Recent content by Beekeeper

You mind as well jump in with both feet, go get her!!

I built an A-frame out of 2x6's about 5 feet long and 5 feet tall, on the bottom of each side I cut the support that goes across the face of each side the same shape as the Sunfish side deck so that when placed deck side in against the A-frame the aluminum rail sits on the deck shaped board and...

I should have said, "my 1966 red hulled Sunfish after my restoration". Just in case anyone thought I was color blind.

So, before I covered my red hulled 1966 Sunfish, I picked up almost a year ago I thought I'd take a couple pictures of her.

This is my newer old style rudder, that rudder head prevents the cracks that are common in the old style blades, and it has a newer style blade. I came across this on an older hull and immediately put it on my "66" hull.

I saw that boat listed online, your keeping busy cleaning up the excess Sunfish inventory. I'm getting ready to list the last Zuma from Sequassin, but also looking at a Ray Greene Rebel 16 and, or a Schwill 16 both with nice trailers and low prices.

I needed to make a new rudder for this last Zuma I'm going to be selling because the one that came with it is split pretty bad. Had the right size mahogany board in my wood pile and used the old one as a template and started a whittlen, so to speak.

I have the sections of block that I cut out, in smaller sections of course and have them sitting in the sun. I was thinking of putting them back in, in a staggered pattern in that area after they dry out. The blob of foam in the area behind the cockpit is now the only saturated area and it's...

Yup, the spars and sail are new also, he told me he spent over $600 on the parts this past winter and got the hull for free.

So, she's upside-down on sawhorses on the south side of the house, with two ports in her drying her waterlogged butt out. Life goes on!

Thanks for ideas and comments, not sure what I'm gonna do yet, I don't like junking boats, most all things can be fixed or replaced and it doesn't cost me anymore to hang onto it for awhile. Came with new boards along with new spars and sail.

No, not sure what I'm going to do yet, the blocks are necessary for support of the deck as much as flotation right?

I have SLO sail covers for my Sunfish and Mistral 16 also my Vagabond 14. but also, have had Sailors Tailor covers that were awesome, and have a sunfish cover from Ebay for my Clone fish Windflite, that is great.

Oh boy, this is one of the roughest hulls I've picked up, none of the foam blocks were attached, in about 30mins I pulled out maybe thirty lbs. of soaked foam blocks. Every time I pull off the gorilla tape there's a hole. Almost looks like the foam had some infestation, with holes burrowed...

Yup looks like that one, the splash rail is a darker blue but same color hull, has Michigan tags on it, I believe.