A new design which replaced the MACGREGOR 26X. Design changes include a deeper V bottom, softer chines, the daggerboard, twin rudders and rotating spar.
Hull weight empty: 2,550 lbs.
Ballast includes 300 lbs of fixed ballast plus up to an additional 1,150 lbs of water.
Sail area:
-Main: 170 ft²
-Jib (100%): 130 ft²
-Genoa (150%): 206 ft²
-Spinnaker: 350 ft²
As with the previous model, designed for use with a more than ‘auxilary’ sized outboard. Capable of 22 mph under power.
A similar version later reintroduced by Laura MacGregor Sharp, daughter of Roger & Mary Lou MacGregor, was called the TATTOO 26. Production of the Tattoo 26 ran from 2013 – 2015.
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Hull: Daggerboard
Daggerboard
Although the earliest models were built of wood and offered as kits, the fiberglass version, first introduced in 1960, became the most popular recreational sailboat in history. As a result, there were many imitators.
Sunfish Builder Chronology
1952 – 1969 Alcort, Inc. (founded 1945)
1969 – 1986 AMF
1986 – 1988 Loveless & DeGarmo, dba, Alcort Sailboats Inc.
1988 – 1991 Pearson Yacht Co.
1991 – 1997 Sunfish/Laser, Inc.
Change in class rules permitted a new, slightly deeper daggerboard in the mid-1990’s.
1997 – 2007 Vanguard
2007 – 2023 LaserPerformance
2024 – Zim Sailing is licensed to build the only ISCA class legal “Sunfish” now called the ZIM ISCA
2025 – SERO Innovation licenses the Sunfish trademark and logo and exclusive rights to build the “SUNFISH” from LaserPerformance. While similar, these boats are not ISCA class legal.
One of the most popular sailing dinghies ever. (In its heyday, the largest sailboat racing class). Origins in the US. Built, sailed and raced around the world to this day.
See international web site for the many fleets and associations around the world.
Designed to MORC rule.
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