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It's been 4 years since I built mine and the whole rig is holding up really well. I used heavy aircraft grade aluminum with lots of support and high quality titanium rivets. It does flex some but I've never had any issues. A couple of years ago I modified the bottom bunks to hold the boat on...

I (and nearly all the lasers in my sailing club) use the intensity laser sails. Like most of their products, great quality at a very reasonable price. Well worth the price and everybit as sturdy as OEM.

I have a jotag sunfish dolly and a seatech laser dolly. I've had the jotag for a couple of years now. Overall it's a solid dolly for the price. It's definitely a better fit if you have a older sunfish with the chrome edge. I have a newer rolled edge fish and find it's always slipping around...

Here's a similar thread I started a while back on the same topic and detail of my double decker build. It been about a year and a half it's holding up great. Converting a trailer for 2 fish? | SailingForums.com

I'd suggest putting an access port in the front cockpit wall. Every boat is going to get water in it eventually. It's far easier to dry it out if you have a port. You can sponge out the standing water by hand and then use a small fan to get it good and dry. It's basically impossible to get...

Every time I store my fish upside down I end up with a birds nest in the cockpit storage area. My preference is right side up with a good cover. In the winter I add a tennis ball in the mast hole to keep any water from gathering and freezing. Occasionally I stand the Sunfish on the side and...

I went through the same process last spring. Here's the thread and my final product. Works great. Converting a trailer for 2 fish? | SailingForums.com

Congratulations that's great luck. Given you are in Charleston, you shouldn't have much trouble finding the parts you need. Put an ad on craigslist and start asking around. There are thousands of old sunfish out there rotting under houses and in people's back yards after the kids have grown...

I have 2 fish on a stacked trailer and sail with my teenage daughter frequently. I've been trying to come up with a way to get a boat on the top rack with minimal or no help. My daughter is not strong enough to confidently lift one end by herself. If you have a reasonable solution, I'd be...

Off the beach at Topsail is rough going for a Sunfish. If it's calm enough, there probably isn't enough wind to push you out. If that's your home turf unload the sunfish and look into a Hobie Wave. You'll cut right through the waves on the way out and coast back in with out breaking a sweat...

Best of both worlds - http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a170/Night_Sailor/Sunfish/SunfishMainsheet217.jpg I have that set up on one of my sunfish and just the single ratchet block on the other. I prefer the Rachet Block/Cam combination. If it's gusty you can always route the sheet through the...

The damprid did a decent job of getting the hull dried out. It managed to extract about a cup of water over the course of a week. I would't recommend it for an extremely wet situation but it did a nice job of eliminating most of the ambient moisture.

I have a 1999 Sunfish that has been fairly dry inside. I ported it a while back to keep an eye on things. Unfortunately, it's starting to leak a bit and I found about a cup or two of water in the hull after sailing recently. I'm still looking for the leak but I was wondering how best to dry...

Evercoat polyester gelcoat is what i usually use. Their One-step finish gel is typically the best. They also make a gel-paste that works well for gouges and cuts but you have to add color.

While I agree this would work fine as a shortcut, I'd be concerned this could cause more issues down the road if you need to make another repair. Once you paint over gel coat, new repairs require you to remove all the paint first. Using finish gelcoat is pretty easy. If you mess up you can...

Sounds about right to me. Inspect carefully for soft spots, cracks or discolored areas of in the glass where water may have seeped in. If you are clear of all that, just add some new gel coat. Preferably one-step finishing gel coat thickened a little or Gel coat paste. Sand the area well...

...and on the plug. Most of those plugs have threads inside that clamp the top and the bottom plates together forcing the sidewalls outward to make a tight seal. Be sure you twist the plug around to the left several rotations before you try pull it out. see picture...

If the crack is just on the bottom of the mast step. Just fill it with some epoxy resin thickened with filler. You want the resin just thick enough to penetrate the cracks and not run out. Be sure to clean it as much as possible with acetone before you begin so you have a good clean surface...

I'd jump on that! $2K is a deal.

I agree. Other than the rolled edges and a few pounds of weight, there's not much difference between the current and mid 70's boats. The only real performance difference will come from a race sail or glass boards. Wood boards are easy to find if you prefer them.