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The rite on trailer site shows the rack on a trailer holding a laser

World boats must sell well with the colored sails. Another miss for LP.

Lee Montes has a video on YouTube on ports that shows the bags in a new sunfish.

Can you take a picture of what it looks like since you cut? If the section is not too wide and you have good glass taper on the edges you could acetone and glass some support straps across the hole and let dry. After a light sanding and acetone you could put a layer on the hole and the straps...

You need to do a low pressure leak test.

It's fiberglass it can be repaired, glass is easy to work with. Take some pictures of the damaged spots so the experts on the site can take a look.

That is a minor repair. The experts on the site will have the best methods.

Beldar is correct. Go to the club and talk to people. Sunfish sailors are very helpful on general questions and setups. One thing that helps is a wind indicator. When tacking up wind you need to have speed before tacking, and during the tack or you will get stuck in irons.

You can. You can also go around the board back to front and round the mast or the handle. Some go to the where the booms join at the front so the cord tension will help hold out the sail on a light air run. Others go around the back of the board and put the cord hooks on the edge of the boat...

That is were a longer tiller extension works well. In the rudder down position mine reaches to the rachet. Makes using both hands easy.

Are there repairs to the boat for sale?

Not my picture. The carriage bolt tube was standard on all old style rudders. They keep the top bracket and bottom bracket inline, without it the system doesn't work well. They become lost over time.

The new boards don't vibrate, wood boards do. Good to see you getting the feel. You can tie the sail according to starboard passage until you get the hardware on. A looser upper outhaul give the sail some scallops for power.

As belar said on the rigging guide. Also, the section on gooseneck settings. You will need a foil boat for racing , less side slip and better tacking.

The race sail is cut with more draft in the sail The dimensions on the booms are the same but is fuller and has more power. The adjustable outhaul and cunningham allow better shaping to take advantage of the fuller sail.