1979 13' AMF Alcort Sunfish
1979 Sunfish in good condition. New sunrise sail and rings still in bag. Daggerboard and rudder with tiller ext in good shape.
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Specs
- Designer
- Alexander Bryan/Cortland Heyniger/Carl Meinart
- Builders
- Pearson Yachts
- Alcort
- AMF Corp.
- 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.
