Thanks everyone! I look forward to trying these things next time I encounter my nemesis, the 50 year old sunfish! (It's easier on my other two boats, a 16' Wayfarer and a 30' Tartan!)
Hi everyone, newbie here. I’m at a camp on a lake with an old Alcort Sunfish, with probably an original sail. Things are ok when winds are light, but it’s extremely hard to tack when the wind picks up past 10-15. When I try to come about to a port tack, it just weathervanes back to irons...
Well, I’m not sure; it may have been higher. I’ll try lower tomorrow! I don’t understand the gooseneck idea. The gooseneck just slides up and down the mast, no fore/aft adjusting.
Hi there,
I’m a newbie sailor. I have sailed Solings a little, and a wayfarer. I’m on vacation, and there’s an old Sunfish. I went out, probably gusts to 15, and I was doing ok. But, when close hauled on port tack there was uncontrollable weather helm. Starboard tack was no problem. Ideas...
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