Recent content by aggiearchi

Thanks. I'll try to get photos this weekend.

I have a '65, in pretty good original shape (I originally thought it was a '59, but I had misread the serial number). I have sailed it a total of 5 times the last two months, after it was stored for 35 years. I was out yesterday, and caught enough wind just a few times to pick up speed and...

Post 1972 Sunfishes have a storage compartment in the cockpit - I don't see that on this one. I would expect to see an oval metal plate on the deck just aft of the center of the splash guard, bearing the manufacturer's name (Alcort, AMF, Vanguard) and a serial number, but I don't see that...

Here is a link that Dan gave me to identify your boat's year from the serial number: http://www.sunfishclass.org/frequent/index.htm On my '59 boat, the plate with the serial number is on the deck, right inside the "V" of the splash guard. I am planning on putting in a port as soon as the...

What is a roll tack? I got caught in irons this past weekend, coming out of a wooded inlet that I never should have gone into, and and when I finally got out of it, I had to jibe to avoid the shoreline. I wasn't going fast at the time, but I was still surprised that I didn't capsize. In fact...

We used to do it with a Y-flier racer down on the Gulf Coast when I was a kid, but those were probably smaller waves than what you're talking about. We would have the mainsail and jib ready to raise, walk/paddle the boat out a ways, then raise the sails and scramble like heck to get it under...

duplicate - oops

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:eek: Holy cow!!!! My boat is a 1959! It's almost 50 years old! Before I knew this, we took it out in a good stiff breeze yesterday, and really put some stress on it. It took in some water in the cockpit, but the sail held up fine, and the boat performed beautifully. I'll look at...

:eek: Holy cow!!!! My boat is a 1959! It's almost 50 years old! Before I knew this, we took it out in a good stiff breeze yesterday, and really put some stress on it. It took in some water in the cockpit, but the sail held up fine, and the boat performed beautifully. I'll look at...

Thanks for that info & website, Dan. It has a cockpit, so I will check the plate for the serial number. I do remember seeing a number there.

Hello - I just found this forum, and I am glad to see how active it is. As a very out-of-practice sailor, I hope that you will be patient with me. I bought a Sunfish 5 years ago from a party that had kept it stored and unused for something like 30 years. If I remember correctly, the last...