Recent content by Bud

Geophizz, Thanks for your reply and advice. The lighter "de-lamination" appearance in the photo is deceiving. Reseason being, the dark area is where the foam ballast is adheared to the inner hull. This makes the fiberglass darker in color. The spider cracks formed around the flex/stress...

Update: Well, can't find any good gelcoat right down to fiberglass. I sand and sand with yellow being the constant color and cracking and orange peeling being the texture. Looks like I'm going right to glass on this boat, throwing down some West epoxy coats for strength, then hitting it with...

Evan, Wow, great find! The only thing I see missing, when compared to the original, is the "r" trademark symbol after and above the word Sunfish.

Wavedancer, Thanks for the reply. Interestingly enough, I went to the "Knowledge base" section of the site and found the "replacing floatation blocks" tutorial. The last section covers re-attaching the upper and lower in great detail. Here's the link...

Evan, Thanks for the reply and photo. It's literally a labor of love for certain. I'll let you know how the decal reproduction experiment goes. In this day and age of photoshop, I wouldn't be surprised if we matched it perfectly. The key is finding a photo of a mint one (old ad or photo...

Thad, Thanks for fantastic re-rigging advice. I will make those changes. This is the exact type of input I need as I move forward. Here is newest photo of gelcoat removal down to glass on one of the larger spider cracks along the hull centerline. ughh...

Thad, Thanks for confirming the "mystery wood" in Pic#10. Here are the 2 missing photos Pic#1 Pic#2

Having looked at the old style rudder assembly, I just realized the wood in Pic#10 may have been the original support beam for the topside portion of the support bracket. Bud

ok, as promised, here are some photos. Any comments are welcome as I try to tackle my first boat/gelcoat/fiberglass project. Bud Pic#1-Lots of pine needles and sap which nice acetone bath took care of following all hardware removal. Pic#2-can't wait to see what's under those spider cracks...

Hi gang. Name's Bud and got a "new" Sunfish this past weekend. The boat is an "original" Alcort with rutter upgrade (albeit, gudgeon installation hack job). The serial # 56478 (1968?) on the deck is a metal plate just aft of the coaming, and the cockpit has no storage compartment. This will...