The Fun of Sailing by AMF Alcort

09 Feb 20:

We collect old advertising materials from Alcort and AMF Alcort, there is some great reference information to be found on those pages that help us date their boats. One of our favorites comes from 1978, The Fun of Sailing. AMF Alcort was at the height of its sailboat manufacturing, churning out hundreds of different types of boats each year in addition to the mighty Sunfish.

Sunfish

They also wrote a nice bit entitled Sailing is Many Things.

Super Sunfish had a Bermuda rig with outhaul, downhaul and vang controls.

The most popular Sunfish. One stick, one string.

1972 brought the Minifish, the Sunfish's little 12 foot sister with a 65 square foot lateen sail.

Puffer.

Sunbird.

Force 5.

Apollo.

The days of AMF Alcort are gone by, but their boats are still out there. And the Sunfish remains the world's most popular boat, she is still being manufactured by Laser Performance and sold globally.

AMF Alcort Sunfish Rigging Instructions and Part Locator

02 Nov 17:

Here are the rigging instructions included with the AMF Sunfish.

How to rig you Sunfish.

Minifish Pickin Tennessee "Smoky" and "Bandit"

We wanted to try out some Minifish, to se whether we liked the lighter weight hull and smaller sail plan. Found a great deal on one in Kingsport and another nearby in Knoxville, fun road trip to pick them up.

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Skipper took Bandit out for a test sail, she liked how it would get up on the chine and then stay there. Easy to lift, cockpit is a little tight.

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Smoky's outhaul broke, so she wasn't out long.

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Bandit had a small drain hole, not stock, so we enlarged it to add a bailer.

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Sold Bandit to a local! They wanted a boat that would be easy to cartop.

Cleaned old tape stripes off of Smoky, wet sanded and waxed the deck.

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Cleaned old adhesive with acetone.

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31 May 2014: Replaced outhauls on Smoky and took her out for a test sail.

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Room for 2 on the Mini.

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12 Dec 2014: Minifish "Smoky" outbound with new Skipper to Port Weeki Wachee Florida.

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...to be continued...