Sunfish

With over 500,000 boats built the Sunfish is a very popular one-design class sailboat designed in the 1950s. As a singlehanded boat, the Sunfish is easy to car-top or trailer. The Sunfish is used as a day sailer or a racing boat, with over 1000 racing events every year worldwide. Key to the Sunfish’s success are simplicity and low cost. A Sunfish can be sailed using only two lines, the halyard and the Sheet. The only other necessary control is the tiller. A Sunfish setup for racing will typically add outhaul, cunningham, a gooseneck quick-release adjuster, and vang lines.
The lateen sail is fixed to the spars and is stored by simply wrapping the sail around the spars, or by rolling the sail up parallel to the spars.
Check out Sail1Design’s Class Profile of the Sunfish!
loa 13’9”
beam 4’1”
sail area 75 ft²
spinnaker n/a
hull weight 130 lbs.
crew 1
# of boats built 500,000+!
active US fleets MD, FL, CA, MA, CT, RI…
Class website:
http://www.sunfishclass.org/