Sunfish Fleet

The gate is open for all to sail either sunfish or laser on Wednesday. First start is at 6 and we race to sunset May through September. We meet under the club house after the races.

Here are the Sailing Instructions for Wednesday Nights .

Please sign-up for RC for Wednesday nights. Contact the Sunfish and Laser Fleet Captains to get on the mailing list and access to the signup page. On the signup page, you click on the day that you wish to signup for and a check-mark will appear then go down to the bottom of the page and click the submit and save button which will take you to a new page where you enter your name and email address. You can also enter a comment, such as “need experienced co-RC person”. You then go to the bottom of the page and click the “sign up now!” button.

PLEASE READ Tips for RC on Wednesday, a list of reminders for before and during the racing to make the evening work better for everyone involved. Please have a copy as you set up the RC boat and run the races.

For those of you who are not AYC members, please have a Wednesday Night Racing Waiver on record with Pat Manning.

If you have changed your sail number or your name is missing from the results please let Bonner Cordelle know and he will correct the results sheets.

2024 Wednesday Evening Racing Schedule: Start on May 1, End on September 25.

2023 Wednesday Evening Scores

For weekly scores, look at the date tabs in the Championship spreadsheet below.

Championship Evening Scores

• 2023 Championship Race_Results
• 2022: Sunfish Championship Race Results
• 2021 Championship Race Results

 Other Sunfish Sailing Activities at AYC

• Sunday Funday Regatta, August 6, 2023.
• AYC Centerboard Regatta – September 23-24, 2023. This regatta is part of the Texas Sunfish Racing Circuit.
• Saturday (and sometimes Sunday) Sunfish Sailing. You’ll find some of the fleet sailing together on many Saturday or Sunday mornings just for fun. This is a great time for beginners to get more tiller time. Contact the Sunfish Fleet Captain to keep updated on meeting times, which are sometimes weather dependent.
• If you would like to learn more about Sunfish sailing at AYC, contact the Sunfish Fleet Captain.

Texas Sunfish Racing Calendar for 2023

• April 29-30, Spring Dinghy, Rush Creek
• June 3-4, Sunfish Circuit Stop, Fort Worth Boat Club
• June 17-18, Summer Solstice Regatta, Seabrook
• Sept 9-10, Goatsman Regatta, Lake Worth Boat Club
• Sept 23-24, AYC Centerboard, Austin
• Sept 30-Oct 1, Fall Dinghy Fest, Rush Creek
• Nov 4-5, Wurstfest, Canyon Lake

Awards / Recognitions

• Ann Gairloff Memorial Award. Every year, the Sunfish Fleet awards the Ann Gairloff Memorial Award to the female sailor showing the most zest and enjoyment of the Sunfish experience. Ann was a long-time member of the Austin Yacht Club, serving on the AYC Board of Directors and various committees in addition to competitively racing sunfish and J24s. This award is in tribute to her enthusiasm for sailing and her contributions to the Sunfish fleet.

• • 2023 Gayle Leonard
  • 2022 Sunfish Chicks
  • 2021 Claudia Bartlett
  • 2020 Vicky Stones
  • 2019 Louise Miller
  • 2018 Lucy Brock
  • 2015 Linda McDavitt
  • 2014 Jenny Loehlin
  • 2013 Annie Lancaster
  • 2012 Kim Scheberle
  • 2011 Sarah Baker Faust
  • 2010 Annie Lancaster
  • 2009 Pat Manning

• 2020 Sunfish Southwest Regional Championship held at Rush Creek Yacht Club, September 19-20, 2020. AYC member Stewart Draheim won first place. AYC members James Brock, Lucy Brock and Annie Lancaster took 2nd, 3rd and 4th places, respectively.
• 2018 Women’s USSCA North American Championship. AYC member Lucy Brock won. This was a qualifying event for the 2019 Sunfish Worlds in Bonaire.

Sunfish Fleet Resources and History

How to set up a Jens rig: Link

Resources for Sunfish Sailing from the International Sunfish Class Association (ISCA) https://www.sunfishclass.org/get-smarter-faster

History of Sunfish Fleet 70, by Vic Manning

Telltale issue (July 2020) that features the Sunfish Fleet at AYC