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  1. RogerMusser

    Sunfish telltale support clamp

    There is another post on this forum by wjejr titled: Making a Sunfish Wind Indicator. I made and used several of the wind direction telltales outlined in that post. They were easy to make, install on the spar, and to use. Recently I have made some more telltales that are a little different...
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    Add an AQUA FINN to our club's Sunfish fleet?

    Our sailing club has 14 Sunfish boats and someone has donated an AQUA FINN. Everything seems to be good with this boat except that a metal ring, where the rudder attaches to the hull in the stern, is broken. Typically, our club sells donated boats unless they are Flying Scots or Sunfish. Does...
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    Gudgeon repairs

    My sailing club’s Sunfish fleet has a boat that had a gudgeon that appeared to be pulling out the bottom two fasteners, and in the process tilting down the tiller. I removed the gudgeon screws (yes, screws; not the normal bolts) and found that a repair had been made years ago. The repair...
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    Polyurethane on Sunfish tillers and rudders?

    The 2015 thread on Sunfish Restoration by Alan Glos came up recently. I have a follow up question. I’m in the process of restoring 8 wooden Sunfish tillers and a rudder. I have stripped the old varnish or paint off of the wood tillers and have sanded them with decreasing coarseness of...
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    Damaged Cockpit drain-plug straps

    Our sailing club has a half-dozen damaged straps, the ends of each have torn off. The strap that I refer to is that piece of white rubbery material that acts as a retainer for the cockpit drain plug. The entire strap is in fine condition except for the tiny piece that we use to grip the plug...
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    Repairing bent pintle

    I could not find any old posts explaining how to straighten bent pintles. Can this be done? Our sail club has a small collection of bent sunfish pintles, all bent near the top (as it sits on the stern). Some are just slightly bent, others more noticeably. Anyone with any experience...
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    Covid: best-practices for sailing clubs

    I am looking for some science-based recommendations by established sailing clubs in how to cope with re-opening the shared use of Sunfish and other boats. Our sailing club on Lake Norman in North Carolina has been closed to all activities since April 1. There were other restrictions in place...
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    Bailer ELIMINATION question

    I cleaned-up and got several of our club’s Sunfish boats ready for winter storage. I noticed that our club has several boats that have no bailers, just a hole in the cockpit floor. The boats are therefore not seaworthy and need to be fixed. The cost of replacement, while not terribly...
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    Hiking strap maintenance

    Our sailing club has 5 Sunfish boats with hiking straps. I have taken them off with the intention of cleaning them up, they have been out in the weather for years. I’d like to hear some suggestions as to how to safely clean them. Washing machine? By hand?
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    Tillers and tiller extensions

    Our sailing club has more than a dozen Sunfish boats, some of them need a little work. I got some great tips from a recent thread about bailers, thanks to those posts I have the bailers working well. My next project will involve the tillers and the tiller extensions. 1. On just a few boats...

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