Recent content by willip

The puzzling thing about the daggerboard is that the twist is almost perfectly aligned with the axis running along the middle of the board - it's not cupped to one side like most of the warped lumber I've seen. That makes sense regarding the sail and halyard. In fighting for control in high...

Here's a photo of the boat from August. I had the sail more than high enough to duck under the lower spar and there was still about a foot of halyard between the upper spar and the top of the mast. It sails really well with winds between 5 and 15 knots but the weather helm is almost...

You make an interesting point. I did notice that my boat seemed to sail better on port tack then on starboard (if I'm remembering correctly) but wasn't sure if that was due to the upper spar being blown away from the mast on starboard tack (I don't think I had the halyard tied on at the right...

Hello all, I acquired a Minifish back in late June and enjoyed taking it out on 10 or so outings over the rest of the summer. Since the varnish on the rudder and daggerboard was worn, I decided to sand it off and refinish as a winter project; however, after drying out in my house for a couple...