Weston
Well-Known Member
I know several members here have both a Minifish and a Sunfish, and as a new member of that club, I'd love to hear how the two compare in your experience. For example, Tag, I know that you enjoy sailing with one of your sons on your Sunfish while the other son skippers the Minifish. How does your Minifish with a single occupant compare to two of you on your Sunfish? I ask because I just got my wife a '75 Minifish and we went out Sunday afternoon, with me attempting to follow her in my old 140 lb '71. I wanted to stay behind her so as to film her maiden voyage with a camera mounted to my Sunfish bow handle as she solo'd on her mini. However, I found that my heavy Sunfish continually wanted to pass her light Minifish. I was thinking that 95 lb Mini with a 120 lb occupant and a 65 sq ft sail would be fairly comparable to a 140 lb Sunfish with a 170 lb occupant and a 75 sq ft sail. But it didn't turn out that way. (Winds were 8-14 that day, so I'm wondering if things change as the wind increases). Don't laugh at the picture below. I accidentally installed the wind tell on the lower boom instead of the upper boom, which didn't help her in judging wind direction. (It has since been fixed)