Hi everyone, a quick hello/intro from me, a first-time boat owner of a new (to me) Sunfish. She's an 05' Vanguard, previously sailed in fresh water only; a bit more salty now
Grew up spending my summers learning how to sail in C420s, and the occasional Opti. Was lucky enough in my teenage years to crew in a 40' C&C over four days of racing. Always wanted a boat to call my own, but have been a landlubber for a little over 10 years (with the exception of power boating on other peoples' units). Having loads of fun already, and feel tremendously lucky that a Sunfish is what I bought - it's phenomenally simple, effective, and (as this forum's proved to me already) has an excellent community surround it.
Below are a couple pictures of my unit, just dried out after 3+ hours in 21kn gusts, an escaped death roll, and hose down
(bought er' with the dagger board in this condition... will need to address that... )
PS - regarding my tel tales, have I properly interpreted "I put telltales on my Sunfish sail this year, and if I had it to do over, I would put one pair about 8 to 10 inches below, and about 6 to 10 inches behind the Sunfish emblem on both sides of the sail. I would only put on one pair" ?
Grew up spending my summers learning how to sail in C420s, and the occasional Opti. Was lucky enough in my teenage years to crew in a 40' C&C over four days of racing. Always wanted a boat to call my own, but have been a landlubber for a little over 10 years (with the exception of power boating on other peoples' units). Having loads of fun already, and feel tremendously lucky that a Sunfish is what I bought - it's phenomenally simple, effective, and (as this forum's proved to me already) has an excellent community surround it.
Below are a couple pictures of my unit, just dried out after 3+ hours in 21kn gusts, an escaped death roll, and hose down
(bought er' with the dagger board in this condition... will need to address that... )
PS - regarding my tel tales, have I properly interpreted "I put telltales on my Sunfish sail this year, and if I had it to do over, I would put one pair about 8 to 10 inches below, and about 6 to 10 inches behind the Sunfish emblem on both sides of the sail. I would only put on one pair" ?