Sunfish Fleet
Welcome to the Sunfish Fleet!
Whatever your skill level, from novice to guru, you’ll find an opportunity here to participate and enjoy the Sunfish experience. If you are interested but not quite sure how to start, contact the Sunfish Fleet Captain and we’ll get you on your way!
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.
2026 Wednesday Evening Racing Schedule: Every Wednesday, May 6 through September 30.
Sunfish 2026 Fleet Officers
- Fleet Captain – Mike Rohrer
- Treasurer – Pat Manning
Other Sunfish Sailing Activities at AYC
- Lucky Charm Regatta in the Spring.
- AYC Centerboard Regatta in the Fall.
- Impromptu Sunfish Sailing. You’ll find some of the fleet sailing together on many Saturday or Sunday mornings or even during the week if the weather is nice, just for fun. This is a great time to get more tiller time. Communications is generally done via a WhatsApp group for AYC Sunfish sailors. Contact the Captain to be added.
- If you would like to learn more about Sunfish sailing at AYC, contact the Sunfish Fleet Captain. The name is above and in the AYC Directory.
Other races to consider
- Sunfish Circuit Stops
- Spring Dinghy, Rush Creek
- Summer Solstice Regatta, Seabrook
- Goatsman Regatta, Lake Worth Boat Club
- Fall Dinghy Fest, Rush Creek
- Wurstfest, Canyon Lake
Championship Evening Scores
- 2023 Championship Race_Results (For weekly scores, look at the date tabs)
- 2022: Sunfish Championship Race Results
- 2021 Championship Race Results
- 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.
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- 2025
- 2024 Amy Brock
- 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
