I asked this question a couple of years ago and found this post on FB saying they hit 14.5 knots (16.69 mph).
The fastest I have personally recorded is 12.8 mph.
US Sunfish Class | Florida Region Championship️
I asked this question a couple of years ago and found this post on FB saying they hit 14.5 knots (16.69 mph).
The fastest I have personally recorded is 12.8 mph.
US Sunfish Class | Florida Region Championship️
I asked this question a couple of years ago and found this post on FB saying they hit 14.5 knots (16.69 mph).
The fastest I have personally recorded is 12.8 mph.
US Sunfish Class | Florida Region Championship️
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I asked this question a couple of years ago and found this post on FB saying they hit 14.5 knots (16.69 mph).
The fastest I have personally recorded is 12.8 mph.
US Sunfish Class | Florida Region Championship️
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16mph on a SF is crazy fast. The fastest I’ve ever clocked is 12.2 on a beam reach with 28 mph winds.
That reminds me - when launching my boat on Saturday, the guy launching his powerboat in the next bay looked over at me and said, "I don't understand what the attraction is in sailing."
Yes, it is hard to explain to someone who has never experienced the thrill of listening to the daggerboard humming while hiking way out on a Sunfish as it is planing over the waves at the 'breakneck' speeds of 10-11 mph - or the challenge of having to get from 'here' to 'there' in a boat that is limited by wind direction, speed, and even water depth - having to work with and understand the forces of nature.
9mph on Ford lake is impressive, Tag, as it is essentially a dammed river with high banks and shifty winds. Well done.My Garmin watch showed I was maxed at 9 knots sailing Sunday in pretty strong winds. I could have maybe gotten some more speed out of it but I mostly wanted to keep from flipping over.
Later on shore I was talking to a kite surfer who was out on the water with me, and he asked: “why is your Laser (ahem… Sunfish) so slow?”