World's coolest boats: The Sunfish dinghy
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Sunfish: World's Coolest Yachts
Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Odile Van Aanholt (NED), reigning Olympic Champion in the 49erFX women’s skiff and a three-times world champion, picked the Sunfish dinghy. Here’s the report: “The coolest boat ever would be the Sunfish,” says […
World's coolest boats: The Sunfish dinghy
“The coolest boat ever would be the Sunfish,” says Van Aanholt. US duo Alex Bryan and Cortlandt Heyniger developed the Sunfish in the 1950s, and with an estimated 300,000-500,000 dinghies sold it has become one of the most popular classes in the world. Simple and stable, it has a flat board-like hull, distinctive triangular lateen sail, and two-line rigging system. Widely sailed in the Americas it also has fleets in Europe. “I grew up on a small…
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