Who Should Apply?

This program is geared towards younger sailors with a desire to race the Lightning. 

You could be a sailor on a High School or College sailing team looking to augment your dinghy sailing skills in a larger boat or to test your ability against larger fleets. 

You could be a recent College graduate with lots of desire to get into a competitive one-design class, but you lack the funds to purchase a boat.

You could be a junior sailing in a Lightning fleet looking to have the opportunity to race your own boat.

Are you a female team with Olympic Yngling aspirations?  Each of the top 5 Ynglings at the 2003 US trials had at least one team member with substantial time in a Lightning: Betsy Allison, Carol Cronin, Liz Filter, Carrie Howe, Melissa Purdy, Jody Swanson, Hannah Swett, and Corey Sertl.  The crew weight limit for the Yngling is 451 pounds, which is a very competitive weight for Lightning sailing.