Recent content by Gronkinator

oh yeah, I've also seriously considered trying to create a solar powered surfboard with some old solar panels and motors that my grampa had so I could sort of kind of surf in the lake near my house. the plan didn't go very far, as that would probably require the destruction of a surfboard.

I haven't sailed enough to have sailing withdrawals, but by december I start to go through surfing withdrawals. I start to have recurring nightmares that usually go like this: we all pile into the car for our annual roadtrip to the beach, we finally get there, I'm in the water for about an...

Thank you for all your help. I think the sail I am using is 85 square feet, so I guess I will have to scale up the centerboard some to make up for the difference.

thanks all the help. one other thing please. could anyone give me a rough estimate of the size of a sunfish sail? I looked through that website, but it doesn't give the sail's dimensions. I am using a sail from another boat, and it seems to do well with it, but I wasn't sure if I might...

A few years ago I found the body of an old scorpion at a garage sale. It's about the same size and shape as a sunfish that my cousins had that sunk (13 or 14 feet long). The rudder from the sunfish fits well, but the centerboard they had was split and bent. I am going to cut a new centerboard...