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Hey, that's in MY neck of the woods! I live within a few miles of Green Pond. I wish I could stop by, but I will be on a camping trip in PA that day. But now I've added SANJL to my bookmarks...

Good for you. My daugther is 13 and I want to get her hooked, but she's a little funny about the water. I'm working on it though. Too bad about the hat... ("liked" past tense!)

Harken or Ronstan? With or without angled riser adapter assembly configuration? Pics of hat clip set up please... :p

I figured as much. However, this logic is far more applicable to production runs where economy of scale is important: set-up times and costs are too great for small onesies-twosies builds. Or the limited production resources are better used on more profitable pieces over the low-margin Sunfish...

That's interesting. The implication would be that LaserPerformance subsidizes the price of each class legal sail. Or, LPI's sail orders for new boats are the only real volume for North and North won't bother making a trickle of sails for the aftermarket. If not, there would be no connection...

Thanks Wayne for the insight. I found this very informative artice at Duckworks: http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/04/s/articles/gunter/index.cfm I'm not sure if a mast short enough to clear my bridge would be long enough to form the basis for a Gunter Rig, but it certainly is food for...

Are there any boats that are comparable to the 14' Com-Pac Picnic Cat? Or is it unique? My family has a house on a small-ish lake (3 mi. long by less than a mile wide). It's enough to do some nice day sailing and there's even a state park with a beach that can be a "destination."...

The only thing easier to rig than a Sunfish is a canoe. The basic recreational version has two lines: the halyard to raise the sail and the main sheet to control it. That's it! Of course, man's ability to complicate everything he touches applies to the Sunfish as well. The racing setup...

This is what I was thinking in my post above. In my mind, the cleat bracket would have been flipped putting the cleat upsidedown and at a higher angle. In your experience, does the mainsheet usually wrap around the block so much that the cleat is out of the way? (My guess is yes, but just...

I actually have a need for rowing (though not necessarily the device you describe). Our cabin is on a pond that connects to a lake via a quarter-mile channel and under a low bridge. The real wind is up on the lake but the boat is down in the pond. Sailing on the lake has always meant towing...

Here's my question: Why not choose the Harken 2138 or 2139 that have the cleat integrated? Based on some of the discussion, my guess is that no one wants to HAVE to use the cleat, only to use it under certain circumstances. But it looks to me like the cleat bracket on these models can be...

Maybe two more things: the boom and the yard are connected to each other at one end so inspect that bolt and hte holes it goes through. Also, the boom "connects" to the mast via the gooseneck. Look to see that it's in good shape.

One great thing about the Sunfish is how few parts there are! Take a look at the rudder and the tiller to make sure they aren't cracked. Check the pulleys on the boom to see that they're not about to break off. Hopefully your drain plug in the cockpit is still there, but as long as the little...