Recent content by Charles Howard

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You have an older boat. I would airtest and fix the leaks and go sailing. If you want paint it. You want the boat light and smooth for performance. Weight is a bad thing.

Had an older trailer that had been in our family since new but not registered for years. Had all the paperwork Went to it again to sell it. The NYS registration office said it had been purged and then took the paperwork and entered it as homemade. In NYS you have to have the trailer weighed...

As pointed out you need a very big blade screwdriver full width of the slot. Lots of spray. Put a big adjustable wrench on the screwdriver and try turning the screwdriver with the wrench. Start with small pressure in on direction and then the other then spray let it sit. Keep repeating slowly...

You already have the new style blade

Looking at the portsmith numbers a laser is faster

What type? Is this outdoor, putting them in water? Is the storing them when not in use?

They will pop out but not the easiest to reset on the water. Do you have the plastic tube on the carriage bolt? That is a pretty good crack in the blade.

Nicholson58 if you go to most competitive sunfish regattas most sail with a compass, even on inland lakes. They help on where to start. You can spot wind shifts. When you look at the fast sailors boat deck. you see lots of pencil numbers of compas changes on the deck as they track the wind.

Alan Glos on this site often has the parts used.

The above comments are all correct. jjcsunfish practce a lot time on the water is important. Are there good sailors at your club to see what you are doing, question and answers, debrief? I would go to outside regattas the more you race the better. I have been to some that the top sailors...

Compass mount. I had the same setup. Compass would twist off for storage.

You have a pre 71 sunfish so having the blocks rot would not be uncommon. I would replace the wood since you have it open i would not worry about open grain and get out on the water. I do wonder how you are going to replace the top block and deck and carry the load from the rudder in big...

Those look like rivets which expand when installed so getting them back in wont work. Is there a block of wood that you can feel with a nail in the holes? If there is a block, I would fill and put in screws. If not you can get new pop rivets, aluminum and if installed correctly will expand and...