Recent content by Papra

Ah good -- "loose fit" is probably the best I'd muster anyway. I'll make sure not to over engineer it (as I'm wont to do!). Thanks for the warning!

Wish I could, Alan, but camping on the beach is illegal on my bay. It's either private property or a park that closes at sunset. To be fair, overnighting on a Sunfish is probably worse than most alternatives but for the sake of academic argument, I'm wondering what it would take. Stability...

Amazing, I just spent a nice train ride day dreaming about ideas very similar to those discussed here. A hammock sounds like my preferred method. I was thinking about running the anchor through the daggerboard hole to help with the higher center of gravity. Perhaps some sort of bag pumped...

I had thought it was pretty dry but realized later that I only had the seller's word on that (d'oh). I'll weigh this weekend and find out if their word was good! So, to keep your hull from getting waterlogged: - Drain after each use - protect from elements - [any additions?]

I took my sunfish that I bought used earlier this year out for the first time two weekends ago and had a blast. When I got home, I noticed some water sloshing around the hull. I’m not sure if it was there before I went out or not (I think not) but I made use of the drain plug near the splash...

I also found kmac17's comment here very helpful. I'm glad I found it late or else I may not have posted and wouldn't have read all the great stuff here!

I've seen a lot of threads about HOW to rig racing or "geezer" but curious about the WHY? Geezer clearly gives you more space to duck under the boom but what are you losing? Speed, I assume, but how? Essentially, my question is two parts: 'what are the effects and trade offs of moving the...