Sunfish 50th World Championship Postponed until October 2021
The ongoing and increasingly formidable pandemic continues to wreak havoc on people’s lives around the world. We bemoan losing some of our favorite regattas, but the risk/reward equation favors the risk side. Yes, because the Sunfish is a single-handed boat, the Class has been able to hold some regional regattas as well as the recent Midwinters for the U.S. Championship. That said, the technical logistics of hosting a World Championship are considerably more complex and are made even more so in this COVID environment. To qualify as a World Championship, the regatta must have sailors from three different continents. With travel restrictions as they are, it is highly unlikely we would be able to have sailors from South America or Europe travel to Sarasota, FL, to race. Add to that the need for an International Jury and the feasibility of running a World Championships is not likely. As such, the Sarasota Sailing Squadron has agreed to postpone the 50th Worlds once more. The event originally scheduled for Septe […]. 2020-12-08 by Gerard VosTime travelling enabled
As of today sunfishworlds.org has a new feature: time traveling! Our "TARDIS" is work-progress, but allready able to bring you back to 38 previous worlds (starting in 1979). Start your journey by pressing the [time travel] button on a result page. Like with the hunt for photos we can use your help: at the moment it is not possible to fly back to 1970-1978,1990 and 2003. Maybe you can show me the way? For now: have fun, but prepare yourself: back in the day life was black & white ! […].
2020-04-01 by Gerard Vos
Photo hunt
This year we hope to sail the 50th Sunfish Worlds! We have *all* results from previous Worlds. We have photos from 31 (!) Worlds. So the search is on for the missing years (1972-1975, 1977-1982, 1986, 1987, 1993-1995, 1997). Go search for them in your analogue photo albums. If you are able to contribute: contact us via the contactpage. […].
2020-03-26 by Gerard Vos
