Hello,
I enlisted into the Coast Guard Reserve and while attending a-school I was inspired to start sailing while watching folks sail in the afternoon. Not too long after I got back a friend of ours lent us a small rotomodeld boat by the name of "escape solsa". I really had a blast learning to sail on our lake though the boat had a couple flaws. We gave the boat back a couple weeks ago and have since been looking for a boat.
After doing a little research and seeing what's available used, we have decided on either a Hobie wave or a sunfish.
I'm leaning more towards getting a sunfish since it's smaller, more available, less expensive, and because they are very popular.
How does the sunfish sail compared to a wave or maybe the solsa we used to have?
The sunfish that I have looked at have been used a bit and have some damage but mostly cosmetic. How hard and expensive would it be to restore one of these granted I don't have too many tools. I saw a great deal for one around here but the owner claims it leaks a bit but you can sail all day without any trouble. How hard would it be to fix something like that?
Hope to be sailing again soon.
- Gabriel
I enlisted into the Coast Guard Reserve and while attending a-school I was inspired to start sailing while watching folks sail in the afternoon. Not too long after I got back a friend of ours lent us a small rotomodeld boat by the name of "escape solsa". I really had a blast learning to sail on our lake though the boat had a couple flaws. We gave the boat back a couple weeks ago and have since been looking for a boat.
After doing a little research and seeing what's available used, we have decided on either a Hobie wave or a sunfish.
I'm leaning more towards getting a sunfish since it's smaller, more available, less expensive, and because they are very popular.
How does the sunfish sail compared to a wave or maybe the solsa we used to have?
The sunfish that I have looked at have been used a bit and have some damage but mostly cosmetic. How hard and expensive would it be to restore one of these granted I don't have too many tools. I saw a great deal for one around here but the owner claims it leaks a bit but you can sail all day without any trouble. How hard would it be to fix something like that?
Hope to be sailing again soon.
- Gabriel