Alan Glos
Active Member
Over the years, I have owned two Amflite Sunfish clones. They were made by AMF, and I know the underbody is virtually identical to the Sunfish, but the deck is a one-piece affair unlike the Sunfish with the the separate deck, cockpit tub and coaming components. With the rounded over hull/deck joints, it is the prototype for the modern Sunfish design and a dead ringer for the Minifish. All the othe parts (spars, rudder/tillers, daggerboards etc.) are stock AMF parts. The rudders were the Sunfish pre-1972 design with the old style bronze hardware, but one I owned (see photos) had the newer design rudder with the spring loaded kick-up design features (maybe a retrofit?)
Does anybody know for sure, why AMF came out with this design while making the true Sunfish at the same time? What is the timeline for production? Are these the boats that were sold through Sears Roebuck for a time? I seem to recall that AMF wanted to change the Sunfish design but the Class said no (and AMF built them anyway but sold them as the Amflite.)
Alan Glos
Cazenovia, NY
Does anybody know for sure, why AMF came out with this design while making the true Sunfish at the same time? What is the timeline for production? Are these the boats that were sold through Sears Roebuck for a time? I seem to recall that AMF wanted to change the Sunfish design but the Class said no (and AMF built them anyway but sold them as the Amflite.)
Alan Glos
Cazenovia, NY