Recent content by hospadar

Perfect! That's just the info I needed.

For those of you using a JC strap bungee set up - how exactly do you have it set up? I don't really understand from any of the descriptions I've read how exactly the bungee is fastened/rigged near the tack of the sail. Can anyone provide clear photos of how the bungee goes through/is connected...

Update: Took the zuma rudder + stainless bracket out for the first time (which custom hockey-stick-turned-tiller and golf-club+ronstan-joint-extension) and it worked like a charm! Only sailed the classic rudder once under slightly different conditions, but the zuma rudder works great (and...

Preparing the rudder cheeks for welding. A bolt is being used to keep the pivot holes in alignment. The cheeks are clamped around a piece of oak shimmed out with aluminum tape to .87". The hole drilled in the oak block (visible in the pic on the right) is to permit back-purge gas to keep the...

THE PLOT THICKENS: (or at least, the rudder thickens) I can't use the whole zuma rudder cheek assembly on the sunfish because the pintle on the zuma is 1/2" instead of the sunfish's 3/8" and doesn't fit in the sunfish's gudgeons. I can't just put the zuma rudder into the sunfish's bracket...

Sounds good - I can't imagine that the strength of polypro would actually be a problem for recreational sailing? FWIW the dyneema is also pretty slick on the surface. I still haven't sailed with mine yet on account of flat trailer tires though so that's really just guessing :p

My silly opinions (mostly just seconding everything signal charlie says): Practice a capsize first thing next time you put the boat on the water. It's a lot easier to practice near shore in little/no wind then out in the middle of a lake when it's windy and you're tired. I had a big dread of...

I just got a pair of viadana ball bearing swivel blocks for a sunfish that i like (i did a similar upgrade to a Zuma a while back). Not very expensive and don't require replacing the eyestraps on the boom (i have a sunfish but same idea) Like these: Viadana USA Yacht Equipment - Viadana Single...

Well I'm no expert but I did read a lot about it on the internet today :) I've never braided polypro, but from what you're describing I think they sound the same. I buried the tail with a fid (pushing), but a lot of folks pull the tail through with a bent piece of stainless wire (if you google...

Update! Sailed the boat for the first time yesterday with the three-loop bridle, had a great time (sheet was bowline'd to the loop). This morning I spliced (fun! first time splicing dyneema) and installed my own dyneema bridle, looks great but haven't used it yet. I had to order a couple...

How did you mark and cut the opening? Hot knife? Something else? Did you cut the opening before sewing in the window?

Finally got around to leak testing the boat, results were promising: One leak at the tub/deck seam at the very back of the storage compartment 2 very (very) small leaks at the hull/deck seam near the bow small-ish leak at one of the stern corners - there's some spider cracks in the gel coat so...

I learn something new every day! Not really related, I've wondered for a while how effective it would be to put an oarlock socket on the stern and scull with a single oar for auxiliary propulsion vs kayak/SUP paddling.

This guy does some upright paddling in his sunfish in his series about sailing around isle royale in a sunfish (5 part series, great watch if you're into that sort of thing): Doesn't seem like he has any big difficulty staying upright even without outriggers (but he's in a sunfish, not a...

Ooo in fact I have one in the basement from a different project