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  1. cyrano138

    Video of maiden voyage take 2

    Was so much fun! Hopefully more coming this weekend.
  2. cyrano138

    The tiller extension on my 69 sf

    I hate it. I absolutely hate it. What's the point? I had one on a Hobie 16 where it made sense because those boats are 6 or 8 feet wide (I forget which), so you're rarely within arm's length of the tiller itself. But on the sunfish, you'd have to go overboard to be unable to reach a straight...
  3. cyrano138

    Maiden voyage...

    Well, with the exception of pulling the deck plate halfway out of its apparently rotten backing block, I didn't break anything when I launched the boat for the first time this evening and sailed it around for a while. It sails much differently than any boat I've ever had before. It feels very...
  4. cyrano138

    Bridle (?) Length

    I have what I think might be a considerably older sunfish. It has a rudder system that someone said was only used until 1972. Who knows. But the main question is like to ask is that, at some point, whether originally or as a mod, someone put a cable bridle on where the mainsheet ties off in the...
  5. cyrano138

    Two questions (hull layup schedule, deck drain plug)

    I purchased a sunfish for a hundred bucks just before Irma hit because the former owner just wanted it out of his yard during the storm. Well I tied it down well enough that there was no damage, and now I'm back to getting the boat ready to get on the water. I ordered a new sail and all it...

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