Recent content by Lefty96

I will keep hunting. If I expand my range, I’ll have to get another tow vehicle for the trip home. My jeep has a soft top and 35” tires so a drive to Dallas would be miserable. I will keep hunting.

If the boat was waterlogged, could it support two adults? The owner says she has done that many times and it drafted pretty high. She said the rudder is not stock and it was made by her father. I figure even if this boat is a no go, this will be a good exercise on learning about them. On...

The owner of the boat said it took "two strong people to lift it" but it did not have water sloshing around in it - sounds to me like the foam could be water logged?

Also noticed no pictures show whether or not it has a dagger board.

Thanks for all the input. I have been surprised at how few used sunfish I can find around. For whatever reason, there seem to be a ton available in the NE part of the country. I guess I'll keep saving and looking and looking and saving and hope to get lucky.

Could you elaborate on the rudder? I am concerned about the boat holding water being as it is so old and is a restore. It is several hours from me though so popping over to check it out won't be trivial. Just woke up to 49 degrees here in central Arkansas so I'm thinking I may have more...

I just finished a sailing class and really want to go further. After checking around, I figure a sunfish is my best chance to get out the most often and have found this boat locally. What questions should I be asking? I’ve got a rock bottoms offer of $900 from them. 1970 Alcort Sunfish sailboat