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The Sunfish is a personal-size, beach-launched sailing dinghy.It features a very flat, boardlike hull carrying an Oceanic lateen sail mounted to an un-stayed mast.. Sunfish was developed by Alcort, Inc. and first appeared around 1952 as the "next generation" improvement on their original boat, the Sailfish.
David Chapin is an American sailor, 3 time World Champion in the Sunfish and Snipe classes, gold medalist at the Pan American Games, and winner of multiple North American and United States Championships in Sunfish, Snipe, Laser, 470 and Soling classes. [1] He was U.S. Singlehanded Champion in 1977, sailed in Laser. [2]
Dec. 2 video of an ocean sunfish, spotted near Laguna Beach, Calif., has gone viral. The huge sea creature swam in between two paddleboarders.
These divers ran into a super-rare giant sunfish off the coast of Portugal. They only spent 15 minutes with giant Nemo. Photographer Miguel Pereira said in the video's description on YouTube, "A ...
The Sunfish class competition of the sailing events at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara were held from October 17 to October 23 at the Vallarta Yacht Club in Puerto Vallarta. [1] The defending champion was Eduardo Cordero of Venezuela. Points were assigned based on the finishing position in each race (1 for first, 2 for second, etc.).
The wooden Sailfish began as the 11-foot, 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch (3.5 m) "Standard" model. Shortly after its inception a larger, 13-foot, 7-inch (4.2 m) "Super" model was made available. In the early years the spars were made from Sitka spruce and the sail was silk. Historic photos show sails with as many as 10 panels and even small battens inserted ...
The Sunfish World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta of Sunfish dinghy, organized by the host club on behalf of the International Sunfish Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sport's IOC-recognized governing body.
The unnamed man had been about 25 miles from Sanibel Island when his 36-foot sailboat became disabled and began taking on water, the Coast Guard said on social media.