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    First post; need help picking out car to tow Sunfish

    We bought our hitch online for our 2004 Elantra (128 ponies) and installed it ourselves (dead easy). Self-install will depend on the car, though....
    Post by: emilikins, Oct 4, 2014 in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    2nd Sail day woes...

    Everyone's already said great things, but I'll throw my pennies in. We've turtled twice this summer, once during light wind and once during a very...
    Post by: emilikins, Aug 24, 2014 in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    Older boat better condition, or newer but rougher?

    Until very recently, we had to two 1960s Sunfish (sold one this summer). Yes, the newer rudder is nicer with the pop up option and the extra...
    Post by: emilikins, Jul 28, 2014 in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    Sunfish Mast Step Question

    We've got two 1960s Sunfish and haven't had issues with the mast steps (knock wood), and we've sailed in some high blows and had an, ah,...
    Post by: emilikins, Jun 17, 2014 in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    Sunfish wanted from any state

    I'm in Nebraska. We are currently considering selling one of our 1960s Sunfish (including the trailer). It does have the old style rudder, but it...
    Post by: emilikins, Jun 13, 2014 in forum: Sunfish Wanted Ads
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    Inspection port placement old rudder style

    We put a port just in front of the brass fitting on one of our old boats, because we could tell she was heavy and we wanted to get as much...
    Post by: emilikins, May 14, 2014 in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    Retrofit question

    Hmm, that could work. I'll play with it in the garage. :) Good tip about the tubing, too! Still should probably learn to rig'n'launch from the...
    Post by: emilikins, May 14, 2014 in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    Retrofit question

    Hmm ... it could be the fact it's been too cold to sail since, oh, September, but I'm not really sure what you mean? The problem is that the...
    Post by: emilikins, May 13, 2014 in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    Retrofit question

    I'm still in denial that we need to do a conversion, even though the old ones are a pain in the butt when you're wrestling a 'fish that wants to...
    Post by: emilikins, May 13, 2014 in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    Old style rudder modification

    Hello, y'all, I'm hoping to tap into some creative minds here. I've been searching the forum to see if anyone has done modifications to the old...
    Thread by: emilikins, Sep 3, 2013, 1 replies, in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    Daggerboard trunk repair

    I don't know if others would approve, but I just used some Marine-Tex putty down there. Took a skinny putty knife to smooth it down. It's not the...
    Post by: emilikins, Jul 29, 2013 in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    Sunfish Bottom painting and spider cracks

    I'm partial to the blues myself. Our AMFlite 14 has a cream deck and blue hull, and our Sunfish as a blue deck and white hull. The Sunfish was...
    Post by: emilikins, Jul 20, 2013 in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    Amazingly Cheap Sunfish DIY Trailer

    Yeah, we've had our trailer on the interstate and opened it up to 65 when traffic was low and the roads good. It seemed fine. Usually we'll do 55...
    Post by: emilikins, May 29, 2013 in forum: Sunfish Talk
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    Amazingly Cheap Sunfish DIY Trailer

    We went the HF foldable trailer route, because we have only a 2-car garage and wanted an easy way to store it and the two cars over winter. Sailkb...
    Post by: emilikins, May 28, 2013 in forum: Sunfish Talk