Recent content by chiefypoo

hers a picture of the converted phantom

hey, I'm 76 and age don't matter I am working on a phantom that I have converted to a rowing /sail boat that I am ready to try shortly. I sail my old sunfish its old no serial no's but still sails great. A cinch cleat will take the strain off your arm and hand . I have trouble with my tiller arm...

I got a place at long beach, oak island n.c. and there are lots of places to sail here. My other h ome is near wrightsville beach n.c. but, there is hardly a place to launch near the beach 1 club (private) and a public boat ramp on the water way ( dangerous from power boats.) I took my...

I sail in an area with a lot of shallow bays and bars ( back behind a beach in oysters and mud) I made a dagger board that would just fit the slot and about 30" total length. lots of time I am creeping along along the marsh grass and over a few open areas, there are people who try to catch me...

My old mast isold, my boat don't have a no. the anid. is getting in bad shape . What can I do besides cleaning with soap and water and waxing? New mast are expensive.

I open the cockpit and put a combing from the back of the mast hole to 2 ft of the stern after rounding the bow and stern replaced the daggerboard with a seat, put on a small keel onthe stern bottom, a set of oar locks high enough for clearance and with a set of spoon oars you will fly over the...

I would grind and clean the crack with accitone and apply epoxyinside then on the outside put a couple of strips of fiberglass cloth or 6"tape over the crack and extend down along the keel sides coat good with resin and then bevel the inner edges then coat with goog paint. the hardest part is...