Looks like you sprayed it with just an hvlp? How did that go? Did you rough up the old gel coat to give it something to bite on or remove the old all together?
Well, I just so happened to find a low cost ($100) mini fish and couldn’t resist. It is, I think, in decent shape but needs a little attention. I got it both because of the price, and wanting a boat I can very easily roof top on my suburban while pulling a camper, I should get much more sail...
The sail full of holes, but the seller had a newish, class legal sail so I'll be swapping that in.
I went ahead and bought an exhaust fan to start the drying process. Storage will be my next big concern, need to find a dry place out of the woods. I'll let it dry through fall, and maybe do the...
Wow, thanks for the fast replies!
Here’s the best pictures I have at them moment, have to get better ones when I get home.
The odd thing I think is it has the new style rudder, but no serial number. That’s the other thing that made me think it’s a 1971 and a Pearson? IDK
it already has one...
New poster. 15 years after earning the sailing merit badge on a sunfish, I finally decided to buy one on a bit of a whim. I knew it had a hole in the hull, but didn’t realize the cockpit was also cracked. The boat also weighs 190 lbs, but I knew it was heavy when I bought it, and I didn’t pay...
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