andyatos
Well-Known Member
I've got a nickname for my friend Greg's recently acquired Sunfish. I call it, "The Museum Piece".
That's because it looks like a nautical sailing museum bought a Sunfish brand new back in the day, brought it to their location, took off the shrink wrap and put it up on display... where it has lived for decades having never been used.
Greg's got a boat like that. Pristine, a perfectly shiny deck, not a nick on the boat anywhere and a new, crunchy sail. Only $800. Yesterday I got to sail it when the wind came up... after Greg had been sailing for a while. After tooling around on it, hiking hard and getting a bit tired, I came in for break. But Greg immediately said, "Go back out and I'll film you." I had brought my video camera and nice quality fluid head tripod with the intention of filming him.
So, I went back out. The location is Benicia, California. I'd guess it was gusting over 20 at times. Here's the video.
Cheers,
- Andy
That's because it looks like a nautical sailing museum bought a Sunfish brand new back in the day, brought it to their location, took off the shrink wrap and put it up on display... where it has lived for decades having never been used.
Greg's got a boat like that. Pristine, a perfectly shiny deck, not a nick on the boat anywhere and a new, crunchy sail. Only $800. Yesterday I got to sail it when the wind came up... after Greg had been sailing for a while. After tooling around on it, hiking hard and getting a bit tired, I came in for break. But Greg immediately said, "Go back out and I'll film you." I had brought my video camera and nice quality fluid head tripod with the intention of filming him.
So, I went back out. The location is Benicia, California. I'd guess it was gusting over 20 at times. Here's the video.
Cheers,
- Andy