Bart wrote:
Thursday was fairly light. I found a few deficiencies with
the new boat (Threat). I decided to bob the tiller a few
inches, so I can sit on the back deck on light days. I plan
chuck the wooden hiking stick and replace it with a nice
hiking stick. The first things I plan to replace are the
main halyard and main sheet. Later on I'll install a couple
of carbo blocks (illegal for racing, but I like them)


Horvath wrote:
Sunfishes don't race, dumbass. You have to move up to a Force Five if
you want to race.


Wrong. Sunfish very definitely race.
http://www.bbyc.net/SunfishWorlds/Results/Overall.htm
http://www.bbyc.net/SunfishWorlds/PhotoAlbum/index.htm



Actually, they do. It is the largest sailboat class.

http://www.sunfishclass.org/

I can't remember how many boats are actively racing
It is a large number.


They used to pull in a couple hundred for the Worlds, now they
apparently limit it to the top 100.


If I wanted to race in this sort of boat, I'd go for a Laser not a
Force Five.

In many ways the Force 5 is a better boat than a Laser, the deck & the
controls are much better. I also happen to like the F5's 3-piece mast,
many prefer the two-piece like a Laser. But the Laser class grew and
the F5 class did not. The Banshee is a better boat than either IMHO.

Lasers and F5s will death-roll in a heartbeat. I've never death-rolled
in a Sunfish but have submarined. They are a lot of fun in big wind
because they are very predictable & easy to muscle around. In 15+ the
Laser tends to shoot out from under you (or it does me, anyway).

Match racing Sunfish sounds like a lot of fun Bart

Doug