Recent content by johnh

Thank you for the idea. Thankfully my deck is not damaged and the mast tube is still attached to the bottom of the hull, only the side is blown out. The damage starts at the ring the mast sits on in the tube and extends up to the white deck extention in the tube. I really do not want to take the...

We have had a MiniFish since 1970. It is easy to sail. It is a durable beach boat that kids can learn on and not break. The only thing we have had to replace is the spring on the rudder pin and we put on a new sail two years ago. It is great when the wind is light. When I was a kid, we...

Last week, my sister and I decided the wind was blowing too hard to take out our 31 foot sailboat, so instead we went out on two of our sunfish boats. The wind got up to 25kts or so and the waves were about 4 to 6 feet. On the way back from bouy 2 in Tawas Bay, my mast tube failed. Because I...