Hi everyone-
My name is Dean, i'm out of West Haven, CT. I just got a AMF Alcort Sunfish from a friend of a friend for free. As you well know, nothing is absolutely free. The boat needs very little work. There's a cracked rudder and just some general maitenence that needs to be done, but she floats and sails well.
I have no idea what year she is. My best guess is '70s. She has no aft storage, a wire bridle with a loop, a shadow daggerboard, a racing sail, no hiking strap, and her deck is Blue with white stripes on the fore deck. The bottom of the boat was painted with a horrible paint that has turned to blue chalk. The serial is painted over so, i cant read it.
I plan on installing an inspection port fore of the mainsheet block and installing a hiking strap. I also plan on replacing the bridle with a new wire without a loop. I just spent the day sanding the rudder and I plan on sealing up the crack and giving it a coat of fiberglass to make sure I don't end up in the middle of the harbor with a broken rudder.
I picked up a copy of The Sunfish Bible and it has helped me alot! I look forward to learning alot from this forum and sharing wha I learn with others.
-Dean
My name is Dean, i'm out of West Haven, CT. I just got a AMF Alcort Sunfish from a friend of a friend for free. As you well know, nothing is absolutely free. The boat needs very little work. There's a cracked rudder and just some general maitenence that needs to be done, but she floats and sails well.
I have no idea what year she is. My best guess is '70s. She has no aft storage, a wire bridle with a loop, a shadow daggerboard, a racing sail, no hiking strap, and her deck is Blue with white stripes on the fore deck. The bottom of the boat was painted with a horrible paint that has turned to blue chalk. The serial is painted over so, i cant read it.
I plan on installing an inspection port fore of the mainsheet block and installing a hiking strap. I also plan on replacing the bridle with a new wire without a loop. I just spent the day sanding the rudder and I plan on sealing up the crack and giving it a coat of fiberglass to make sure I don't end up in the middle of the harbor with a broken rudder.
I picked up a copy of The Sunfish Bible and it has helped me alot! I look forward to learning alot from this forum and sharing wha I learn with others.
-Dean