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    Sunfish sailing off the Texas coast

    Magnolia Beach on Matagorda Bay (near Port Lavaca) has a beach that you can launch and retrieve from. I have retrieved both my O'Day Day Sailer II and my O'Day Mariner off the beach there at the end of the Texas 200. I was able to back the trailer right into the water. A Sunfish would be easy...
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    Family daysailer vs 2nd Sunfish

    Signal Charlie is correct that the Day Sailer III is not "class legal" for racing with other Day Sailers. They are still good boats. The reason they are not class legal is because, like the Sunfish, the Day Sailer is a "One Design" class boat. With the Day Sailer III O'Day changed the hull...
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    Family daysailer vs 2nd Sunfish

    You might want to post it on the Day Sailer forum "For Sale" section. It doesn't cost anything to use the forum. http://www.daysailer.org/ John
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    Family daysailer vs 2nd Sunfish

    klb67, I check in here from time to time as I purchased a Sunfish hull last year to restore and get sailing again. Finally got the hull dried out. Besides my 1976 Day Sailer II, I have a 1973 O'Day Mariner, A 1963 O'Day Rhodes 19, and a 1952 Beetle Boat Swan catboat. The R19 and the BB Swan...
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    Family daysailer vs 2nd Sunfish

    As far as turtling in case of a capsize, I have 2 feet of foam in my mast head which is sufficient to keep the boat from turtling in case of a capsize. John
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    Family daysailer vs 2nd Sunfish

    I have a 1976 O'Day Day Sailer II that I have had for several years. It is a very good solid boat. As has been mentioned, there are other boats referred to as daysailers. One of the advantages of the Day Sailer class is that the boats are still in production and so accessability of parts is...
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    Reefing a Lateen Sail for Voyaging

    If you look at the Texas 200 web site http://www.texas200.com/ and go to the photo sections for various years you will see the balanced lug sail that many of the home built boats use. These boats are all setup to put two reefs (min.) in the sails. The sail is similar to the Sunfish sail except...
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    Reefing a Lateen Sail for Voyaging

    The original subject of this post was camp cruising a Sunfish, which is why the subject of reefing came up. It is always good to carry a VHF radio to pick up weather info or to call for rescue if need be. But, when camp cruising, if the weather report says it is windier than you feel comfortable...
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    Reefing a Lateen Sail for Voyaging

    Blue Heron, the Tx200 does not have any portages. Several sailors on the Tx200 have also sailed the Everglades Challenge.
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    Reefing a Lateen Sail for Voyaging

    Blue Heron, you might want to get on the Water Tribe http://www.watertribe.com/ forum site. As I recall, someone attempted the Everglades Challenge in a Sunfish a couple years ago. The Water Tribe requires sailboats to have at least 2 reefs in the sail for the Everglades Challenge. Someone there...
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    I Think I Accidentally Started An Alcort Museum...

    I sail a Day Sailer II most of the time, thought that stern looked familiar. Trying to get familiar with Sunfish before I start trying to restore an older boat. I haven't sailed a Sunfish in 30 years. John
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    I Think I Accidentally Started An Alcort Museum...

    Interesting collection of boats. Out of curiosity, in the picture with the 3 boats, is that a Day Sailer II in the background. John
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    Sunfish camping?

    If your into camp cruising there are several events you might want to check into. I just finished the Texas 200 a few weeks ago (not in a Sunfish), which takes place the 2nd week of June. We haven't had any Sunfish attempt the event yet, but in the past we have had 8' PDR's, small kayaks, and...
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    Yikes, My 1966 Sunfish weighs 270lbs without any drainable water in it!

    I have a late 60's hull I recently aquired that needs drying as well. I haven't had a chance to work on it yet, but will be installing the inspection ports in the next couple weeks. I live in central Texas and this time of the year temps are in the upper 90's /low 100's. That should help dry it...

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