Community Stats

The Lightning community's season, at a glance

2,190 community qualifying days in 2026

88% of the 2,500-day 2026 goal

2025 finished at 1,550 days

Qualifying Days
2,190
Sailing + capped non-sailing
Active Sailors
132
Logged at least one day
Active Fleets
29
Represented on the water
Active Districts
16
Represented on the water
Award Achievers
84
Reached 10+ days

When the community sails

Every day of 2026 — darker means more flashes

Busiest day: March 16 — 40 sailors on the water

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Date Flashes
2026-01-01 1
2026-01-05 1
2026-01-07 1
2026-01-08 3
2026-01-31 1
2026-02-01 1
2026-02-10 1
2026-02-12 15
2026-02-13 29
2026-02-14 28
2026-02-15 27
2026-02-21 1
2026-03-08 1
2026-03-11 1
2026-03-12 1
2026-03-14 28
2026-03-15 17
2026-03-16 40
2026-03-17 37
2026-03-18 36
2026-03-19 8
2026-03-20 30
2026-03-21 30
2026-03-22 1
2026-03-28 1
2026-03-29 1
2026-04-02 1
2026-04-04 1
2026-04-05 1
2026-04-07 1
2026-04-08 1
2026-04-09 1
2026-04-11 4
2026-04-12 2
2026-04-13 1
2026-04-14 1
2026-04-15 1
2026-04-16 2
2026-04-18 6
2026-04-19 3
2026-04-21 1
2026-04-22 1
2026-04-23 4
2026-04-24 2
2026-04-25 6
2026-04-26 4
2026-04-28 3
2026-04-29 1
2026-04-30 5
2026-05-01 20
2026-05-02 29
2026-05-03 13
2026-05-04 2
2026-05-05 1
2026-05-06 4
2026-05-07 10
2026-05-09 10
2026-05-10 13
2026-05-12 7
2026-05-13 5
2026-05-14 16
2026-05-15 6
2026-05-16 41
2026-05-17 35
2026-05-18 2
2026-05-19 1
2026-05-20 2
2026-05-21 4
2026-05-22 1
2026-05-23 4
2026-05-24 20
2026-05-25 16
2026-05-26 4
2026-05-27 11
2026-05-28 21
2026-05-29 8
2026-05-30 19
2026-05-31 20
2026-06-01 2
2026-06-02 3
2026-06-03 14
2026-06-04 15
2026-06-05 17
2026-06-06 17
2026-06-07 28
2026-06-08 4
2026-06-09 2
2026-06-10 6
2026-06-11 21
2026-06-12 5
2026-06-13 37
2026-06-14 23
2026-06-15 1
2026-06-16 4
2026-06-17 13
2026-06-18 14
2026-06-19 2
2026-06-20 30
2026-06-21 28
2026-06-22 1
2026-06-23 6
2026-06-24 6
2026-06-25 11
2026-06-26 5
2026-06-27 29
2026-06-28 26
2026-06-30 8
2026-07-01 9
2026-07-02 6
2026-07-03 4
2026-07-04 11
2026-07-05 17
2026-07-06 2
2026-07-07 8
2026-07-08 12
2026-07-09 9
2026-07-10 8
2026-07-11 23
2026-07-12 38
2026-07-13 2
2026-07-14 8
2026-07-15 13
2026-07-16 6
2026-07-17 2
2026-07-18 6
2026-07-19 23
2026-07-20 4
2026-07-21 4
2026-07-22 14
2026-07-23 13
2026-07-24 19
2026-07-25 39
2026-07-26 46
2026-07-27 5
2026-07-28 10
2026-07-29 16
2026-07-30 17
2026-07-31 7
2026-08-01 17
2026-08-02 25
2026-08-03 4
2026-08-04 10
2026-08-05 13
2026-08-06 32
2026-08-07 34
2026-08-08 41
2026-08-09 16
2026-08-10 8
2026-08-11 11
2026-08-12 31
2026-08-13 33
2026-08-14 27
2026-08-15 30
2026-08-16 10
2026-08-17 3
2026-08-18 6
2026-08-19 7
2026-08-20 6
2026-08-21 4
2026-08-22 26
2026-08-23 29
2026-08-24 2
2026-08-25 8
2026-08-26 9
2026-08-27 8
2026-08-28 3
2026-08-29 22
2026-08-30 12
2026-09-01 3
2026-09-02 8
2026-09-03 7
2026-09-05 14
2026-09-06 17
2026-09-07 6
2026-09-08 3
2026-09-09 5
2026-09-10 7
2026-09-11 1
2026-09-12 15
2026-09-13 11
2026-09-15 2
2026-09-16 2
2026-09-17 6
2026-09-18 1
2026-09-19 13
2026-09-20 12
2026-09-21 1
2026-09-22 1
2026-09-23 2
2026-09-24 2
2026-09-26 13
2026-09-27 9
2026-09-29 1
2026-09-30 1
2026-10-01 2
2026-10-02 1
2026-10-03 11
2026-10-04 12
2026-10-05 1
2026-10-07 1
2026-10-09 3
2026-10-10 1
2026-10-11 3
2026-10-12 2
2026-10-13 1
2026-10-14 1
2026-10-17 2

