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It's been a while since I have been back on the forum..... did the Photo Gallery / Files move since Wayne managed this forum ? Regards to all you Sunfish skippers up here.

I just installed a "builder provided" two loop bridle / traveler this past Sunday prior to a great day of sailing. I replaced a homemade two-loop bridle to become class legal for an upcoming regatta. The new white vinyl on the bridle looked thin or milky. After three to four hours of heavy wind...

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Ok, I have a new tiller extension to mount to my existing ash tiller. I plan to cut a hardwood dowel and filled epoxy to fill the old bolt hole of the original wood tiller extension. I plan to straddle the bolt hole, sightly aft, with the new universal base of the new tiller extension. Thinking...

I have a mahogany centerboard that came with a free2me boat. It looks to have been used more as a depth finder for rocks if you know what I mean. I would like to use an epoxy approach for good adhesion. Can I get relatively close to the mahogany range with west epoxy, 405 filler, and mahogany...

Sailing up here in southwest lower Michigan yesterday I just escaped a really bad sailing experience in a fast moving thunder storm. I was sailing in some great 15 to 20 knots on Austin Lake, south of Kalamazoo under a partly cloudy sky and temps near 90. I was doing some vantastic reaches, pure...

Happy Birthday to our moderator of the Sunfish Forum. Best Regards. Repete

I am upgrading from rings to sail ties. I have searched the posts and found several diameters and types of low stretch lines used. I also found that an 11" sail tie and a square knot will hold with a gap for slippage. I have found Opti ties of Vectran Excel Marlow like 3mm and 1/12" polyester...

Thanks for all your postings and expertise to the forum on wood restoration and the like.:)

I am looking for a second, used, set of spars for a recreational sail for the kids. I found a Porpoise sail and booms for sail in my state. I have googled and searched here on the forum under "Porpoise and Super Porpoise". I looked at the Sunfish Sailor photo files too. There are comments of the...

We have a new family member, a one year old Boston Terrier. He is very agile and loves to be at my side. I would like to try to sail with him, trusting he stays in the cockpit of which he does when the boat is on the trailer in my backyard. I am a trailer sailer. My neighbor swims and boats with...

A great day of sailing yields a beer cans worth of water in my hull. Overnight being moored on the water yields nearly two gallons ( I did not have enough empty beer cans to keep the same scientific measurements:rolleyes:). So, I finally did my air pressure test of the hull. I used my shop vac...

We had some great runs this past Sunday after finally setting sail since all of my fall and winter upgrades. Memorial day was a lazy day for sailing and the boat just stayed moored off the beach. I noticed on both days, one heavy winds and great sailing, and the second day just sitting still...

I now have a new inspection port in and putting the final coat of paint on my coaming. While the paint is drying I am planning my route to reach stainless steel locknuts and a washer to each of the connection holes in the deck for the coaming. The most outer two holes are passed the foam...

What can I do to insure the footprint area of the deck plate is free of wax or other materials to insure a great seal? I have cut my port opening and sanded the edges to deburr everything. Should I sand with 600 wet and wipe just the footprint area, that will be covered, with acetone to remove...

I have noticed one of my rivets has pulled out enough to begin a crack at its hole :confused: . It is the second rivet going from the center of the coaming to the portside. I noticed this as I could see some daylight while I was passing my shop light nearby. I was planning on repainting my...

I am replacing a Harken 240_150 cam-matic swivel cleat with the right hardware................the Harken 019 little hexaratchet. My dilema is I have the three mounting holes of the previous H240 which are 1-1/16" apart. I guess I could use the two holes parallel to the beam of the boat. I...

I am applying my four coats of spar varnish to all of my wood parts now. I have stripped and sanded, doweled my rudder with treaded rods, and have done two of the four coats so far. I laid my wide boards horizontal, the rudder and dagger, and have hung my tiller and the extension. I applied...

I was just able to purchase THE SUNFISH BOOK, by Will White and the book SUCCESSFUL SUNFISH RACING, by Derrick Fries in great condition on HALF.com. Half.com is the sister site to eBay. I bought both hardcover books for just $14.50 together including shipping :) . There are additional copies up...

I found an older trailex aluminum trailer over the summer for $60.00 at an estate sale. I am looking at an older axle bearing set with the "crown nut and cotter pin". There is no dust cap on them right now. I plan to "dip" this trailer to launch my SF. I know there will be some water entering...