Re: Sunfish Manufacture and Purchase
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Great stuff thanks Jacob. It's all very interesting to me
On Thursday, April 16, 2020, 02:12:51 PM CDT, Jacob via groups.io <donkersloo@...> wrote:
Yes, to all you wrote.
The consensus of the Bonaire sailors was that the ice-blue boats looked nice. Of course, the colorful sail helped a lot with the overall look.?
One could buy a boat after the racing was over, and some were sold that way. But the majority went back to the States. I just noticed that the Dinghy Shop has some for sale right now:
https://sailingforums.com/threads/2019-bonaire-worlds-sunfish-package.41844/
With respect to the provision of boats for the Worlds, the class (ISCA) tries to come to an agreement with the builder. That used to be the tradition, but after LP acquired Vanguard, there were problems, and for several years racers had to bring their own boats. Fortunately, LP and ISCA came to an agreement for 2019, 2020 and 2021.?
Identical (and new!) boats are preferred for obvious reasons.?
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From: Tom Salwasser via groups.io <tomsalwasser@...> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Apr 16, 2020 12:06 pm Subject: Re: [SunfishSailor] Sunfish Manufacture and Purchase Thanks Jacob. So the Worlds were held in the Caribbean island of Bonaire in 2019? And Laser Performance provides all the boats, since race participants can't easily get their own boat there? Then the boats are sold by dealers at a discount? Makes sense, I did not know even about the Worlds in Bonaire. Interesting. Looks like the Worlds for 2020 will be in Sarasota in October if I'm reading things correctly. I hope it happens. I may even try to get down that way to see what it's all about.
You didn't mention if you like ice-blue but it apparently wasn't hideous so that's good. Sometimes I'm blinded by the bright white if I've managed to forget or lose my sunglasses.
Tom
On Thursday, April 16, 2020, 10:36:47 AM CDT, Jacob via groups.io <donkersloo@...> wrote:
Sunfish that were used at the 2019 Worlds should be available for purchase. They were 'ice-blue' with orange coamings.
'Ice-blue' looks like white with a tiny bit of color added.?
If interested, I suggest you contact Laser Performance; it seems likely that some dealers (yes, there are a few left) may have bought a few.? Where they were built is still open to speculation. There was a thread about that issue on the Sunfish Forum.
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From: Signal Charlie <lewis.kent@...> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Apr 16, 2020 9:25 am Subject: Re: [SunfishSailor] Sunfish Manufacture and Purchase You could contact Laser Performance or use their Dealer Locator on their website to track down boats. Some dealers may still have New Old Stock boats and be willing to give a discount. If you run into roadblocks let us know where you live and we can reach out to LP to see what options they have.?
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