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1979 13' AMF Alcort Sunfish

Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States

$800 USD

Condition: Good

1979 Sunfish in good condition. New sunrise sail and rings still in bag. Daggerboard and rudder with tiller ext in good shape.

Listed October 16, 2020 | Updated November 12, 2020

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Specs

Designer: Alexander Bryan/Cortland Heyniger/Carl Meinart

Builders: AMF Corp.; Alcort; Pearson Yachts; LaserPerformance

Association: Sunfish (Int. Sunfish Class Association)

# Built: 300000

Hull: Monohull

Keel: ?

Rudder: ?

Construction: FG

Dimensions

Length Overall: 13′ 10″ / 4.2 m

Waterline Length: 12′ 11″ / 4 m

Beam: ?

Draft: 0′ 7″ / 0.2 m — ?

Displacement: 130 lb / 59 kg

Ballast: ?

Rig and Sails

Type: Lateen

Reported Sail Area: 75′² / 7 m²

Total Sail Area: ?

Mainsail

Sail Area: ?

P: ?

E: ?

Mast Height: ?

Foresail

Sail Area: ?

I: ?

J: ?

Forestay Length: ?

Auxilary Power

Make: ?

Model: ?

HP: ?

Fuel Type: ?

Fuel Capacity: ?

Engine Hours: ?

Accomodations

Water Capacity: ?

Holding Tank Capacity: ?

Headroom: ?

Cabins: ?

Calculations

Hull Speed: 4.83 knots

Sail Area/Displacement: 47.0
high performance

Ballast/Displacement: ?

Displacement/Length: 26.21
Ultralight

Comfort Ratio: 2.3
lightweight racing boat

Capsize Screening: 3.23
better suited for coastal cruising

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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