He’s now manufacturing a ­non-class-legal Sunfish sail, one that he says is much faster than the triangular rag of yesteryear. The boom is also shorter on this rig, yet the sail area is ...

The International Sunfish Class Association's World Championship ... Of the 100-boat fleet for the Rush ... a three-time Olympic medalist and consummate tweaker of the Sunfish’s quirky lateen rig.

How the Most Popular Sailboat Ever Was Invented The Sunfish taught millions of Americans to seize the breeze. Kate Wheeling. July/August 2023. Get our newsletter! Get our newsletter!

The Escape, an innovative sailboat from Sunfish Laser, helps the would-be-mariner handle the first two. ... A simple rigging system reduces set-up to less than 20 minutes, ...

Sunfish history. The Sunfish sailboat was launched in 1952. Its maker was Alcort, Inc., a company founded by Alex Bryan and Cortlandt Heyniger, as in Al-Cort.

As Platzer describes it, "the Sunfish is the most popular sailboat on the planet." And the book is an entertaining paean to it. Storrs Library will host a reading and signing on April 12 at 6:30 pm.