Recent content by Robin U

Finally down to original paint. A little more sanding and then we can prime and paint!

Yes. We’re working it by hand going down the chine using a piece of curved plastic as a backer to keep the shape. We have more sanding to do but I wanted to get an update posted. Thank you for helping with this. We are happy so far.

Thanks!

Here’s where we’re at with this repair. After some help from Alan Glos and L&VW, we added several more slats to keep the spacing to a minimum. Three layers of 1708 fiberglass went on great. We built up the chine more to shape it with thickened epoxy with glass fiber and silica thickener for...

Makes sense. Thanks!

Can get some. What would we do with it?

Here’s an update. We got the slats installed with Thixo flex and pop rivets. Waiting for things to cure and cool down a little before we start fiberglass. Happy so far.

Thanks Al! We bought the bailer from you a few months ago. We really appreciate your input. It turned into a bigger project than we first thought but we're going to give it a shot. We'll post pictures as it goes along. Thanks again!

Thanks for the help. The slats I have should work like the sail battens. Wish I had an old hull to work off of but this is our first sunfish and they are hard to come by around here. Sounds like we are on the right track and we’ll keep posting to the forum as our project progresses. Thanks...

I have a 1967 sunfish that had what I thought to be a minor crack on the chine. When we got into it, we discovered that it was an old repair that had broken down and when we got that all removed we have a 3 foot hole that is about 3” at the widest point. What we decided to try is putting some...