the original Sunfish had no sissy footwell. the footwell was incorporated to
accomadate the wishes of a pregnant sailor.

Well Jax,

You have got to tell us how you got a Sunfish without the footwell.

The only one ever build was a mismakenly built (too much beam) Sailfish.
It was plywood and so were all the Sunfish that he built to use the
Sailfish rig and other parts. Other people liked it, and still had
trouble staying on the board, so he built all the remainder with the
"cockpit" until Alcort bought the design from him and made them in plastic.

If it was made by Alcort, is plastic and has the less beam, then it is a
Sailfish (different class).

If it is plastic and has the 4'1" beam, then it is a knock-off made in
the mid ti late sixties by several comanies that are gone now.

Matt Colie (as a small boat sailor)
Lifelong Waterman, and Perpetual Sailor

JAXAshby wrote:
Not being able to get
out on the water recently makes me obsessive.


do as I do, sail a Sunfish (the classic model without the sissy footwell).
No
worry about fuel. :-)