Sylvan Sunfish
New Member
After many years of building street rods and drag cars, I found a new passion that is a whole lot quieter...and love it. A good friend of the family is getting ready to retire and offered up his 2 sail boats to us; he is not so physically able anymore and wanted us to have them. So in the end we got the Snark and Sunfish, on trailer, for free. Having never sailed before and thinking it was easier than it really is, my wife and I ended up turtle a couple of times on our first outing. After a couple of quick lessons on You Tube, we have it down. Wow, this is fun. With the help of APS, we replaced all the lines on both boats, replaced the traveler and installed a Harken block/spring kit on the Sunfish. I also cut out the original bailer and installed a new one that the previous owner gave us. I need to replace the sail but will probably wait until next year when we are a little more competent. But first, I do want to replace the tiller handle or just add an extension to the existing handle. Recommendations? I want something that will reach up more in the cockpit and will be easier to hang on to when switching sides. The existing handle is pretty short compared to other photos I've seen of Sunfish. I'm not too worried about cost, after all, this was all free to start with.