What is a Super Sunfish?
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It was many of the attempts by the Sunfish manufacturer to make a Sunfish more like a Laser. Since then they have "improved" the sail and the daggerboard and in the process made every unimproved boat uncompetitive. Now there is a bunch of crazies trying to "improve" the rudder.
Take my advice. Either buy a Sunfish and suffer with its inadequacies. Or if you want a real boat, buy a Laser.
Take my advice. Either buy a Sunfish and suffer with its inadequacies. Or if you want a real boat, buy a Laser.
The 'Super' rig was developed some thirty years ago to make the Sunfish faster and/or sportier. Whereas it may have been faster compared to a seventies Sunfish, it's not when compared to a nineties and beyond Sunfish because of various upgrades to the standard boat (racing sail, longer daggerboard and other, more minor, adjustments).
The 'Super' rig consists of a two-piece (black) mast, a (black) boom and a white sail (with window). I believe that a few colored sails were sold as well. There should be a traveler (tube) for the sheeting system in the front of the cockpit. The sail has a sleeve for the mast, and it is raised with a halyard. In addition, there is a boomvang and control lines for the outhaul and Cunningham. The coaming should have two camcleats on each side to hold these lines and the bottom mast should have a ring attached to it.
It's important to make sure that all the 'Super' pieces are there. This rig has been out of production for a long time, and replacement parts are hard to come by.
One of the main attractions is that one can sail the boat with the regular (lateen) rig as well.
The 'Super' rig consists of a two-piece (black) mast, a (black) boom and a white sail (with window). I believe that a few colored sails were sold as well. There should be a traveler (tube) for the sheeting system in the front of the cockpit. The sail has a sleeve for the mast, and it is raised with a halyard. In addition, there is a boomvang and control lines for the outhaul and Cunningham. The coaming should have two camcleats on each side to hold these lines and the bottom mast should have a ring attached to it.
It's important to make sure that all the 'Super' pieces are there. This rig has been out of production for a long time, and replacement parts are hard to come by.
One of the main attractions is that one can sail the boat with the regular (lateen) rig as well.