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Maybe I'm getting old but, these days I sail mainly for the joy of sailing. Racing is just a means to that end. And I find myself resenting the ways that the race committees tell me where to race and when to race and when not to race. There are days that it frustrates me so much that I just...

This may not be the latest ruling but a letter from the USSCA President in July21 included, among other things, this statement, "Based on extensive discussions at our annual board meeting and a lack of replacement part availability, the USSCA board has passed a temporary rule allowing the use of...

I guess we will just have to wait and see if SOL fleets form naturally (as seems to have happened for the Rocket in Marion MA) and whether those fleets decide to host SOL regattas. But I expect that genuine Sunfish made by LPE and its predecessors will be sailing as a SMOD class in...

Are there any SOL events? Is there a SOL class association?

The show isn't all that matters. The law is pretty important too. See post 51 from Dave Clark in this thread.

Thanks. My friend isn't looking for a performance difference. More concerned about availability and quality -i.e. doesn't leak and stuff doesn't break the first time they sail it.

Hypothetically speaking... if a friend were thinking of buying a new Sunfish to compete in local, regional and national events, should they buy 1. a new LP Sunfish from Sunfish Direct (are they actually available?) 2. an ex-charter boat from the recent Sunfish Worlds in Italy (which is being...

I just hope we don't end up with a boat called an ISCA.

Is the International Sunfish Class Association part of this plan to to use the SOL for future Worlds? Or will we see a SOL Worlds and a Sunfish Worlds?

It looks as if it has an open cockpit - much like the Fulcrum Speedworks Rocket. I guess this helps if you want to take your grandkids for a ride, but as a single-handed sailor, I always appreciated that cubby hole at the back of the Sunfish cockpit - great place to stow all kinds of stuff -...

Oh to be in England...

Probably because it's fun.

Nostalgia.

I'm confused. Is the SOL Sunfishish or Rocketish?