Recent content by Eric Woodman

I agree with this. Obviously you have to have a clue how to do it, but following a checklist is not easy. It would be like trying to teach someone how to ride a bike by reading them a book

Results now online here http://sunfishclass.org/results_archive/2013/2013_Sunfish_Masters_Overall.pdf

I almost never have the board all the way up. The only time I do that is if there is a ton of weeds in the water and I'm going down wind. You need the board down some, even downwind, to be able to steer the boat effectively without dragging the rudder at a sharp angle.

Survey is online now too http://sunfishclass.org/news/article/sunfish-class-survey-now-online

More boat cam videos with tacks

But can we afford it? We lost $45K due to the Windward leg (Net, that includes advertising revenue offsets) from 2004-2009. that's more than we had in the bank as of last summer. Now we're put out a HUGE edition with no ads. In the past 40 to 50 percent of the cost of the newsletter was...

I got mine on Monday and was surprised to see that it was 40 pages, about 3/4 of which were regatta results from 2010-2013 and meeting minutes from meetings held in 2010-2012. I would think anyone interested in this information would have found it by now online. There were no ads in the...

Toplac (made by Interlux) is a relatively easy and affordable 1-part marine paint, but as with all paint over glass it's not going to be as durable as Awlgrip. I used Toplac on a rowing dinghy a few years back and it was a success. I don't think if would stand up to being dragged on a beach...

While we are on the topic of the Website, does anyone know if there has been any thought given to making Windward Leg a digital publication? Printing and mailing costs must be significant, and I'd think the vast majority of class members are now online. New editions, in PDF format, could be...

Is it a done deal? That's the whole point. It was a done deal before, right? When do we know it's safe to make plans? Not that this is about me, but I have made non-revokable plans for the week of Aug 21 already based on the idea of going to the relatively nearby NAs in NJ in June and...

Maybe hostile is the wrong word. But the 2007 NAs were scheduled in Brant Beach and the Worlds were to be in Canada.

Brian is right. there was a note posted on the board saying that there would be photos posted to some website. I can't remember the address either and can't find it through Google, etc. I've never seen so many cameras at a race! Anyone?

for simple oxidation (as opposed to getting out scratches), I would definitely not start with wet sanding. Try rubbing compound first. 3M makes a good one.