Sunfish/Minifish are WAY more forgiving in high winds than Hobie Cats are, IMO. Hobie cats are high-strung beasts, AND you can't spill the sail nearly as easily on a Hobie Cat due to the mast stays (a Hobie Cat on a run or broad reach in a strong wind can be downright scary). Also, you can...
I'd suggest either bringing it inside, or else getting four screw-in-the-ground tiedown anchors (Lowe's, Home Depot, mobile home supply store) and two ratcheting cargo straps (Auto Zone) with hooks that fit your anchors, and tie the thing upside-down to the ground in a grassy area. If you tie...
Al Court,
I didn't realize that, but I believe you're right. It actually makes sense that it's a Minifish rig, as the kit boat it came off of was a wooden dinghy about 9'6" long, as I recall, and a full-size Sunfish rig would dwarf it even more than that one did.
The Sunfish hull sails...
A photo of our "new old" Sunfish. Everything but the hull is from a small wooden kit sailboat my sister and I built with our dad in the early 1980's, using marine plywood and Sunfish running gear. I was about 13 years old at the time. We raced that boat for a couple of years in a local class...
We've had me, my wife, and our two kids on our Sunfish, in light air. Our kids are about 40 lb each, and my wife and I weigh about 320 together, so we weighed out at about 360 lb or so. The boat sat high in the water and performed well; the only issue was keeping everyone from getting tangled...
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