Recent content by JPitman

My family owns an early 70s sunfish with a rather beat hull that seems to need some sort of repair every year - installed inspection ports/dried it out/reglued foam, repaired fine cracks. It has seen some hard use from many people over the years. Now that it is all banged up I appear to be the...

Have you considered Lake Winnipesaukee? It's big as inlands go. I'm over in Central Vt. I've got my sunfish parked at Lake Elmore where my family has a camp. The lake is small - 1/2m wide by 1m long but w/great winds.

Ayeh, hadn't considered the drag thing and how it would alter the theoretical center of the boat. You see large sailboats draging dingies once in a while but in that case I suppose the additional drag is negligible. Cool article at mindspring. Sounds like alot of work but quite ideal in the...

Does anyone have experience using a sunfish as the means of transport for a camping adventure? I have enjoyed canoe camping in the past and am thinking it might be a better way to go being solar powered so to speak. I can invision needing to tow a small lightweight waterproof cargo boat...

I wish you had posted this three days ago. I just brought my pre 1972 rudder hinge in to be welded.. I still haven't got it back. If it gets botched I'd be interested in buying yours. Does anyone know - are wood boats lighter than fiberglass? How about stiffness and performance? Jim

There's a yahoo forum - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sunfish_sailor/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1 They have a file in the files section that gives a history with serial nos. You may have to be a member to view it. I am, so I looked up your SN 6123. It suggest it's between...

FYI I just weighed mine. It was manufactured in 68. As a lead in: It developped a leak a few years ago. We store it outside and the freezing water broke open the hull right under the cockpit. This has been repaired. After joining this forum I decided to install a couple of inspection ports. I...

Great idea porpoise2. Thanks

1. Yes, I do mean the bow handle. 2. Well, I only transport the six packs, but not a bad idea. It would be be handy to secure it during a paddle out of a bay to windier reaches for example, or during setup. If I let that tiller flounder for a second it seems to default to an aggressive angle. I...

Hello everyone, I'm new to the Sunfish Forum. We have had a late sixties Sunfish in the family since about 74 and I'm just beggining to reapreciate this little boat. I went for a couple of white knuckle sails here in VT this labor day weekend and had a ball. I flipped it twice - lost a cell...