Clonefish

( Lateen Rigged Dagger-Board Boats, aprox. 11' - 15' )

Sunfish is the name often applied to describe any lateen rigged, personal sail-craft style, beach boat. The original, brand-name Sunfish was introduced in the 1950's by Alcort, Inc.* and is currently the product of LaserPerformance Sailboats. This list contains a handful of the many Sunfish lookalike boats that began appearing on the scene around the 1960's. After the '80s this market declined and most of the boats listed here have now faded into history. * see the library file section at the Sunfish Sailor and the book, The Sunfish Bible by Will White for more on the evolution of the original Sunfish.

Some of the Clonefish found

Photos shown attempt to illustrate destinguishing characteristics, but are limited by the views and photographic quality that have been contributed to this project.

In some cases, higher resolution and/or more views may be available. Post a message

at Sunfish_Sailor regarding the make and model you are seeking information about.

L through Z

[ no insignia available ] Lincoln Skate

Lincoln Fiberglass Co Stow, MA

NLB

Moonfish

E-Boat Inc. Vero Beach, FL

(Kit Boat) Available

e-boats http://www.bateau.com/proddetail.php?prod=MF14

Phantom

Howmar Boats, Inc. Edison, NJ

NLB

Custom Parts - Narragansett Bay Phantom Works http://www.geocities.com/zeozerofro/home.html

(see also, Pointer 14 – rumored to have bought up Howmar )

[ no insignia available ] Playfish

[ no information found ]

Pointer 14

J-Point Marine Rumford, ME

Available

J-Point Marine http://www.j-pointmarine.com

Porpoise

Porpoise-II Super Porpoise

Michigan Molded Fiberglass Plastics

Holland, MI

1960 - 1975 • NLB

Flyers in the Sunfish_Sailor Clonefish Folder

[ no insignia available ] Sail Scooter

[ no information found ] 1953 Kit

Scamper

[ no information found ]

S-Cat

Lockley-Newport Boats Inc. Gloucester, VA

NLB

Scorpion

Pargo, Inc. Charlotte, NC

NLB

Seagull

Goldfish Sailboat Co. Waxahachie, TX

NLB

Sister Boat to the Goldfish

[ no insignia available ]

Seahorse [ no information found ]

Skimmer A

Skimmer Boat Co. Greenwich, CT

NLB

An unconfirmed report says there was a Skimmer built by a company out of Irving, TX. It is unknown if these companies were related or simply chose the same model name. Meyers Boat Co. (Snark) currently builds a lateen rigged scow design they call the Sea Skimmer.

SNARK Various Models

Meyers Boat Co. Adrian, MI

(Most recent Mfg. Co.)

Some Models Still Made

Myers Boat Co. http://www.meyersboat.com/snark/index.htm

Sports Sailor 1

Urethane Fabricators, Inc. (Marine Division)

Camden, NJ

NLB

Star Dancer

Edo Western Corp. Salt Lake City, UT

NLB

Star Dancer Flyer (1.4 MB pdf file) http://www.msogphotosite.com/MSOG/pdfpage/stardancer.pdf

Starfish

Fillip Mfg.Co. aka Concho Valley Marine

San Angelo,TX

NLB

Starwind

Wellcraft Marine Corp. Sarasota, FL

NLB

Starwind 13.5 (4.75 MB pdf file) http://www.msogphotosite.com/MSOG/pdfpage/starwindco.pdf

[ no insignia available ]

Sun Dolphin

[ no information found ]

Superswift

O'Day Sailboats

NLB Google O’Day

Surfwind

Sears, Roebuck and Company (see Jetwind & Snark)

[ no insignia available ] Viking

( aka Funfish )

Intl. Fiberglass Co., Inc. dba

International Boat Co., Inc.

NLB

Windflite

AMF

1972 – 1985? • NLB

1972 and later Sunfish Parts & Information

Setup Guide in the Sunfish_Sailor Clonefish Folder

Additional information and updates are appreciated. Please post to: Sunfish Sailor Group

For more resources on old boat models visit these web pages:

ShortyPen's Board Boat Sailboat Guide - http://www.shortypen.com/brdboat Sail Logo List - http://www.msogphotosite.com/MSOG/pdfpage/mslogo.pdf FiberGlassics - http://www.fiberglassics.com Jibs Sailboat Database - http://www.jibslist.com (Caution - full of annoying advertising) The Pocket Cruiser Guide - http://www.pocketcruiserguide.com/20FeetOrLess.htm Sailor's Sourcebook: Boat Index - http://old.cruisingworld.com/ssbk/ssboandx.htm

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