accommodate most classes of dinghy...
	www.fishing-boat-resources.com /fishing-boats-25/dinghy-trailer.html (822 words)

	Dinghy Racing - Past Results
		This was the second largest turnout for a regular MYC Sunday dinghy race in recent memory.
		Jim Edwards was the RC and held two double-sausage races before the lightning in a storm approaching from the NE called a halt to the sailing.
		The BBQ pit was lit as the dinghy racers mingled with the big boat sailors returning to MYC after the ECSA Women's Series races held off Dragon Point.
	www.sail-race.com /dinghy/previous.htm (4544 words)

	Camping World Open Roads Forum: General RVing Issues: RV Lightning Safety
		They say the safest place to be in a lightning storm is in a vehicle.
		If you are dumb enough to park your RV on a bald mountain top during a lightning storm, you are just as likely to be hit whether your RV is made of metal, wood or even rubber.
		I don't know if it would help much in case of a direct strike though, but you're more likely to be subject to electrical surges from a nearby hit than a direct strike, going by the odds.
	campingworld.com /cforum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/14493963.cfm (773 words)

	Dinghy Fleets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Most of the racing at the Abbey is a mixed handicap using the RYA Portsmouth Numbers to determine finishing positions.
		However it is worth noting that the Club racing is made up of four main types of dinghy: Wayfarers, Enterprises, Lightnings and Lasers.
		Members are encourage to sail these dinghies but no real sailing dinghy around 14-16ft is likely to be sent away.
	homepages.rya-online.net /Abbey-sc/html/fleets.htm (73 words)

	Pan Am Team Named (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Following a strong lobby from sailing officials, the President of the Pan American Sports Organizations has confirmed that the sport has received a one-time exemption that will allow events with a “technical equivalent” to those disciplines scheduled for the 2004 Olympic Regatta to remain.
		The result is the elimination of the Lightning from the competition lineup in Santo Domingo.
		All of the sailors who qualified for the 2003 Pan Am Games Team-Sailing, including Lightning sailors Brian Taboada (Island Heights, N.J.), Theresa Parker Colantuono (Portsmouth, R.I.) and Ryan Dunn (Brick, N.J.), become members of the 2003 US Sailing Team.
	www.ussailing.org /pressreleases/2003/PAGteam.htm (356 words)

	Sailing Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Following a strong lobby from sailing officials, the President of the Pan American Sports Organizations has confirmed that the Sailing has received a one-time exemption that will allow events with a "technical equivalent" to those disciplines scheduled for the 2004 Olympic Regatta to remain.
		Pending approval from the U.S. Olympic Committee, all of the sailing events that were initially planned for the 2003 Pan Am Games will continue to be held with the exception of the Lightning Class.
		Though we are delighted that all of our efforts to fight the initial decision of the PASO were, for the most part successful, we are still saddened that the PASO would take such a draconian action in eliminating the Lightning with less than 3 months to go before the event.
	www.sailingsource.com /scuttlebutt/1334.php (2815 words)

	RV.Net Open Roads Forum: Class C Motorhomes: Lightning
		A few days ago, we had a thunder and lightning storm.
		Anyway lightning hit and we lost some major appliances in the house,
		I have been disconnecting shore power during lightning episodes thinking that current surges might mess up electrics.
	www.rv.net /forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/14223376.cfm (121 words)

	Horbury Sailing Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Large private car park and secure dinghy park.
		Classes: Laser, Lightning, Solo, Enterprise, Graduate, Scorpion, Mirror, Flash, Heron, Comet.
		The club has 3 boats for hire at a nominal charge to club members.
	www.ukdinghyracing.com /sclubs/hornbury.htm (153 words)

	SetSail.com - the serious cruising sailor's website
		With the exception of a lightning strike, if you provide for good ventilation, keep the connections dry, and have adequate voltage, then problems tend to be rare (after the initial breaking-in period).
		It will allow us to create very detailed charts of anchorages, passes, and river mouths from the big boat (or the dinghy if we take out a laptop along with a portable depth sounder).
		We've worked so hard at making this boat pleasant to view from the dinghy that we hate to mess up the lines with a lot of discordant vertical visual elements.
	www.setsail.com /dashew/electronics.html (7146 words)

	Boats, yachts and sailboats for sale, new and used - Yacht Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		For the fourth time in an hour I was drawn outside to watch the sky.
		Remarkable lightning displays are not so uncommon in South Florida in the summer, but this evening my ancestral namesake, Thor, was really outdoing himself.
		Stroboscopic flashes burst like artillery fire among the clouds, and chaotic sheet lightning slashed across the low, roiled cloudscape with sudden violence.
	www.yachtcouncil.com /news.asp?t=stories&news_id=97 (761 words)

	The WoodenBoat School - Brooklin, Maine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		As a kid, Jenny joined the local sailing club and spent her summers racing in dinghies; as a teenager, she taught at the local sailing school; and as a college student, Jenny captained the University of Wales sailing team.
		After graduation she set sail for the Caribbean aboard ATLANTIC CLIPPER, a cargo-carrying 110' steel wishbone ketch, and spent a year as part of a six-hand crew delivering cargo to and from England and the West Indies.
		Following that experience, Jenny taught dinghy sailing in the Greek islands for six months before finally returning to the U.K. to join Classic Boat magazine as its sailing editor.
	www.thewoodenboatschool.com /facultystaff.html (11794 words)

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