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SUNFISH

Sailboat Specifications

both US imperial metric

Hull Type:

Daggerboard

Rigging Type:

Lateen

LOA:

13.83 ft / 4.22 m

LWL:

13.00 ft / 3.96 m

Beam:

4.08 ft / 1.24 m

S.A. (reported):

75.00 ft² / 6.97 m²

Draft (max):

3.33 ft / 1.01 m

Draft (min):

0.58 ft / 0.18 m

Displacement:

129 lb / 59 kg

S.A./Disp.:

47.02

Disp./Len.:

26.21

Construction:

First Built:

1952

# Built:

300000

Builder:

Alcort/AMF; Vanguard (USA)

Designer:

Alexander Bryan/Cortland Heyniger/Carl Meinart

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions

S.A./Disp.:

47.02

Disp./Len.:

26.21

Comfort Ratio:

2.31

Capsize Screening Formula:

3.23

Sailboat Links

Builders:

Pearson Yachts

Alcort (USA)

AMF Corp.

LaserPerformance

Associations:

Sunfish (Int. Sunfish Class Association)

Download Boat Record:

PDF

Notes

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.
1997 - 2007 Vanguard
2007 - Laser Performance
Change in class rules permitted a new, slightly deeper daggerboard in the mid-1990's.

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