Recent content by Kevin Pierce

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    What's in the mast?

    Best tip I ever received for sealing the mast came from Sunfish champ Jeff Linton: open the mast by removing the plastic top and bottom; remove and discard the corks; replace each cork with a racquetball; reattach plastic top and bottom. Racquetball size is perfect, as is the seal. Kevin...
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    Racing Rules of Sailing...

    Sailing rules -- Top 10 When boats meet... 1. ...if you're on different tacks, a port tack boat must keep clear of starboard tack boats. 2. ...if you're on the same tack, a windward boat must keep clear of leeward boats. 3. ...if you're tacking, you must keep clear of boats that aren't...
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    News Sunfish Mid-Atlantic Regional (Green Pond)

    (From Joe Wright) YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND: THE HOWARD GRISWOLD MEMORIAL SUNFISH REGATTA & Mid-Atlantic Sunfish Regional Championship July 7th and 8th 2007 @ The Green Pond Yacht Club 7 Dawson Drive, Green Pond, NJ 07435 Saturday's Schedule: · 7:00-9:00 A.M. Boat washing...
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    Wonderful 100-mile Sunfish Cruise—NOT!

    From May 2005...
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    putting in a thimble

    David: I don't see how you could go wrong with an overhand knot in a bight (which is pretty much what you would have tied for purchase if you didn't have the metal thimble). Just snug it up to hold the thimble and you should be good to go. Kevin
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    InStep Boat and Canoe Carrier (cc100)

    Seitech has two new collapsible dolly models, one for canoe, the other for kayak. Unlike the popular model designed for the Sunfish, these new models are axle-only, with no tongue or handle. They strap, instead, around the boat, and the bow becomes the handle. Might be a bad fit for a 'fish, but...
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    Need advice buying used Laser for my husband

    "Seeking two Lasers in Toronto," meet "Selling two Lasers in Toronto." http://www.laserforum.org/showthread.php?t=6162 Match.com should take lessons from Laserforum.org. Kevin
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    Broken pully

    Dave: Sounds like you need a new swivel boom block for your aft boom block. Any local or on-line Sunfish dealer can help. Here's a site with pictures and part numbers: http://www.sunfishsailboats.com/mast.php Best, Kevin
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    New tiller extension on old tiller?

    I'm going to put a new tiller extension "receiver" on an old tiller, which previously had the bolt-on, swiveling wooden extension. Obviously, I'll need to drill two small holes, one fore and one aft of the big swivel hole, for nut-and-bolting the receiver. Any tips and tricks that I...
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    Masters Day 2

    They frostbite because the choices are bleak: tough sailing, or tough sledding. In Florida, we sail because we can. Kevin
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    News  Midwinters photos

    Great photos of the 2007 Midwinters Championships at Fort Myers, Florida have been posted at the Edison Sailing Center website: http://www.edisonsailingcenter.org/ Click the "photo gallery" button. Kevin
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    Daggerboard Shockcord Setup

    I saw a neat shockcord setup at Midwinters: the cord runs through the "eye" in the boomcap at the tack end of the gaff (the same way the outhaul runs through the eye on the boomcap at the aft end of the boom). And with the middle of the cord up by the tack of the sail, the ends clip or tie...
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    News Sunfish Midwinters

    Derek: Even though it was torture for you, your correspondence as a non-participating racer gave a perspective that few on the course could offer (especially those of us in the back of the fleet). It was my only way of knowing what had happened "way up there." Thanks, Kevin
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    News Sunfish Midwinters

    Official results: http://www.edisonsailingcenter.org/activiti.htm Kevin
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    Class Home Page

    From the www.sunfishclass.org site, use the dropdown menu for National Class Associtiations; select US class, and you'll be where you've been before... National Midwinters in Fort Myers in two weeks (March 8-11) International Masters in Port Charlotte in three weeks (March 16-18) Florida...

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