Recent content by RyanDe

When the wind blows towards the dock I get nervous going out because I've almost hit the boat a few times, but the wind mostly blows toward the dock, so.. I have no real place to land, to the left are rocks and the right is our boat and behind that is neighbors boats and more rocks. I tried to...

Because I have to launch and land from a dock it would be much easier to do this without the sail up so as to not crash into any other boats on the dock. I'd prefer to paddle out 100' or so and raise everything and then lower around the same location coming in and just paddle to the dock...

Do you have a photo of this by any chance? I'm looking to build something for my dock and trying to get inspiration.

Great advice, I took a bunch of the tips and tried to use those yesterday. I came close to going over, but was able to stay dry during my maiden voyage! :-) I'll get another chance in a couple of weeks and the water should be warmer so I'll probably have someone follow me in a kayak while I try...

Got my boat, learned to rig her and buying some minor accessories (bungie for dagger board, paddle, cup to bail) and now I'm planning my first adventure. The water is still cold (50-65) so I'd prefer to not go in especially since I have yet to practice recovering so what can I do to limit my...

Should I be concerned about the large 8" port on the first one? That boat looks like the best option out of all of them but it's also the most expensive ($1300). My head is spinning with so many options, I guess it's better to have more options than fewer but I'm paralyzed from making a choice...

While looking over craiglists for my first sunfish I've noticed that every boat has something unique. From what I can tell none of the older ones have access ports but I could be wrong. Some have two, some have three or one and some don't have any. Is this a good/bad sign, does the location and...