I'm urging everyone to check their chainplates (the straps screwed into the hull that your shrouds attach to.) I've got my boat at Corky Gray's shop in North...
Finally, after some delays due to a non-serious medical situation, 7108 will be floating again next week. It has been a fun project during the past 12 months....
Thank you so much Jim. Unfortunately I'm located in one of the dryest counties in Michigan (tough to sail). I'll e-mail you the address and you can let me know...
I have two. You're welcome to one. Pay shipping only. Where are you in Michigan? I get to South Haven frequently. JIM FORCE Wisconsin _/) 6039 ... From:...
Hi to all. I have recently acquired and am in the process of restoring Nickels and Holman #9198. This is the 5th Lightning I've owned, so I would consider...
Just got an email, someone looking for # 7580, interested in buying it if it can be found. Apparently a family's old boat... Anyway, let me know if you know...
Bob - You might be right that it was not originally a lightning mast. It was off a home built wood boat that rotted away so I cannot say I saw the boat or that...
If it were me, I'd trim the foot of the mast– a little off on all sides– to make it fit the hole and leave the rest of the stick alone now. If you needed...
First - let there be no doubt you bought the right kind of boat - a Lightning. I'm currently on my fifth one, have owned one almost continously since 1978. ...
Hi everyone, I don't mean to take this thread off of its original trajectory but I am in a similar situation and am interested in hearing some opinions. I have...
Just got this from David Thompson (hull # 32). Shown is a rig for helping to remove the bottom trailing cover. The boat shown is not #32, but rather his very...
Tom: My early fiberglass lightning came with a wooden (but rotten) mast. I built a new one out of sitka spuce , using the parts off the old mast and the plans...
Scott, Let me beg that you document your work w' photo and words, then shrink it down to a two page article for our classic section of Lightning Flashes. I'm...
$6K for a wooden mast . . . ! The Assocation plans have a sheet on the boat's spars, including the mast, which, as you know is hollow and comes in tapered or...
I plan to build one and the cost of materials is not much but then we grow Sitka Spruce here. The worlds biggest one blew down a few years back but the #2 was...
Tom, I looked into this a couple months back. The plans i got from ILCA were good, but did not show the mast with as much detail as I would've liked. I also...
just curious, i've got a woodie w/ a aluminum mast and have been thinking about getting a wood mast however they seem kinda rare on line. i got a quote from a...
I took my lightning off the trailer in the garage using 4 come-alongs attached to the garage ceiling and a couple cloth straps like they use for towing cars....
We've already had a few emails going back and forth - I sent him pictures of 2390 and the Dumas model he was considering as a template for building a model of...
A dry, empty Lighting with centerboard removed weighs about 570 pounds. I have flipped Lightings with just 4 guys -- and have seen it done with three hefty...
Please do, His contact info is: Robert Benedict Pooler, GA rbened1201@aol. com To: wooden_lightning@yahoogroups.com From: lightning7310@... Date: Thu,...
I have some photos of 2390 I can send him To: Wooden_Lightning@yahoogroups.com From: andrew.hagen@... Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:06:19 -0800 Subject: Re:...
Bob -  Mine's a Saybrook - #9711 but in storage for now. I'll have to see if I have anything at home that would be useful.  Andrew ... From: Robert...
Got an email today by someone looking to build a model of a lightning, but specifically wanted to replicate the interior of the Saybrook built boats. Anyone...
Niko - I'd love to see pictures of your Lightning. Also love to know how you did the re-canvas of the deck. Were you able to use one piece or have to...
... One of the reasons I'm wanting to flip her is because I have old dried out caulking to remove. From the way it leaked this year, lots of old caulking. It...
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