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Boat was on the water for about 30-35hr past few days in various conditions, I could see a little puddle but nothing came out of the drain plug on the beach. Very pleased. Thanks for the help!

My cables aren't actually too bad considering, the plastic is still intact and they aren't too frayed. Looking at a "new" (to me) lower boom, since mine's falling apart, and a new mainsheet as well. Maybe it's time. Is there an advantage to the knot in the middle? That's specifically what I'm...

Might have a good'er. Put the Thixo on Sunday, it was not as big of a deal as I was making it out to be but still required some forethought. Answering some wonders I had going in: The best way I could describe what comes out of the end of the gun is petroleum jelly-- it's kind of slippery and...

Made some progress this week. The brownish stuff on the back of the trunk inside, I have no idea what it was, but the 5200 remover (think it's called DeBondIt) went after it well enough. Tried the pressure washer on the loose stuff inside and it was too well-stuck at the bottom of the trunk to...

Managed to pull most of the 5200 off in one piece today by picking and peeling. Was poking around in the trunk with a paint stir stick and dislodged a bunch of the loose junk. Some will have to be cut out with a file/abrasives but a lot of it separated by just prodding with the stir stick. This...

I'm expecting the worst point is that visible crack and that hitting the rock opened it up. Video got me thinking about checking the bailer, I gooped this joint with 5200 and it's a new O-ring. LVW: I do not have enough willing friends to flip a 14' boat of any description end-over-end... The...

Understand how the leak test works and why it's needed. I think it will show me pretty much what I've already seen, hole/crack at the bottom of the daggerboard trunk where the water was coming out in the pictures above. I've done the bubble check before and gotten giant bubbles at the trunk...

Had a moderate "the water's not that deep here" two weeks ago with the daggerboard. Noticed that there was more water in the hull than there had been after previous sails, although I looked after driving home in a downpour with no gaskets on the deck plates. I picked up probably 2-3 gallons from...

How long on the line? Reason why a figure-8 and not a bowline? The mechanical engineer in me likes the SS cables, but this is more elegant and I'm sure I will convince myself to cut the bridle off in about a week...

Simple question: Is it worth the effort to replace the early bridle with the later design which can slide? Slightly deeper: I've been enjoying my early '70s Sunfish this summer, but I'm always looking for things I could improve. Been thinking about new lines (current ones are about 15 years...

Hi all, I have an old '73 (I think, can't find a serial on it anywhere) that I'm trying to patch up and get a little better. This boat had a hard life, I bought it as a teenager and it had clearly (antifouling paint) been left in the ocean. I didn't really take care of it well or use it much...