Sunburst (dinghy)

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Current Specifications
Crew	2
LOA	3.5 m (11 ft)
Hull weight	77 kg (170 lb)

The Sunburst is a two-handed, 3.5 metres (11 ft) centreboard sailing dinghy. It was designed in the late 1960s in New Zealand by John Balmain Brooke, where it was to become one of the most popular classes of boat. It is popular as a craft for teaching beginner sailors, and is actively raced in New Zealand.

Although designed as a two person boat, a Sunburst can easily be sailed by a single person in light to moderate conditions using just the mainsail only, or mainsail and jib.

The Sunburst is usually rigged with a mainsail, jib and spinnaker. Construction is of wood or fibreglass, with a minimum hull weight of 77 kg.

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ISAF sailing dinghy classes

29er • 420 • 470 • 49er • 505 • B14 • Byte • Cadet • Contender • Enterprise • Europe • Finn • Fireball • Flying Dutchman • Flying Junior • GP14 • International 14 • Laser Standard • Laser II • Laser 4.7 • Laser Radial • Laser Vago • Lightning • Mirror • Moth • Musto Performance Skiff • OK Dinghy • O'pen BIC • Optimist • RS 500 • RS Feva • RS Tera • Snipe • Splash • Sunfish • Tasar • Topper • Vaurien •

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ISAF sailing dinghy classes	29er • 420 • 470 • 49er • 505 • B14 • Byte • Cadet • Contender • Enterprise • Europe • Finn • Fireball • Flying Dutchman • Flying Junior • GP14 • International 14 • Laser Standard • Laser II • Laser 4.7 • Laser Radial • Laser Vago • Lightning • Mirror • Moth • Musto Performance Skiff • OK Dinghy • O'pen BIC • Optimist • RS 500 • RS Feva • RS Tera • Snipe • Splash • Sunfish • Tasar • Topper • Vaurien • Zoom 8

Scows	A-Scow • Butterfly • C-Scow • E-Scow • I-20 • M Scow • MC Scow • Melges 17 • Puddle Duck Racer • Thames A Class Rater

Dinghies under 10 ft	Frog • Cape Cod Frosty • El Toro • Fatty Knees • Fly • Holdfast Trainer • Manly Junior • Minto • Naples Sabot • P Class • Pelican • Sabot • Starling • Tadpole • Topper Topaz Taz • Turnabout

Dinghies under 15 ft	12 foot dinghy • 125 ("One-twenty-five") • 12ft Skiff • 13ft skiff • 29erXX skiff • 3000 • 405 ("Four-oh-five") • Access Liberty • Adventuress • ASC • Astus 14.1 • Australian Sharpie • Banshee • Beetle Cat • Bermuda Fitted Dinghy • Blaze • Blue Jay • Bosun • British Moth • Buzz • Cherokee • Cherub • C-Lark • Coypu • Dabchick • Daring • Dart • Escape • Extra • Firefly • Flying Ant • Flying Eleven • Force 5 • Graduate • Gull • Heron • Idle-along • IDRA14 • International Twelve • Javelin (NZ) • Javelin (US) • Jet 14 • Jollyboat (NZ) • Lark • Laser 2000 • Laser 3000 • Laser 5000 • Laser Funboat • Laser Pico • Laser Vortex • Lido 14 • Marlin • Merlin Rocket • MG14 • Miracle • National 12 • NS14 • Otter • Pacer • Pegasus • Penguin • Phantom • RS Tera • RS Q'Ba • RS Feva • RS Vision • RS Vareo • RS100 • RS200 • RS300 • RS400 • RS500 • RS600 • RS700 • RS800 • Sabre • Scorpion • Snark • Snowbird (sailboat) • Solo • Spiral • Streaker • Sunburst • Tinker Star Traveller • Tinker Traveller • Topper Topaz • Topper Topaz Magno • Topper Topaz Vibe • Topper Topaz Xenon • Twinkles 10 & 12 • Vagabond • Wanderer • Woodpussy • Zeddie • Zephyr

Dinghies under 20 ft	16ft Skiff • 18 foot dinghy • 18ft Skiff • Albacore • Beaufort • Invitation • Buccaneer 18 • Comet • Corsair • Day Sailer • Flying Scot • French National Monotype 1924 • Hornet • International Canoe • Jacksnipe • Javelin (UK, NL & DE) • Jersey Skiff • Jollyboat (UK) • Jolly Boat • JY15 • Laser 4000 • Laser Bahia • Laser Stratos • Lelievlet • Mirror 16 • Mutineer 15 • O-Jolle • Osprey • Payne-Mortlock sailing canoe • Pirate • Precision 15 • RS K6 • RS Vision • RS700 • RS800 • Salcombe Yawl • Sea Bright • Sea Scout Standard Boat (BP18) • Texas Tornado • 12m² Sharpie • Thistle • Topper Topaz Omega • Vanguard 15 • Wayfarer • Windmill • Windy • Winkle Brig • X boat • Y flyer

Dinghies 20 ft or over	Highlander • Norfolk Punt

Sunburst (dinghy)

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