Seller's Description
Very competitive Nickels Lightning, needs nothing to compete at the district, national, or world level. Competed at the Finland World Championships!
New Raymarine electronic compass with start timer and custom bracket. New 2:1 jib sheet blocks. New standing rigging. Measurement certificate with 10LB Corrector weights.
Nickels galvanized trailer with new custom aluminum mast bracket and trailer lights. Double deck trailer mounts for adding another boat with additional trailer lights.
2007 Scott Sails Class M/J/S 2014 North M/J, Quantum Spinnaker 2022 North Main/Jib/Spinnaker
Full Scott Sails envelope trailering cover and mast cover. Scott Sails mast up with skirts trailer cover. Scott Sails rudder cover. Add your safety equipment and go racing!
Specs
- Designer
- Sparkman & Stephens
- Builders
- Nickels Boat Works, Inc.
- Skaneateles Boat & Canoe Co.
- Helms - Jack A. Helms Co.
- Siddons & Sindle
- Lippincott Boat Works
- J.J. Taylor and Sons Ltd.
- Lockley Newport Boats
- Eichenlaub Boat Co.
- Mobjack Manufacturing Corp.
- Clark Boat Company
- Allen Boat Co.
- Loftland Sail-craft Inc.
- Association
- Lightning Class (Int)
- # Built
- 15550
- Hull
- Monohull Dinghy
- Keel
- Centerboard
- Rudder
- ?
- Construction
- Wood or FG
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 18′ 11″ / 5.8 m
- Waterline Length
- 15′ 3″ / 4.7 m
- Beam
- 6′ 5″ / 2 m
- Draft
- 0′ 5″ / 0.1 m — 4′ 10″ / 1.5 m
- Displacement
- 700 lb / 318 kg
- Ballast
- 130 lb / 59 kg
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Sloop
- Reported Sail Area
- 172′² / 16 m²
- Total Sail Area
- 189′² / 17.6 m²
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- 120′² / 11.2 m²
- P
- 24′ 0″ / 7.3 m
- E
- 10′ 0″ / 3.1 m
- Air Draft
- ?
Foresail
- Sail Area
- 69′² / 6.4 m²
- I
- 20′ 0″ / 6.1 m
- J
- 6′ 11″ / 2.1 m
- Forestay Length
- 21′ 1″ / 6.5 m
Auxilary Power
- Make
- ?
- Model
- ?
- HP
- ?
- Fuel Type
- ?
- Fuel Capacity
- ?
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- ?
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- ?
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
8.0 kn
Classic: 5.23 kn
Hull Speed
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Formula
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
- Sail Area/Displacement
-
34.9
>20: high performance
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
Formula
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
- SA: Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D: Displacement in pounds.
- Ballast/Displacement
-
18.6
<40: less stiff, less powerful
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Formula
Ballast / Displacement * 100
- Displacement/Length
-
88.2
<100: Ultralight
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
Formula
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- Comfort Ratio
-
5.4
<20: lightweight racing boat
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Formula
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- Capsize Screening
-
2.9
>2.0: better suited for coastal cruising
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
Formula
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
Notes
One of the most popular one-design classes in the US since the 1940’s. But fleets also exist in other parts of the world.
Although originally designed for wood planked construction, nearly all boats since the early 1960’s have been built of fiberglass.
Ballast above is max weight of centerboard.
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