Hi, I just got an old Wooden Lightning (#8233 I don't know when it was built) and it came without rudder. Does any one have a retractable rudder plan (good...
Felipe, Sounds like you’re looking for a "kick-up" rudder. The easiest way to replace a rudder, other then buying one from someone willing to sell an extra...
Unless you sail in particularly shallow water I'd stay away from a kick up rudder. My opinion is that you'd give up a lot of strength to allow it to swing....
Hi Bob and Lou. I liked the idea of having the complet set of Lightning plans. As I live far a way from an active Lightning fleet (Minas Gerais State - ...
The class office can determine when it was built and who built it if there is a measurement certificate on file, or can estimate age based upon a hull number...
I am considering a purchase of a 1949 wooden Lightning that appears to have most of it's original fittings in bronze(?)or brass(?). Do these have a shelf...
I have a 1940 Lightning, and polished all the original bronze fittings. I read several articles online for methods, boiling vinigar solution, muriatic acid,...
Mine was built in 1947 and I have reused all of the parts. You do not have to remove the thin coat of oxidation from the metal if you do not wish and it will...
My "kick-up" rudder looks similar to what Bob described, though it is not the original rudder for my boat, which was all wood, and, I am in the process of...
Thanks everyone for the input on bronze fittings ..looks like the hull I'm looking at has some good things going for it. This group is great by the way -lots...
Send me your Dad's name and address at the time, and any other info, such as what fleet he may have belonged to. One of my ongoing projects is to scan all the...
Hello Bob, He didn't have an opportunity to join a club as he passed away shortly after getting the boat. He had done some cosmetic repairs though. I do...
So I'm really wrestling with this idea. I found a great place to launch on the Hudson River, I was there Labor Day weekend and while the parking lot could...
David, * Little kicker motors are not at all unheard of on Lightnings * see what you can find used. I would think 3 hp gas or equivalent in elec trolling...
I'm always looking for a new Hudson experience - where was this? ... _________________________________________________________________ Can you find the hidden...
OK, Bob, you gave him plenty of suggestions except for mounting the troller. Not to long ago my wife asked the same question. She proposed we get a trolling...
An alternative to the trolling motor is to check the tides first. Sail up river on a incoming and back home on an outgoing or down river on an outgoing and and...
Hi All, I am wondering if the vast collective knowledge of wooden Lightnings out there my be of some use to me. I know my boat,4614(still a garage ornament at...
Tim, Sending a request for the Builder's certificate (documentation involved in the issue of the hull number) to the class Secretary should get you siome of...
Hi, I belong to a sailing club that is home to several one design fleets. My current stable of boats does not however include a one design from any of these...
Obviously I'm highly biased, but I'd go lightning! You must be in Ohio if you are talking about Highlanders & Interlakes. Both nice boats, but not large...
My lightning is sitting on the original 1950's trailer. (Wheel bearings are still available if anyone is wondering, you just have to ask the right auto parts...
actually lightning trailers to this day have 2 bunkers that go perpedicular (across the width) of the boat. One just under the mast step and the other at...
Hi, My wife and I moved up to Maine last year and have been sailing our homebuilt lightning off the coast of Deer Isle. We have talked about camping from it...
Your Lightning should be supported with athwartships bunks- those running perpendicular to the centerline. They should support the keel as well as the chines,...
Hello all, I really like the shade of the deck on the boat in the photos section: "Woody get together" album, #'s p7231165/66. If the owner is out there, is...
That would be Ken Lambert's boat, from just outside Buffalo (on the Canadian side). It is a beige / yellow. I'm sure Ken would be happy to share the name. ...
Hello All ; The Paint is made by Interlux # YJCO89 cream called interdeck and the white paint for the hull is premium yacht enamel hatteras off white #108 both...
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