Recent content by marvin gardens

yes, we could not reach the outermost holes of the coaming, so we used large rivets in these holes. two long Styrofoam blocks seem to be in place, but there is nothing to support the deck in the middle of the boat under the coaming and we are not sure how to get foam blocks in there with only...

that is not a distortion, the deck and both sides where heavily damaged. the previous owner said vandals had tried to destroy the boat. the fiberglass was repaired but we could not get inside to repair the dip in the deck. we have installed an inspection port just in front of the dagger board...

so we have finally put the repaired sunfish back together. the battered hull was repaired by my son's high school auto body shop class, then then repainted. we are bringing it to a cottage we rented for next week on a small lake to try out.

yes, we took a look inside the hull and there is a similar grey piece used as a backing plate on the inside. the grey plate is 3/4" thick, but all the nuts and bolts are rusted and not moving. not sure how we are going to remove this to check why it was installed.

yes, it looks like something has been installed on the transom to support the rudder.

thanks for the suggestions. here is a picture of the rail we need to repair. there is a section missing on both sides of the boat.

Hello from new boat owners in Ontario, We are now the owners of a very battered old Super Sunfish. The boat did not come with a trailer, so we had to bring it home on the roof racks on the car. It was quit an adventure. Now that it is home, we are in the process of making a PVC dolly to store...