History of the Mountain Lakes Sailing Association
History of the Mountain Lakes Sailing Association
Early History
The Mountain Lakes Sailing
Association is registered as fleet 17 in the International Sunfish Class
Association 2006-2007 Handbook. There were 701 US fleets
registered at that time. Eight of the 16 other fleets registered
before us existed in 2006, These fleets were in Pennsylvania (1),
Illinois (2), New York (2), Connecticut (1), and Texas (2). The
first fleet registered, in Locust Valley, NY still exists. The
handbook does not state whether the fleets with lower numbers than us
have existed continuously or have lapsed and been reinstated.
The Sunfish was introduced in 1953.
Junior North American Champions
David Elliot from Mountain Lakes was the Junior NA Champion in 1976 and 1978.