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    On bailers and threads

    I need to get a replacement bailer cap for my sunfish. Staring at http://www.sunfishdirect.com/sunfish.php?p=sunfish_bailer, it seems there are two different threads. I have here the old broken cap and the bailer; how can I figure out which one I have? TPI? Something else? Just go somewhere they...
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    Drying inside of boat while I am away

    Being in Florida i have to deal with the rain season right now. I would like to drain any water that is sitting inside the hull (I took the coaming off but have not done the repairs I wanted to yet. So, there is probably water getting through those screw holes). What I had in mind was: 1)...
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    Loose foam questions

    After I put one of those inspection holes (thanks to one sunfish forum member!) in my yet-to-be-sailed sunfish, I found out the foam on the left (port?) side of the mast is not only kinda loose but also tilting towards the mast on the rear. I read the how-to on gluing it back with the expandable...
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    Spinning rivet nuts

    I was trying to take the coaming out of the boat so I could clean underneath it (and maybe do something about the cracks on the piece). Do you know those threaded rivets (rivet nuts?) you can insert on a sheet of aluminum? That is what they use here. Well, I was able to remove all but two of...
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    71 Sunfish newbie questions

    Recently (as in yesterday) I became the owner of a 1971 Sunfish (according to serial number). It is the first sailboat I ever had; I have a jetski but I got it for a totally different reason (and it is not what people buy them for). Anyway, it will need some cleaning and probably I should...

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