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  1. FrankK

    Minifish number 1

    I think it would be cool to own number 1. Think of the minds behind the hands that put it together.
  2. FrankK

    The SailingForums Joke Section

    What’s a pirates favorate vegetable? Arrrtachokes
  3. FrankK

    Winter storage covering

    I just put an ad in our local classifieds for a carport frame - no tent. I’m making a chicken run, so i’ll cover it in chicken wire. I got three calls and i’m going to look at an 8x20 frame this week. Once the tent fabric rots away, people don’t really know what to do with their frames.
  4. FrankK

    Rudder blade repair

    I think a good repair will be stronger than most wood fiber, so I would cut to leave the best possible mating surface regardless of where the holes are. I think it’s cool that you are going to pin it too! What Webfoot1 says I agree 100% now you have me thinking that maybe I need some metal...
  5. FrankK

    Maiden voyage

    Can’t bring myself to edit that one, too far out on a limb!
  6. FrankK

    Maiden voyage

    Dang it, i forgot to capitalize the title...
  7. FrankK

    Maiden voyage

    Well actually according to this book that I may have been reading: “The use of a “slash guard” was popular on earlier Sunfish, from the mid 11th century, until the 1370’s, when the emergence of black powder rifles on the battlefield reduced the amount of slashing. Some historians theorize that...
  8. FrankK

    Maiden voyage

    It is a yoga thing that you roll yourself on like a massage. I got it at Kmart for $15, I couldn’t find any funnoodles to use as padding. It works good and stays put where it is behind the slash guard.
  9. FrankK

    New John Howard style SF bunks

    Really nice job! I’m beginning to wonder if rollers are even necessary or if they are even a hazard to these lightweight boats.
  10. FrankK

    Maiden voyage

    So I managed to get the Sunfish all squared away, paperwork wise. Thank you AAA ladies! So today my son and I took the boat up to Crowley and met up with our friends and their tri-maran. They whupped us across the lake. But we had fun and some good sailing all the way to the middle of...
  11. FrankK

    1979 Sunfish restoration

    I’m enjoying this thread! Super helpful pictures, advice and information. It’s past my bedtime though... gotta finis reading tomorrow.
  12. FrankK

    Transporting; deck up or deck down?

    Yah, multiple points exactly. The fine line between fine cracks in the hull and having your boat fly off into the bushes at the side of the highway!
  13. FrankK

    How to apply epoxy inside the daggerboard trunk?

    That is a cool idea. It would have to be a balloon with enough stretch to toatally fill the space.
  14. FrankK

    How to apply epoxy inside the daggerboard trunk?

    I just can’t do the horse and I don’t have any good pictures of myself. Let me look through the library some more
  15. FrankK

    How to apply epoxy inside the daggerboard trunk?

    I would like to do it right.. so here are some questions: Would I grind out the existing cloth that can be seen from the picture? If so how deep? Or do you just remove the existing coating around the clothuntil you get to solid ground, and then lay some new cloth over the existing cloth? I...
  16. FrankK

    Transporting; deck up or deck down?

    That seems like a good idea! I wonder how much force the dagger well is designed to hold. It is way too easy to overtighten those ratchet straps! I’m going to anchor some clips or caribeaners to the trailer so I can run the straps loose and not worry about the hooks coming free.
  17. FrankK

    How to apply epoxy inside the daggerboard trunk?

    This is from the top and toward the cockpit. I guess i’ll need to remove whatever top coat has delaminated and then coat any exposed fiberglass?
  18. FrankK

    Transporting; deck up or deck down?

    I just took some pictures of stress? cracks that I attribute to the tie down straps and also the roller. I might make some kind of carpeted 2x4 thingy that will distribute tie down pressure across the deck and rout them past the edge of the boat and down to the trailer. I suppose I should...
  19. FrankK

    Aquired my dreamboat yesterday

    That rack is gonna be nice. Are you gonna add carpet so you can slide them around?. It looks like you have room for two more boats!

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