Recent content by flasuns

Agreed- this is why I was wondering if anyone could confirm the aluminum grade, specifications, etc... :confused:

T... Great screen name... I have 2 and would be willing to let one go (kids are off to college now so the second sits around more than it sails). We have it on a brand new trailer - it has a new sail - but we snapped the gaff and I have not repaired that - and you would have to come to FL...

Z64Dan - My son just had "an incident" beaching the sunfish in heavier surf - resulting in a snapped rudder... Snapped vertically down the aft side where the tiller and spring tension posts are. We bought a piece of Mohagany, traced the old rudder and built a new one in less than 3...

Quite possibly true - if 7075 grade aluminum (aircraft) is truly needed over 6061 grade - and finding a finisher with vats to handle the boom and gaff lengths is an issue - it certainly is conceivable that the OEM route is the safest AND the easiest - thanks for your thoughts and replies...:)

Hey Betsy... The Sunfish is what I used to teach my kids how to sail. There are not too many boats that are simpler to rig (I can have mine in the water and rigged in 5 minutes...) and they are very easy to sail. You can't go wrong with a sunfish.:)

Thanks for the reply and the info! The problem with annodizing is that no one has tanks long enough for the spars...

I had the unfortunate experience of breaking upper (gaff) & lower (boom) spars and bending the mast in a "sunfish in the surf" expedition... I believe that I can buy stock aluminum tubing but wanted to confirm the dimensions. My measurements suggest both the sail spars are 1 1/2" outer...