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i'm probably not going to be transporting mine much but any fish sailors are welcome to come see the restoration in progress. and you might see a canoe abuilding.

that is the support for the splashguard which is not yet installed. i did modify it to make it more usable by tapering it down and shortening it though.

here are a couple of progress pics. :D only have to finish installing peices. would love to find an older white sail for it! am also waiting on 2- 5" inspection ports to install for better air drying. not sure where to install them yet.

promise to get some this weekend.

i thought my 3/8" wench was missing, but it was bent anyway. please don't try to return it.:D btw wayne, i just finished the second varnish coat on the fish. i think it's gonna look very nice. the bottom is done.

hey where did you get a picture of my wench? i mean wife!:eek:

you should be able to attach some 2x6's lengthwise on a flatbed trailer for bunks with some cutting to shape. i have a 12' sailboat on one right now. not a big project. some cam straps and yer good to go. might i also suggest buying a small rowboat and trailer and keeping the trailer and...

thanks, i'm sure it's a clone.

that's what i was thinking, this fellow swears it's a sunfish but i have an early woodie same shape as the glass hulls. why would the designers modify it like this in the middle of a sucessful building run. no other pictures it's about 30 minutes away. i'm not even going to bother driving...

fellow claims this IS an early sunfish. any chance that it is?

it could be possible to wheel the deck out with 3m finness it or a similar product. if most of the jelcoat is still there that would be better than painting its not real hard to do.. i've done it on a few boat with good results. once you paint future painting is inevitable.

wife? wee don need nooo stinken wife! oops i didn't see her reading over my shoulder.:eek: i guess i'm sleeping with the (sun)fishes tonite.

it won't fit in the dining room? :D

hadn't thought of the alignment issue. it would be best to leave it then. i agree if it can be reinforced and built up in place that's the best way.

i would use the mast itself as the mold and wrap it in a cardboard tube (like a papertowel tube). wrap the papertowel tube with saran wrap then wrap this with wetted strips of fiberglass to the thickness you want for the tube(build up the tube thickness strip by strip). this will give you some...

pulled the old keel and installed new one today.

without doing a lot of research in archives has the possibility of separating the top and bottom hull sections ever been tried? i've seen this done on a number of other boats, on a small hull like this it seems like it's doable. not having a fiberglass SF i don't know if it is. just a thought.

it looks like the splash rail cleat is fastened from the underside. i am thinking of preserving the original guard but installing a modified guard in the original location that tapers down dramatically toward the back or does not reach all the way around. i like the look of the newer guard but...

i've restored a number of old woodies, i am always in awe of the building technics and the look of the old boats. i like to sit in the moan'n chair and just look at it.

i'm not a big fan of epoxy coating, traditional varnish can be easily refinished and most of todays mahogony boats are kept covered or indoors. the symbol looks like a stamp to me, it is too perfect to have been hand drawn. it would be nice to find out it was from the factory and a factory...