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    Second Sail Tomorrow - Could Use Some Advice!

    Wow - this brought back so many memories of sailing and learning the basics - great, great video. You made it out, and you made it back and you learned along the way!! But...the best part was the video and I encourage you to do more, as you were smart, funny and totally "approachable" we could...
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    Sunfish vacation rental

    Here you go: https://www.vrbo.com/search/keywords:slaughter-beach-de-usa?channel=slp&pinnedPropertyListing=121.9319144.8377446 https://www.vrbo.com/990883ha?noDates=true One is a two story place across the street fro the beach and the other is a 1 story place across from the beach Both well...
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    Sunfish vacation rental

    Yes, in Slaughter Beach, DE full transparency, my family has two vacation rental cottages, and I would be willing to rent one of my 4 sunfish to someone who knows how to sail. i keep 1 or 2 on the beach all summer, and all 4 out around regatta time
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    Thrift Store Sunfish!

    Just an FYI, no cleat required on mast to secure halyard. Original equipment is a cleat on deck for this purpose
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    Lost older brass drain plug

    Not hard to replace with new style. I seem to recall two issues to pay attention to: 1) the old may be very hard to unscrew, so you may end up cutting it off with hacksaw. Even if you don’t have to cut off, you may need two people, one up dealing with nut in cockpit , and other below hull with...
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    A sail is not a sail...

    Agree with Beldar Boathead, but if you wish to take it further, the sail with stiffness vs softness is better. Please don't take this as the be all, end all of sail quality "determinedness" as there are a ton of sail nuances and build methods and even adjustments for heavy wind vs light winds.
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    A sail is not a sail...

    Sidebar - My kids bought me a new Intensity red white and blue sail last year and then bought graphics and added to the sail. The graphics are our sail club's logo, which I am "Commode Ore" of. Turned out beautiful, and only have 1 year of use on the sail but it is still close to perfect.
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    A sail is not a sail...

    Fair enough. You are correct that many sails are made offshore. I should have qualified it with a comment to use a supplier that has good feedback and do just what you are doing, in asking this forum participants their feedback. I have used North and Intensity with great results.
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    A sail is not a sail...

    +1 on the Intensity sail if you are not racing and agreed on staying away from China sails. Neighbor bought one and it arrived without grommets. After 30 days of waiting, got a replacement in and it lasted one season before it was "blown out". Not worth the few dollars of savings. Separate...
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    Thrift Store Sunfish!

    Great buy. I would go with the Intensity sail and look on eBay for a dagger board. Unless you love woodworking, you will have more time and materials in building a good daggerboard than buying a nice one off eBay. The pin is easily replaced and I have 3 sunfish, two pointed one direction and one...
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    Old wooden fish - worth it?

    Ok, I’ll bite I’ve never built a wooden sunfish, but sailed a few and owned both a wooden sailfish and sunfish. My sailfish came with wooden spars and aluminum mast. I do not know what was original. I do not believe they sail as well as their fiberglass relatives. I also hated having to be so...
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    1979 Sunfish restoration

    To your question regarding sea deck. I used sheet stock of hydro turf to cover up a deck repair and to assist in the sliding around on the deck. Worked great and has held up 3 seasons with the boat on the beach all summer. On DE Bay, so it’s tough conditions. I actually don’t like that I can’t...
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    Repairing a crack in the mast step

    As a followup. Sanded it down, marked out the holes for the PVC grommet and glued and screwed it down with the 3M 5200. Rock solid and waterproof. With some help from another forum member, got the strips for the mast and a base plastic for mast and this is now better than new and looks professional.
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    Repairing a crack in the mast step

    New to this forum, and had mast step issue with my sunfish. This forum and topic has been very helpful. Mine had cracked at upper 1" of the step, and lost some fiberglass and gelcoat. This lead to a leak in the upper portion of step. I tried to find balloons of the right diameter, but my local...

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