(Found on the Internet.)
This wooden boat is about the same weight as a Sunfish. This might be a solution for those of us who have a pickup and a need to transport a Sunfish without the rigors of a trailer ride.
Related wood boat discussions...
1) How can I tell if my two sails are "blown-out"? :confused:
2) I have the standard 40" (from the peak) tell-tale on one sail. The other sail arrived with just two tell-tales 14" in from the luff, and each about 30" from the peak and tack. The lower tell-tale "reads" a bit earlier than the...
Over the years, my mahogany daggerboard has worn-away some of its trailing edge. I'm wondering what alternative materials can be used, as I'm no longer racing sail boats.
Marine plywood? Oak? Aluminum? Cast iron would be too heavy. :p
But while cast iron did occur to me sailing...
Even though the water's still cold for sailing here, I prepared the boat for the first time this season and found I couldn't see any cork block on the bottom of the mast. Sure enough, the bottom cork had disintegrated and fallen deeply inside.
So I went to Walmart's swim section and bought...
Last summer, I got stuck 8 miles from home when the wind died—REALLY died—fortunately, the weather held. I've since been storing a cheap, two-part, plastic paddle that fits inside the 6" ports I installed. But eight miles by paddle is still a hike.
I have this working trolling motor that I've...
I'm leaving my fiddly catamaran for the simpler, funner, Sunfish—but there's this thing nagging at me.
The very thought kinda defeats the purpose of a very simple hull and rig—and I've seen nothing on the Internet about it***.
But the idea still intrigues me. Two stayless rigs. Hmmm. Hmmm...
My used Sunfish sail always looks baggy. (The leech curves back towards the wind).
I don't race but do sail to windward a lot, and don't seem to be "pointing" particularly well. Downwind is fine.
Other than a proper replacement sail, is there a trimming hint or a permanent fix for this?
It wasn't easy righting my boat the other day, and I had to do it twice. (Grrr).
I was a little more mellow the 2nd time, which allowed time for water to seep into the spars and made righting much tougher. (I got a Good Samaritan volunteer after a time, so with two of us, it did get righted...
My boat arrived with the boom to port of the mast. The prevailing breeze being what it is, it would be easier to raise the halyard if I move the boom to starboard. Thoughts?
What direction should the halyard block be facing?
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