Alex Bryant and Cortlandt Heyniger formed Alcort to build the popular Sailfish, a lateen rigged board boat. The Alcort Sunfish evolved from the Sailfish, with input from Alex’s wife Aileen Shields Bryant, a champion sailor, to become the most popular small boat ever built, offered in both wooden and fiberglass versions. Over 400,00 have been built and the Sunfish is still produced today by Laser Performance.
1953 Alcort Sunfish ZIP is hull number 13 of 20 pre-production Sunfish that Alcort built for family and friends to try out. She was donated to us by Jeff Cooke, past Commodore of the Niagara Sailing Club in Grand Island, NY. We brought ZIP to Florida and restored her in 2013. She is currently in transit to her new homeport in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia along with her sister boats.
Hull Material: Mahogany plywood and oak plank
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Warm greetings from Australia and the Australian Sailfish fraternity. In August 2019 I added a comment to your excellent article in the Small Boats Magazine. I reiterate my appreciation for the inspiration the Alcort Sailfish and Sunfish provided for our wonderful little boat. Thanks to you specifically for your listing of a class of boat which was so important in making recreational sailing accessible to people of ordinary means.
We had a fiberglass Sunfish when I was young, and I had a lot of great adventures with it. It’s great to see pictures of a wood one, and learn more about the design and Alcort. Thanks for posting this.
Warm greetings from Australia and the Australian Sailfish fraternity. In August 2019 I added a comment to your excellent article in the Small Boats Magazine. I reiterate my appreciation for the inspiration the Alcort Sailfish and Sunfish provided for our wonderful little boat. Thanks to you specifically for your listing of a class of boat which was so important in making recreational sailing accessible to people of ordinary means.
Very simple and fun to sail, what could be better?
We had a fiberglass Sunfish when I was young, and I had a lot of great adventures with it. It’s great to see pictures of a wood one, and learn more about the design and Alcort. Thanks for posting this.
They are great boat, we like the different noises that the wooden Sunfish makes.