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My wife and I were blessed with a baby girl last March! This also meant that the Sunfish didn’t come out of storage, as we were up to our ears trying to keep a newborn alive. Eventually, I would like to take our little one out on the Sunfish on a light-wind day, but I’m also trying to be a...

I’m guessing I found myself on a mailing list for searching for “Sunfish,” but received an email promo for this SOL boat: https://seroinnovation.com/promo Looks very much like a sunfish. Anyone familiar with this?

Got the ‘ol fish out for the first sail of the season! 15mph southernly winds with 20mph on an east-to-west lake. A balmy 82 degrees in Chicagoland, but boy was that water cold! What a blast! Had to end it prematurely when the cotter pin holding my main sheet ratchet block popped out due to...

I’ve been able to get my boat in and out of the water from my trailer without too much trouble at a local lake, but the ramp to the beach launch is a bit steep - not too bad to carefully guide the trailer down, but a bear to get it back up, with only the trailer neck to hold on to. Have been...

While this video focuses on sanding wood and wood finishes, many of the principles could easily be applied to sanding gelcoat, etc.

After dedicating time this spring to re-varnishing my wooden daggerboard (pretty when it was done!), I was dismayed to see my work tarnished over just one sailing season. It was clear the leading and trialing edges were scraping against the inside of the daggerboard well when it was being held...

Tackled the hull of my sunfish last Spring, and was planning to tune up the deck next Spring… Original gelcoat deck, green with the white racing stripes. Shows some oxidation and some fine spider cracking around the cockpit - which has been pointed out to be normal on other threads. Planning...

Planning to store my Sunfish over the winter in my garage by putting it on its starboard side on a wood cradle with some padding that will be along the side of the garage. I know there are other members who have made lateral storage for sunfish…any tips? In particular, any angle recommendations...

…that is the question! Many threads have brought up the option of adding a mast cleat, but it may be good to have its own thread to discuss the pros and cons of adding one if your Sunfish doesn’t already have one for those weighing this option.

Noticed in my first couple times out with my used sunfish that although the halyard cleat is secure, the fore end has just a little wiggle/play. A 1/4-1/2 turn of the screw with a screwdriver makes it totally solid, but after transport and use I notice a little wiggle/play with that fore end of...

Question for those who have more experience than I do... First time with an older sunfish, I had noted scratching along the front of the deck, which I had presumed was from the previous owners kids not taking care to lift the gooseneck when raising the halyard. Rigging up this older sunfish for...

I should acknowledge right off the bat that I’m sailing locally and not planning to travel around for regional/national races anytime soon... Fixing up a new/used Sunfish with the old mahogany daggerboard. From either running into things or putting it into and out of the slot, the front and...

New/old Sunfish found to have a small crack near the bow - I suspect someone ran into a pier. The area overall feels solid, but it’s the bow, so I was thinking... 1. Feather out from the cracks to create a void into virgin material past the crack ends. 2. Fill in this void with 1708 glass and a...

Illinois appears to be the only state in the Midwest that requires boat trailers - even for small craft - to have a VIN and title. This means for many trailers bought from out of state, the new owner needs to go through the process of having it appraised, insured, and stamped with a VIN number...

Looking to downsize from my Hobie 16 (sadly, just taking up too much space) as my wife and I start planning on a little one. Trying to plan a next boat that is car-toppable so it will store more easily in our 1.5 car garage. I’ve loved sailing lasers in the past, but although I’ll be sailing...