my old puffer
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Does any body out there know this problem? I bought a early 70's "Puffer"..if not familiar, it was made by AMF and it was just thier tub version of the sunfish but with a jib...totally the same rig and all (rutter and daggerboard, I think)....I totally refinished the boat and painted it..after it was all said and done i took it out for a sail...sails great but if you put any good sail behind it, the daggerboard rattles so bad it sounds like it doing damage to the hull/dagger box..not that i am trying to heel-over this boat, but it would be nice to push its limits or have any good speed in that matter...but i know that it is not a good idea for the dagger box or hull...i bought it from a guy who didnt know anything about it..the dagger could be the wrong one/right one..thats all i can come up with...only problem is that its a good fit through the slot...it self rises also, which i find odd....can anybody help with this? the session is appon us and its time to sail