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    Uses for a dead Sunfish

    I was sure someone had already done it. I might check that out next month. Every once in a while, a photo appears in the local newspaper here - a downtown vacant lot turned into a garden - and right in the middle is a Sunfish planter, yellow deck, white stripes. A good bet that backyard...
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    Uses for a dead Sunfish

    Outdoor bar. Use the mast well as stand for a large umbrella. Use the cockpit as a cooler or a sink. It even has a built-in drain. A little PVC plumbing work, and presto... I've saved the deck/cockpit of a mid-70's boat for that purpose. Maybe someday...
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    What is it for?

    Wayne's got some good guesses, vang/cunningham being the better. My advice: get rid of it.
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    How about a Classic Sunfish Rally??

    Still have blue/gold/white 2006 Worlds sail. If I can make it, I'll bring it. If not for cost, winter weather and liberal politics, I'd live up there. Many years spent running submarines in/out of New London during cold war.
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    Dixie

    Well, big guy, I feel your pain. At 200#, I am really at the heavy end of competitive weight range. My observation is the "ideal" competitor weight is 140-160#. Notice that I said "ideal". Folks can do very well from 100 to 200#. The Sunfish is unique in that it does have a very broad...
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    boom broke!

    The original Sailfish/Sunfish long ago came with wooden spars. A PVC pipe is heavier than the aluminum and would never do the job. surfski if right. I'd bet you could find some used spars lying around. I've got some used spars that I could part with for about 40 bucks. I purchased a couple of...
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    Moving boom blocks

    Legal? You bet. All my 'gadgets' have been thru the class measurer's grindstone.
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    Hiking Strap, just Quick Question

    I'll tell you what, drilling those holes thru the lip half scared me to death. I had the boat flipped over, on sawhorses fore and aft, at just the right height so that I could clearly and easily work while sitting in a chair. The top of my head was nearly touching the cockpit floor, giving me...
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    Free Sail--Brand New Neil Pryde sail

    Now that's what I like to see, some real incentive. I don't know if the wife will let me come up there a week early (Masters is the following weekend). She adds to my worklist faster than I can clear it - I think at about a 2 to 1 ratio.
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    What is it for?

    That's an interesting hunk of plastic, but I'm with Wavedancer on this one. If it is for mainsheet and/or outhaul line support, there are better, lighter, easier ways to get the job done. Man, I can just see that thing knocking me for a loop on a jybe. Exactly where along the boom is this...
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    Options for a soggy fish.

    Roger that. Sometimes you just gotta' do it.
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    Options for a soggy fish.

    I'm with Wayne on this one. Additionally, why do many feel it necessary to cut holes in the deck? One or two inspection ports in the cockpit walls can do the job if we're just trying to dry out the hull. If you've got a really old boat (no aft storage compartment), this works even better. Try to...
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    Moving boom blocks

    All this discussion has caught me in the middle of checking out my boat for the NA's. Good review for me of the what's, why's and how's of my boat's setup. I had previously bolted the boom bails (only thru the bottom side of the tube, not the top). After thinking about it a little more, I...
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    Hiking Strap, just Quick Question

    How much do you weigh and how hard do you hike? I don't blame you at all for not trusting a single padeye in the middle, particularly since you have to use screws vice bolts/nuts/washers in that location. Check out my hiking strap post...
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    Dixie

    Another lengthy topic - new vs. old Sunfish. Lots of opions and not enough time right now. Sir, I don't know the depth of your experience with the newer 'fish. You clearly have a connection to the older 'fish. You have 7 'fish - I have 5 (and looking to acquire more). Advice: if you don't have...

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