Flashes over the season

Running total of every flash in 2026 — toggle activity types, genders, age groups, or count vs share

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Month Regatta Club Race Practice Day Sailing Maintenance Race Committee Total
Jan 0 0 0 3 4 0 7
Feb 87 1 11 0 3 0 102
Mar 189 1 22 2 18 0 232
Apr 7 10 14 7 14 1 53
May 140 103 42 21 30 9 345
Jun 173 133 18 25 16 13 378
Jul 126 159 21 57 25 13 401
Aug 218 143 35 47 34 10 487
Sep 55 68 10 16 13 1 163
Oct 13 12 3 8 5 0 41
Total 1008 630 176 186 162 47 2209

Community growth

Running total of registered sailors through 2026 — stack by age or gender, count or share

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Date Total sailors
2026-01-05 4
2026-01-08 6
2026-01-09 8
2026-01-10 10
2026-01-11 11
2026-01-13 12
2026-01-20 13
2026-01-22 14
2026-02-10 16
2026-02-12 17
2026-02-13 23
2026-02-14 25
2026-02-23 27
2026-02-24 29
2026-02-25 41
2026-02-26 43
2026-02-27 44
2026-02-28 45
2026-03-04 46
2026-03-15 48
2026-03-16 51
2026-03-17 57
2026-03-18 58
2026-03-19 60
2026-03-20 62
2026-03-22 63
2026-03-25 65
2026-03-29 66
2026-03-31 67
2026-04-09 68
2026-04-10 69
2026-04-11 70
2026-04-19 71
2026-04-25 74
2026-05-06 76
2026-05-08 78
2026-05-09 81
2026-05-13 82
2026-05-14 84
2026-05-15 86
2026-05-16 87
2026-05-17 91
2026-05-18 92
2026-05-19 93
2026-05-21 95
2026-05-25 96
2026-05-26 97
2026-05-30 101
2026-05-31 102
2026-06-06 103
2026-06-07 107
2026-06-08 109
2026-06-09 110
2026-06-10 112
2026-06-13 113
2026-06-14 114
2026-06-18 115
2026-06-21 116
2026-06-22 117
2026-06-28 119
2026-06-30 120
2026-07-04 121
2026-07-05 122
2026-07-08 124
2026-07-12 125
2026-07-14 126
2026-07-20 127
2026-07-23 128
2026-07-26 130
2026-08-05 131
2026-08-07 132
2026-08-09 134
2026-08-21 135
2026-08-30 136
2026-09-11 137
2026-09-18 138
2026-09-26 139
2026-10-14 140

Sailor ages

Active sailors in 2026, by Lightning Class age division and gender

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Division Ages Female Male Non-binary Total
Youth 20 & under 5 1 0 6
U32 21–32 26 15 2 43
33–54 33–54 11 16 0 27
Masters 55 & over 17 39 0 56

From sign-up to award

How far 2026 sailors climb — registered, active, then each award

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Stage Sailors % of registered
Registered 140 100%
Logged a day 132 94%
10-day award 84 60%
25-day award 32 23%
50-day award 7 5%

Fun facts

Season opener
January 8
Bill Cabrall logged the season's first sailing day
Longest sailing streak
14 days
Dean Caley and Jonette Werley each sailed 14 days in a row
Most flashes logged at once
26 flashes
Logged in a single entry by Tanner Probst
The 50+ club
7 sailors
Earned all three awards this year