First Sunfish by Alcort

The first Sunfish sold by Alcort is located at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. It was purchased by Dr E. A. Morton at the NY Boat Show and delivered to Brlington, VT. It spent most of its life on Lake Champlain and was donated 4-5 years ago by Richard Norton of St Albans. It is in original condition except for a few repaintings and a daggerboard repair.

Pictures courtesy of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.

From SBR 4: Jun 2014 -

From SBR 4: Jun 2014 -

From SBR 4: Jun 2014 -

From SBR 4: Jun 2014 -

From SBR 4: Jun 2014 -

Wooden Sunfish Gooseneck

Our wooden Sunfish Zip's spars had the same gooseneck as the current ships. We have seen another wooden Sunfish in the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum that has a leather yoke vs metal gooseneck, so we are not sure what is prototypical.

From Small Boat Restoration

From Small Boat Restoration

The gooseneck on Zip was shimmed, and underneath is a hole drilled all the way through the boom. We removed the metal shims and put two layers of gaff tape on the spar to protect the wood.

From Small Boat Restoration