Design details
The Lightning 368 is a strict one design single handed dinghy. The hull is 12 foot long and manufactured out of glass fibre with a polyester resin, such is the nature of the material that it can be easily coloured during manufacture, resulting in a rainbow fleet. The spars consist of a mast, which is un stayed and very flexible and a rigid boom, the combination makes the boat easy to sail for helms of a wide range of sizes. The sail area is 7.06 mē and has three battens in the top third of the sail and a loose foot making it easy to set in a variety of wind conditions. The ropes and controls are simple, a centre sheeted main and control lines which are cleated to the hull on both sides of the boat. The foils are simple but effective, a proper centre plate gives control in shallow water and in capsize and the rudder is also capable off being raised while attached to the hull giving the opportunity to clear weed away, so often a problem on small inland lakes.