Talk:Sunfish (sailboat)

Number of boats built
A source is needed for the number of boats built. My understanding is that the most prolific dinghies in the world are the Laser and Optimist, each having nearly 200,000 boats built. Paulgush (talk) 02:25, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Type of craft
Actually, the Sunfish is classified as a sailing dinghy, which is a subset of sailboats in general, encompassing the smallest boats (open boats, usually around 15 feet in length). See Dinghy sailing and Dinghy racing. scot 13:25, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

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hey, aint it a board boat as well? Also, i got a picture of the same lookin hull as the super, but everything is made out of random bits of garbage+tarp. yall interested? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.230.12.75 (talk) 02:27, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Racing section
"All over the country". Which country? This is an international encyclopaedia. Fiddle Faddle 20:11, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Sunfishlogo.gif
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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Photo discrepancy
As I was viewing this article something about the photo, Sunfishdinghy closeup.jpg caught my eye. The sail on the boat pictured is rigged to starboard of the mast. Not an error, since the boat sails equally as well no matter which side the sail is put to, but unconventional.

However, on closer inspection it can be seen in order to achieve the starboard side rig it wasn’t done with just a flip of the gooseneck, which is so often the case. The entire boom has been twisted to put the gooseneck in the position it’s in. This means the eye bolts at the tack are bound up and the mainsheet blocks are positioned atop the boom. This is very poor form and IMHO places this Sunfish article in a bad light when it’s viewed by anyone familiar with the boat. My recommendation is for anyone with a picture of a correctly setup Sunfish to replace this photograph for the integrity of the page.
 * Wow. Nice catch! I took the photo, and not being familiar with the Sunfish myself, did not notice the error. I'll move the image to the bottom of the page, change the image description, and add a note to the caption. -- Rmrfstar (talk) 17:51, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

One more point for page accuracy, the reference for the sail area of the Super Salfish is incorrect according to the printed specifications. The published sail area is 65 square feet, 10 square feet smaller than the regular Sunfish. To confirm this, spec sheets can be found at: http://www.msogphotosite.com/MSOG/pdfpage/funofsailing.pdf  p.17 Or in the archive of original printed materials, Super Sunfish section at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sunfish_sailor

Sailfish&amp;Sunfish (talk) 06:14, 13 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Looks like it. Make the change. -- Rmrfstar (talk) 17:51, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

BigFish not "practically identical" to Sunfish
The BigFish (http://www.bigfishyachts.com/Default.php?Page=Specs), designed with two adult sailors in mind, is larger in every dimension than the sunfish. BigFish, Sunfish. The Sunfish obviously inspired the BigFish. --71.175.27.39 (talk) 14:57, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Proposal to revise . ..
I would like to propose revising the Sunfish (sailboat) entry to a more encyclopedic overview of the boat and include extensive resource/reference pointers to the surrounding attributes presently outlined.

My thought is, in it's current form the article frequently segues from the boat itself to highlights surrounding it's history. I’d like to make an attempt at a clearer focus on the boat and its development over the last 57 years. By doing so, allowing the reader to follow the references for further elaboration on aspects of the boat’s use and some of the controversial issues rather than embedding them in the article.

I have a rough draft that can be pasted up in the Wikipedia Sandbox for review. Would the original author of this article please let me know if this is of any interest.

Thanks for your consideration

Sailfish&amp;Sunfish (talk) 20:36, 28 December 2009 (UTC)


 * just do it Fiddle Faddle (talk) 23:09, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * ah, ok Sailfish&amp;Sunfish (talk) 17:31, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * The beauty of Wikipedia is that anyone may edit anything at any time. That doesn't mean that your edits will stay for all time, it means that a consensus will form and the article will be enhanced. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 17:46, 30 December 2009 (UTC)