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    Can’t Remove Center Hub Nut From Trailer

    The bearings can be removed from the hub, with some strategic hammering. Here's a link to some good instructions, and you can find lots of videos on YouTube too. Or you can take the hubs to a car mechanic and pay to have the bearings and seals replaced...
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    Can’t Remove Center Hub Nut From Trailer

    You probably just need to apply more torque. Put a pipe over the handle for more leverage (use a breaker bar not a ratchet, to minimize the risk of damage). Or use an impact wrench (with an impact-rated socket). It may also help to spray it with penetrating oil like "Liquid Wrench" and let it...
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    Question about substitute masts

    The mast is made from a standard size of aluminum pipe (I don't have the diameter and wall thickness handy, but they are in the archives). I bought pipe from a local metal supply place for $142, cut it to the right length, and installed endcaps. Anodized aluminum pipe lasts longer, but it...
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    Does a Minifish Bounce?

    I use foam pads on my crossbars to avoid damaging my Minifish. You can get by with thick pool noodles, but I prefer the pads designed to carry canoes without a roof rack. One is linked below, or search for "canoe foam blocks". In the attached photo, I used white pads on the rear crossbar and...
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    Sunfish upper boom/spar...

    Check prices at your local metal supply company. I bought aluminum pipe for a Sunfish mast for $142. You just need to know the correct dimensions: Length: 13' 8" (4.17 m) OD 1-1/2" (38.1 mm) Wall Thickness: .065" (1.65 mm) https://sailingforums.com/threads/sunfish-spar-specs.40249/
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    Storing in water at small lake

    > I hadn't known about the Rocket before reviewing this chain, > but it looks like a great option - lighter-weight so easier to get > up onto the floating dock where I'll store it Anyone who wants a lighter weight alternative to a Sunfish should look for a used Minifish. The hull weight is...
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    MiniFish cartop and mods

    > After months of searching... I got super lucky and a MiniFish... > What do minifish owners generally use when cartopping? > Do you just put it on the racks? ... I am thinking Of getting the > rhino rack system that extends the racks laterally and adds > the leg so that you can do a single...
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    Towing Question- Need Advice

    If you take your time, you should be able to find a decent trailer for about $300-$500, and it might need about $100 of tires and/or wheel bearings. If you can't find something in roughly this price range before you buy the boat, by all means take the boat home on a roof rack and shop for a...
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    Minifish

    On a Minifish the bridle is rope. Poke one end of the rope through a hole and tie a figure 8 stopper knot under the gunwale. Pull it tight, poke the other end of the rope through the other hole, adjust the length until it barely clears the tiller, then tie a figure 8 stopper knot under the...
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    Minifish dimensions

    When I asked this question a few years ago, I was told that the Minifish mast should be 9 feet long, and the spars 12' 6". I now have a Minifish, I can dig the spars out and measure them if a consensus does not emerge...
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    Backing a Sunfish trailer down a launch ramp

    It is almost impossible to back up a trailer very far, when you can't see the trailer pretty clearly. If the back-up camera doesn't give you a good view, you need to add something to the trailer. How about two vertical bars spaced far enough apart that the boat fits between them? I often see...
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    Trailer: Flat tire

    Add more weight to the trailer, like toolboxes, boxes of books, whatever you have handy. Or you can improvise a strap wrench to wrap around the tire. Or best of all, find a friend or neighbor with an impact wrench who can loosen them for you.
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    Minfish Impressions vs. Sunfish.

    Thanks for the detailed review. I have owned a Snark, a Sunfish, and now a Minifish. The light weight of the Snark was very convenient, and it worked fine on the inland lake where I normally sail. But once a year I spend a week sailing on the Atlantic in South Carolina, and the Snark would...
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    Expanding foam in Mast

    You could try heating it enough to soften the part of the foam in contact with the metal, and then push out the foam with a stick.
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    New John Howard style SF bunks

    I have bunks shaped to match a Sunfish, which I no longer need since I switched to a Minifish. They are free for anyone who wants them, in southeast Michigan (zip code 48197). It is hard to tell in the photo, but they are not only cut in a curve lengthwise, but also at an angle to match the...
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    Loose flotation blocks in Minifish

    I have a 1977 Minifish, and I think the foam flotation blocks have come loose in the forward part of the hull. I can hear something soft (not metallic) thumping around when I tilt the boat back and forth, and the deck seems to flex more than usual when I press on it. This raises a few...

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