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How about this one? Sunfish racing sailboat - boats - by owner - marine sale - craigslist Good boat at a decent price. Alan Glos Cazenovia, NY

Mast step failures are more common in the Laser class and somebody used to market a repair kit composed of a new tube and rather large section of deck that could be glassed into the damaged area. I have seen a few of these repair jobs and they looked like overkill, but at least they got the boat...

Sailing downwind is harder than sailing upwind as the sail does not luff with every little windshift. So the key is to have good wind indicators and respond to every shift. I like mylar cassette tape on wire outriggers mounted about 4' off the deck off the gaff (upper boom.) Alan Glos...

I would be very reluctant to use a small deck eye and clam cleat to secure the mainsheet. There would be a lot of friction in this rig making it very difficult to ease the mainsheet quickly in a strong gust, and a capsize would be likely. A small block with or without a cleat would be...

A tennis ball is a good mast hole plug, Alan Glos Cazenovia, NY

Time to weigh in: I salvage several waterlogged, damaged-beyond-repair Sunfish hulls per year for parts so I try to salvage these cast aluminum DePersia bailers whenever possible. To this end, I went to my friendly Harbor Freight store and bought a stout socket "breaker bar", long extension...

I am rigging a stock Sunfish for racing and need to attach Clam Cleats (for the outhaul and cunningham) to the boom and a halyard cleat on the mast. Would stainless pop rivets be better than aluminum? If so, (a) where can I get some and (b) will a standard pop rivet gun be powerful enough to...

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My son went to Connecticut College in New London (right across the street from the Coast Guard Academy) and they had a nice sailing club facility right on the Thames River. There was tide and current and but very littlle if any commercial traffic to contend with. Downstream there is commercial...

I have had several Trailex trailers over the years., The newer box frame model with the single steel leaf spring is a big improvement over the earlier designs with the single crossbar and the rubber "springs." I have replaced the original lights with LED lights and when I trail the trailer...

Signal Charlie, I have been salvaging sailboat parts for the better part of 60 years and the only left handed gronicle I ever found came off a 1950s vintage wood, damaged-beyond-repair Johnson A Scow in Zenda, Wisconsin in the summer of 1965. I have several right handed gronicles. They are not...

3Fish&TheSun, As long as the boat is well tied down to the ramp, there is no risk that the wind on a bare mast will stress the mast step. I have a nice soft, fat tie-down line that goes over the cockpit and another tie-down line at the bow. Yes, if you leave a mast up on the beach and wind...

Now the next move is to buy a mast-up cover so you can leave the rig on the boat and be on the water in 5 minutes, see photos of both ramp designs. The first photo shows the simple beach ramp. The long frame is 2"X4"X8' pressure treated studs. The bunk is 2"X8"X4' PT, but these dimensions are...

SEE NEW PRICE. Alan Glos Cazenovia, NY

mitka, This is not my CL ad. but people ship on CraigsList all the time. Ask for a shipping quote before you agree to buy. I do not use an escrow account or electronic payment methods. Alan Glos

How about this one? Sunfish rudder - boats - by owner - marine sale

RE: the pool noodle idea. Our sailing club has fleets of 420s and FJs and over the years accumulated a number of broken spars, mostly booms. They were headed to the dumpster so I hauled them home and salvaged the blocks and other fittings and when I removed the end hardware, I noticed that...

It will float if not full of water. If full of water, it will sink like a greased anvil. Alan Glos

Doug, If you are referring to the bronze plate that screws on to the keel (middle fitting in the attached photo) I have this part, $20 + shipping. Contact me at: [email protected] if you want it. Need anything else? Alan Glos Cazenovia, NY

Ratsey & Lapthorn, which I believe (?) was originally an English sailmaker, produced factory issued Sunfish sails back in the day. Although they were well built, not many have survived. I see one every now and then when picking damaged-beyond-repair hulls for parts. Alan Glos Cazenovia, NY