klemsaba
Member
I've had my '74 Sunfish for 7 years and all this time I've never had a bailer ball for the old De Persia bailer. Always just drained the cockpit at the beach. This past Summer, we gave my daughter her own Sunfish from 1968. It was also missing a bailer ball as well.
Of course we can buy the official bailer balls sold, but I had the game Aggravation laying around that just happened to have plastic marbles/balls. Took a couple and popped them into the bailers and yesterday they worked great during our sail to keep the cockpit drained while moving. We had waves crashing over the boat. They don't quite seal up the cockpit when the boat is slowly moving around so the bailer does seep. I'm not sure if perhaps the old bailer plugs are not smooth enough or more probably the official ball has some secrete sauce to it? I've never seen an official setup so not sure how well the system works in general.
The best part? You can color coordinate your bailer ball with your boat color! 30 balls for $15 and a bonus game to play when there's no wind!
I'm not sure, but the balls in Hungry Hungry Hippos might work as well.
Of course we can buy the official bailer balls sold, but I had the game Aggravation laying around that just happened to have plastic marbles/balls. Took a couple and popped them into the bailers and yesterday they worked great during our sail to keep the cockpit drained while moving. We had waves crashing over the boat. They don't quite seal up the cockpit when the boat is slowly moving around so the bailer does seep. I'm not sure if perhaps the old bailer plugs are not smooth enough or more probably the official ball has some secrete sauce to it? I've never seen an official setup so not sure how well the system works in general.
The best part? You can color coordinate your bailer ball with your boat color! 30 balls for $15 and a bonus game to play when there's no wind!
I'm not sure, but the balls in Hungry Hungry Hippos might work as well.